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Rockwell's Complete Guide to Successful Gardening

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The Rockwell's Complete Guide to Successful Gardening. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. First edition second printing hardcover with dust jacket. 571 pp. A gardener's step-by-stem guide to planning, laying out, planting, and caring for a garden. The book also has monthly reminders of what to do in a particular region, including direct page references on how to do it and lists of plant material for specific purposes and regions. The comprehensive book has more than a hundred photographs and a hundred line drawings to supplement the text. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
  • Creator:
    Esther C. Grayson (Author),Frederick F. Rockwell (Author)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Depth: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1965
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. dust jacket show small signs of age with a repair and small losses.
  • Seller Location:
    valatie, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: NP-744-1st1stDibs: LU2605110183051

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