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The Tulip
de Pavord, Anna
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0747542961
- ISBN 13
- 9780747542964
- Librería
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London, UK: Bloomsbury, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition, later printing 440pp with numerous colour plate illustrations and other decorations in text. In green boards with gilt lettering, decorated endpapers. Slightly dust marked upper text block edge and gentle rounding at spine head, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket (lightly bumped along top edge). A large and heavy volume which may incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. This is not a gardening book, but the story of a flower that has made men mad. Roaming through Asia, India, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Pavord tells how the wildflower tulip arrived in Western Europe from Turkey and took Western Europe by storm. A beautiful book.
Sinopsis
The Tulip is not a gardening book. It is the story of a flower that has made men mad. Greed, desire, anguish and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip into the world-wide phenomenon it is today. No other flower has ever carried so much cultural baggage; it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behaviour, mirrors economic booms and busts, plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Pavord tells how the tulip arrived from Turkey and took the whole of Western Europe by storm. Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources, this beautifully produced and irresistible volume will become a bible, a unique source book, a universal gift book and a joy to all who possess it.
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Detalles
- Librería
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 014292
- Título
- The Tulip
- Autor
- Pavord, Anna
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0747542961
- ISBN 13
- 9780747542964
- Editorial
- Bloomsbury
- Lugar de publicación
- London, UK
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Páginas
- 471
- Tamaño
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Palabras clave
- Plants, Flowers, Botanical Illustrations, Tulips, Natural History
- X weight
- 1.5 kg
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nr Canterbury, Kent
Sobre BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- Text Block
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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