Description: A NICE COPY OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CELEBRATED GARDENING WRITER GERTRUDE JEKYLL. THE BOOK IS WELL ILLUSTRATED WITH JEKYLL'S PHOTOGRAPHS. SHE TAKES THE READER THROUGH THE MONTHS OF THE GARDENING YEAR, BEFORE DEALING WITH GARDENS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, BORDERS & PERGOLAS, COLOURS, SCENTS, WEEDS & PESTS, AND STROPPY HEAD GARDENERS WHO WON'T MOVE WITH THE TIMES. A FASCINATING RECREATION OF GARDENING AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY BY A GREAT AUTHOR. 1904. 10TH IMPRESSION OF A POPULAR BOOK FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1899. 286 PAGES. 71 ILLUSTRATIONS. Gertrude Jekyll VMH was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1000 articles for magazines such as Country Life and William Robinson's The Garden. Robert Louis Stevenson was a friend of the family, and borrowed the family name for his masterpiece 'Doctor Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.' She was prominent in the Arts & Crafts Movement in partnership with Sir Edwin Lutyens. GERTRUDE JEKYLL. I AM DOWNSIZING MY LIBRARY OWING TO ISSUES OF SPACE. POSTAGE IN UK: £2.50. SECURE, RECYCLED PACKAGING. 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF SIGNED MODERN NOVELS AND MANY BOOKS ON TIBET & THE HIMALAYAS.
Price: 40 GBP
Location: London, London
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Cloth
Personalised: No
Place of Publication: LONDON
Shape: Rectangle
Non-Fiction Subject: AS PER TITLE
Signed: No
Publisher: LONGMANS, GREEN
Modified Item: No
Weight: 920 gms.
Year Printed: 1904
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: GERTRUDE JEKYLL - PHOTOS.
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: GERTRUDE JEKYLL
Region: UK
