HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1949* Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Bright green linen boards, gilt title to spine. Library classification number to spine. No bumps or rubs, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Photo-illustrated dust wrapper with red text title on green background. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 8/6d. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with small chip at tail. GD++* Contents condition: Ex-Library copy with usual neat stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top and fore edge, slightly shaken. GD* Illustrations: Several b/w photos to foreword and within text.* Pages: 83 pp. text. vi pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Peaches can be grown in England as easily as apples. The climate is suitable in every respect. In quality, size and appearance the fruit are the same as those grown overseas, and often better than the fruit imported and offered for sale in this country. (From the jacket notes).* A NEAR VG copy with library labels & slight dust jacket faults reducing it to GD*

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Seller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 4518
Title: PEACH ORCHARDS IN ENGLAND
Author: BROOKE, JUSTIN
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition 2nd. Imp.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Place of Publication: UK 86
Date Published: 1949-01-01

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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....
Tail: The heel of the spine.
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...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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...
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...
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...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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...
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...