Coutts Preston (12 results)

Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Cloth, VG. 382pp, colour frontis, 24pp b/w plates, 49 text figs, index, edges a little rubbed. A comprehensive guide to gardening, written & edited by two curators from Kew & intended for the keen amateur. 750 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. revised edition. hardback, 8vo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, no dust wrapper, a little discolouration to closed page edges o/w a very good tightly bound copy, text unmarked, colour frontis, b&w plates, 382pp.

Condition: Good. 1957. Eighth Impression. 416 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white and colour photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1957. Eighth Impression. 416 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Previous owner's inscription to rear pastedown. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Moderate water stains to boards.

Condition: Good. 1961. 1961 Reprint. 416 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. 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. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New edition. Ex-library copy with trace of label and stamps. Label on spine of jacket. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Item Type: Book. Category: Gardening; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 003994.

Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Fourth Impression. In its compilation every care ahs been taken to ensure that all garden operations, that is, the "how-to-do-it" side of gardening, are explained fully and lucidly. In addition instructive diagrams are included in the text to assist the reader when the written word is not sufficient to show clearly a particular operation or series of operations. Old plant names are also indexed for like old soldiers they take a long time to die. Illustrated. Messageand date to previous owner inside cover.Very slight browning to inside cover. Some wear and a couple of tears to D/J.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.

8vo [24 x 17 cm]; 576 pp, 16 colored plates including frontis from paintings, hundreds of other illustrations from photos, diagrams, illustrations from drwgs, index. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean copy. A comprehensive reference, covering tools, soil, draining, beds, lawns, paths and edgings, , planning, dry wall, marsh, bog gardens, wild gardens, town garden, window boxes, greenhouse, salads, herb garden, fruit, the legal side of gardening, etc, etc. A picture of this book is available on request.

Condition: Good. No jacket. A lot of dirty marks and some shelf wear on cover. Also some foxing on outer edges of pages. Content is fine.

Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Color plates and 150 photographic illustrations and diagrams. Octavo cloth in edge worn dust jacket (cloth edge sunned/jacet creased and rubbed) 317pp. *Well illustrated and with an ABC of plants, pests, herbaceous, rock and water gardens etc. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Eighth impression. Practical guide to soils, drainage, hedges, manures, lawns, flowers, principles of potting, vegetable culture, rock garden , water garden and climbing plants. Colour plates. 317pp. Grey cloth with illustrated dj, which has been discoloured on spine by sun. VG.