A Vision of Eden. The Life and Work of Marianne North.
by North, Marianne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. 1986. Quarto, original cloth boards with gilt decoration, dustjacket, many colour plates, endpaper maps. pp 240. Previous owner's address label. Near-fine condition in like protected d.j. An abridged edition of Marianne North's "Recollections of a Happy Life", first published 1893. Published in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Profusely illustrated. 2nd impression. Boards in d.j..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103242
- Title
- A Vision of Eden. The Life and Work of Marianne North.
- Author
- North, Marianne
- Format/Binding
- Boards in d.j.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 2nd impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens
- Place of Publication
- Kew
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Artist, Flowers, Illustrated, Natural History, Naturalists
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- 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...