Mrs C.W. Earle; Ethel Case - Gardening for the Ignorant

London, Macmillan and Co. 1912. Cloth. A bright copy of this very scarce twentieth-century work on gardening for beginners by Mrs C.W. Earle and Ethel Case. A very interesting early twentieth-century work on gardening for beginners, organised into chapters by months of the year. In each chapter, the reader is instructed on what can be done in the garden during each month of the year to reap optimal vegetables, fruits, flowers, and all manner of plants. Written by Mrs C.W. Earle, or Theresa Earle, a British horticulturist and writer, and Ethel Case. A very scarce work.A previous owner has added in copious amounts of notes and handy information sourced from their own garden. They have signed their name to the front free-endpaper in ink ('H.R. Harvey') and have lightly annotated the work in pencil throughout. There are also some ink notations to take note of; to the verso of page xxiii, they have added in ink a list of herbs found in the garden. There is also a newspaper clipping adhered to page 234 containing a list of hardy herbaceous carpeting plants. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, bright, with slight fading to the spine and a little bumping to the extremities. A faint ring stain to the front board. Previous owner's ink signature to the front free-endpaper. Internally, front hinge is starting to the half title page. Binding is tender, but firm, throughout. Pages contain the odd pencil annotation, and there are ink annotations to the verso of page xxiii, and to the page 233. There is a piece of newspaper adhered to page 234 and some offsetting to pages 110 and 111. Otherwise, pages remain clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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