On the Making of Gardens. An essay by Sir George Sitwell, Introduced by Sir Osbert Sitwell, with decorations by John Piper. Limited Numbered Edition.

SITWELL, Sir GEORGE:

Verlag: The Dropmore Press, 1949 1st Ltd ed. 669/1000.

Beschreibung

Hardback, Size approx 9 x 6 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and gilt vignette to front. With dustwrapper. In very good condition. (DW Fading to spine and rubbed of edges, slight loss head of spine and two tears on edges, some minor handling marks. ) Mild foxing to edges. Bookplates to front endpapers ?M.J. Proctor,? and later ?Sara & Martin Mortimer. Inside pages and plates all very clean, bright and tight throughout. Edges rough cut. Else a very clean and tight copy. 113pp. With colour plates (some double-paged) by John Piper. Limited edition of 1000 of which this is No. 669/1000. A distillation of a lifetime?s thought on the planning and purpose of gardens. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 96249

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Titel: On the Making of Gardens. An essay by Sir ...

Verlag: The Dropmore Press, 1949 1st Ltd ed. 669/1000.