HARDBACK "HEAVY BOOK," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1987* Publisher: Viking Penguin Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, top and bottom edges slightly sunned. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £12.95. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Spine slightly faded. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos and line drawn maps throughout.* Pages: 218 pp. text. iv pp. index at rear.* Description: A region by region guide to over 600 gardens, the majority privately owned, ranging from "tiny cottage gardens packed with flowers to the rolling acres of large country houses." The National Gardens Scheme has grown to a successful national charity that benefits from the opening of more than 2000 gardens to the public.* A NEAR FINE copy with minor faults to dust jacket and covers reducing it to VG+* Rix, Martyn

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5151
Title: Garden Open Today
Author: Rix, Alison Rix. Martyn
Illustrator: Hurst, Jacqui
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - F/VG+/VG+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0670814024
ISBN 13: 9780670814022
Publisher: Viking-Penguin.
Place of Publication: Harmondsworth . UK 224
Date Published: 1987-02-12
Size: 27.4 x 22 x 2.8 cm

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Tail: The heel of the spine.
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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