1000 Beautiful House Plants and How to Grow Them (1966), Jack Kramer | Dust Jacket, Photo-Rich Guide, Gardening & Houseplants
$25.00
Grow your indoor jungle with Jack Kramer’s classic Gardening & Houseplants guide, 1000 Beautiful House Plants and How to Grow Them. First published during the mid-century houseplant boom, this photo-rich manual covers what to grow and how to keep it thriving.
The dust jacket notes 46 color plates, 73 black-and-white photographs, and 3 pages of working drawings, plenty to inspire beginners and seasoned plant parents.
Quick Specs
- Item Type: Vintage hardcover book
- Size: 10 × 8 × 0.5 inches
- Material: Green cloth boards with printed dust jacket
- Color: Green boards; cream DJ with multicolor plant photos
- Origin or Maker: William Morrow & Company, New York
- Year or Era: 1966 (per copyright page)
- GENRE: Gardening & Houseplants
- Language: English
- Identifiers: Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 66-15154
Edition & Features
- Edition/Printing: Not provided
- Dust Jacket: Present; original $15.00 price on front flap (unclipped)
- Illustrations/Maps/Plates: 46 color illustrations; 73 black-and-white photos; 3 pages of working drawings (as stated on DJ)
- Extras: Series note “A Helen Van Pelt Wilson Book” on title page
Condition Grade: Good
Notes: Clean, solid copy with moderate shelfwear to jacket (light edge rubs, mild toning). Boards bright green with a tiny spot/handling mark visible in photos. Text pages clean and unmarked; binding sound. Original DJ price present; not price-clipped.
See all photos for detail, sold as pictured.
This 1966 William Morrow hardcover has its unclipped $15.00 dust jacket and 46 color illustrations, and it suits a houseplant grower's reference shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
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- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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