Extreme Horticulture
by Pfahl, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0711220123
- ISBN 13
- 9780711220126
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frances Lincoln, 2003. Very well illustrated, large horizontal quarto, pp 144, cloth very slightly worn, in a creased and slightly worn dustwrapper. [American photographer John Pfahl has an ongoing fascination with man's complex interaction with nature. This is a photographic survey of gardening at its boldest, most bizarre and most exuberant. Among the plants featured are vast flowers, terrifying sculptural cacti, outlandish topiary and extraordinary bonsai: these gardens were planned and planted by true eccentrics, with surreal creativity and great humour. Subjects include huge bright orange Japanese maples, Jeff Koons' monumental "Puppy", a giant pumpkin, other-worldly cacti and "The Largest Fig Tree in the United States". Each photograph is accompanied by a detailed caption with information about the quirky gardens, the plants and their strange cultivation. Rebecca Solnit's introduction sets the plants in their historic and cultural context.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010236
- Title
- Extreme Horticulture
- Author
- Pfahl, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0711220123
- ISBN 13
- 9780711220126
- Publisher
- Frances Lincoln
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening; Photography;
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Mike Park Ltd
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