The New and Improved Practical Gardener, and Modern Horticulturist; Exhibiting the Latest and Most Approved Management of Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Gardens, the Green-House, Hot-House, Conservatory, &c. &c. For Every Month in the Year.
by Charles McIntosh
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thomas Kelly, 1854. New and Improved . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good. 1854 edition, new and improved. Size octavo, 972 pages including index plus 14 page appendix. Full title reads: "The New and Improved Practical Gardener, and Modern Horticulturist; Exhibiting the Latest and Most Approved Management of Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Gardens, the Green-House, Hot-House, Conservatory, &c. &c. For Every Month in the Year Enriched with Numerous Wood-Cuts and Illustrations. With An Appendix, on the New Tank System of Producing Bottom Heat, &c." Rebound in Dark green buckram cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Condition very good, binding is fine, a few spots to frontispiece, title and last couple of pages, a few spots to odd text pages here and there else the contents are clean. Contains engraved frontispiece portrait of Charles McIntosh and 10 x beautifully hand coloured plates, each plate depicting four different flowers, and many numerous black and white in-text illustrations and diagrams. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015576
- Title
- The New and Improved Practical Gardener, and Modern Horticulturist; Exhibiting the Latest and Most Approved Management of Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Gardens, the Green-House, Hot-House, Conservatory, &c. &c. For Every Month in the Year.
- Author
- Charles McIntosh
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New and Improved
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Kelly
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- NON FICTION GARDENING HORTICULTURE FLOWERS PLANTS HOBBIES COUNTRYSIDE BOTANY VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATED
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
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Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
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