Garden Party: Collected Writings 1979 - 1999
by Strong, Roy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0711214581
- ISBN 13
- 9780711214583
- Seller
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Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hardcover. 1st Edition As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Unclipped D/j protected by a clear removable sleeve. Red cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Fine quality paper. A near fine copy. This book may be collected at Port Fairy, Victoria.
A collection of Sir Roy Strong's articles on all aspects of gardens and gardening. A mixture of old and new, the articles offer lively insights and embrace a wide cultural perspective. From what is a garden?, Strong moves on to look at the art of gardening in relation to other arts such as embroidery, cookery, history and politics. He takes the reader to Italy, France and Spain as well as to Berkshire, Wales and Scotland.
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- Bookseller
- Lansdowne Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 273
- Title
- Garden Party: Collected Writings 1979 - 1999
- Author
- Strong, Roy
- Illustrator
- Julia Trevelyan Oman
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Francis Lincoln Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0711214581
- ISBN 13
- 9780711214583
- Publisher
- Frances Lincoln
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 224pp
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Natural Sciences; First Edition; Gardens;
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