C H R Thorn (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Great for crosswords. Blue cloth binding, gilt titles to front and spine. General wear, age wear, shelf wear. Spine is dulled with edge wear to spine head and foot. Internally clean & sound.

Condition: Fair. 1932. First Published. 366 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Sunning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

Condition: Good. 1932. First Edition. 366 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 215 pp. ; green textured cloth with gold lettering and designs ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Patrons, Officers and Council -- Arrangements For 1964 -- Report Of The Council -- Annual Accounts -- Presidents and Awards -- The President's Page -- The Opening Of "Bone Hill" Trial Grounds and Display Gardens / Ena Harkness -- The Future Of The Floribunda Rose and The H.T. Type Trend / E. B. Le Grice and Pat Dickson -- Miniature Roses / Hilda Murrell -- Budding Notions / J. L. Harkness -- Damask Roses / Graham Thomas -- Pot-Pourri and Other Recipes / Arbel M. Aldous -- Humus, Its Properties and Importance / F. Fairbrother -- Roses By The Sea / John Scammell -- Extending The Rose Season / S. M. Gault -- John N. Hart, Past President / Maj.-Gen. R. F. B. Naylor -- Greenhouse Roses / Beryl Tetley-Jones -- The Hamburg International Show / Bertram Park -- Roses Aloft / Rosemary James -- Oliver Mee, Past President / J. Clarke -- The Quest For Fragrance / Tony Gregory and T. C. Thacker -- Rose Growing In Scotland / A. Dick, B.Sc., M.D. -- My Standard Roses / E. G. Mort -- Rose Growing In Denmark / Niels D. Poulsen -- Roses and Retirement / R. L. Pallett -- Rose Growing Without A Garden / Fred Whitsey -- A Symposium On The Effects Op The Winter Of 1962-3 / Bertram Park, R. C. Balfour, A. Dick, Joan E. Fulford, F. A. Gibson, Maj.-Gen. R. F. B. Naylor, Nigel Raban, W. C. Thorn, R. S. Woolley -- I Know Another Garden / J. H. Wilding -- Recent Research On Roses / E. F. Allen -- Reports On The 1960 Certificated Varieties -- The Decorative Classes / Julia Clements -- Bristol Group Summer Show / Harry G. Clacy -- Cardiff Group Summer Show / H. Wyn Jones, C.B.E. -- The Summer Show / A. G. L. Hellyer -- The Northern Show / J. Roscoe -- Lt.-Col. D. Pope / W. J. W. Sanday -- Autumn Rose Show / Fred Whitsey -- The Trial Ground, 1963 / H. Edland -- The Awards To New Roses In 1963 -- International Awards 1963 -- Book Reviews -- Gilbert D. Bunch, Deputy President / L. A. Anstiss -- Rose Analysis / L. G. Turner -- Colour Plates -- Monochrome Plates -- H.R.H. The Princess Royal Unveiling The Plaque -- At The Official Opening Of "Bone Hill" -- Damask Roses, 'Mme Hardy' and 'St. Nicholas' -- Damask Rose, 'Celsiana' -- R. Primula and 'Fruhlingsmorgen' -- 'Canary Bird' (R. Xanthina Spontanea) and 'Nevada' -- 'Marguerite Hilling' and 'Climbing Peace' -- S. McGredy & Son's Stand At Hamburg -- Colchester Rose Society's Exhibit In Tile Floral Section-N.R.S. Summer Show -- Elizabeth Of Glamis -- Heure Mauve -- Miniature Roses -- Telstar -- Pascali -- Violet Carson -- Fragrant Cloud -- Paint Box -- John Church -- Evensong -- Pink Supreme -- Maria -- Radway Sunrise -- Mme Rene Cassin -- Copenhagen -- Princess Mary's Rose Borders At "Bone Hill" -- Display Of Fragrant Roses, Summer Show Arrangement. ; G. Book.

8vo, pp. xi, [1], 366; text in triple column; full green cloth, title in black on cover and spine, spine lightly soiled, text clean and sound, very good. An interesting approach to the zeitgeist of the time.