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The Architect, A Series of Original Designs, For Domestic and Ornamental Cottages and Villas Connected With Landscape Gardening, Adapted To The United States; Illustrated By Drawings of Ground Plots, Plans, Perspective Views, Elevations, Sections and Details
by Ranlett, William H.
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- Used - Vol. 1 wear to corners, Vol. II rebacked in black cloth with gilt front cover design replicated on vol. 1. cover but not colored
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- First edition
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- 1851
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NZ$1,578.42
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New York: William H. Graham, 1851. First edition. Vol. 1 wear to corners, Vol. II rebacked in black cloth with gilt front cover design replicated on vol. 1. cover but not colored. Very good. 2 Vols. Folio, 37" x 28 cm. Sets of both volumes are rare. HITCHCOCK 971. Notes scattered holdings of Volumes I and II, but… Read more about this item Item Price
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Some English Gardens
by Jekyll, Gertrude & George S. Elgood
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- Used - Orig. navy cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1904
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- Hardcover
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NZ$581.52
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London: Longman's Green, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 131 pages. 34 x 24 cm, fifty full-page colored plates. Scarce and very collectable work by the doyen of English landscape architecture. Gertrude Jekyll concentrated her design work on applying plants in a variety of settings, woodland gardens,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Observations, Relative Chiefly To Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 772, On several Parts of England; Particularly The Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland
by Gilpin, William
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- Used - Contemporary gilt decorated brown calf. Aeg. Very good. 2 Vols
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- Third edition
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- 1792
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- Leather_bound
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NZ$822.44
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London: R. Blamire, 1792. Third edition. leather_bound. Contemporary gilt decorated brown calf. Aeg. Very good. 2 Vols. 238, 264 (xiv). 22.5 x 14 cm. Thirty aquatint plates. Errata. RUSSEL p.55. "Gilpin is more closely identified with the picturesque movement than some of the greater artists and deeper thinkers." Contents generally clean, owner signature free endpaper of Vol.I &… Read more about this item Item Price
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Remarks On Forest Scenery, And Other Woodland Views, (Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty) Illustrated By The Scenes Of New-Forest In Hampshire
by Gilpin, William
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- Used - Contemporary brown tree calf, marbled endpapers, raised bands spines richly gilt in floral arabesques. Near fine. Three vols. in
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- First edition
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- 1791
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NZ$1,412.28
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London: R. Blamire, 1791. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary brown tree calf, marbled endpapers, raised bands spines richly gilt in floral arabesques. Near fine. Three vols. in two. 22 x 14.5. [*4, A-Y8, **2] & [*1, B-U8, X4, b8, c2]. Double page map and 31 tinted aquatints or soft ground etchings. The plates for this work were divided between… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America; or The Culture, Propagation, and Management,in The Garden and Orchard, etc.
by Downing, A.J.
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- Used - Orig. publisher's, forest green cloth. Very good
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- 1846
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NZ$415.38
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New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1846. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's, forest green cloth. Very good. 594 pages. 20 x 12.4 cm. More than 210 text illustrations. Extensive Index to the Different Fruits. General Index. Abbreviations and Books Quoted.Downing notes, "there are more peaches exposed in the markets of New York, annually, than are raised in all of France;" a… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to America; With A View To The Improvement Of Country Residences; With Remarks On Rural Architecture
by Downing, A.J.
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- Used - Orig. green cloth front cover and spine decorted in gilt. Near fube
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- Seventh Edition
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- 1865
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- Hardcover
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NZ$249.22
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New York: Orange Judd Agricultural Book Publishers, 1865. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth front cover and spine decorted in gilt. Near fube. 576 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Enlarged, Revised and Newly Illustrated. With a Supplement by Henry Winthrop Sargent
Frontispiece, Host of full page and smaller wood engraved illustrations. Downing is widely considered the be the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Beaux Jardins De France; Introduction De R. Ed. Andre
by Saint-Sauvuer, Hector (pseud. of Charles Massin)
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- Used - Orig. three quarter black cloth with ties and green boards lettered in gilt with front cover pictorial inlays. Near fine. 2 Vols
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- First edition
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- 1921
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- Hardcover
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NZ$539.99
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Paris: Ch. Massin & Cie, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. three quarter black cloth with ties and green boards lettered in gilt with front cover pictorial inlays. Near fine. 2 Vols. 23 pages. 44.5 x 32 cm. Title page printed in red and black. 44 collotype plates printed from photographs. Among the fine gardens here presented are those… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Jardins De France Des Origines A La Fine Du XVIIIe Siècle
by Stein, Henri
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- First Edition
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- 1913
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NZ$456.91
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Paris: D-A. Longuet, 1913. First Edition. Folio, 39 x 29 cm. 104 Plates. 393 Reproductions d'après des estampes anciennes et des documents originaux inédits. Text in French. Each plate contains Chateau or physical property for gardens described. Black and white plates. The author was a Convservateur for the National Archives. Item Price
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The Topography Of Troy And Its Vicinity; Illustrated And Explained By Drawing And Descriptions. Dedicated By Permission, To Her Grace The Duchess Of Devonshire
by Gell, William
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- Used - Half tan modern antique niger, original marbled sides, spine gilt with morocco lettering-piece gilt, bound by W. Forth with cont
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- First edition
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- 1804
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NZ$8,299.19
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London: T.N. Longman And O.Rees, 1804. First edition. Hardcover. Half tan modern antique niger, original marbled sides, spine gilt with morocco lettering-piece gilt, bound by W. Forth with contemporary binders' ticket. Near fine. 124 pages. Folio, 43.5 x 27.5 cm. Hand-colored engraved vignette on title-page, 31 engraved and aquatint plates on 30 sheets, 3 of which folding, and 14 mostly… Read more about this item Item Price
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ALS to Mrs. Abbott
by Manship, Paul
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- Used - Cream paper. Fine
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- Sunday
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- Wraps
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NZ$166.15
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Nd: Np, Sunday. Wraps. Cream paper. Fine. 4 leaves, 23 x 15 cm. Letterhead: Newport House And Cottages, Bar Harbor, Maine -- Thomas P. Jones Proprietor. an undated ALS noted "Sunday." Manship discusses his stay in Maine was to arrange an exhibition of his works, and an offer to visit Mrs. Abbott with ideas for a set of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Callaway Gardens Legacy of a Dream; Preface by Lady Bird Johnson * Text by Steve Bender * Photographs by Langdon Clay
by New York. Callaway Editions
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- Used - Orig. illustrated boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper
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- First edition
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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NZ$49.84
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New York: Calaway Editions, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 144 pages. 35 x 27.5 cm. Located outside Atlanta,Georgia and noted as the largest public garden in the world,also contains the largest azalea garden in existence. The gardens span fourteen thousand acres housing a butterfly center and a horticultural center and vegetable… Read more about this item Item Price
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America in Bloom Great American Gardens Open to the Public; Introduction by Phoebe Cutler
by Alcosser, Murray (Photographer)
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- Used - Orig. mauve cloth decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper
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- First edition
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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NZ$66.46
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New York: Rizzoli, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. mauve cloth decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 225 pages. 29 x 23.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with color plates printed on high gloss stock. List of Public Gardens represented. Public Garden Source List. Index. Item Price
NZ$66.46
The American Fruit Culturist, Containing Practical Directions For The Propagation And Culture Of Fruit Trees In The Nursery, Orchard, And Garden
by Thomas, John T.
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- Used - Orig. dark green cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Very good
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- 1867
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NZ$99.69
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New York: William Wood & Co, 1867. Hardcover. Orig. dark green cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Very good. 511 pages. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. This expanded edition with 408 illustrations is newly arranged and rewritten based on Downing's (Fruits and Fruit Trees of America) first edition which appeared after the first edition of this title. General Index and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Observations On The Theory And Practice Of Landscape Gardening. Including Some Remarks On Grecian And Gothic Architecture, Collected From Various Manuscripts, In The Possession Of The Different Nobleman And Gentlemen, For Whose Use They Were Originally Written; The Whole Tending To Establish Fixed Principles In The Respective Arts
by Repton, Humphry
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- Used - Modern, sympathetic full brown calf and marbled boards. AEG. Fine
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- First edition
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- 1803
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- Leather_bound
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NZ$17,445.75
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London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803. First edition. leather_bound. Modern, sympathetic full brown calf and marbled boards. AEG. Fine. 222 [2] pages. 35 x 29.5. Stipple engraved portrait of Repton, twenty-seven engraved plates [12 hand-colored, 3 tinted, 12 with overslips, one colored folding and one double page]. Numerous engraved aquatint vignettes, one hand-colored, two with overslips. After… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Florist's Manual, Or, Hints Of A Gay Flower-Garden; With Directions For Preventing The Depredations of Insects, Observations On The Treatment And Growth Of Bulbous Plants, Curious Facts Respecting Their Management, And Directions For The Culture Of The Guernsey Lily, Etc..
by Jackson, Maria Elizabeth
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- Used - Quarter brown calf and dark salmon boards. Very good
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- New Edition
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- 1827
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- Hardcover
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NZ$955.36
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London: Henry Colburn, 1827. New Edition. Hardcover. Quarter brown calf and dark salmon boards. Very good. 136 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Six colored aquatint plates, one a large foldout. HENREY Vol.II, p.583. "No author's name appears on the title page......in the later editions the author signed her name and address" (rear of book). ABBEY LIFE p.13. Wide… Read more about this item Item Price
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Architettura Campestre
by Hunt, Thomas Frederick
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- Used - Orig. publisher thick gray boards with illustrated front cover paper label. later cloth backstrip. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1827
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NZ$681.22
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. First edition. Boards. Orig. publisher thick gray boards with illustrated front cover paper label. later cloth backstrip. Very good. 28 pages in text. 32 x 25 cm. Twelve full-page lithographed plates with descriptive text -- "designs for a summer house and gardener's residence, a garden cottage, a gate lodge. a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Young Painter's Maulstick; Being A Practical Treatise On Perspective; Containing Rules And Principles For Delineation On Planes, etc.
by Malton, Thomas
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- Used - Contemporary roan covered boards, backstrip rebacked in cloth. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1800
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NZ$249.22
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London: Published for the Author, 1800. First edition. Boards. Contemporary roan covered boards, backstrip rebacked in cloth. Very good. 71 pages. 28 x 23 1/2 cm. Illustrated with drawings. COLVIN p535. "He exhibited a number of architectural drawings which he showed at London exhibitions. He never practised as an architect, but appears to have taught perspective....." Part one… Read more about this item Item Price
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Old Fashioned Flowers
by Sitwell, Sacheverell
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- Used - Orig. green cloth rubbed at backstrip extremities. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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NZ$108.00
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London: Country Life, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth rubbed at backstrip extremities. Very good. Farleigh, John. 193 pages. 25 x 19 cm.Twelve color plates by John Farleigh, with additional drawings by him in the text. Index. Edges spotted. Item Price
NZ$108.00
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A Practical Treatise Of Husbandry: Wherein are contained, many Useful and Valuable Experiments and Observations In The New Husbandry, etc...; Also, The most approved Practice of the best English Farmers in the Old Method of Husbandry
by Duhamel du Monceau, Henri-Louis
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- Used - Contemporary full brown calf rebacked in antique style. Near fine
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- Second edition, corrected and improved
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- 1762
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- Leather_bound
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NZ$897.21
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London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, et al., 1762. Second edition, corrected and improved. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf rebacked in antique style. Near fine. 489 pages [*4,B4-Rrr4], 25 1/2 x 21 cm. 4to, six copperplate engravings (4 folding), and one folding table. A French botanist and engineer, Duhamel was probably the first to distinguish clearly between alkalis,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jardins D'Espagne
by Gromort, Georges
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- Used - Orig. marbled board portfolio with lettering in gilt, red cloth spine and cloth ties. Near fine. 2 vols
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- First edition
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- 1926
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- Hardcover
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NZ$1,079.98
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Paris: A. Vincent, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. marbled board portfolio with lettering in gilt, red cloth spine and cloth ties. Near fine. 2 vols. Large folio, approx. 18 x 14", total of 124 black and white plates, twenty plans, and 160 views of villas from various regions of Spain. 20 pages of introductory text and explanatory notes.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,079.98