E. G. Waterhouse of Eryldene.
by Armati, Mary; Cowper, Norman (foreword); Jones, Paul (illustrator)
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0869170031
- ISBN 13
- 9780869170038
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Sam Ure Smith / Fine Arts Press, 1982. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, card cover, black & white & colour photos & drawings centre spread, tiny mark top edge, minor edgewear. 112 pp. Mary Armati records the story of the academic linguist E. G. Waterhouse , University of Sydney, who is also famous for his research on camellias - and of Eryldene, his Sydney home in the northern suburb of Gordon, now owned by the National Trust. E. Gowrie Waterhouse commissioned Hardy Wilson to design Eryldene, where Waterhouse housed his collection of decorative arts, established a famous camellia garden, and presided over the International Camellia Society.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20069
- Title
- E. G. Waterhouse of Eryldene.
- Author
- Armati, Mary; Cowper, Norman (foreword); Jones, Paul (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st p/b ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0869170031
- ISBN 13
- 9780869170038
- Publisher
- Sam Ure Smith / Fine Arts Press
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- australian biography, education, academics, language, linguists, gardening, camellias, homes, new south wales (nsw), sydney
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY;
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