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A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed
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In this catalog, A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton lands as a focused backlist selection with a clear entry point for curious readers. Edition metadata currently lists 2005 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 144 pages, which is useful for judging scope and pace.
Edition on file: 2005 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 144 pages • ISBN 9780374528775.
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