Object number
2010/39
Title
The Self-Sufficient Gardener,
Collection
Creator
Description
This is a first edition of 'The Self-Sufficient Gardener', written by John Seymour and edited and designed by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. It was published in 1978 by Faber and Faber. The front cover has an illustration of a woman working in a vegetable garden. John Seymour (1914–2004) was a writer, broadcaster and influential figure in the self-sufficiency movement. This object has been deaccessioned and reaccessioned into the University of Reading Library. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection and cannot be accessed at our institution.
Physical description
Book: deaccessioned
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: ‘The Self-Sufficient Gardener’ by John Seymour. First edition, published in 1978 by Faber-Faber Ltd. Edited and designed by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. With dust-jacket. 256 pages. // Dimensions: 22.5 cm x 28.5 cm x 2.5 cm // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // References: …'
Production place
, Greater London [region]
Production date
1978 - 1978
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