Description: A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE THIRD BOOK OF THE CELEBRATED GARDENING WRITER GERTRUDE JEKYLL. ALMOST EVERY PAGE IS ILLUSTRATED, SHOWING HOW LIFE WAS LIVED IN THE COUNTRY AREAS OF WEST SURREY AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY - BUILDINGS, INHABITANTS, FURNITURE, TOOLS, HOUSEHOLD ARTEFACTS, ORNAMENTS, HOME AND RURAL INDUSTRIES, SPEECH PATTERNS, CLOTHING, GARDENS, CHURCHYARDS. A FASCINATING RECREATION OF LIFESTYLES LONG GONE, BY A GREAT AUTHOR. 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. GERTRUDE JEKYLL. 1ST EDITION, 1904. 320 PAGES. INDEX. 330 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR. A LOVELY COPY. HEAVY BOOK: 1.5 KILOS. RARE IN THIS CONDITION. 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: 90 GBP
Location: London, London
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Item Specifics
Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Cloth
Personalised: No
Place of Publication: LONDON
Shape: Rectangle
Non-Fiction Subject: COUNTRY LIVING IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
Signed: No
Publisher: LONGMANS, GREEN
Modified Item: No
Weight: I.5 KILOS
Year Printed: 1904
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: GERTRUDE JEKYLL
Region: WEST SURREY
