The Amateur's Greenhouse and Conservatory. A handy guide to the construction and management of plant-houses, and the selection, cultivation, and improvement of ornamental greenhouse and conservatory plants english Webb (1894-1972) provided the illustrations

Webb (1894-1972) provided the illustrations for the second edition of Swallows and Amazons and the first editions of its companion volumes Swallowdale and Peter Duck

with memoir or Cuvier

the Caliph Ibrahim

Publisher's green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine

Hardback with the excellent and unclipped dust-jacket

The Amateur's Greenhouse and Conservatory. A handy guide to the construction and management of plant-houses, and the selection, cultivation, and improvement of ornamental greenhouse and conservatory plants english Webb (1894-1972) provided the illustrationsLondon: Groombridge, 1880. Early edition. 8vo; pp. [i], 272 + [16] publisher's catalogue; six coloured folding plates and numerous engravings and diagrams in the text. Publisher's green decorative cloth, gilt. Ends of spine rolled and tips of corners starting to fray in places. Foxing to titlepage and to verso of some of the plates. A VG+ copy.