American Rose Culturist [with] Every Lady Her Own Flower Gardener
by Johnson, Laura
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good condition
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: C. M. Saxton, 1855. Hardcover. Very good condition. Two volumes bound in one, including: The American Rose Culturist; Being a Practical Treatise on... the Management of the Rose... adapted to the Climate of the United States, to which are added...Directions for the...Dahlia (Bound with) Every Lady Her Own Flower Gardener... by Louisa Johnson. NY 1855, revised from the 14th London edition, and adapted to the Use of American Ladies.
12mo, xiii, 96pp, 6 b&w plates. C.M. Saxton, NY 1852, 1st edition [with] viii, 9 - 119pp. C.M. Saxton, NY 1855, 1st publ. 1854. Original pale green blind & gilt stamped publisher's cloth in very good condition. Endpapers slt. foxed otherwise a very clean, pleasant copy of a gardening book designed for women in the U.S. Includes insects, manure, greenhouses, propagation, etc.
12mo, xiii, 96pp, 6 b&w plates. C.M. Saxton, NY 1852, 1st edition [with] viii, 9 - 119pp. C.M. Saxton, NY 1855, 1st publ. 1854. Original pale green blind & gilt stamped publisher's cloth in very good condition. Endpapers slt. foxed otherwise a very clean, pleasant copy of a gardening book designed for women in the U.S. Includes insects, manure, greenhouses, propagation, etc.
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- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
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- 8495
- Title
- American Rose Culturist [with] Every Lady Her Own Flower Gardener
- Author
- Johnson, Laura
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- C. M. Saxton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1855
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 12mo
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- Foxed
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- Publisher's cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...