Horticulture

1905 · rif. 045330 — London: The Offices of Country Life George Newes 1905. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. v 960 pages. Volume 17 only January 1905- July 1905. The binding measures 14 1/2 inches tall by almost 10 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in full green cloth with cover titles in gilt and with beveled edges. Moderate wear to the binding. Binding has some rubbing on the back cover as some light scuff marks and there is a strip of damping along the fore edges of the front and rear covers. Outside edges of the text block are foxed and some of the pages are lightly stuck together at the fore edges but still open easily. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated throughout with photos of gardens English manor houses dogs hunting Lords and Ladies etc. Three page Index at the front. Inscribed on the title page by the original owner "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / Salem N. Jersey." George C. Lippincott 1850-1951 was a doctor in the U.S. Navy in the 1870s-1880s before he opened his office in Salem. We have several other hardback volumes in this series. The Offices of Country Life, George Newes hardcover