Gardens Old & New: The Country House & Its Garden Enviornment
, Willl Jenkins, Arthur Rackham(illus.)
London: Country Life/ Geo. Newnes, First First printing. N.D. (1900). Folio sized in blue-green cloth lettered and decorated in darker green. All edges gilt. Art nouveau cover, spine and title page designs by Will Jenkins and with chapter heading decorations by Arthur Rackham. xiv+ 295 pps. with index of the gardens featured. Illustrated throughout with with full and partial page photographic plates. Magnificent volume of the most beautiful and ornate gardens in Great Britain at the turn of the 20th century. Very good, wear at the spine ends and lower tips, minimal wear at upper tips; small dark spot right side of the front cloth. At the index, there are a few small neat pencil notations indicating the owners of some of the gardens featured. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT, EXTRA SHIPPING WILL BE REQUIRED ON EXPEDITED AND/OR INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS. PLEASE INQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. (EXPEDITED SHIPPING NOT AVAILABLE ON BARNES & NOBLE ORDERS. B&N ORDERS WILL SHIP MEDIA MAIL ONLY WITYHIN THE U.S.) Hard Cover (Item ID: E4884B)
$195.00