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Italian Villas and Their Gardens

Italian Villas and Their Gardens

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Italian Villas and Their Gardens

by WHARTON, Edith

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New York: Century, 1904. First. hardcover. very good. Parrish, Maxfield. Profusely illustrated with 52 illustrations, 27 of which are color plates or half tones by Maxfield Parrish, lettered tissue guards, the rest being photographs and drawings by E. Denison, Malcolm Fraser and C. A. Vanderhof. Small 4to, 270 pages, pictorial green cloth, cover design by Decorative Designers with elaborate pictorial decorations after Maxfield Parrish in an all over design & showing a villa garden. New York: The Century Co., 1904. First Edition.<br/> <br/> Illustration from the dust wrapper is pasted to inside front cover. Small calling card with original pencil drawing is pasted at top of half title. A very good copy, slightly rubbed & knocked on the cover and extremities, neatly mended at spine ends.<br/> <br/>

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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Bookseller
Argosy Book Store US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
292997
Title
Italian Villas and Their Gardens
Author
WHARTON, Edith
Illustrator
Parrish, Maxfield
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First
Publisher
Century
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1904
Keywords
Parrish

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