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ANTIQUARIAN, RARE & COLLECTABLE BOOKS, AND FINE SOUTH EAST ASIAN ANTIQUES
ANTIQUARIAN, RARE & COLLECTABLE BOOKS, AND FINE SOUTH EAST ASIAN ANTIQUES

The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, Fred J. Chittenden, Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1951, 4 Vols.

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A good 4 volume set of these authoritative, and substantial, gardening dictionaries.

The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening; A Practical and Scientific Encylopaedia of Horticulture. Edited by Fred J. Chittenden, O.B.E., F.L.S., V.M.H. Assisted by Specialists.

Published by Oxford University Press, London, at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1951. First edition.

A good set of 4 green cloth hardbacks. With some wear and rubbing. Vol I with some streak marks to rear cover. All soundly bound. Gilt titles to spine.

Text is bright and clear throughout. Dust toned edges to text block. Illustrated.

Text in English. 

Vol. I: xvi + 512pp; 

Vol. II: viii + 513-1088pp; 

Vol. III: viii + 1089-1712pp; 

Vol. IV: viii + 1713-2316pp. 

Weight approximately 6.5kg (the set - unpacked). 

Approximate dimensions of each volume: 281mm high x 212mm wide x 35mm deep.