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Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, 2006
ISBN 10: 1567923127ISBN 13: 9781567923124
Book
Condition: As New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.
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Published by (NY: Harper Collins, 2004), 2004
Seller: Warren F. Broderick - Books, Troy, NY, U.S.A.
308 pp., index, notes, recommended list of gardens to visit. well ill. with period color & black-and-white plates. The fascinating story of the discovery of azaleas and rhododendrons by plant hunters and their introduction into gardens. very good copy in slightly worn d.j.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2005
ISBN 10: 0007129963ISBN 13: 9780007129966
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A wild and wonderful exploration of the history of the rhododendron, a plant coveted, traded and stolen for thousands of years. From the giant, long-lived rhododendron falconeri, with its peeling cinnamon bark on sculptured trunks to the delicate potted azalea on the garden patio, almost everyone has a rhododendron within reach of their daily lives. But who knows anything about this mysterious plant? Two hundred years ago the rhododendron was dragged to Britain from the dizzying heights of its natural habitat in the Sino-Himalayas by avaricious British collectors. Some of the species mutated; others proved hardy and easy to hybridise. Today the rhododendron has made a greater impact on the English landscape than any other plant. Jane Brown uncovers the rhododendron's story which reaches back hundreds, some say thousands, of years (the dove returning to Noah's ark was, apparently, carrying the leaf of a rhododendron). The Aztecs favoured it for their pleasure gardens (although the Jesuits believed they discovered it); the Chinese use it in medicines; mariners used it as ballast cargo; it has excited royal passions (Edward Prince of Wales surrounded himself with them at Virginia Water in the 1920s) and been the source of personal feuds (in the Rhododendron Society). After the First World War the government thought enough of the plant to fill Windsor Great Park with them in order to cheer up the nation. The epitome of bad taste, the scourge of conservationists or a majestic and ancient beauty forced to exist out of its natural habitat? Jane Brown ultimately asks: What is the rhododendron for? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Harper Collins, 2004
ISBN 10: 0007129955ISBN 13: 9780007129959
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by (NY: Harper Collins, 2004), 2004
Seller: Warren F. Broderick - Books, Troy, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 308 pp., index, notes, recommended list of gardens to visit. well ill. with period color & black-and-white plates. The fascinating story of the discovery of azaleas and rhododendrons by plant hunters and their introduction into gardens. v.g. copy in d.j.
Published by Godine., 2006
ISBN 10: 1567923127ISBN 13: 9781567923124
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: Used - Very Good. 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Some wear. Very Good.
Published by Godine, 2004, 2004
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Beautifully realized with color photographs and black and white illustrations throughout. Exquisite.
Published by HarperCollins, London, 2004
Seller: Anne Godfrey, Pwllheli, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition large 8vo. Minimal wear to unclipped jacket, good green boards, sound binding, an inscription inside front, excellent internal condition thereafter.
Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, 2006
ISBN 10: 1567923127ISBN 13: 9781567923124
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st printing. As New hardcover in As New DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete. 8vo, 308 pp; index, biblio; illustrated. This is a new, unread book.
Published by Godine, Boston, 2006
ISBN 10: 1567923127ISBN 13: 9781567923124
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First edition. New hardcover with similar dustwrapper. First US edition. With review copy papers. Pages, cover and dustwrapper clean. Illustrated in color and in black and white. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2004
ISBN 10: 0007129955ISBN 13: 9780007129959
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Photos of roses (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Tall 8vo, olive green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with colorful Rhododendrons by Marjorie Cockburn, illustrated with 8 pages of glossy photos of Rhododendrons & maps, pictorial rose endpapers, xi, [xii] + 308 pages. The illustrated story of the Rhododendron, and how it was brought from its habitat in the Himalayas to Britain by greedy collectors. Apart from four pages with very small unfolded dog-ears, this is a Fine copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket.
Published by HarperCollins, Uk, 2004
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 308 pages. clean tidy copy.
Published by HarperCollins, 2004
ISBN 10: 0007129955ISBN 13: 9780007129959
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Type: Book.
Published by HarperCollins, 2004
ISBN 10: 0007129955ISBN 13: 9780007129959
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good/Price Clipped. First Edition. Type: Book N.B. Dust Jacket is price clipped. Corners of boards and head and tail of spine a little bumped.