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The English Garden : A Social History
by Quest-Ritson, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670887684
- ISBN 13
- 9780670887682
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Viking, 2001. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or rubbed with slight creasing to upper edge, light indenting and slghtly sunned spine. 280pp. This study looks at the history of the English garden from 1500 onwards and shows how they matched the changing needs and aspirations of garden owners, both rich and poor.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 10 x 7.75 inches.
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- Bookseller
- Godley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028198
- Title
- The English Garden : A Social History
- Author
- Quest-Ritson, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670887684
- ISBN 13
- 9780670887682
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 10 x 7.75 inches
- Keywords
- Gardens, History, Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening / Farming; History;
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