Estimate: $400 - $600
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Offered for sale by Adam Langlands of 'Shadowrock Rare Books' - for more information please contact him via email at adamlanglands@gmail.com
Gertrude JEKYLL & Christopher HUSSEY.
Garden Ornament [second edition (revised)]. London& New York: 1927. Folio (15 ½ x 10 3/4ins; 394 x 273mm). Title printed in red and black, half-tone illustrations throughout. (Light waviness to book block, short tear to upper blank margin of pp.355/356). Original green cloth, blocked in gilt, git edges (spine bumped and slightly chipped at head and foot, also somewhat discolored, slight bow to covers). Provenance: Margaret D. Gray (inscription dated 1931); Anne S. Gray (inscription dated 1982).
A perennial gardening classic – not immaculate, but a serviceable copy at an attractive starting price.