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Published by Oxford University Press Clarendon Press, 1977
ISBN 10: 0198691068ISBN 13: 9780198691068
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little/no wear. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings.
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Published by London; Oxford University Press 1956., 1956
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. 11" x 8". xv + 512pp + viii + 513- 1088pp + viii + 1089- 1712pp + viii + 1713- 2316pp, illustrated. Foxing on fore edge and e.ps. Spotting on boards, else, clean and tight, very good hardbacks in chipped but now protected, dustwrappers.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1956
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
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hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. hardback, four volume set with additional supplement volume, all of the second edition, a very good tightly bound set in dust wrappers that have been laminated and adhered to pastedowns, b&w illustrations, 2316 & 334pp. OWING TO WEIGHT, A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL POSTAGE MIGHT BE MADE IF ORDERED FROM CERTAIN OVERSEAS LOCATIONS.
Published by Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1981, 1981
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
Reprint with corrections. 4 vols. 4to. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), no dustwrappers. Pp. various, illus with coloured and b&w plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper of each vol).
Published by Clarendon, 1956
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1956, supplement - 1969. Clarendon. Second. Hard Cover. Books- VG. DJs- VG, protective covered, spines darkened, Vol IV - Good, edgewear and chips. 11.5x8. 2316pp, 554pp. Some b/w illus. A comprehensive reference, in four volumes and a supplement, which describes every plant suitable for cultivation in the British Isles, both outdoors and under glass. In addition, notes on many tropical and subtropical plants are included.
Published by Clarendon Press / The Royal Horticultural Society, Oxford, 1954
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
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Cloth. Condition: Near Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Second Edition, 1954 (First edition published 1951). Complete Set of 4 Volumes with the A-Z Reference and a Fifth Supplement Volume dated 1969. Text arranged in Double Colimns and illustrated with In-Text Line Drawings. Green cloth covers with Copper Lettering to fronts & spines. 11" Tall. The 4 Volumes contain 2,136 Pages and the Supplement has 554 Pages. Some loss of colour to cloth at bottom right corners. No inscrioptions. Some edge tears to jackets with a few little bits missing. Clipped. Set weighs 10 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by Oxford University Press 1981 Hardback, 1981
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Condition: Good. very heavy - extra postage will apply.
Published by OXFORD CLARENDON PRESS, 1977
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
REPRINT OF THE SECOND EDITION, 5 VERY GOOD VOLUMES IN DUSTWRAPS. INCLUDES SUPPLEMENT. A PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. ASSISTED BY SPECIALISTS. EDITED BY FRED J. CHITTENDEN. POSTAGE AT COST.
Published by Clarendon, 1956
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1956-1969. Clarendon. Hard Covers. Books- Very Good, Supplement - gilt titles on spine, green boards. DJs- Good, spines discoloured, protective covered. 11x8. 2870pp. Profuse b/w illus. This work aims at describing every plant suitable for cultivation in the British Isles both outdoors and under glass, thereby also covering almost all plants suitable for cultivation in temperate climates. Each genus has a general account, followed by descriptions of individual species and such hybrids as are long established and widely grown.
Published by OXFORD CLARENDON PRESS, 1956
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
SECOND EDITION, 5 VERY GOOD VOLUMES IN VERY GOOD PROTECTED DUSTWRAPS. INCLUDES SUPPLEMENT. A PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. ASSISTED BY SPECIALISTS. EDITED BY FRED J. CHITTENDEN. POSTAGE AT COST.
Published by Oxford At The Clarendon Press
Seller: Jason Books, Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand
hardback with dustjacket. second edition. 5 volume set, including Supplement. Page edges darkened, light foxing, dustjackets faded, discoloured, edgewear, contents very good.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1965
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. 2nd impression of 2nd edition. Cloth, dj, VG/G. 5 volumes. xvi+512pp, viii+513-1088pp, viii+1089-1712pp, viii+1713-2316pp, xii+555pp, line drawings, vols I - V a little rubbed along the edges and the dustjackets a little edge worn & chipped with some loss, Supplement volume dated 1969, a solid set. Monumental dictionary of gardening, based around plants grown in British gardens. The Supplement contains lists of recommended varieties of Flowers, Fruits & Vegetables. Frederick James Chittenden [ 1873 - 1950 ] British horticulturalist and first director of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Wisley Garden. He died just before his magnum opus was published. 9625 grams.
Published by Clarendon Press 1956-1969, Oxford, 1956
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). A comprehensive and detailed horticultural dictionary, complete with illustrations and the additional supplemental volume. This is the second edition of this work from the Royal Horticultural society, including the 1956 illustrated volumes I to IV, with continuous pagination, and volume V, the later 1969 supplementary volume. The editors preface to volume V identifies that the first supplementary volume was published in 1956, with the aim of being 'revised and reissued from time to time apart from the main work'.A comprehensive reference work, identifying, in alphabetical order, every plant suitable for cultivation in the British Isles, both outdoors and under glass. In addition, notes on many tropical and subtropical plants are included. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards are bright, with minor fading to back strip of first four vols. Minor shelf wear to spine tails. Light marks to pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.
Published by Clarendon, 1977
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
First Edition
HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Vol i - iv: 1977; supplement - 1976. Clarendon. Vol i - iv: second edition, second reprint; supplement - second edition, first reprint. Hard Cover. Books- VG. DJs- VG, edgewear. 11x8. 2316pp, supplement - 554pp. Many b/w illus. These four volumes, together with a supplement, aim to describe every plant suitable for cultivation in the British Isles both outdoors and under glass, therefore covering almost all plants suitable for cultivation in temperate climates.
Published by Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1981
Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very Good, Dust Soiling At Top Edge Of Text Block, Clean Jackets, Second Edition with Later Corrections, Sm Quarto, Blue Cloth With Addm in Green Cloth all Under Jackets, PP.512,2316 in four volumes Plus PP.334 In Supplement, Text Figures, Extra Shipping As necessary for multi volume set; A Practical And Scientific Encyclopedia Of Horticulture; Succeeded Nicholson s Dictionary Of Gardening As A REference To All Plants Grown In British Gardens; A Monumental Work Completed Posthumously By Synge; Provenance: From the library of Dr. Thomas Lovejoy 1941-2021 an American Ecologist, Yale University Graduate and President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center in Brazil. He also held appointments at the United Nations, George Mason University, and the World Bank and received recognition worldwide for his work including posthumously from the National Geographic Society with its highest honor the Hubbard Medal. Credited with E. O. Wilson of coining the term biological diversity in 1980, he spent his life working in science and public policy.
Published by Clarendon Press 1956-69, Oxford, 1956
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). The detailed and comprehensive horticultural dictionary from the RHS. The Second Edition. In Four Volumes, complete. With One Supplement Volume. In cloth bindings, with unclipped dustwrappers. Externally, a little shelfwear, with some stains to the tops of the boards. The dustwrappers are remarkably well preserved with only a few marks and short closed tears. The dustwrapper of volume two has sections missing from the front panel. Internally, firmly bound, clean and bright, with some marks to the external page edges only. With ink signatures to the front blanks. Very Good Indeed. book.