THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. A PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. FIVE VOLUME SET INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME. by Chittenden. Fred J - 1956

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1951. 1088 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Volume II: CO-JA. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Tanning to spine and edges. Protected by plastic wrapper.

Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good. in x in x in. No marks in book. Reprint edition. Corrected sheets of the second edition. DJ chips and tears.

Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good. in x in x in. No marks in book. Reprint edition. Corrected sheets of the second edition. DJ chips and tears.

Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good. in x in x in. No marks in book. Reprint edition. Corrected sheets of the second edition. DJ chips and tears.

GB: OUP Oxford University Press, 1951. Very clean tight set with some minor spotting and some bronwing to text edges. Dustwrappers are a bit worn with occasional slight edge loss. In loose polythene protectors. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB £14. Packed weight 7000g. Not available abroad. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/VG- DW.

Oxford: Clarendon Press; (1956). Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Second edition, four volumes, generally near fine in near fine dust jackets. The jackets are a bit sunned on the spines, and there is a closed tear on the jacket of one volume. The books are fine, except volume four is cracked at the front hinge at the title page, but is still tight. All volumes are quartos, with over 2300 pages. Additional shipping charges will be required on this set.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Reprint of the second edition, 1974. Four volumes. Cloth hardcovers in dust jackets, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copies in Good to Very Good copies, soiling or age-toning to some pages and to the page-edges, some discoloration to the dust jackets, rubbing and wear to the dust jackets including minor loss, small piece of tape on the rear panel of the first volume.

Oxford University Press, 1951. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. 5 volumes. xvi+512pp, viii+513-1088pp, viii+1089-1712pp, viii+1713-2316pp, xii+334pp, line drawings, vols I - IV a little rubbed along the edges, Supplement volume dated 1956 & with a spine darkened dustjacket, a solid set. Booksellers ticket of Ozzard Taunton in vols I - IV. Monumental dictionary of gardening, based around plants grown in British gardens. The Supplement contains lists of recommended varieties of Flowers, Fruits & Vegetables. Frederick James Chittenden [ 1873 - 1950 ] British horticulturalist and first director of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Wisley Garden. He died just before his magnum opus was published.

OXFORD: THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. Wrappers are in a protective plastic and are price clipped, lightly rubbed and lightly marked. Volume II has some rodent damage to front surface of board by the fore edge. boards lightly marked, shelf wear to bottom edge. Library bookplate to front pastedown and associated stamps to lightly foxed prelims. All clean throughout. Good. This is a heavy set and will require additional postage.

Oxford University Press, 1956. Book. Very Good. hardback. 2nd Edition. hardback, four volume set with additional supplement volume, all of the second edition, a very good tightly bound set in dust wrappers that have been laminated and adhered to pastedowns, b&w illustrations, 2316 & 334pp. OWING TO WEIGHT, A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL POSTAGE MIGHT BE MADE IF ORDERED FROM CERTAIN OVERSEAS LOCATIONS..