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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 1988 card covered book in German text. Interior has small ex pencil price mark otherwise clean interior with all pages tight in binding, covers generally clean, some light shelf wear. Note that to send outside the UK may incur extra shipping due to weight.

Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. 32pp A4.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Softcover. English. Pub Year 1991, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Houses of Glass examines the nineteenth-century glasshouse as a building type shaped by the cultivation, display and commercial use of plants. Combining iron, glass and steam, these structures enclosed tropical environments and presented nature as a carefully maintained work of art. They offered a vision of reconciliation between people and nature, even as industrial growth reduced urban access to greenery and colonial exploitation threatened distant landscapes.The book considers the glasshouse as both a symbolic museum of nature and a place of popular science, plant cultivation and commerce. Botanical gardens arranged plants by origin and classification, while public winter gardens presented elaborate displays to paying visitors and supplied plants to private homes. Their pathways, organisation and aesthetics also anticipated the great world exhibitions of the century. Joseph Paxton?s Crystal Palace, built for the 1851 exhibition, was described as a giant greenhouse. By drawing the public into a managed spectacle of the plant kingdom, the winter garden also foreshadowed the entertainment industry. (OS).…

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in perfect orange cloth, with gilt title lettering to spine, this 1981 hardcover First Edition is VG in VG wrapper. Text in german language. 756pp with vast collection of scale plans, photographs, garden settings, architectural designs etc. Glass houses, grand pavilions and garden rooms from around the world, described in detail. Very substantial book in slip-case. All VG.…

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 499 pages. German language. 9.25x6.10x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Reaction Cross Sections, Rate Coefficients and Nonequilibrium Kinetics.- Remarks on the Generalization of Activated Complex Theory.- Wellenmechanische Aspekte in der Theorie der Elementarreaktionen.- Theory of Non-Adiabatic Transitions. Recent Development o.…