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New York, New York, U.S.A.: M. Barrows and Company, 1951 M. Barrows and Co., New York. 1951. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by editor on FFFP. Book Condition: Good; underlining in blue pencil in many chapters and dogearing of many pages for reference; slight spine cock and lean. Book is in Fine-Near Fine Condition otherwise. DJ: good with chipping and small missing pieces at spine. Book is tight with slight spine cock and lean from storage and underlining as noted. Boards are bottom half green and upper half black with embossed colored flowers on the black portion; bright white lettering on spine. 252 pp. This book presents the original work of 12 gifted flower arrangers. For every month there is a new arrangement made with common garden flowers, a poem for that mood, 8-9 full page photographs, and a discussion of the style of the arranger. A fresh view on the subject of flower arranging from 1951. A very presentable copy in Brodart Mylar.
The Joy of Flower Arranging by WILSON Helen Van Pelt, Editor - (1951)
by WILSON Helen Van Pelt, Editor
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The Joy of Flower Arranging
by WILSON Helen Van Pelt, Editor
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New York: M. Barrows, (1951). First edition. pictorial boards. Fine/pictorial dust jacket (a little chipped and rubbed at edges). Octavo. With 105 illustrations, four in color The twelve chapters are presented by month and locale, from Januray jonquils in California through December greenery in Massachusetts, each arrangement the work of a gifted American woman. With notes and interpretations.
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- Publisher M. Barrows
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published (1951)
- Keywords women's studies, flowers, , Botany, design
- Size Octavo
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The Joy of Flower Arranging
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The Joy of Flower Arranging
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Barrows, 1951. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. Stated First Printing. Attractive bright covers with embossed flower designs. Clean pages have faded to ivory. With 104 illustrations of arrangements including several in color. Jacket with modest wear and now neat in mylar wrapper..
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