Pleasures and Problems of a Rock Garden
by WILDER, Louise Beebe; introduction by Richardson Wright, illustrations by Harry G. Healy;
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City, New York, Garden City Publishing, [1937], . . original cloth, blind-stamped vignette on front cover, elaborate gilt design on spine, gilt lettering on spine, near copy with bright cover, in dj (chipped at edges). . large 8vo [25 x 18 cm]; xii, 294 pp, frontis, 96 plates from photos, illustrating 200 varieties of plants, bibliog, index. . A comprehensive work, giving detailed cultivation, growing suggestions and lists of plants arranged by type and color. "The most important contribution to rock gardening lore ever produced in America". (Richardson Wright). Not often found in a dust jacket. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J10153
- Title
- Pleasures and Problems of a Rock Garden
- Author
- WILDER, Louise Beebe; introduction by Richardson Wright, illustrations by Harry G. Healy;
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth, blind-stamped vignette on front cover, elaborate gilt design on spine, gilt lettering on spine, near copy with b
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City, New York, Garden City Publishing, [1937], .
- Size
- large 8vo [25 x 18 cm]; xii, 294
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening - General;
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Horizon Books
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Toronto, Ontario
About Horizon Books
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- Gilt
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