The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening: A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture. Vol III: JE-PT de Chittenden, Fred J. (Ed) - 1965

GB: OUP Oxford University Press, 1951. Very clean tight set with some minor spotting and some bronwing to text edges. Dustwrappers are a bit worn with occasional slight edge loss. In loose polythene protectors. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB £14. Packed weight 7000g. Not available abroad. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/VG- DW.

Oxford: Clarendon Press; (1956). Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Second edition, four volumes, generally near fine in near fine dust jackets. The jackets are a bit sunned on the spines, and there is a closed tear on the jacket of one volume. The books are fine, except volume four is cracked at the front hinge at the title page, but is still tight. All volumes are quartos, with over 2300 pages. Additional shipping charges will be required on this set.

Oxford University Press, 1951. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. 5 volumes. xvi+512pp, viii+513-1088pp, viii+1089-1712pp, viii+1713-2316pp, xii+334pp, line drawings, vols I - IV a little rubbed along the edges, Supplement volume dated 1956 & with a spine darkened dustjacket, a solid set. Booksellers ticket of Ozzard Taunton in vols I - IV. 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.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Good. Hardcover. 1965. Second edition, reprint. 5 volumes. Dj lightly worn. Tape residue on endpapers. Name on ff ep . Supplement has rip in title page<br> .

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. First impressions. 4to (282 x 200mm). Green buckram boards stamped in gilt on the spines. All volumes with line illustrations throughout. Vol I pp xvi + 512. Vol II ppviii + 513-1088. Vol III pp viii + 1089-1712. Vol IV pp viii + 1713-2316. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound set in an unclipped dust jackets. Dust jacket rubbed at the edges, chipped at the folds and soiled at the spines. Stamped on the front free endpapers: Station Cantonale d'arboriculture et d'horticulture de Marcelin s/Morges.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956-1969. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 11" by 8.5". Not Stated. 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.… Leer más