Wood and Garden Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur
by Gertrude Jekyll
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1899. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Gertrude Jekyll. Gertrude Jekyll's popular illustrated work on the year in the life of a garden, a beautiful work complete with all plates. The sixth impression of this work, published in the same year as the first impression.A popular work by Gertrude Jekyll, following a year in the life of garden, trees, and their growth. With additional chapters on subjects such as the colour and weeding of gardens.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and forty-five plates.Collated complete.Written and illustrated by the noted horticulturist and garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll. Jekyll created over four-hundred gardens across the world, as was renowned for her writings for 'Country Life'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, with some rubbing to the boards and spine. Spine is a little faded. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spotting. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 798P46
- Title
- Wood and Garden Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur
- Author
- Gertrude Jekyll
- Illustrator
- Gertrude Jekyll
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Wood and Garden Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur gertrude jekyll wood and garden gardening gertrude jekyll
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...