Down to Earth by Anne Scott-James - 1971

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London, England: Michael Joseph, 1971. 176pp. with b/w illustrations, first printing. Pages are unmarked and firm in binding. DJ has light edge/rub wear and browning to the spine. Actual book for sale pictured. 14.9 x 22.3 x 2.2 cm, wt499g. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG. Illus. by Lancaster, Osbert. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1972* Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, Gilt title to spine. Slight bumps to head and tail of spine, no rubs, slight fading to edges. VG+* Jacket condition: Price Clipped in protective plastic cover, slight nicks, colour cartoon cover by Osbert Lancaster. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. pen inscription of plant list to verso, very few under-linings. VG* Illustrations: B/w Photos & several b/w line drawings in the text by Osbert Lancaster [husband of the author].* Pages: 166 pp. text. x pp. Index at rear.* Product description:- Ideas on garden design, planting, books to read, by former editor of Picture Post and Harper's Bazaar and mother of Max Hastings. "This book, by a devoted but amateur gardener is not so much a textbook as a treasury of ideas. Ideas on designing and planting, ideas for the winter garden and the wild… Read More

Garden Book Club, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, a very good tightly bound copy in a very good pictorial dust wrapper, bookplate of a previous owner on front pastedown, text unmarked and clean, b&w illustrations, 176pp.

London: Michael Joseph, 1976.. 3rd impression. "Ideas on designing and planting, ideas for the winter garden and the wild garden, ideas for planting the odd corneer or filling the August gap, ideas for hedges and climbing plants, paths and windbreaks, ideas on books to read and gardens to visit." Pp.176, frontispiece + 16 further black & white photos + occasional illustrations by Osbert Lancaster (the author's husband), gift message to front free endpaper. Green cloth, illustrated dustwrapper (by Osbert Lancaster) has minor edge wear. G+/VG.

Michael Joseph. 1971 Michael Joseph first edition hardback, pictorial boards no dj; Good ex-library copy, usual plate and stamps, library binding with pictorial laminated boards; lightly aged; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 1971.

London England: Michael Joseph, 1971. Hardback. Previous owners name and address sticker to inside cover. Drawings by Obsert Lancaster. I write not as an expert horticulturist bust as a working gardener. There are many exciting aspects of the subject which I have not touched, such as greenhouse gardening and water gardening, for the good reason that I know very little about them, and I am skimpy on rhododendrons, which are not a part of general gardening, but a separate world. I have written about my own discoveries, prejudices, setbacks and delights, hoping that the book will help other gardeners who share my problems and my joys. Illustrated. 176 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.