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Some English Gardens
de Gertrude Jekyll
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1933. Cloth. Good. 13" by 10". George S. Elgood. A reissue of this beautifully illustrated work on English gardens. Reissue, 1933. Originally published 1904. Illustrated with fifty coloured plates with tissue guards. Collated complete. A collection of reproductions of watercolour drawings of English gardens with notes. Includes a variety of gardens from Brockenhurst and Great Tangley Manor, to Cleeve Prior, Speke Hall, and Stone Hall in Easton. Illustrated by George Samuel Elgood, an English artist and illustrator who became well known for his paintings of formal gardens. With notes from Gertrude Jekyll, a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. In the original cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A chip to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 852T57
- Título
- Some English Gardens
- Autor
- Gertrude Jekyll
- Ilustrador
- George S. Elgood
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1933
- Tamaño
- 13" by 10"
- Palabras clave
- Gardens English Jekyll Elgood English
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
