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Merry Hall Hardback - 1998

by Beverley Nichols; Foreword by Ann Lovejoy; Derrick Sayer (Illustrator)

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First in a trilogy, "Merry Hall" is the account of the restoration of a house and garden in post-war England. Though Mr. Nichols's horticultural undertaking is serious, his writing is high-spirited, riotously funny, and, at times, deliciously malicious.

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  • Title Merry Hall
  • Author Beverley Nichols; Foreword by Ann Lovejoy; Derrick Sayer (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 342
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Timber Press (OR), Portland
  • Publication date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780881924176 / 0881924172
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.34 x 5.8 x 1.17 in (21.18 x 14.73 x 2.97 cm)
  • Category Gardening / Horticulture
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, English - 20th century - Biography, Gardeners - England - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97047253
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Merry Hall finds the author at the height of his garden-writing powers, and is his first collaboration with gifted artist William McLaren, whose exquisite drawings add grace and impact to the text. A garden classic. Spine tail bumped.
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Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 21 cm. Timber Press, Published 2003. Hardcover, 320 pp.; 21 cm; seventh printing; illustrated with line drawings by William McLaren, illustrated endpapers. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Brown paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine; mild shelf wear with some color loss to corner tips and spine ends. Binding is tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated dust jacket shows a few small nicks and creasing along edges, mild shelf wear. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Timber Press's facsimile reprint of the 1951 Jonathan Cape edition, with a new foreword by Ann Lovejoy and a new index by Roy C. Dicks. First volume of Nichols's Merry Hall trilogy, recounting the restoration of a run-down Georgian manor house and its garden in postwar England; written as narrative rather than instruction, high-spirited and waspishly funny, carrying the original William McLaren drawings throughout.
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