Binding shaky; boards heavily scuffed, edges of spine frayed and torn, corners frayed and bumped. Additional notes by other authors have been taped into book. Split between frontispiece and title page has been repaired with adhesive tape. A few light pencil markings in text.

Text clean and unmarked. Endpapers browned. Owner’s name in ink on front endpaper. List of names in pencil on back fep. Boards scuffed, corners bumped, hinges of spine frayed.

Clean copy; a little edge wear to boards and binding mildly skewed. Slight foxing to endpapers and top fore edges of pages. DW chipped at top, spine browned with shelf number in black ink on white paint at lower edge.

No dust jacket. Green cloth covers in good condition. This book consists of pp207-373 of part 3 of volume 14 of the Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society for 30 October 1903. Bound in green cloth. Pencil marks throughout.

Ex-library with shelf wear to top and bottom of spine.

No date. “Issued under the auspices of the Botanical Society of South Africa.” Stains on front and back covers, chips to top and bottom of spine, corners curled. Past owner’s signature in ink on title page.

Cover is worn on edges, with scuff marks. Previous owners inscription, plus booksellers stamp on endpapers

Ex-library.

Inscription on fep reads, ‘James Good Gardener Mount Nelson Hotel Cape Town’. A new, updated edition with 1270 pages, numerous illustrations. Beautifully rebound with marbled boards and leather spine.

Ex-library. Binding slightly shaken. This book gives a epitome of the culture of all the kinds generally grown in gardens in this country, together with their common or popular names.