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Low-Cost Passive Solar Greenhouses A Design and Construction Guide

By: Alward, Ron; Shapiro, Andy

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The National Center For Appropriate Technology: 1980

Seller Id: 40852

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Landscape format measuring 8.5 in tall x 10.75 in long. 173 p. Natural heavy style stock covers and matching unbleached text. Light age toning at periphery and some wear along lower edge of frt cover. Much sought authoritative volume on the subject.
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Grandma Putt's Old-Time Farmer's Almanac for the Year 2000. Special Millennium Issue

By: Baker, Jerry

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Jerry Baker: 1999

Seller Id: 42793

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Yellow card covers crisp and unmarked 64 pp text fine. Uncommon millennium gardening collectible. Includes articles on the weather, gardening, food, offers a 3 year calendar with an explanation of Calendar pages, WastNot, Want Not, Church Days, Gestation Table, Coble's Fisherman's Calendar and much more.
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Better Homes and Gardens Garden Book

By: Better Homes and Gardens

Price: $15.00

Publisher: IA, Meredith Publishing Co.: 1951

Seller Id: 45204

Binding: Five Ring Binder

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated cloth covered 5 ring binder, stated first edition. Cloth split along gutters, few loose leaves laid in. Watermarked and spotted on inside rear cover, age toning but not musty. Solid working copy. 480 pp.
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The World of Rice: Its History, Geography & Science

By: Boesch, Mark J.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, E.P.Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1968

Seller Id: 33949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

1st edition ex-lib with few markings. Pocket and all pages present. Light, thin line of glue running vertically down the half title page. Price clipped dj in new mylar displays very well with colorful wrap-around art. 160 pp text is tight and bright. The World of Rice tells how the cereal, rice, and its cultivation spread from one part of the world to others, and in doing so, shows the interrelation of rice culture and the history, geography, and sociology of the many parts of the world where it is now grown.
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My First Garden

By: Bogacki, Tomek

Price: $9.00

Publisher: NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 2000

Seller Id: 36435

ISBN: 0374325189

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Glossy 1st edition hardcover is square and straight. Gift ded on illustrated fep, rest of 34 p text flawless. Unclipped dj in new mylar looks terrific. Inspired by hearing that a garden used to grow in the yard in front of his house, a boy recreates it with loving care.
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Common Sense Gardening In Fairfax County (Virginia)

By: Bollinger, Jean M.; Landscape Design Critic & Plant Consultant

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Five Hills Garden Club: 1978

Seller Id: 34805

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Not ex-lib. Faded revised edition 8 3/8" tall green card cover with black floral vines framing the cover title. 93 pp text has a coffee? mark on lower tip throughout the volume, else crisp and unmarked. Chapters include: Gardening Guidelines (Gardening-by-the-Month)/ Plan First, Then Plant/ Woody Plants For The Home Garden/ Plant Correctly/ Keep The Yard Looking Young/ Ground Covers and Vines/ Spring Blooming Bulbs/ Azaleas/ Dependable Perennials: Irises, Peonies, Day lilies, Chrysanthemums/ Roses/ Vegetables In The Home Garden/ Grow Happy House Plants/ Garden Naturally/ A Wo...
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The Louisiana Iris The History and Culture of Five Native American Species and Their Hybrids

By: Caillet, Marie and Mertzweiller, Joseph K. Editors

Price: $8.00

Publisher: TX, Society for Louisiana Irises: 1988

Seller Id: 38162

ISBN: 0914641093

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1st edition hardcover in red cloth boards with gold lettering has negligible wear. Unclipped dj has a micro ding at gutter otherwise shows beautifully. 225 tight pages with crisp text and beautiful photographs has no tears or writing. This book covers the interesting history of the Louisiana iris group including hybridization and development of tetraploids.
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Kidzerbs A Kid's Guide to Growing Medicinal Plants (and Cooking with Them)

By: Cech, Sena

Price: $18.00

Publisher: OR, Horizon Herbs: 1996

Seller Id: 45667

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Unique 40 pg 1st edition illustrated paperback that gives growing and cooking ideas and recipes. Light handling soil on white background card covers, internally clean. Includes a brief description of 11 medicinal plants and ways to administer them, such as yummy Flax Seed Banana Bread, Borage/Violet Oatmeal Cookies, Tri-Basil Omlette and more.
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A Gardener's Album A Collection of Selected Home and Garden Ideas from Members of the Ragged Robin Garden Club Lynchburg, VA 1976

By: Compilation Authored

Price: $15.00

Publisher: VA, Ragged Robin Garden Club: 1976

Seller Id: 28493

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Gorgeous 1st edition paperback, 120 pgs, black plastic comb spine complete and unbroken, illustrated burgundy covers show no damage and only faint soil from storage. A wonderful array of ideas for the home, to give as gifts and to busy oneself on a rainy afternoon. Contents include: Calendar for Gardening/ Gardening Indoors/ Gardening Outdoors/ Arrangements/ Dried Materials/ Crafts and Decorations/ Something for the Birds.
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Handbook for Exhibiting and Judging Daffodils

By: Compilation Authored

Price: $18.00

Publisher: The American Daffodill Society, Inc: 1974

Seller Id: 32897

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

1st edition yellow card cover paperback with 36 pp. of growing, judging, exhibiting, staging and winning Daffodil shows. Yellow card covers with green titles has a corner clipped cover, three small rust marks on rear cover. One line and a star in margin of point scoring system chapter, remainder of text crisp and unmarked. Very rare booklet.
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Country Containers

By: Donaldson, Stephanie

Price: $8.00

Publisher: England, David & Charles: 1999

Seller Id: 24839

ISBN: 0715306510

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1st edition hardcover book tips barely brushed, dj has slight curl at lower edge of front panel and a small hole which is really hard to see on the busy floral frt panel, displays beautifully in new mylar. 168 p text flawless. Chapters contain info on utilizing the following containers: MEDITERRANEAN; AMERICAN COUNTRY; SEASIDE; DECORATED COUNTRY; ENGLISH COUNTRY; WOODLAND; FADED SPLENDOR; FARMYARD; KITCHEN GARDEN; NEW RUSTIC; SUPPLIERS AND A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX. "These British books offer spectacular photographs showing delightful, creative arrangements of plants in a variety of contain...
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Flowers and What They Are A Whitman Learn About Book

By: Elting, Mary

Price: $5.00

Publisher: WI, Whitman: 1961

Seller Id: 25776

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

1st edition hardcover with sharp tips and bumped spine ends. 60 pg. Name at head of rear paste down. A Whitman Learn About Book. The author and the artists: Mary Elting's love of flowers began in her childhood spent in the high Colorado Rockies. Flowers grew everywhere in the pastures of her father's ranch. Miss Elting is married to Franklin Folsom, also a writer. Their home is in New Jersey, where they have a big flower garden.
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Organic Materials Management Strategies (5306W)

By: EPA

Price: $5.00

Publisher: 1988

Seller Id: 15504

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

1st edition paperbadk 8/5 x 11" tall. Near fine condition showing light curl to lower fore-edge of front cover. Published 1988. 53 pp of manure and organic waste compost management for the organic garden. EPA530-R-97-003
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The Green Thumb Story

By: Fiedler, Jean

Price: $7.00

Publisher: NY, Scholastic: 1964

Seller Id: 45924

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition, first printing illustrated card covers with light color loss at periphery. 48 pp text is tight and browned but not brittle. No names, tears or soil, but a bit of sticker rems on rear cover. Anyone who loves flowers and the earth, and who knows how to help green plants to grow is said to have a green thumb. But Peter didn't know. He thought a green thumb was something magic. This is the story of how Peter went looking for a green thumb.
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The Scented Victorian Garden Australian Household Companion

By: Games, Catherine (Compiler)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Australia, Penguin: 1992

Seller Id: 30404

ISBN: 0670905895

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

1st edition hardcover in glossy illustrated boards with oval cottage scene on cover. A smidge of color loss at very tips from storage. 135 p. text appears unread. Lovely, perfumed, marbled endpapers. More than a recipe, garden craft and lore book this is a delightfully presented gift book. Crisp and unmarked with many lined entry pages to jot notes, etc.
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Jersey's Farmers and Their Fields

By: Hillsdon, Sonia

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NJ, Privately Printed: 1994

Seller Id: 41539

ISBN: 1899249052

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Tight bright 1st edition paperback with light surface soil on white background covers, 27 pp of New Jersey farming lore and facts.
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A Witch's Guide to Gardening

By: Jacob, Dorothy, Foreword by B. J. Chute

Price: $250.00

Publisher: NY, Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc.: 1965

Seller Id: 47119

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Second printing of the first edition, one year after the first. Straight, sharp hardcover in green paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with a gold lettered title and blue & green botanical drawings on head and foot of backstrip. Spine ends show light bumping and color loss, no rubbing or tearing. Light sunning on edges of book underneath the dust jacket. Black stamped former owner's name on fep, no other ownership marks, no tears or soil, just one pin hole over one word in the foreword. 118 pp text is illustrated with botanical line drawings. Price-clipped just jacket desig...
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Purpleleaf Plums

By: Jacobson, Arthur Lee

Price: $7.00

Publisher: OR, Timber Press: 1992

Seller Id: 43161

ISBN: 0881922552

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1st edition hardcover with negligible color loss at still sharp tips and spine ends. Unclipped dj slightly sunned along spine, 183 p text crisp and unmarked. Combining detailed research and personal observation, this book traces the history of these unusual trees, with their stunning pink spring blossoms and somber summer foliage, from their origins in Asia Minor. It offers descriptions and comments on 50 cultivars.
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Specialty Gardens

By: James, Theodore Jr.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang: 1992

Seller Id: 24713

ISBN: 155670190X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1st edition hardcover in fine condition. 239 glossy p. of glorious color photos and explicit instructions on how to create your own backyard paradise. Amazing gardens!! Remainder dot on foot of page block else as new. Oversized book. Surveys a wide variety of specialty gardens, ranging from water gardens to herb gardens, includes historical background information, and tours more than ninety public and private gardens
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Your City Garden Planning and Plants

By: Kramer, Jack

Price: $8.00

Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1972

Seller Id: 18760

ISBN: 0684130297

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

1st edition hardcover shows surface wear on board feet, text tight and bright. DJ in mylar shows one tiny chip at head of front panel, displays beautifully. 120 p well illustrated text. Super small space ideas!
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