PRESENT-DAY GARDENING - Complete Set

Published by J C & E C Jack, London and Edinburgh

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Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United KingdomOld Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA

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A COMPLETE SET OF PRESENT-DAY GARDENING. Books from this series are usually only to be found as single copies. Although not dated, the British Library date all these titles as being published in 1911. We have not been able to find out if further titles were published. First editions. 17 volumes, series editor R Hooper Pearson, original green paper-covered boards, mounted colour illustrated print on the front of each book and each book is illustrated with 8 colour plates. Some volumes also have black & white plates. Fore and bottom edges roughly trimmed, some spotting to edges of most volumes. Some volumes have tanned or spotted endpapers and most have a degree of spotting to the pages, some quite heavy. Some boards/spines are tanned, slight damp damage to one. Pencil signatures to inner endpapers of some volumes. SWEET PEAS by Horace J Wright, xi, 116pp. PANSIES, VIOLAS & VIOLETS by William Cuthbertson, xi, 116pp. ROOT AND STEM VEGETABLES by Alexander Dean, ix, 114pp. DAFFODILS by Rev Joseph Jacob, preface by the Rev W Wilks, xii, 115pp. ORCHIDS by James O'Brien, xii, 114pp. CARNATIONS & PINKS by T H Cook, James Douglas & J F McLeod, xi, 116pp. RHODODENDRONS & AZALEAS by William Watson, xi, 116pp. Damp stain to top of spine and boards. LILIES by A Grove, xi, 116pp. APPLES & PEARS by George Bunyard, xi, 116pp. ROSES by H R Darlington, xiii, 193pp. IRISES by W Rickarson Dykes, preface by Professor Bayley Balfour, xiii, 110pp. ANNUALS, HARDY AND HALF-HARDY by Charles H Curtis, xi, 116pp. Ink stain to lower board. CHRYSANTHEMUMS by Thomas Stevenson, with chapters by C Harman Payne and Charles E Shea, xiii, 112pp. TULIPS by Rev Joseph Jacob, xi, 116pp. THE ROCK GARDEN by Reginald Farrer, with a preface by Professor Bretland Farmer, xi., 118pp. DAHLIAS by George Gordon (President of the National Dahlia Society), xi, 115pp. CLIMBING PLANTS by William Watson, with introduction by W Robinson, x, 132pp. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A HEAVY SET AND WE WILL TO ASK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Size: 8.5 x 6.5 Inches.…

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Title
PRESENT-DAY GARDENING - Complete Set
Author
Pearson ( R Hooper) (Series editor)
Publisher
J C & E C Jack, London and Edinburgh
Condition
Fair
Dust jacket
No Dust Jacket as Published
Book Type
Gardening
Binding
Green Paper-covered Boards
Edition
First Edition.

Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA

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The Old Hall Bookshop was established in 1977 by John and Lady Juliet Townsend. The Old Hall is a very fine 18th century house in the centre of Brackley, a pleasant market town about 18 miles north of Oxford. The shop has a large stock of antiquarian, second-hand, new books and maps covering a wide range of interests and prices. We welcome visitors and trade customers. Parking is easy in the Market Square. Disabled access available. Opening hours: We are open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5:30pm excluding bank holidays US Customs may now review all UK origin shipments. We ship books under HS CODE 4901.99.00 which remain duty free, though some US states may apply sales tax or handling charges.…

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