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Herbs for Every Garden: A Dutton Garden Guide
by Foster, Gertrude B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/fair
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1970. Third printing. Hardcover. Good +/fair. 255 pages with index, illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Practical advice on growing herbs, with history and literary allusions by the editor of The Herb Grower Magazine. Bright green cloth binding with black stamped decoration on front cover and black titles on spine. Very light edge wear, minor spotting, corners and spine ends a little bumped, page edges a little foxed but interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated yellow dust jacket with black titles on front cover and spine is faded, tape repairs along top edge, chip in top edge, short tear in bottom edge of front, short tear in top edge of back of jacket, light scrubbing, creases, minor spots, not price clipped.
Measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches.
Measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00693
- Title
- Herbs for Every Garden
- Author
- Foster, Gertrude B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third printing
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- gardening, herbs, cooking, decorations, crafts, container gardening
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Scraps of American History
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
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- Foxed
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- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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