City Homes on Country Lanes: Philosophy and Practice of the Home-In-a-garden
de Smythe, William E
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1921. Hardcover, green cloth, spine slightly sunned and partially faded. No dust-jacket. 270pp., Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing. Book plate of E.H. Harriman [1848-1909, gilded age railroad tycoon] from the Ardens estate library (In 1885 Harriman acquired "Arden", the 7,863 acres (31.82 km2) Parrott family estate in the Ramapo Highlands near Tuxedo, New York. His estate, Arden, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.) No writing, marking or underlining to text. One page roughly opened at top. Sporadic light foxing first several leaves and fore-edge. A square, sound, clean copy. Nice association, though to estate library, not the man, as Harriman was deceased by the time of publication. Near very good. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Librería
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 009141
- Título
- City Homes on Country Lanes: Philosophy and Practice of the Home-In-a-garden
- Autor
- Smythe, William E
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- The MacMillan Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1921
- Palabras clave
- Gardening
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Gardening;
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