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The Vanishing Garden: A Conservation Guide To Garden Plants (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Brickell, Christopher and Sharman, Fay
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0719542669
- ISBN 13
- 9780719542664
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray/Royal Horticultural Society, 1986. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, CHRIS BRICKELL, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Chris Brickell, (born 1932), was Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1985 to 1993; and a founder member of Hortax. Profusely illustrated with 86 line drawings by Christine Grey-Wilson and 80 colour photographs. The book is for all those who are concerned about the future of our cultivated plants. It draws attention to the serious threat facing them and shows how many garden plants are in danger of disappearing and how many plants may have been lost forever. With Bibliography and Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY CHRIS BRICKELL. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Christine Grey-Wilson.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16140
- Title
- The Vanishing Garden: A Conservation Guide To Garden Plants (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Brickell, Christopher and Sharman, Fay
- Illustrator
- Christine Grey-Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0719542669
- ISBN 13
- 9780719542664
- Publisher
- John Murray/Royal Horticultural Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Natural History. Plant Conservation. Garden Ecology. Gardens. Gardening. Horticulture. Botany. Royal Horticultural Society. Environmental. Environment. Nature. Plants. Flora. Endangered Plants. Cultivated Plants. Christine Grey-Wilson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Natural History;
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About the Seller
Greystone Books
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Margate
About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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