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GARDEN NATURAL HISTORY (NN 102)
Written by Stefan Buczacki.
Stock no. 2130477
Published by Collins. As new condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780007139934. Book still in original shrink wrap - unopened! Shrink wrap has tear to rear. Wrapper spine has become faded where it has obviously sat on a shelf.

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FUROR HORTENSIS ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN IN MEMORY OF H.F. CLARK
Written by Peter Willis; Robert H. Matthew; Patrick Nuttgens; Geoffrey Jellicoe.
Stock no. 2129954
Published by Elysium Press Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Limited first edition of 1000 copies. Large format. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. B/w photos and illustrations. Not numbered, but this is one of 1000 first edition copies. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine with a little fading. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Original glassine wrapper is still present with some tears and chips and creasing; also some foxing; a bit of loss.

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CAPABILITY BROWN
Written by Dorothy Stroud.
Stock no. 1815039
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine in brown title block. Green pictorial endpapers. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0571102670. Text block browned, a few grubby marks to contents and a few scattered foxspots. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a small nick to base of spine.

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MY GARDEN JULY 1940 (VOL. 20 No. 79)
Written by Theo A. Stephens; W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1609236
Published by My Garden. 1940. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. An intimate magazine for garden lovers. Contains article by W.E. Johns: 'The Passing Show'. Cover edges creased and foxed. Book has tobacco smell.

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MY GARDEN MAY 1940 (VOL. 20 No. 77)
Written by Theo A. Stephens; W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1609235
Published by My Garden. 1940. Very good condition.

Card wraps. An intimate magazine for garden lovers. Contains article by W.E. Johns: 'The Passing Show'. Cover edges creased.

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MY GARDEN APRIL 1937 (VOL. 10 No. 40)
Written by Theo A. Stephens; W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1609234
Published by My Garden. 1937. Very good condition.

Card wraps. An intimate magazine for garden lovers. Contains article by W.E. Johns: 'The Passing Show'. Cover edges creased.

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SEE HOW IT GROWS
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Robert Micklewright.
Stock no. 1504788
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

With the help of many drawings and useful information on weeds, soil and plant families, Malcolm Saville shows simply and entertainingly how to avoid the pitfalls that beset the young gardener. Colour and b/w pictures, many full page. Pictorial boards. 72 pages. ISBN: 0192731246. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wear to lower edges of covers. Dustwrapper flap is stuck to front pastedown along bottom edge. Spot of surface paper damage to rear pastedown where flap has been stuck to it, now free. Contents clean. Clear cover on dustwrapper stuck on verso along top and bottom edges.

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OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN
Written by Agnes Castle; Egerton Castle. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1404229
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1914. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers, gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Endpapers are illustrated. 8 beautiful guarded colour plates and many b/w text illustrations throughout. 304 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Couple of marks to rear board. Front and rear joint starting to crack. A few hinges pulled. Heavy foxing to prelims and last few pages. Foxing throughout book including verso of plates. One plate has a small nick to one edge.

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FLOWERING SHRUBS IN INDIA
Written by S.L. Jindal.
Stock no. 1809035
Published by Publications Division, Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth boards, white titles. B/w & colour plates. 178 pages. Front board bowed. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn and grubby to rear panel.

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JOHNSON'S GARDENERS' DICTIONARY
Written by C. H. Wright; D. Dewar.
Stock no. 1605030
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1898. Fair condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A new edition thoroughly revised and considerably enlarged. Corners bumped and worn, spine bumped with splitting at top and tail. 9cm split to top front edge of spine. Joints cracked, strengthened with pieces of tape. Inscription to front endpaper. Contents generally are very good.

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THE GARDENERS' DICTIONARY
Written by George W. Johnson.
Stock no. 1605029
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1880. Good condition.

Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Describing the plants, fruits, and vegetables desirable for the garden and explaining the terms and operations employed in their cultivation. With a supplement including all the new plants and varieties down to the year 1869. Front endpaper MISSING. Spine and corners bumped and worn, with splitting and fraying at top and tail of spine. Front board creased. Joints partly cracked. Pages lightly browned. Contents generally very good.

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THREE LITTLE GARDENERS
Written by L. Agnes Talbot. Illustrated by Gertrude M. Bradley.
Stock no. 1207719
Published by S.C. Brown, Langham & Company Ltd.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Small format. Green and red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine a little faded, odd small mark to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Front joint starting to crack. Contents have an odd mark and some light browning and foxing but generally are clean.

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