Description: Click here to see our other books! The Amateur's Flower Garden: A Handy Guide to the Formation and Management of the Flower Garden and the Cultivation of Garden Flowers Shirley Hibberd 1875 Groombridge and Sons : London 7.5" by 5" v, 284pp. SUMMARY A smartly bound copy of this beautifully illustrated guide to tending a flower garden. Colour Plates,Folding Plates,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 19.99 EU Postage: £ 15.99 European Postage: £ 16.99 Asia Postage: £ 21.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99 DESCRIPTION Scarce edition. Illustrated with a folding colour frontispiece, three folding colour plates, and many in-text images. Lacking two plates. A detailed guide to cultivating a home flower garden, with chapters on the bedding system, bedding plants, border flowers, herbaceous plants, annuals and biennials, the rose garden, subtropical gardens, rockery and alpine gardens, and much more. Written by James Shirley Hibberd, an English writer who became one of the most popular and successful gardening writers of the Victorian era. CONDITION In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities resulting in minor fraying. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light scattered spotting and light age toning to the extremities. Small tide marks to the endpapers. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques
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Location: Bath
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Topic: Gardening
Publisher: Groombridge and Sons
Author: Shirley Hibberd
Binding: Cloth
Subject: Gardening
Special Attributes: None
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Region: London
Illustrator: Not Stated
Signed: No
Place of Publication: London
Year Printed: 1875
Country/Region of Manufacture: London
