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Seeds Of Change: An Illustrated History of Adelaide Botanic Garden
by Aitken, Richard
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Excellent
- ISBN 10
- 0646461370
- ISBN 13
- 9780646461373
- Seller
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Adelaide , South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium, 2006. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. Lavish pictorial history of Adelaide's Botanic Garden. First Edition [Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium, Adelaide, 2006]; x, 214 pages; blue cloth, white titling on spine, minor shelfwear at base of spine, a fine copy; in excellent illustrated dustjacket, light scratches on rear. Published to coincide with the 150 year anniversary of the Botanic Garden. Richly illustrated with beautiful botanical illustrations & archival photographs. "This is much more than just the story of a much-loved garden - it is a microcosm of plants & people in the Australian environment". ISBN: 9780646461373 / 0 646 46137 0
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- Bookseller
- ORCHARD BOOKSHOP
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2480
- Title
- Seeds Of Change: An Illustrated History of Adelaide Botanic Garden
- Author
- Aitken, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Excellent
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0646461370
- ISBN 13
- 9780646461373
- Publisher
- Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Adelaide, Adelaide Arcade, art, art books, australian, botany, classic, classic books, deluxe, first edition, history, indigenous, native, nostalgia, orchard bookshop, photography, picture books, science
- X weight
- 0 kg
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