Roses for Every Garden
by Allen, R.C
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, name on FFEP, signed by author before title page "Best Wishes/DJ G: small closed tears, age toning, NOT clipped ($3.50)
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: M. Barrows and Company, 1948. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, name on FFEP, signed by author before title page "Best Wishes R.C. Allen", text clean, binding tight./DJ G: small closed tears, age toning, NOT clipped ($3.50). Richard L. Houseal. 8vo stated first printing. from front flap: "Whether you grow five roses, fifty, or five hundred, you will find assistance and inspiration in these essentially factual chapters, numerous how-to drawings, and 32 HANDSOME ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR. The author who "can hardly remember when I first became interested in roses because I grew up with them" writes a book to strip rose culture of its complications and to emphasize only those practices essential to success." #01602.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1539
- Title
- Roses for Every Garden
- Author
- Allen, R.C
- Illustrator
- Richard L. Houseal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, name on FFEP, signed by author before title page "Best Wishes
- Jacket Condition
- DJ G: small closed tears, age toning, NOT clipped ($3.50)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- M. Barrows and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- roses, gardening, nonfiction, first edition, signed
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Matthew's Books LLC
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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