Sons Reading England (3 results)

pp.196 with b/w. photographs throughout. Small 4to. Softback. Thor. vg. Card covers with Royal warrant to front. With Typed two page Suttons testimonial (dated Jan. 1st 1910) - very complimentary about the value, quality and that Suttons are not the rich man's Seedsmen, but the 'poor man's seedsmen' - attached to title page. Scarce. After the testimonial, Suttons describe how the 'disastrous weather of 1909' affected them. A very extensive, well illustrated catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds together with garden implements and accessories. An excellent example of a gardening Catalogue overflowing with products prior to outbreak of World War One during which offerings were reduced to wartime priorities. …

pp.131 with 4 col. plates & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Softback. Spotting and other marks throughout, cords stretched and becoming disbound. Pictorial card covers creased and chipped. Still very readable. Scarce. An extensive, beautifully illustrated, catalogue of vegetable seeds, potatoes for planting, asparagus, rhubarb and sea kale, garden implements, lawn mower and grass seeds, flower seeds, bulbs, plants and gardening books. Suttons were appointed by Royal Sealed Warrants as Seedsmen to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.…

pp.211 with several col. plates & many b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. Softback. Corners gently bumped o/w. in good to vg. condition. Card covers with Royal warrant to front cover. Loosely inserted is a 20-page Supplement of Sutton's Seeds for Summer and Autumn sowing - Season 1941. Scarce. A very extensive, very well illustrated, catalogue of flowers from seed, vegetables, seed potatoes, bulbous flowers, flowering plants, roses, trees, lawns and pleasure turf, fertilisers, garden sundries and garden construction services that Suttons offered. An excellent example of a gardening Catalogue overflowing with products prior to outbreak of World War Two during which offerings were reduced to wartime priorities.…