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The Herb-Garden

The Herb-Garden

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The Herb-Garden

by Frances A. Bardswell

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London: Adam & Charles Black, 1911. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Florence Amherst; Isabelle Forrest. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated work on the herb-garden. First edition. Illustrated with a colour tipped in frontispiece and fifteen colour tipped in plates. Collated complete. A detailed work on making and managing a herb-garden, with chapters on annual and biennial hers, aromatic herbs, perennial herbs, the ten kinds of mint, colour in the garden, fragrance in the garden, and much more. Written by Frances A. Bardswell, a British author and gardener. Illustrated by the Honourable Florence Margaret Amherst, an English illustrator, and Isabelle Forrest, a British artist and illustrator. In the original pictorial purple cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good

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Bookseller
Rooke Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
888T15
Title
The Herb-Garden
Author
Frances A. Bardswell
Illustrator
Florence Amherst; Isabelle Forrest
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Adam & Charles Black
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1911
Size
9" by 6.5"
Keywords
Herb Garden Bardswell Amherst Garden

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