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Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. This listing is for 2 Orchid titles sold as a pair at the listed price with one book priced shipping. ABC is hard cover Very Good/Poor. First Edition. Book has some wear at head and foot of spine, but interior is clean and unmarked and book is straight and sound. Jacket has significant wear: large section missing at top of front panel, staining to back panel. TPLOO is beautiful 1975 dust jacketed hard cover, lightly used, great illustrations. Condition Very Good+/Very Good-. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

Asheville: Lark, 1998. Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Subtitle,"Setting and Stacking Stone." Beautiful book and jacket, handsome, no notable wear, newish. Date penned small 1st endsheets corner. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards. *

San Diego: Thunder Bay, 1998. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. From the cover, "Choosing and growing successful plants for borders, beds, and containers." Beautiful hardcover copy, not quite perfect but no stains or wear. Text heavy and bright. Jacket has tears and creasing at spine bottom but looks great in mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. *

Secaucus: Chartwell, 1988. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Attractive hardcover (suspect reprint as is Chartwell in unpriced jkt.) Clean, straight and unmarked. Jacket has minor wear, no tears, in new mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

NY: Macmillan, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Sturdy, slender little book, I noted 2 tiny gappings in the binding. Name penned and handsome x-libris plate first paste down. Black and white fotos. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

London: Cassell, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Straight, crisp, newish book. Jacket unpriced, does not appear to be book club, info correct for Cassell 1st. Jacket downright handsome, in mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. *

Dallas: Taylor, 1987. Revised Ed. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Beautiful copy, sturdy heavy, unscuffed boards, text clean and crisp. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

Boston: Periplus, 2000. 1st Edition, full number Line . Large Paper Bound/ Stiff Cover. Fine/No Jacket. This listing is for 3 books (above details for EAG) sold as a group at the listed price with one-book priced domestic media mail shipping. The EAG is wraps style oversize trade paper copy, unmarked and newish, others similar. #2 is hardover in jacket, Bridget Jones, "The Farmers' Market Guide To Vegetables" subtitle, selecting, preparing & cooking. #3 is Joni Prittie's "The Crafter's Garden" crisp, bright, as are all 3. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

N. Vancouver: Whitecap, 1997. Presume 1st, No Addl. Printings . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Beautiful hardback copy, crisp an newish. Jacket has the odd scratch, teace edge wear, looks terrific in it's mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. *

NY: A.T. De La Mare, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. A strikingly handsome old hardcover, first sheets have 2 penned names and attractive old xlibris plate. Exterior cloth bronze, gilt lettered, inlaid color foto front, binding sound. Text is pale sepia with a multitude of fotos and exterior planting plans. Various mild wear issues, spine bottom frayed, tips bumped, dark spot fore-edge, still much late 20s charm. McBrides says FE or NAP, this has NAP. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Mills, Wyo: Andmar Press, 1992. Presume 1st, No Addl. Printings . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. From the cover, "A complete guide to growing and selling ornamental container palnts. Book is graded low but in clean, sturdy shape. Traces abrasion wear at head/foot of spine. Additionally, it seems likely to have been placed on moist surface which has left bit of wave to texts bottom, mild, had to look sharp to see it. Green, tough boards are clean, text unmarked. Foto coming. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Van Nostrand, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Hardback, later printing. Book has name penned FPD, a bit of light spotting on lower area of boards. Jacket has some minimal edgewear and abrasion, no tears. A clean, newish copy. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

NY: Harper Collins, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Beautiful, heavy, lightly used hardcover. Jacket unclipped, no remainder marks.

NY: Macmillan, 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair+/No Jacket. This 90+ year old hardcover has a handsome exterior and some notable interior issues. The first free (2) endsheets have short tears and separations at their upper edge. These were mild enough that I missed them initially. Additionally, two gappings were noted at the gutters, perhaps a 32nd", all text in place, no actual looseness. Owners x-libris palte and name 1st paste down (the sheet fixed inside the front board). All this said, and th book likely has other faults, the piece seems sound and perfectly usuable for reference or reading. Will try to shoot the flaws when fotoing this one but they may be too subtle to show. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

New York: Elsevier, 1979. Later Printing . Hardcover. Good+/Very Good. Large hard cover, book sound, unmarked, unbumped, with one very notable scar. That being a large section of the first pastedown (the paper laid inside the front board) has been superficially removed. Binding is sewn and seems to be holding nicely. No gapping at hinge. Jacket quite decent, no tears, the odd small scar, in new mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Waco: Society for Louisiana Irises/Texas Gardener, 1988. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Decorative Cloth. Second PR. Handsome book inscribed by Caillet on 1st endsheet. Small amount of wrinkling of jacket at foot spine. Text fresh and bright. Cloth is burgundy w/ gilt. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

NY: Norton, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From the cover,"A seasonal guide to the most easily recognized mushrooms". There is no date I consider reliable here. Originally done in 1980, this one later. Text unmarked, binding solid. Many minor flaws, wear, the odd ultra light smudge. Jacket has a bit of edgewear. Overall, handsome, foto will follow. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Cranbury NJ: A S BARNES, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Crisp, attractive copy. Text bright, tight, boards clean. Jacket has totally mild trace wear, one short tear, looking very sharp in mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1992. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. This group of four related titles comprises a small library of gardening, pruning/botany related writings. Subtitled,"200 illustrated charts for shrubs, trees, climbers, and perennials." Clean, tight, heavily illustrated book, Jacket sunned. Second title: Baumgardt's How to Prune Almost Everything. Hardcover, with jacket, specific instructions for 300 shrubs/100 illustrations. Third: Grimm's How to Recognize Shrubs, harcover, no jacket. Fourth: H.W. Rickett's Botany for Gardeners, BCE, 1957, hardcover with jacket. All jackets in mylar. This group of four related titles comprises a small library of gardening, pruning/botany related writings. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. *

NY: Morrow, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. A very sharp book and jacket, not quite newish, but clean, tight and wholly unmarked. Bright jacket has zero tears (in new mylar wrapper) text unthumbed. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*