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Weeds are More Fun
by Wright, Priscilla Hovey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1941. Book. Illus. by Anne Cleveland, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1941. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Anne Cleveland, Illustrator. Clean pale green boards with dark green lettering on cover and spine. Hint of browning to edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 123 pgs. with delightful illustrations by Anne Cleveland. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has very small shallow chip at top edge of rear panel, a few short closed edge tears. Photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Under the author's satirical microscope, the Great American Garden Movement (gag'm for short) shows up with pitiless clarity. A witty dissection of all that gardeners hold dear. 8vo. Gardening..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012551
- Title
- Weeds are More Fun
- Author
- Wright, Priscilla Hovey
- Illustrator
- Anne Cleveland, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Hale, Cushman & Flint
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- GARDENING HORTICULTURE HUMOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- gardening/horticulture; Humor;
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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