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Italian Villas and Their Gardens
by Wharton, Edith; Illustrated By Maxfield Parrish
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Co, 1904 270 pgs. TEG. Green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, green, blue and tan, shelf wear and some fraying to spine ends, small white spot on front cover, gift inscription and book plate to endpapers, light foxing to tissue guards and a few pages but clean overall. A breathtaking and informative book, detailing the methods of Italian gardening. Profusely illustrated with photographs, exacting line drawings and plates by Maxfield Parrish in color and monochrome, collated complete. Nice first editions are increasingly scarce.. First Edition. Very Good. Illus. by Maxfield Parrish. 4to.
Synopsis
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was the first woman awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Yale University, and full membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Dixon Hunt is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966) was a renowned American painter and illustrator.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007813
- Title
- Italian Villas and Their Gardens
- Author
- Wharton, Edith; Illustrated By Maxfield Parrish
- Illustrator
- Maxfield Parrish
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Century Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gardening, Italian gardens, italian architecture, Brandywine Artists
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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