The Growth of Gardens
London: Faber & Faber, 1978. First printing. Hardcover. 8 by 5 1/4 inches; 204 by 134 mm. 211 pages. Hardcover in very good condition, with a fine jacket. Bound in orange cloth, with an orange jacket decorated with red, green and white flower designs. One-inch rough spot at bottom edge of front free endpaper where price sticker was removed; on jacket, area around the publisher's price, in British pounds, discolored from former sticker showing price in dollars. A study of the growth and design of gardens from Roman times to the 1930s, and of plant collecting and distribution among the continents from the end of the sixteenth century until recent times. Jacket enclosed in a clear, archival-quality, removable protective cover. Item #112
ISBN: 0571107575
Price: $12.50