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Collins, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. Third Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains colour plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 288 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.Boards are bowed.Book has a forward lean. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

London: Collins, 1969. Fifth edition.. 8vo. 288 pp. Illus from photos in colour and b/w. A little used, still very good in like dustwrapper..

London: Collins, 1969. 130 roses in colour, 32 photographs in B/W. Fifth Ediiton. Hardback. Fine/V G rubbed. 8vo.

London, Collins, 1956, First edition. . original red cloth with gilt spine title lettering and vignette, very good sound copy with previous owner's notes on roses on blank endpaper and a few tipped-in illustrations of roses from other sources, dj with wear and short tears. . 8vo [21 x 15 cm]; 288 pp, frontis, plus 64 colored plates (complete), plus 16 black and white plates, chart, bibliography, index. . The colored plates are from photos by the author and from paintings by Pamela Freemand, paul Jones and Margaret Stones and show 130 rose varieties. The black and white plates, each with one or more illustrations, show how to cultivate, plant, prune, etc. The author is a long time rose grower and photographer. Stock 2062. Stock lists a number of later printings, each identical to this first printing. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London England: Collins, 1959. Hardback. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Cotents: Introduction. The Evolution of the Modern Rose. The Preparation of the Soil. Planting and Planning. Principles of Pruning. Manure and Fertilisers. Pests. Ill Health. The Hybrid Tea Type. The Floribunda Roses. Climbing and Rambling Roses. The Shrub Roses. The Polyantha Pompons and Miniature Roses. Rose Hedges. Pot Roses Under Glass. Propogation. Raising Your Own New Rose; Hybriding. Exhibiting. 'Modern Roses Have Lost Their Fragrance!'. Pills, Potions and Preserves. Routine Reminder and General Cultivation. The Great Rose Societies. The Continental Trial Grounds. Pros and Cons. Index. 130 Roses Illustrated in Colour. 32 Photographs in Black and White. 288 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). 3rd Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Read More

London England: Collins. Very Good/No Jacket. 1956. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Harback Hardback.. pink cloth with gilt lettering. Cotents: Introduction. FEP stuck together The Evolution of the Modern Rose. The Preparation of the Soil. Planting and Planning. Principles of Pruning. Manure and Fertilisers. Pests. Ill Health. The Hybrid Tea Type. The Floribunda Roses. Climbing and Rambling Roses. The Shrub Roses. The Polyantha Pompons and Miniature Roses. Rose Hedges. Pot Roses Under Glass. Propogation. Raising Your Own New Rose; Hybriding. Exhibiting. 'Modern Roses Have Lost Their Fragrance!'. Pills, Potions and Preserves. Routine Reminder and General Cultivation. The Great Rose Societies. The Continental Trial Grounds. Pros and Cons. Index. 130 Roses Illustrated in Colour. 32 Photographs in Black and White. 288 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and… Read More

London : Collins, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; Pp. 288, 64 p. of col. plates, 16 p. of plates ; 21.4 cm. Subjects; Roses. Cultivation. Horticulture. Plant life. Flowers.

London : Collins, 1965 A clean and tightly bound book. Spine faded. 130 Roses illustrated in colour. 32 B/W photos.