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The Picturesque Garden in France
by Wiebenson, Dora
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/VG. shelf-wear to lower cover edges & rubbing to corners. spine ends worn or creased. pgs clean & bright. dustjacket has rub
- ISBN 10
- 0691039305
- ISBN 13
- 9780691039305
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1978. Hardcover. VG+/VG. shelf-wear to lower cover edges & rubbing to corners. spine ends worn or creased. pgs clean & bright. dustjacket has rubbing to corners; edge-wear & creasing.. green cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 137 pgs w/ approx 44 unpaginated pgs of bw illustrations. Dora Wiebenson offers new insight into the picturesque garden as a general type and extends our knowledge of a significant but elusive art form.--Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180152
- Title
- The Picturesque Garden in France
- Author
- Wiebenson, Dora
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG. shelf-wear to lower cover edges & rubbing to corners. spine ends worn or creased. pgs clean & bright. dustjacket has rub
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0691039305
- ISBN 13
- 9780691039305
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, N.J.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- french gardens; picturesque garden; garden styles ; french gardens, picturesque garden, garden styles ; ;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- VG+/VG
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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