THE GARDEN TRIUMPHANT; A Victorian Legacy
by Stuart, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060160438
- ISBN 13
- 9780060160432
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, Cambridge, Philadelphia, etc.: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Color photos & period B&W images. Small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 3/8"), dark green cloth with gold lettering and borders on spine, illustrated with 29 color plates and several B&W in-text period images, archival mylar-protected color photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of a floral garden, Index, 316, [317] pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 2 oz. Handsome book offering a well-illustrated series of garden and floral images. Discusses the importance and grandeur of gardening in Victorian England and America, and of how the gardening public lived and thought during that grand period.<br /> <br /> Tight, bright, very clean copy with superb illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9013
- Title
- THE GARDEN TRIUMPHANT; A Victorian Legacy
- Author
- Stuart, David
- Illustrator
- Color photos & period B&W images
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060160438
- ISBN 13
- 9780060160432
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, Cambridge, Philadelphia, etc.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Victorian, England, country houses, haha's, flowers, illustrated, photos, grand, designs, America
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.