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The Explorer's Garden: Shrubs and Vines from the Four Corners of the World
by Hinkley, Daniel J
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0881929182
- ISBN 13
- 9780881929188
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Portland / London: Timber Press, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Very clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Ivory cloth boards with red metallic lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful photographs by Lynne Harrison and Daniel J. Hinkley. 352 pages with index, bibliography, glossary. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. If you thought the age of the great plant eplorers was over, guess again! Daniel J. Hinkley, founder of the legendary original Heronswood Nursery and creator of its superb display garden, has scoured the globe for botanical treasures, a bounty that enriched gardens throughout the world. In this long-awaited book he presents the most outstanding shrubsand climbers from hisplant-collecting trips to Chile, Costa Rica, South Africa, Japan, Korea, China, Vietam, Nepal, Bhutan, India and New Zealand, as well as from the choicest nurseries of Europe and north America..
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31726
- Title
- The Explorer's Garden: Shrubs and Vines from the Four Corners of the World
- Author
- Hinkley, Daniel J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0881929182
- ISBN 13
- 9780881929188
- Publisher
- Timber Press
- Place of Publication
- Portland / London
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- HORTICULTURE, RARE PLANTS, UNUSUAL SHRUBS AND VINES, PLANT HUNTERS, BOTANY, DANIEL J. HINKLEY, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- gardening/horticulture;
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