The Gardener's Assistant: Practical and Scientific. A Guide to the formation and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden and the Cultivation of Conservatory, Green-House and Stove Plants with a Copious Calendar of Gardening Operations.
by Thompson, Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
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Canton, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
London: Blackie & Son [1859]. 1st ed., 1859. 4to. Hand-colored lithographis frontispiece. xv, 12 plates, 774 pp. Illustrated with 12 vibrantly hand-colored lithographic plates and in-text wood-cut. Original hand-bound in gilt stamped green leather with green cloth. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Front and rear covers detached but present, bookplates front endpapers, else very good; contents bright and unmarked.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Dorn ABAA (US)
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- 7482
- Title
- The Gardener's Assistant: Practical and Scientific. A Guide to the formation and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden and the Cultivation of Conservatory, Green-House and Stove Plants with a Copious Calendar of Gardening Operations.
- Author
- Thompson, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Blackie & Son [1859]. 1st ed.
- Date Published
- 1859
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
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