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New York: Atheneum, 1986 2nd ptg. 192pp. illus. beige & green cloth sm 4to w/gilt titles: Very Good+ in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [some sun fading of covers & top edge; else a nice clean, complete & crisp copy; djÐp-c; else F] A beautifully illustrated updating of a classic.

London: Michael Joseph, 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No. 321 of 750 copies printed on handmade paper and signed by the author, published the same month as the trade issue. Demy 8vo (230 x 140mm): 134,[2]pp, with title-page and and section vignettes by Broom Lynne. Publisher's coarsely woven ochre cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. An exceptional copy (apparently unread), virtually pristine inside and out. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.44b. A poem in five parts (an introductory "The Garden" and four seasonal verses), plus a dedicatory poem to Katherine Drummond. The Garden sums up Sackville-West's horticultural aesthetic as displayed in the garden at Sissinghurst, with its linked sections "distinguished by predominant colour themes (such as the influential white garden), or by concentration on the flowers of a certain season . . . " (ODNB) Chosen for the Heinemann award for literature, in 1946, which Sackville-West spent on azaleas for… Read More

London: William Heinemann / Michael Joseph [through 1946], 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine+. A splendid set (two first impressions) of the author's long narrative poems, each evoking a bucolic idyll. The Land: 8vo: [10],108pp. Publisher's burnt orange buckram, paper title label printed in red to spine (extra label, as issued, attached to colophon leaf), fore- and bottom edges uncut, in the marvelous cream dust jacket printed in black and illustrated by George Plank (who also created dozens of covers for Vogue magazine in an art-deco style), priced 6/- on spine panel. An exceptional copy, one of only 1,000 printed, tight, square and unread; about Fine jacket (back panel lightly dust-soiled). Chosen for the Hawthornden Prize, in 1927. The Garden: Tall, slim 8vo: 134,[1]pp, with title-page vignette, section openers, and tailpieces by Broom Lynne. Publisher's burnt orange cloth, spine stamped in silver, top edge stained terracotta, terracotta floral end papers; matching illustrated dust… Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Impression of this squeal of sorts to the author's The Land, winner of the Hawthornden Prize, with decorations by Broom Lynne. Demy 8vo (214 x 137mm): 135; [1]pp. Publisher's russet cloth, titles in silver to spine, top edge red, decorative end papers; illustrated dust jacket priced 8/6. Signed by Sackville-West to half-title. About Fine, jacket just a shade sunned to spine panel, lightly scuffed to top of front fold. Also issued as a signed limited edition of 750 copies, but scarce as a signed trade edition, as here. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A.44a. Like The Land, The Garden is divided into the four seasons. It is more personal and less sweeping than the earlier poem, and tries to sum up Sackville-West's horticultural aesthetic as displayed in the garden at Sissinghurst, with its linked sections "distinguished by predominant colour themes (such as the influential white garden), or by concentration on the flowers of a certain… Read More