Hibberd, Shirley. The Amateur’s Kitchen Garden. Frame-ground and forcing pit: A handy guide to the formation and management of the kitchen garden and the cultivation of useful vegetables and fruits. 1st. Ed. Pub. Groombridge. 1877
pp.vi, 306 with 6 colour plates & b/w. illus., plus publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Spotting to ends, only very occ. minor spotting elsewhere o/w. contents fine. A little spine lean. Original decorated cloth boards thor. vg. Scarce.
James Shirley Hibberd was one of the most popular and successful gardening writers of the Victorian era. He was a best-selling editor of three gardening magazines, including Amateur Gardening, the only 19th-century gardening magazine still being published today.
£75.00 [Ref: 69912]