A Year in the Rose Garden by J.H. Nicolas - 1936

Garden City, NY: Doubleday , Doran, & Company, 1936 Doubleday , Doran, & Company, Garden City, NY. 1936. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a very old price of 10 cents on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; light wear at head and tail (flaked gilt); small moisture stain on textblock top at spine that penetrated 2 inches down the spine but does not affect the pages but can be seen at the rear hinge; moisture stain at tail; browning of endpages. DJ: Poor; considerable wear at flap hinges; missing pieces at top and bottom of spine; tear in the first layer of the DJ at the title. NOT Price Clipped ($1.00). Red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine and rose in gilt on the front board. Tinted textblock top. 105 pp 12 mo. Every phase of rose growing has been covered simply and practically to help the small home owner and beginner to grow roses more successfully. Contains information on propagation, pruning, winter protection, soil preparation, planting requirements and what to do the year round in the rose garden; illustrated with halftones and many line drawings; by a world expert in roses. A clean presentable copy with a rare DJ for what there is of it.