LANDSCAPE ART, PAST AND PRESENT by McCORMICK, HARRIET HAMMOND - 1923

American Park and Outdoor Art Association, 1900. First Edition. Full leather binding. Very Good. Originally an offprint in stiff card wrappers, this book was rebound for the author in full green morocco by Riviere and Son, with top edge gilt, 5 raised bands, gilt decorative borders, and marbled endpaper. Original covers bound at the rear. While there is nothing affixed to the book that would indicate such, this was purchased with a large collection from the library of Cyrus McCormick. A little wear / chipping to the outer hinges, otherwise clean & bright, with no markings. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xxii, [1], 31 p., 2 l. : plates. ; 31 cm. Plates: Hanging Gardens of Babylon ; Temple gardens, Edfu, Egypt ; Garden of "Resht-i-Behesht," Shiraz, Persia ; Greek garden ; Villa of Pliny the Younger, Laurentium ; Gardens of the Villa Lante, Bagnaia ; Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore ; Gardens of the Villa Albani, Rome ; Fountain at the Villa Castello, Florence ; Basin of Latona, Versailles ; House of Willem van Son, Doornburg ; Wimple in the seventeenth century, Cambridgeshire ; Thoresby House, Nottinghamshire ; Old Garden in the Glen, Dalzell House, Lanarkshire ; An urn ; Vegetable sculpture ; Pope's garden, Twickenham ; Harleston Park, Northamptonshire / design by Repton ; Suburban house, Chicago ; New England estate, Brookline, Massachusetts ; Pacific Coast dwelling, Caramel Highlands, California ; Wild garden grasses, York Harbor, Maine ; A… Read More