1-140pp; 1-106pp; 1-112pp, with colour and black and white plate illustrations and further illustrations in text. Green cloth-covered boards, pale green titles on spine. 8vo. Boards rounded at corners and spine ends. Text block edges toned, especially the upper edge. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original worn and torn dust wrapper, toned and sunned over spine, old tape repairs and loss at spine head and lower portion on inner front flap. The poor dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.
A substantial volume divided into three parts - the first on flowers, the next on fruit and the final section on vegetables - providing what are now old-school ways of identifying, preventing and treating garden pests.
