The A.B.C. of the Herbaceous Border (The ABC of Gardening Books) W.E. Shewell Cooper
1955. First Edition. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Occasional thumb-marking present. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Creasing and some minor staining to rear board. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Dark rubbing and marking to surfaces, with scuffing to edges.