The Book of Garden Ornament
by Hunt, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG (light shelfwear to boards, corners, dust jacket. Text and illustrations are very clean)
- ISBN 10
- 0460076957
- ISBN 13
- 9780460076951
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: J.M. Dent, 1974. Hardcover. VG/VG (light shelfwear to boards, corners, dust jacket. Text and illustrations are very clean). Green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, color illustrated dust jacket, black spine with white lettering, xxi, 298 pp, profusely illustrated in 460 bw plates. "Peter Hunt... has compiled what will surely become the standard authority on all forms of garden ornament. An indispensable reference work for private gardens on every scale, for landscape architects and for garden designers throughout the world, it is also a beautiful book that is a pleasure to the eye, with its hundreds of superb black and white photographs. The illustrations cover garden ornament from every part of the world where art is practiced, and from a variety of periods."- Dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 178254
- Title
- The Book of Garden Ornament
- Author
- Hunt, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG (light shelfwear to boards, corners, dust jacket. Text and illustrations are very clean)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0460076957
- ISBN 13
- 9780460076951
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- European Landscape and Design ; Garden ornaments and furniture ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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