Some English Gardens
1904 (First Edition).
Longmans, Green and Company
, London, England
This masterpiece of the gardening genre showcases thirty-six British gardens attached to great houses or castles, with 50 beautiful watercolours by Elgood reproduced perfectly in full colour on separate pages, with all text by the famous Gertrude Jekyll. Really a horticultural tour through Edwardian England in 1904 and now a genuine rarity in its original format, certainly very elusive in Australia.
$1,100.00
Specifications
| Author | Elgood, George and Jekyll, Gertrude |
| Illustrator | Illustrated by George Elgood |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green and Company |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1904 (First Edition) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1904 |
| Size | Large 4to - Quarto, 305mm x 241mm |
| Chapters | Unspecified |
| Pages | 131pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in original publisher's blue buckram in very good condition , the spine and upper front board is lettered and ruled in gilt plus t.e.g. has mild wear and tear with rubbing and slight fraying of extremities and closed cracking of hinge between front endpapers though spine is still very sound. no dust wrapper as issued. |
| Overall | Text is in an excellent state overall and all titled and described full page illustrations are present and intact being both clean and unmarked, devoid of any prior owner markings. |