Seeds: The Definitive Guide to Growing, History and Lore
by Loewer, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0025740423
- ISBN 13
- 9780025740426
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0025740423 . 1995. Cover is light yellow with black spine; slight bumping, gold lettering on spine. DJ is in a Brodart cover. Pages are clean and tight, still crisp; black remainder mark on bottom of pages. Illustrated with dozens of delightful b/w drawings and diagrams. "The life of a garden begins and ends with a seed. Explanantions of virtually everything that happens in between--including germination, indoor and ourdoor cultivation, and seed collection for all types of plants--can be found in Seeds: ...Unlike any other book on the subject, Seeds artfully blends a wide scope of hands-on gardening techniques with scientific information and folk-lore. The result is a comprehensive tome on the subject of seeds replete with listings of seed nurseries, exchanges and even poetry related to seeds. " Really nice and different book for those enamored of plants and gardening. ; Remainder; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2; 230 pages .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 848
- Title
- Seeds: The Definitive Guide to Growing, History and Lore
- Author
- Loewer, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0025740423
- ISBN 13
- 9780025740426
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0025740423, Seeds; Horticulture; Botany; Flowers; Vegetables;, Seeds;, Horticulture;, Botany;, Plants;, Gardens;, Gardening;, Flowers; Botany; Entertaining; Celebrations; Garde
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