[Rarebooks] FS: First ed. of "The American Garden Directory". Philadelphia: 1832

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(HORTICULTURE) Buist, Robert. THE AMERICAN GARDEN DIRECTORY, Containing 
Practical Directions for the Culture of Plants... Instructions for Erecting a 
Hot-House, Green-House, and Laying Out a Flower Garden... By Hibbert and Buist, 
Exotic Nurserymen and Florists. Philadelphia: Printed for the Authors by Adam 
Waldie. 1832. Lg. 8vo. 376pp. Hand-colored frontispiece of Camellia Fimbriata. 
Orig. cloth over boards, paper spine label(chipped), an uncut copy. Cover and 
spine worn and soiled. Some text foxing. Housed in a cloth slipcase.     $500.00 
(trade discount allowed)
Written by Buist, but the title page states the firm name of “Hibbert and 
Buist.”

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