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The Curious Gardener
Jason Hill
1932
Faber and Faber : London
9" by 6"
173pp.
SUMMARY
A smart first edition of this illustrated gardening work, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce,With Dustwrapper
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
First edition.
With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.
Illustrated with five plates and two vignettes. Collated complete.
A charming work for those who love their gardens and wish to add to their beauty or unusualness. With guides on selecting flowers, how to cultivate, and the design of a garden.
Written by Jason Hill, a British horticulturalist.
Illustrated by John Northcote Nash, a British painter of landscapes and still-lives, and a wood engraver and illustrator, particularly of botanic works.
CONDITION
In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with light sunning to the spine. Spotting to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the endpapers.
Overall Condition: Very Good 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.
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