The Flower Grower's Guide
by WRIGHT, John;
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, J. S. Virtue & Co., [1897], First edition, first printing with date on preface. . contemporary half morocco, gilt spine title lettering and gilt decorations, edges rubbed, one cover a little spotted, internal hinges re-enforced, overall very good but interior is clean and near fine with good impressions of plates. . 4to [28.5 x 23 cm]; 3 volumes, xii, 352; viii, 352; x, 370 pp, 46 fine colored lithographed (chromolithograph) on art paper, from paintings, hundreds of engraved illustrations, index. . The attractive colored plates are from paintings by Marie Low and Gertrude Hamilton, and the other illustrations are from drawings by F. W. Burbidge, George Shayler and May Iggulden. An impressive work with a large section on orchids and including all aspects of flower growing and all types of flowers, flowering shrubs and trees, sub-tropical growing, roses, borders, seasons, propagation, azaleas, greenhouse growing, marketing, etc. Later printings had no date on preface and some were bound in 6 volumes instead of three but with same content. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13421
- Title
- The Flower Grower's Guide
- Author
- WRIGHT, John;
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary half morocco, gilt spine title lettering and gilt decorations, edges rubbed, one cover a little spotted, internal h
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London, J. S. Virtue & Co., [1897], First edition, first printing with date on preface.
- Size
- 4to [28.5 x 23 cm]; 3 volumes, x
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening - General;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
Biblio member since 2003
Toronto, Ontario
About Horizon Books
We buy and sell rare and out-of-print books related to Travel & Exploration, Gardening and Natural History. We are always interested in purchasing libraries, collections and individual books of merit in our specialties. We have been selling books on the Internet since 1993. We also sell antique prints - please email us for our current web page with images of each print and map. BROWSE OUR BOOKS FROM THE LISTS DIRECTLY BELOW, or search by author, title, keyword.
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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