The Pursuit of Paradise - A Social History of Gardens and Gardening

by BROWN, Jane

First Edition

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Book Description

London: Harper Collins, 1999. Publishers original dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, fine and now protected in Brodart. 377pp including index plus 16pp colour photographs plus 16pp black and white photographs plus numerious illustrations within text. Jane Brown will take you on a Betjemanesque pilgrimage through the magical world of garden history providing a new perspective on this most ancient of human endeavours and will reveal the secrets of other people's gardens and gardening habits. Essential reading for the horticulturally impassioned. A beautiful rare collectors copy, with no inscriptions, in fine condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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