Mm. Vilmorin-Andrieux; William Robinson; W. P. Thompson — The Vegetable Garden

London, John Murray, 1920. Cloth. An uncommon, richly illustrated guide to the personal vegetable garden, with original, very scarce dust wrapper. An uncommon horticultural title, detailing the techniques of cultivating a wide variety of vegetable plants.Produced by the French seed firm Vilmorin-Andrieux.Bound in original blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.Featuring the very scarce original dust wrapper, unclipped.Richly illustrated throughout with monochrome vignettes.The enlarged edition, the work having been first published in 1885. Bound in original blue cloth, in original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, generally smart, with mild shelf wear. Scattered spotting to boards and spine. Small damp stains to spine. Notable spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper worn. Large closed tear to rear dust wrapper joint. Occasional significant and mild losses to dust wrapper extremities. Scattered spotting and the odd handling mark to dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Age toning to front blank. The odd spot to text block edges. Very Good . Ill.: Mm. Vilmorin-Andrieux. Very Good/Fair.