Lot 337: A Collection of Contemporary Gardening and Horticultural Books including Diarmuid Gavin and RHS. (DJ)
A collection of modern gardening and horticultural reference books, primarily late 20th and early 21st-century British publications. Notable volumes in the lot include homefront in the garden by Diarmuid Gavin, published by BBC, featuring pictorial boards; Making the Modern Garden by Christopher Bradley-Hole, published by Mitchell Beazley, a large quarto volume with dust jacket; and RHS Plants for Places, edited by Christopher Brickell, published by Dorling Kindersley for the Royal Horticultural Society, in hardcover with dust jacket. The collection also includes a publication by Pippa Greenwood published by DK (Dorling Kindersley) and a softcover horticultural catalogue from Notcutts. The volumes are housed in a black plastic crate. Several books have orange adhesive lot or price stickers affixed to the covers with the numbers 337 and 16 16. The collection comprises a mix of hardcover and softcover bindings, many being large format quarto volumes with extensive photographic illustrations.
Condition report:
The books show signs of wear consistent with general use. There is visible bumping to the corners and edges of the boards and dust jackets. Some dust jackets exhibit minor scuffing, surface wear, and small creases. Adhesive stickers are present on the exterior of several volumes. The internal pages appear generally clean and intact, though they have not been individually inspected.
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