HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1993* Publisher: Royal Horticultural Society. Mitchell Beazley.* Binding and cover condition: Dark Green cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustration to dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £12.99. Minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured and printed end papers. Red silk ribbon marker bound in. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Sepia-tone vignettes to chapter headings.* Pages: 192 pp. text.* Description: Tradescant was the ?nom de plume? that Hugh Johnson chose in 1975 when he began his now-famous monthly diary for The Garden, the journal of The Royal Horticultural Society. A book packed with advice and ideas - a distillation of a lifetime's experience from the author of the international best-seller ?The Principles Of Gardening.?* A FINE copy of the 1st. /1st, with NO MAJOR FAULTS.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4687
Title: Hugh Johnson on Gardening
Author: Johnson, Hugh
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - F/F/F
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 1857323033
ISBN 13: 9781857323030
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Place of Publication: London UK 192
Date Published: 1993-10-28
Size: 23.6 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm

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