Shewell Cooper Dr W E (14 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please note this copy does NOT include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Slight stain to rear cover.Postage reduced within the UK.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. 160pp. HARDCOVER Some external chips but remains tidy. Internally VG. No inscriptions. Size: 16mo - over 53/4" - 63/4" tall Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Revised. Paperback. The author looks on plants as people with their own personalities, idiosyncrasies and special language, and advises anyone who gardens to do the same. Using his 'people principle' he shows how to give you law a shampoo treatment, how to give your plants needed exercise, how to wash the faces of your flowers. He describes how plants can become carsick if not driven carefully, how they feel uncomfortable in draughts, and how lazy trees that have stopped growing have to be whipped sometimes. He gives advice on where and in what company each plant will do best, and discusses, too, budgeting and the ecological balance of the garden. Included at the end of each chapter is an invalauble qwuestion-and-answer section that deals with the most common problems. Illustrated with over twenty cheeful drawings, this edition has been adapted for the British market by Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper, the well-known author of over sixty gardening books. Illustrations. 248 pp. (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.). Carl Chambers (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The author is a Fellow & Doctor of the Horticultural College, Vienna & Hon.Director the Good Gardeners Assoc., England.[Cooking Correctly / Root crops / peas etc / potatoes / valuable recipes / salads / herbs/ sauces etc] Illus 10 b/w photo-plates & 10 Figs.H/b in D/j. Near Fine / VG [Book- gilt titles, fine throughout, no inscsp] Dust Jacket not clipped, sunned spine _ top area, minor markings to front only. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further contents details and condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good +. First Printing. 210pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. D/w is present, but has much wear with some loss. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book. …

Brown Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. postage reduced within the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, white parts of jacket slightly yellowed, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, price clipped, gift inscription to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 284pp, illustrated. Shewll-Cooper's comprehensive volume on gardening under glass. Dr. Wilfred Edward Shewell-Cooper MBE FLS FRSL FRHS (1900-82), was an influential British organic gardener (before it became fashionable) and pioneer of no dig gardening. He wrote and published several books and in 1966, he founded the Good Gardeners Association. For many years, his gardens at Arkley Manor were open to the public, allowing the results of his no dig methods, indicated by a symbol featuring a robin resting on a spade handle, to be seen first hand. Quite a scarce book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. 172pp. HARDCOVER Sgn. to ffep., o/w very clean internally, with little sign of use. In protected VG d/w. **A lovely copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 6 x 8.75"; 170pp; green cloth with gilt; dustwrapper, browning to edges; illustrated; very good copy; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Good +. 4th (Revised) Edition. 320nepp. HARDCOVER The interior of this volume is immaculate, with little sign of any use. The d/w is present, but has a couple of closed tears and some edgewear top/bottom. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Slight foxing to end pages and edge. This is a book for you if you do not want to be a garden-slave. The author tells you all he knows so that you can sit back and enjoy your garden without drudgery. Contents: Possibilities of no diggin. Easily run lawn. Laziness with roses. Simplicity with fruit. Mechanical aids. Winning with weeds. 123 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic, Scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). …

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 64pp. 1952. First edition. 8vo. A very good, clean, tight copy. Original publisher's quarter cloth over card covers. No inscriptions. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions and line drawings. A crease to the lower corner of the rear card cover. Nevertheless, a very good, clean, tight copy.…