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THE FERN GARDEN How to Make, Keep and Enjoy It; or Fern Culture Made Easy
by HIBBERD, Shirley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG for age
- Seller
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1879. 8th edition (1st-1869) . Green gilt Lettered Cloth. VG for age. 13 Cm x 18.00 Cm. (2, notices of two gardening books)+f/piece+vi+148+(36 pp. pub.catalogues & notices) 8 col.plates ex-pag. as called for, 40 'wood engravings', some full page, all edges gilt; clean and unmarked but gutters between some gatherings incipiently opening, one detached plate now refixed with transparent tear-repair tape. attractive bevelled edge covers marred by a small cloth nick towards top spine, slight joint rubbing and marking to lower back plus very small light spot to front. Despite faults, back cover and spine nick being the worst, an attractive copy of this work by a leading gardening authority of the day.
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- Bookseller
- Douglas Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011649
- Title
- THE FERN GARDEN How to Make, Keep and Enjoy It; or Fern Culture Made Easy
- Author
- HIBBERD, Shirley
- Format/Binding
- Green gilt Lettered Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG for age
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 8th edition (1st-1869)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Groombridge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- 13 Cm x 18.00 Cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ferns gardening botany
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent
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- Gatherings
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
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