The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement, and Plans. Followed by, A Description of all the best plants for it and their culture and the positions fitted for them
by Robinson, W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good- /No Jacket
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: John Murray. Original blue cloth, gilt flower motif to front, gilt title to spine. 875pp. b/w illus. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some marks to upper board; extensive white staining to lower board. Upper board becoming detached at inner hinge, but still holding; lower board also slightly loose. Previous owners' names inside front cover and to front free end paper. End papers slightly tanned and foxed and slight foxing to text block edges, and very occasionally to text. Generally a nice copy in good condition. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE . Good-. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 1895.
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- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111593
- Title
- The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement, and Plans. Followed by, A Description of all the best plants for it and their culture and the positions fitted for them
- Author
- Robinson, W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1895
- Pages
- 875
- Size
- 240mm x 160mm.
- Keywords
- history horticulture gardening plants unit five
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys
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