Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Title: The Passing Show: A Garden Diary by an Amateur Gardener
Description: London, My Garden, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this illustrated garden diary from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. First edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout. A brilliantly amusing book about gardening from an experienced yet amateur gardener. This work tells the story of a gardener's year, month by month, with records of the successes and failures, trials and triumphs, experiments and discoveries of one enthusiast. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot and writer of adventure stories best known by his pen name Capt. W. E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh, a British artist and illustrator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and board edges. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and panel edges with the odd mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Howard Leigh. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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