A Gardener's Year
por H. Rider Haggard
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very Good Indeed
- Livreiro
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1905. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The second impression of this non-fiction H. Rider Haggard work, from Haggard's own library and with his bookplate. The second impression, published in the same year as the first impression.With H. Rider Haggard's hieroglyphic bookplate to the front pastedown.One of H. Rider Haggard's lesser known works, this is a diary of gardening throughout the year. It offers a thorough explanation of the author's work in his garden across one year, with a chapter for each month.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding plane, and twenty-four plates. Collated, complete.Haggard is best known for his adventure fiction romance novels, pioneering the lost world genre.A lovely work from the author's own library. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small area of fading to head of back strip. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light handling marks. Very Good Indeed
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 900F4
- Título
- A Gardener's Year
- Autor
- H. Rider Haggard
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encadernação
- Cloth
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1905
- Dimensão
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Palavras-chave
- gardening king solomon's mines A Gardener's Year haggard king solomon's mines
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
Rooke Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Bookplate
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...