Emberton Sybil C (11 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: F/F/VG. y First Edition. HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1968* Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Dark green cloth, gilt title on scarlet title label to spine. No bumps or rubs, very slight sunning to lower edges. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 36/-. Slight shelf wear to top edge only. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. No inscriptions. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, seems little used if at all. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour frontis with 30 b/w plates.* Pages: 244 pp. text. xl pp. Appendices, indices and blank pages at rear.* Description: As every flower arranger knows, flowers of some sort can be bought all the year round; but the selection of foliage usually available from the florist is nearly always uninteresting and extremely limited. To provide the foliage, therefore, which is essential for successful flower arrangements ? not only for your own home but also for churches and for competition and exhibition work ? it is necessary to grow your own. Here are over 250 hardy foliage plants, described in detail, with associated information as to their deployment within the garden and their incorporation in to the display.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st/1st with NO MAJOR FAULTS.* 1968-05-01.…

Condition: Good. 1968. First Edition. 284 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.…

Condition: Good. 1968. First Edition. 284 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light water marks to edges and corners.…

Condition: Fair. 1972. First Edition. 264 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper and flat signed to title page. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning and water staining to spine and edges. Foxing overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. small stain on title page else a nice copy, dust wrapper price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slightly Worn. First. Paul D. Read (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1970 reprint of a 1968 title. Original pictorial dustjacket VG. Green cloth gilt fine. name clipped from the blank flyleaf. Pages very clean & tight. No inscriptions. Illustrated. 284 pages.

Quarter-leather. Condition: Very Good. 274pp, colour frontispiece and 24 monochrome plates, amateur (but very good) quarter black morocco binding, grey cloth covered boards, grey endpapers, boards slightly bowed, 13x21cm.

Condition: Very Good. 8vo. hardcover in d/w. Very good++. 274pp. Index.