Postcards from Kew / [compiled by] Gwilym Lewis.

Title & Author:

Postcards from Kew / [compiled by] Gwilym Lewis.

Publication:

Kew : Royal Botanic Gardens ; London : H.M.S.O., 1989.

Description:

iii, 72 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 72).

Summary:

"The author has selected some 120 postcards from the several hundred in his private collection and he presents them in such a way as to take the reader for a walk through Kew Gardens. The book provides a brief history of Kew and much information of value to postcard collectors. There is also an amusing chapter on postcard messages and the postcard illustrations of the period covered - from the Victorian age to the present - add some historical interest to the work"--Publisher description.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0112500374
9780112500377

Subject:

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
English picture postcards Special subjects: London Richmond Upon Thames (London Borough). Botanical gardens: Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew, England)

Added entries:

Lewis, G. P.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224889
Call No.: QK73.G72 R6 1989
Status: Available

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