In a Country Garden
by Rattray, Gillian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 086486468X
- ISBN 13
- 9780864864680
- Seller
-
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: The Spearhead Press, 2000) 086486468X. Tall, squarish 8vo; original green boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. viii + 119; charming colour illustrations. Earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. Near fine condition. "In a Country Garden
is compiled so that the reader can enjoy the seasonal changes, month-by-month, in this narrative of Gillian's garden on Fairview Farm near Plettenberg Bay.
In this chronicle the reader becomes involved in a personal, loving and frequently humorous account of life in a garden in the country. Beautifully illustrated with Gillian's own delicate and finely observed watercolours, this is a book to cherish
" .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10594
- Title
- In a Country Garden
- Author
- Rattray, Gillian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 086486468X
- ISBN 13
- 9780864864680
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: The Spearhead Press, 2000) 086486468X
- This edition first published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Gardens. Nature. Gardening. Horticulture. Nature diaries. Plettenburg Bay. Garden Route. South Africa Gardening
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Dustwrapper
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