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The rose : a true history / Jennifer Potter
by Jennifer Potter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0857400207
- ISBN 13
- 9780857400208
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Atlantic Books, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description : xxi, 520 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm. Notes : Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-506) and index. Contents : Origins -- A wild youth -- Aphrodite's flower -- Rome's frenzy -- Of travels and trade -- The symbolic rose -- The virgin's bower -- Sex and sorcery -- Secrets of the rosy cross -- Europe's old roses -- Elizabeth's briar -- Dutch masters -- Memories of Malmaison -- Roses of East and West -- Chinese whispers -- The prophet's rose -- American beauties -- The useful rose -- A cure for divers ills -- The housewife's friend -- Heaven's scent -- Modern times -- Rose mania -- Into the rose garden -- The language of flowers -- Why the rose? -- The travelling rose -- The evolution of garden roses. Subject : Roses. History. Plants and civilization History. Flowers Symbolic aspects. GARDENING. Botany. Horticulture. Agriculture. Genre : History. Nonfiction.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 378580
- Title
- The rose : a true history / Jennifer Potter
- Author
- Jennifer Potter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0857400207
- ISBN 13
- 9780857400208
- Publisher
- London : Atlantic Books
- Date Published
- 2010
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MW Books Ltd.
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Galway
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.