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Wild Flowers for the Garden
by Dealler, Stephen; Drawings by Annie Baikie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -/Very Good ++
- ISBN 10
- 0713400897
- ISBN 13
- 9780713400892
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
London: B. T. Batsford, 1977. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 129 pages including many drawings throughout and several garden plans, plus Glossary, Plant Index, and Index to Lartin Names; very gently used ex-library copy with ghosts of clear tape on covers, but not a trace of cover edge wear, corners crisp and square, rubber stamps on title page and in margins of three text pages, most of free back endpaper (presumably with card pocket ) removed, tiny label on fixed back endpaper, but tight in binding, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ also very clean and unmarked except for usual spine label, but outside of easily removed library mylar protector, exceptionally bright and colourful with wraparound art of numerous wild flowers in a garden setting. See also our listings for Jane Brown's The Pursuit of Paradise: A Social History of Gardens and Gardening, and for Josephine Addison's Treasury of Flower Lore, with watercolour paintings by Cherry Hillhouse (buy two or more and save on postage!)... First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good ++.
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- Seller
- Eric James
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 044760
- Title
- Wild Flowers for the Garden
- Author
- Dealler, Stephen; Drawings by Annie Baikie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0713400897
- ISBN 13
- 9780713400892
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- GREAT BRITAIN UNITED KINGDOM ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLAND LOCAL HISTORY NATURE NATURAL PLANTS PICTORIAL WORKS PAINTING ILLUSTRATION NATURE SCIENCE NATURAL SOCIAL HISTORY GARDENING FLOWERS WILD ART Landscape Planning Design
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening; Environment/Ecology; Nature/Natural Science/Pets;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
Payment through Biblio, or directly we accept PayPal, money order or cheque (10 days for clearance within Canada before shipment). Shipping by Canada Post. Shipment within 48 hours of receipt of payment.
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