One-inch ink mark on title page, else text clean & bright; binding tight; minor wear to covers; lacks a dustjacket. 797 pages. Illustrated. 1973 reprint of the 1894 seventh edition. We also carry a variety of other orchid titles.
The Orchid Grower's Manual: Containing Descriptions of Upwards of Nine Hundred and Thirty Species and Varieties of Orchidaceous Plants: Together With Notices of Their Times of Flowering, and Most Approved Modes of Treatment: Also, Plain and Practical...
Benjamin Samuel Williams
The Orchid Grower's Manual: Containing Descriptions of Upwards of Nine Hundred and Thirty Species and Varieties of Orchidaceous Plants: Together With Notices of Their Times of Flowering, and Most Approved Modes of Treatment: Also, Plain and Practical...
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Publisher: Published at Victoria and Paradise nurseries, Upper Holloway, London;...
Date published: 1877
Format: Hardcover
[Orchidology] Bound in publisher's green cloth, with gilt orchid on front. Hardcover. Gutter cracked. A few signatures sprung. xi, 336 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates (many folded): color frontispiece; 20 cm. Benjamin Samuel Williams was an English orchidologist and nurseryman. According to William Glikbarg "Williams provided the stimulus that made orchid growing possible for the average gardener."
One-inch ink mark on title page, else text clean & bright; binding tight; minor wear to covers; lacks a dustjacket. 797 pages. Illustrated. 1973 reprint of the 1894 seventh edition. We also carry a variety of other orchid titles.
The fifth edition of Benjamin Samuel William's guide to growing orchids, illustrated with beautiful folding plates. The fifth edition, enlarged and revised. Illustrated with a folding colour frontispiece and fifty-two monochrome illustrations including vignettes and folding plates. Collated complete. Â In the publisher's original gilt cloth. Â This work was written by English orchidologist Benjamin Samuel Williams and provides an in depth manual on the orchid and how to grown them. This guidebook describes the various species of orchid, diseases that can hinder the growth of the plant and the best techniques for growing. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with a lean, marks to the boards, bumping and slight rubbing to the extremities and small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges tender with an old ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, pp.216-219 disbound but present, with strain in places. Pages lightly age toned with occasional light spotting, heavier to the front and rear. Closed tears to the odd plate. Very Good.
The fifth edition of Benjamin Samuel William's guide to growing orchids, illustrated with beautiful folding plates. The fifth edition, enlarged and revised. Illustrated with a folding colour frontispiece and fifty-two monochrome illustrations including vignettes and folding plates. Collated complete. Â In the publisher's original gilt cloth. Â This work was written by English orchidologist Benjamin Samuel Williams and provides an in depth manual on the orchid and how to grown them. This guidebook describes the various species of orchid, diseases that can hinder the growth of the plant and the best techniques for growing. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with a lean, marks to the boards, bumping and slight rubbing to the extremities and small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges tender with an old ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, pp.216-219 disbound but present, with strain in places. Pages lightly age toned with occasional light spotting, heavier to the front and rear. Closed tears to the odd plate. Very Good.
The Orchid Grower's Manual: Containing Descriptions of Upwards of Nine Hundred and Thirty Species and Varieties of Orchidaceous Plants: Together With Notices of Their Times of Flowering, and Most Approved Modes of Treatment: Also, Plain and Practical...
Benjamin Samuel Williams
The Orchid Grower's Manual: Containing Descriptions of Upwards of Nine Hundred and Thirty Species and Varieties of Orchidaceous Plants: Together With Notices of Their Times of Flowering, and Most Approved Modes of Treatment: Also, Plain and Practical...
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Publisher: Published at Victoria and Paradise nurseries, Upper Holloway, London;...
Date published: 1877
Format: Hardcover
[Orchidology] Bound in publisher's green cloth, with gilt orchid on front. Hardcover. Gutter cracked. A few signatures sprung. xi, 336 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates (many folded): color frontispiece; 20 cm. Benjamin Samuel Williams was an English orchidologist and nurseryman. According to William Glikbarg "Williams provided the stimulus that made orchid growing possible for the average gardener."
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top edge gilt: The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.