Gardening Under Glass; A little book of helpful hints written particularly for those who would extend their gardening joys around the twelvemonth
by ROCKWELL, F. F.;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light stain on cover, endpaper inscription, interior clean and very good. . 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xi, 297 pp, frontispiece plate, hundreds of illustrations from photos mostly, some from drawings, index. . A well-illustrated work, filled with ideas for constructing and operating a greenhouse, with much on cultivation including chapters on palms, pineapples, violets, grapes, vegetables, roses, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13746
- Title
- Gardening Under Glass; A little book of helpful hints written particularly for those who would extend their gardening joys around the twelvemonth
- Author
- ROCKWELL, F. F.;
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light stain on cover, endpaper inscription, interior clean and very good.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923, First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xi, 297 pp, fr
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening - General;
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
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Toronto, Ontario
About Horizon Books
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