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Thomas, H. H.
The Garden at Home.
Publisher: Cassell and Company, Ltd., London;
Date of Publication: 1912
Stock Code: 15290
First edition, first printing. Octavo, pp., xii, 274, [1] blank, plus full-colour tissue guarded photographic frontispiece, 11 full-page black-and-white photographic plates, and 96 halftones. Publisher’s original pea-green cloth, stamped in elaborate gilt, pink, green, violet, and lavender design to spine and upper board; top edge gilt; white end-papers. Contemporary gift inscription in ink to front free end-paper. Minor shelf-wear to corners; spine-tips softened; pink on spine slightly faded; a few fingermarks to lower board; otherwise externally bright and sharp, the upper board particularly so. Light scattered foxing to fore-edge; a few occasional spots internally; otherwise internally clean. A very good or better copy. A superbly presented guide to home gardening. The all-over gilt embossing to the binding is a particularly elaborate example of decorated publisher’s cloth. £150.00