Author: George W. Johnson
Title: The Cottage Gardener or, Amateur Gardener&Apos;S Guide to out-Door Gardening and Spade Cultivation
Description: London, William S. Orr & Co. 1848-1850. Leather. A smart three volume set of George W. Johnson's sweeping and detailed gardening guide, with illustrations. Three volumes. Containing issue numbers one to seventy-eight. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. A weekly periodical devoted to the advancement and development of outdoor gardening in Great Britain, with much information and hints on improving the culture of crops and the use of spades. Including articles on: annuals, bulbs, perennials, greenhouse plants, wildflowers, and more. Edited by George William Johnson, a British writer on gardening. In the original half black crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the board edges with the odd mark to the boards. Minor loss of the paper covering the boards to the rear board of volume one and the front board of volume two. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning and further spotting to the endpapers. Residue from silver sticker between pages 124 and 125 of volume one. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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