The Present-Day Rock Garden
by CLAY, Sampson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1937. Octavo, xxvi, 681 pages plus 56 plates. Cloth; spine a little creased and bumped; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a little creased, marked and torn with slight loss (not affecting the plate laid down on the front panel). With the bookplate of Noel Lothian on the pastedown, and a family signature. A complementary volume to Farrer's 'English Rock Garden'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52882
- Title
- The Present-Day Rock Garden
- Author
- CLAY, Sampson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T.C. and E.C. Jack
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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