01875nam a2200301Ia 4500 gardenersassis00thom CaSfIA 20240805083759.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 110627s1907 enkaf o 000 0 eng d (OCoLC)855530089 SMI SMI CaSfIA Thompson, Robert, 1798-1869. The gardener's assistant : a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches / by Robert Thompson. Half title: Thompson's Gardener's assistant New ed. / rev. and entirely remodelled under the direction and general editorship of William Watson. London : The Gresham Publishing Company, 1907. 1 online resource (1 v. (various pagings), [6] leaves of plates : illustrations (chromolithographs, photomechanical reproductions)) "With contributions from Dr. M.T. Masters, Edward Mawley, G. Massee, F.W. Burbidge, J. Fraser, J.J. Willis, R. Lewis Castle, W. Iggulden, R. Dean, J. Hudson, J. Douglas, W.J. Bean and numerous other eminent specialists." "Illustrated by numerous engravings in the text, and a series of plates in colour, and of plates in black-and-white." Publisher's sales blad, including 4 sample spines with gilt titles (for 2 different editions?) on paste-downs, with sample illustrations. Original edition issued in 1859. Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. SCNHRB copy (39088015715923) bound in dark green decorative publisher's cloth, design stamped in silver and green. Dummies (Bookselling) Specimens. Gardening Great Britain. Watson, William, 1858-1925. https://archive.org/details/gardenersassis00thom Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26705440M Additional information and access via Open Library gardenersassis00thom ark:/13960/t2898q211