The Passing Show; A Garden Diary by an Amateur Gardener Signed 1st Edition 1st Impression
by Captain W.E Johns
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1st Edition / 1st Impression, September 1937. Very good in very good dust jacket which is not price-clipped (Published price 5'-net). Handsigned by WE Johns to the front endpaper, with neat Christmas 1937 presentation in another hand beneath. Particularly clean and tight, in Very Good dustwrapper which has a tear to the lower rear panel and small abrasion to the upper spine. The dust-jacket is protected by a transparent, non-adhesive, archival quality acid-free protector, which can be easily removed if required.
A collection of Johns's articles for the My Garden periodical, with a number of unpublished pieces and original illustrations by Howard Leigh. Johns is best remembered as the author of the Biggles books. This is his only book on gardening.
A collection of Johns's articles for the My Garden periodical, with a number of unpublished pieces and original illustrations by Howard Leigh. Johns is best remembered as the author of the Biggles books. This is his only book on gardening.
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- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 295
- Title
- The Passing Show; A Garden Diary by an Amateur Gardener Signed 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Author
- Captain W.E Johns
- Illustrator
- Howard LEIGH
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in silver to the spine with top edge red. In original dustwrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- My Garden
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Captain WE Johns, William Earle, Biggles,
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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