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How to Make a Garden Grow. With illustrations
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1938
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG/ND. y 1st Edn. 1st Imp. HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1938 * Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. * Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, black titles to spine and face. Picture to front board of a man and a sunflower. Minor bumps & rubs, some slight age marks & fading to boards. VG.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Top edge coloured (green). Illustrations to end-papers. Neat inscription to front paste-down. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minor reading wear, no marks to text. Some spotting to fore-edges & slight tanning to end papers. Otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: Copiously illustrated with b/w line drawings throughout to most pages. * Pages: 104 pp. text.* Description: First published in 1938, the book gives an insight into gardening trends on the eve of the Second World War while also addressing common concerns faced by gardeners. It features Heath Robinsons hilarious drawings of many typically elaborate contraptions such as the Combined Telescopic Spaderake for digging and raking at the same time, the Inebriate Roller for making wobbly garden paths and the Osoeezi Slugsticker. While some are patently ridiculous ? a lawn is de-thistled and resown with the help of a barrel of grass seed strapped onto a small donkey ? others are before their time, such as a special pump that can divert your bathwater into your garden hose, a contraption that is not wildly dissimilar to gadgets on the market today.* A NEAR VG+ copy with some age and wear but no dust jacket.* 1938-01-01. n.
