Boston, MA, USA: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1926. Cloth. Very Good +. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. vii, 152pp. "With many illustrations, including sketches, diagrams, and plans, as well as half tones." Tan endpapers. Prev owner name inked finely to ffep (dated 1927). Green boards w gold lettering and decorative goldstamp to cover. Very mild sunning to top two thirds of covers, front and back. Splatter stain to lower front fore edge. Surface wear to bottom edges, joints, and corners, spots of wear to fore edges. Surface wear to head and tail. Joints and hinges are sound. Folio: 325 x 257mm. "A comprehensive guide, æsthetic and practical, for all garden lovers, both those who are still planning their gardens on paper and those who have had gardening experience, including plant lists compiled with the help of horticulturalists in all sections of the country, and an introductory chapter on garden design by Fletcher Steele." - from the title page. Fletcher Steele (1885-1971) was a renowned American landscape architect, author of two books, more than 150 articles, and creator of hundreds of landscaped garden designs (TCLF). Other contributors uncredited.

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Bookseller: Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 048747
Title: The House Gardening Manual
Author: Steele, Fletcher; Atlantic Monthly Staff Writers
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Atlantic Monthly Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA, USA
Date Published: 1926
Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Keywords: Gardens -- Architecture NOISBN Landscape gardening Steele, Fletcher, 1885-1971. Garden Design
Bookseller catalogs: Gardening and Horticulture;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Folio: A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...