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Every Man His Own Gardener: Being a New and Much More Complete Gardener's Calendar adn General Directory than any One Hitherto Published, Containing Directions for all Work Necessary to be done in the Kitchen Garden... For Every Month in the YEar; and Best Practical Directions for Raising, Propagating, and Forcing in each Deparment... To Which is Added a Complete Systematic Catalogue of Plants Proper for Cultivation in English Gardens, with Directions for their General Culture
by Mawe, Thomas; and John Abercrombie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, et al., 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 12mo. [viii], 726 pages, indexed. Hardcover rebound in modern tan 3/4 calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Raised bands on the spine, which has dual dark brown leather labels. Light rubbing and wear to the binding. New endpapers. A sound copy with clean text. Frontis engraving; otherwise NOT an illustrated work. An attractive copy. Sturdy and with pleasant shelf appeal.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051174
- Title
- Every Man His Own Gardener: Being a New and Much More Complete Gardener's Calendar adn General Directory than any One Hitherto Published, Containing Directions for all Work Necessary to be done in the Kitchen Garden... For Every Month in the YEar; and Best Practical Directions for Raising, Propagating, and Forcing in each Deparment... To Which is Added a Complete Systematic Catalogue of Plants Proper for Cultivation in English Gardens, with Directions for their General Culture
- Author
- Mawe, Thomas; and John Abercrombie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1822; Thomas Mawe; John Abercrombie; Gardening; Gardener's Calendar; England; English; History; 19th Century; Rare; Collectible; Fine Binding.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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