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New Plants From Old; Pruning and Propagating for the Indoor Gardener
by Charles M. Evans
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394496892
- ISBN 13
- 9780394496894
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 1976 Random House, New York. 1976. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear; scattered spots of dust soiling on text block top. DJ: Very Good; Price Clipped; light sunfading to spine; light rubbing to panels. Yellow boards with brown cloth overlay on the spine with bright green lettering on the spine; houseplant in green on front board. 116 pp 8vo. Written by a noted horticulturist, this book explains the techniques needed very clearly and gives step-by-step instructions and attractive line drawings to explain how to grow plants from seeds, for lead, stem or root cuttings, or from runners and offshoots. The section on pruning explains how to remove branches and leaves to shape, strengthen, and stimulate the plant as well as rejuvenating and reconditioning old or sick plants. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011301
- Title
- New Plants From Old; Pruning and Propagating for the Indoor Gardener
- Author
- Charles M. Evans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394496892
- ISBN 13
- 9780394496894
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- plants, horticulture, growing plants, pruning plants, seeds, roots, leaves, root cuttings, stems, indoor plants, flowerpots, shaping plants, floral gardens,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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