Click for full-size.
Italian Villas and Their Gardens
by WHARTON, Edith
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
(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
Terms of Sale
Argosy Book Store
All items are offered net, subject to prior sale. Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt--please contact us first. Payment by Visa , Mastercard & American Express. Appropriate sales tax will be added for all N.Y. State residents
About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York
About Argosy Book Store
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
This Book’s Categories
Collecting proofs, galleys, and advance reviews
Devoted collectors of rare books will love finding proofs, galleys, and advance review copies of their favorite pieces of literature. Find rare proofs and advance reading copies in the Rare Book Room.
Michael Bond - the man behind Paddington Bear
“All the same ... it’s a very important name. And I don’t expect there are many bears in the world called Paddington!”
A lonely toy bear on an empty shop shelf on Christmas Eve in 1956 first captured the attention of Michael Bond, who kindly shared Paddington with the world.
