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Condizione: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. New and unread, however light shelf wear to edges of cover, may have a small crease to corner. Shipped from the UK within 2 business days of order being placed.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In 1835 George Baker ran away from home in Hertfordshire at the age of just twelve. Barely able to read and lucky not to have been born in the workhouse like his older siblings, he had with him his gardening book and a shilling piece in his pocket. He got his first golden ticket that night, sleeping rough in the greenhouse of a kindly benefactor who took him under his wing and encouraged his love of horticulture. He would die some 70 years later in Istanbul (Constantinople), a rich man with a large Levantine family all (apart from one son) successfully working in his various businesses in Turkey and England. He had the same shilling on his watch chain and worked to his last day. This is his story; how he overcame a poor and wretched background, rising through the horticultural profession in England and finding a job redesigning the British embassy gardens in Istanbul. He would become a hugely successful Levantine trader with a large and talented family. He ultimately diversified investing in two of his sons' carpet and fabric businesses back in England, parts of which continue to thrive today. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In 1835 George Baker ran away from home in Hertfordshire at the age of just twelve. Barely able to read and lucky not to have been born in the workhouse like his older siblings, he had with him his gardening book and a shilling piece in his pocket. He got his first golden ticket that night, sleeping rough in the greenhouse of a kindly benefactor who took him under his wing and encouraged his love of horticulture. He would die some 70 years later in Istanbul (Constantinople), a rich man with a large Levantine family all (apart from one son) successfully working in his various businesses in Turkey and England. He had the same shilling on his watch chain and worked to his last day. This is his story; how he overcame a poor and wretched background, rising through the horticultural profession in England and finding a job redesigning the British embassy gardens in Istanbul. He would become a hugely successful Levantine trader with a large and talented family. He ultimately diversified investing in two of his sons' carpet and fabric businesses back in England, parts of which continue to thrive today. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.