The Gardener's Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser, Volume V-1863

Philadelphia: W.P.G. Brinckloe, 1863. Half Bound Leather. Very good. 8vo; 378pp + 4pp index; half bound green leather with brown cloth pebbled boards; gilt stamped title to spine; brown endpapers; binder's ticket to front pastedown; ownership to front pastedown; decoratively engraved title page; small note in ink to title page; a few small wood engraved illustrations in text; chipping to spine and cover corners, front pastedown has evidence of bookplate removal, a few light stains; a few dried pressed fern fronds inserted between the pages; very good minus. Interesting glimpse of rural life, agriculture, advertisements, and discussion of fruits and vegetables with a look toward cookery.