Private Gardens of the Fashion World.
by DORLEANS, Francis, with photographs by Claire de Virieu
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Abbeville/ Vendome, (2000) First edition Small folio, unpaginated, profusely illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's black cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine & embossed in blind on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
Two leaves with shallow diagonal crease, otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear
"Many of the gardens are exquisite floral versions of a designer's clothes: the timeless grace of Valentino's garden in Tuscany; the luxuriant grandeur of Oscar de la Renta's Garden in Connecticut; the quaint charm of Hardy Amies's garden in the Cotswolds; even the bold exoticism of Yves Saint Laurent's garden in Marrakech …" ~Excerpted from the dust jacket
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1138
- Title
- Private Gardens of the Fashion World.
- Author
- DORLEANS, Francis, with photographs by Claire de Virieu
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Abbeville/ Vendome
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (2000)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fashion, Gardening, Photography, Design
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography Books; Gardening, Horticulture, Botany;
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