A Vision of Eden: the Life and Work of Marianne North published in collaboration with the Royal botanic Gardens, Kew
by North, Marion (abridged by Grahame Bateman)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0906671183
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671184
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Webb & Bower, Exeter, Devon, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Marianne North. 1.050 kg; pp. 240; endpaper maps, coloured portrait frontispiece, 9 double-page & 69 full-page coloured plates, 50 coloured illustrations, 2 other illustrations, list of plants, index; Preface by Professor J. P. M. Brenan.... Foreword by Anthony Huxley. Biographical Note by Brenda E. Moon. New Edition in 1 volume, edited and abridged, with additional material. Marianne North, an unmarried middle-aged Victorian lady of comfortable means, set off in 1871 on her first expedition to make a pictorial record of the tropical and exotic plants of the world. The story of her travels to every continent in the world, often alone and enduring hardships and dangers in conditions so primitive as to be outside the experience of the modern generation, is told in this abridged version of her travel memoirs and autobiography, first published in 1893 under the title Recollections of a Happy Life. -- front fold over blurb. Slight to rubbing to both top and bottom edges of the dust jacket. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Marianne North. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Art & Design; Natural History -- Botany; ISBN: 0906671183. ISBN/EAN: 9780906671184. Inventory No: 0223436. . 9780906671184
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0223436
- Title
- A Vision of Eden: the Life and Work of Marianne North published in collaboration with the Royal botanic Gardens, Kew
- Author
- North, Marion (abridged by Grahame Bateman)
- Illustrator
- Marianne North
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0906671183
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671184
- Publisher
- Webb & Bower
- Place of Publication
- Exeter, Devon
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BZDB2 botanical artists, Great Britain, biography, painter, natural History Biography & Autobiography; Art & Design; Natural History -- Botany; Marianne North Unbranded ISBN: 0906671183 EAN: 9780906671184 North, Marion (abridged by Grahame Batem
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History -- Botany;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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