{"title":"Gardening Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-little-book-of-stamp-collecting-paperback","title":"A Little Book of Stamp Collecting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVarious\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis vintage book contains a guide to stamp collecting, being a detailed catalogue of noteworthy stamps issues during the early twentieth century. With interesting historical information, authentic photographs, and useful information, this volume is highly recommended for the keen lapidary, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of stamp collecting literature. 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Nine essays explore the mutual influences of human behavior and design: landscape, painting, sculpture, and even transient elements such as lighting and music tacitly informed visitors how to move within the space, what to wear, how to behave, and where they might transgress. \u003cem\u003eThe Pleasure Garden, from Vauxhall to Coney Island\u003c\/em\u003e draws together the work of musicologists, art historians, and scholars of urban studies and landscape design to unfold a cultural history of pleasure gardens, from the entertainments they offered to the anxieties of social difference they provoked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Conlin is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Southampton and author of Civilisation and The Nation's Mantelpiece: A History of the National Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.7 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403071680819,"sku":"9780812244380","price":136.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dmJrTlZjNFJXZEk0OVRSUE1nWEFGZz09.webp?v=1758178229"},{"product_id":"the-world-of-andre-le-notre-paperback","title":"The World of André Le Nôtre - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThierry Mariage\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGraham Larkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe World of André Le Nôtre Thierry Mariage. 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