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Down to Earth
by Scott-James, Anne
- Used
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0718108671
- ISBN 13
- 9780718108670
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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 garden, ideas for planting the odd corner or filling the August gap, ideas for hedges and climbing plants, path and windbreaks, ideas on books to read and gardens to visit. Chapter XIII is devoted to the gardeners bookshelf, covering basic reference books, lovable books, illustrated books, growers catalogues, and of course Expensive and Rare Books.* NEAR VG+ copy with only some inscriptions to reduce it to VG.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 985
- Title
- Down to Earth
- Author
- Scott-James, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Unknown Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG+/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0718108671
- ISBN 13
- 9780718108670
- Publisher
- M.Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 176
- Date Published
- 1971-10-18
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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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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