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Cherish the Earth: The Story of Gardening in Australia
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- PublisherUre Smith in association with The National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.)
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 072540129X
- ISBN 13 9780725401290
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages132
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Cherish the Earth; the Story Gardening in Australia
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Ure Smith in Association with the National Trust of Australia [N. S. W. ], Sydney
(1975)
ISBN 10: 072540129X
ISBN 13: 9780725401290
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. xvi,132pp., acknowledgements, list of illustrations, foreword by Helen Blaxland, preface by author and index. The text is illustrated by 16 coloured and 29 black and white plates. Illustrated endpapers, from a lithograph by F. C. Terry, 'The Vineyard'. Bottle coloured green boards with gilt titles on the spine. The corners are rubbed, and the top 2 corners are bumped. The head and the heel of the spine are slightly rubbed. There are some minor shelf wear evident and paper edges have some dust marks. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a reproduction of 'Glover's House and Garden' by John Glover, 1840. Ochre and black titles on front the cover and on the spine. Dustwrapper faded particularly on the spine, front, and back panel for the first 3.5" . The Corners are chipped and there is some minor chipping on top of the spine. This book was first to explain the background which Australian gardeners garden in the manner in which they do. It traces the story gardens in Australia from the findings of Joseph Banks to the 1970s and all the difficulties besetting the early gardening pioneers to the enormous variety of gardens of the Seventies. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Australiana; History -- Australia; Gardening; Australia; ISBN: 072540129X. ISBN/EAN: 9780725401290. Inventory No: 0100344. Seller Inventory # 0100344
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Cherish The Earth - The Story of Gardening in Australia.
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Book Description F. Small 4to. hardcover, 132pp. b/w illus., colour plates, illustrated endpapers, 16 col. and 29 b/w plates. very good, pages lightly toned. / Very good d/w. First edition limited to 2000 copies. Seller Inventory # 68010
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