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CHILDREN AND GARDENS ( SIGNED ): With One Hundred and Six Illustrations by the Author
by Jekyll, Gertrude
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- Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Country Life, 1908. 1st edition. Cloth. Good. 1st edition, 1908. Good+. 8vo., 110 pp., with 106 black & white illustrations. Bound in publishers green cloth with titles in gilt on front cover and spine. SIGNED. Covers are unevenly faded, spine is darkened, tips are rubbed. Interior is clean and unmarked except for some occasional foxing, some signatures unopened - especially towards the end of the book. A scarce title with two author signatures. Gift card pasted inside front cover from Jekyll, Munstead Wood, Godalming, dated June 7, 1908.
Munstead Wood was the home of Gertrude Jekyll
and was designed by a young Edwin Lutyens and constructed from bargate stone and other local materials. Miss Jekyll incorporated many of her own ideas into the design, all of which add to its charm. It was completed in 1897.
Jekyll signature also on half title page, dated 1908.
Both card and inscription to the Bouverie family, this book from their estate.
Munstead Wood was the home of Gertrude Jekyll
and was designed by a young Edwin Lutyens and constructed from bargate stone and other local materials. Miss Jekyll incorporated many of her own ideas into the design, all of which add to its charm. It was completed in 1897.
Jekyll signature also on half title page, dated 1908.
Both card and inscription to the Bouverie family, this book from their estate.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26671
- Title
- CHILDREN AND GARDENS ( SIGNED )
- Author
- Jekyll, Gertrude
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Country Life
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- gardening, english gardens, cats in gardens
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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