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A Rage for Rock Gardening: The Story of Reginald Farrer, Gardener, Writer & Plant Collector
by Shulman, Nicola
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/VG/++/F
- ISBN 10
- 156792249X
- ISBN 13
- 9781567922493
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2004* Publisher: David R Godine.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound maroon cloth, gilt title to white spine strip. No bumps or rubs, slight damp marks. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of $20.00. No visible wear. Very light marks to inside of jacket. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Several pages of colour reproductions & b/w photos within text.* Pages: 115 pp. text. vi pp. appendices & notes at rear.* Description: A hundred years ago there was a pronounced change in the perception of gardening in Britain. It moved from an aristocratic pastime to a hobby for the millions. Few figures were more central to and prominent in this transition than eccentric Reginald Farrer, whose passion for alpines would put a rockery in the backyards of countless enthusiasts and whose adventures in Tibet and China collecting elusive and exotic specimens, including the wild tree peony, a new buddleaia, and even an entire new genus called Farreria, were the stuff of legends. He was tormented by physical disabilities but he didn?t allow this to cramp his style and he travelled repeatedly to the Orient to collect new species and, through the influence of his extraordinary series of books, changing forever the art and practice of Western gardening.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition with only minor faults reducing it to VG*
Synopsis
"Grammar, vocabulary, and exercises." Includes indexes.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3848
- Title
- A Rage for Rock Gardening: The Story of Reginald Farrer, Gardener, Writer & Plant Collector
- Author
- Shulman, Nicola
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG/++/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition, 1st. Imp..
- ISBN 10
- 156792249X
- ISBN 13
- 9781567922493
- Publisher
- David R. Godine Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Boston ISA 128
- Date Published
- 2003-10-01
- Keywords
- Biography & Autobiography, Biography: general, Biography/Autobiography, General, Biography / Autobiography, 1880-1920, Biography, England, Farrer, Reginald John,, Gardeners, Great Britain, History, Rock gardens
- Size
- 2 x 1.3 x 0.2 cm
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