The Gardener's Assistant
by THOMPSON, Robert; MOORE, Thomas
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Blackie & Son, 1878. Hardcover. Fair. lii, 956 p. 26 cm. 12 colour plates at front, followed by 32 plates. 402 figures in text. Half leather with green cloth. Front board nearly detached. Boards rubbed and worn. Ring stain on front. Half of spine stained. Tape on front endpapers part of an unproffesional attempt to repair hinge. Dampstain on upper part of text bock edge. Paper browning.
Title continues: "Practical and Scientific. A Guide to the Formation and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Gardens, and the Cultivation of Conservatory Greenhouse, and Stove Plants; With a Copious Calendar of Gardening Operations, and Select Lists of Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables."
Title continues: "Practical and Scientific. A Guide to the Formation and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Gardens, and the Cultivation of Conservatory Greenhouse, and Stove Plants; With a Copious Calendar of Gardening Operations, and Select Lists of Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141968
- Title
- The Gardener's Assistant
- Author
- THOMPSON, Robert; MOORE, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Gardening, Flowers, Fruit, Orchards, Greenhouses, Conservatory, Vegetables
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
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London, Ontario
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Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.