1917
CORNERS OF GRAY OLD GARDENS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY MARGARET WATERFIELD
SIGNED-BINDING DESIGNED BY JESSIE M. KING
*** RARE EDITION ~ EXQUISITE PICTORIAL FINE BINDING ~ ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE TIPPED-IN WATERCOLOR PLATES ~ CLASSIC GARDENING ***
An anthology of garden related writing, including work by E.V.B., William Lawson, Margaret A. Paul, John Gerarde, Sir Walter Scott, Alexander Smith, William Harper, Sir Uvedale Price, and Richard Le Gallienne
London and Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1917.
Printed in Scotland by Messrs Neill & Co., Ltd., Edinburgh.
• measures about 7.5'' x 5''
• beautiful pictorial watercolor paper-over-boards fine binding - designed by Jessie M. King and marked with her name
• embossed gold gilt lettering to spine
• textblock top edge green, otherwise deckle edges
• illustrated with 8 beautiful full-page tipped-in color plates, including frontispiece with tissue-guard
• other decorations throughout printed in green
• original silk bookmark still attached
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