A Garden Alphabet
by John Harris (Compiler)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0706410823
- ISBN 13
- 9780706410822
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Octopus Books Ltd, 1979 Book. Illus. by Batty Langley, David Coster (alphabet). Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Thus. 9.75" Tall x 12" Wide. Collection of vanished beauties, fashions and eccentricities of former gardens, arranged in an alphabetical format, produced in association with The Victoria and Albert Museum for the Garden Exhibition. Unpageinated. Contains 24 original engravings from Batty Langley's 'Pomona or The Fruit Garden Illustrated', first published in 1729. Gilt lettering to spine. Green endpapers. Some foxing to page edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014323
- Title
- A Garden Alphabet
- Author
- John Harris (Compiler)
- Illustrator
- Batty Langley, David Coster (alphabet)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0706410823
- ISBN 13
- 9780706410822
- Publisher
- Octopus Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 9.75" Tall x 12" Wide
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Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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