The Green-House Companion; Comprising A General Course of Green-House and Conservatory Practice Throughout the Year; A Natural Arrangement Of The Principal Green-House Plants In Cultivation: With A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Most Desirable To Form A Collection Their Proper Soils Modes of Propagation, Management, And References To Botanical Works In Which They Are Figured. Also, The Proper Treatment Of Flowers In Rooms, And Bulbs In Water Glasses. [Third Edition Full Cloth Binding]

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London: Whittaker, Treacher, And Co., 1832, Third Edition. Full cloth binding, black text title on a paper label, full page colour frontispiece with tissue guard. Comprising a general course of Green-House and Conservatory Practice throughout the year; A natural arrangement of the principal Green-House plants In cultivation: With A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Most Desirable To Form A Collection Their Proper Soils Modes OF Propagation, Management, And References To Botanical Works In Which They Are Figured. Also, The Proper Treatment Of Flowers In Rooms, And Bulbs In Water Glasses. xii, 408pp including the index. Approximately 9 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition black title text on a paper label, bruised top and tail, sun faded. Joints good condition gently rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn with some of the corners turning in. Boards good condition full cloth boards, faded by the sun in places, the upper board has some marks. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition paper has cracked down the front hinge but both are intact and solid. Paste downs good condition plain, there is a small book sellers label pasted to the centre of the front paste down, tanned and foxed. End papers good condition plain, the front end paper is missing, rear is tanned and foxed. Title good condition tanned and foxed. Pages good condition half title present, full colour frontispiece which has the original tissue guard, there are some b/w illustrations within the text, lightly tanned throughout with some foxing. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1832 Binding: Hardback. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1638991164286

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