The Gardener's Assistant: Practical and Scientific. A Guide to the Formation and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Garden, and the Cultivation of Conservatory, Green-house, and Stove Plants. With a Copious Calendar of Gardening Operations.

No Edition Stated, presumably First. Large 8vo. hardback in original publisher's textured dark green cloth with decorative gilt to spine and upper board and blind-stamped decoration all over. Board edges bevelled. 774pp., Indexed, illustrated with 12 colour plates and 268 b/w wood engravings within the text. Occasional pencil notes, mainly to wood engraved illustrations. Faint marks to front pastedown where a small bookplate appears to have been removed. Light wear and rubbing (with some minimal fraying) to spine and board edges. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY.