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Old Herbaceous

Old Herbaceous

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Old Herbaceous

by Arkell, Reginald

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London: Michael Joseph 1950. 8vo.Illustrated. 155 pp. First edition. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial dust wrapper. Some rubbing and creasing to the jacket extremities, otherwise bright. Slight marks to the tail of the boards. Internally fresh and bright, with illustrations and jacket design by John Minton. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1950.

Synopsis

Reginald Arkell (1872-1959) wrote many musical plays for the London theater, the most popular of which was 1066 and All That . He was the author of A Cottage in the Country and the Green Fingers series of garden verse. Michael Pollan is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Botany of Desire (available from Random House Trade Paperbacks) and Second Nature , named one of the best gardening books of the twentieth century by the American Horticultural Society. He is a contributing editor to Harper ’s magazine and a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine .

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Bookseller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
66848
Title
Old Herbaceous
Author
Arkell, Reginald
Illustrator
Minton, John
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Michael Joseph 1950
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1950
Size
8vo.Illustrated
Keywords
Old Herbaceous,Reginald Arkell,John Minton
Bookseller catalogs
Modern First Editions; Gardening;

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Tail
The heel of the spine.
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
First Edition
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