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The Tulip
by Pavord, Anna
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0747542961
- ISBN 13
- 9780747542964
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, UK: Bloomsbury, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition, later printing 440pp with numerous colour plate illustrations and other decorations in text. In green boards with gilt lettering, decorated endpapers. Slightly dust marked upper text block edge and gentle rounding at spine head, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket (lightly bumped along top edge). A large and heavy volume which may incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. This is not a gardening book, but the story of a flower that has made men mad. Roaming through Asia, India, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Pavord tells how the wildflower tulip arrived in Western Europe from Turkey and took Western Europe by storm. A beautiful book.
Synopsis
The Tulip is not a gardening book. It is the story of a flower that has made men mad. Greed, desire, anguish and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip into the world-wide phenomenon it is today. No other flower has ever carried so much cultural baggage; it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behaviour, mirrors economic booms and busts, plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Pavord tells how the tulip arrived from Turkey and took the whole of Western Europe by storm. Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources, this beautifully produced and irresistible volume will become a bible, a unique source book, a universal gift book and a joy to all who possess it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014292
- Title
- The Tulip
- Author
- Pavord, Anna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0747542961
- ISBN 13
- 9780747542964
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 471
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Plants, Flowers, Botanical Illustrations, Tulips, Natural History
- X weight
- 1.5 kg
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
Biblio member since 2021
nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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