Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0701123958 ISBN 13: 9780701123956
Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: USED_NEARFINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Tight unmarked book, illustrated endpapers, clean green cloth; in bright dust jacket. ; 11.10 X 8.82 X 0.55 inches; 156 pages.
Published by London : Chatto & Windus, 1980., 1980
ISBN 10: 0701123958 ISBN 13: 9780701123956
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: USED_FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 156 pp. ; color photographs by R. H. M. Robinson, Grace Woodbridge, Harry Smith, Sheila Orme, Anthony Huxley, Nancy Mary Goodall, Angelo Hornak, Kenneth Scowen; drawings by Davina Wynne-Jones, Laurie Clark and Cecilia Humphrys; end paper illustrations are from A Book of Botanical Drawings by Daniel Frankon ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0701123958 :; 9780701123956 LCCN: 80-484408 ; LC: SB466.G75; Dewey: 712/.6/0942 ; OCLC: 6149282 ; green cloth with gold lettering, in full-color photographic dustjacket inmylar protector ; previous owner's name on front ep ; showcases the celebrated personal gardens of several important British women, with their commentaries ; included are: Balbithan House, Kintore, Inverurie, Aberdeensh ire / Mary McMurtrie -- The Dower House, Badminton, Avon / Lady Caroline Somerset -- Lygrove, Badminton, Avon / The Dowager Countess of Westmorland -- The Old Rectory, Burghfield, Berkshire / Mrs. Ralph Merton -- Arley Hall, Northwich, Cheshire / Th e Vicountess Ashbrook -- Ince Castle, Saltash, Cornwall / The Vicountess Boyd of Merton -- Moyclare, Lodge Hill, Liskeard, Cornwall / Mrs/ Louis Reid -- Ednaston Manor, Brailsford, Derbyshire / Mrs. Stephen Player -- Knightshayes House, Tiverton, De vonshire / Lady Heathcoat Amory -- Rosemoor, Torrington, Devonshire / The Lady Anne Palmer -- Manor House, Cranborne, Dorset / The Marchioness of Salisbury -- Shute House, Donhead St. Mary, Nr. Shaftsbury, Dorset / The Lady Anne Tree -- Tyninghame, Dunbar, East Lothian / The Countess of Haddington -- White Barn House, Elmstead Market, Colchester, Essex / Mrs. Andrew Chatto -- Barnsley House, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire / Mrs. David Verey -- Hill House, Wickwar, Gloucestershire / Sally, D uchess of Westminster -- Kiftsgate Court, Campden, Gloucestershire / Mrs. D. H. Binny -- Orchard Cottage, Gretton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire / Mrs. Patrick Saunders -- Rodmarton Manor, Cirencester, Gloucestershire / Mrs. Anthony Biddulph -- Bramde an House, Alresfors, Hampshire / Mrs. Hady Wakefield -- Westwick Cottage, Leverstock Green, Hertfordshire / Mrs. Donald Macqueen -- 11 Cavendish Avenue, London NW8, Middlesex / The Hon. Mrs. Mark Lennox-Boyd -- 12A Selwood Place, London SW7, Middles ex / Mrs. Anthony Crossley -- Deene Park, Corby, Horthamptonshire / The Hon. Mrs. Brudenell -- Howick, Alnwick, Northumberland / The Lady Mary Howick -- Coach House, Little Haseley, Oxfordshire / Mrs. C. G. Lancaster -- The Monro House, Bampton, Oxf ordshire / Countess Munster -- Pusey House, Faringdon, Oxfordshire / Mrs. Michael Hornby -- Hadspen House, Castle Cary, Somerset / Mrs. Paul Hobhouse -- The Chequers, Boxford, Suffolk / Miss Jenny Robinson -- West Wood, Walberswick, Southwold, Suffo lk / Miss Mea Allan -- Chilworth Manor, Guildford, Sussex / Mrs. Gilbert Thorp -- Broadleas, Devizes, Wiltshire / The Lady Anne Cowdray -- Ling Beeches, Ling Lane, Scarcroft, Thorner, Leeds, Yorkshire / Mrs. Arnold Rakusen -- St. Nicholas, Richmond, Yorkshire / The Lady Serena James. ; ".[T]here are few contributors whose hands are not constantly deep in the soil or wielding the pruning shears. The result is gardens which have the intimacy of a diary or memoir, indeed the accounts by the contributors often read like leaves torn from a jounral, full of passion and idiosyncrasy as their pride and prejudice are revealed. These are private arcadias into which we, the public, are now allowed to pry. How generous they are to unfold the pag es for our contemplation. How much one understands the contributor who unashamedly states that the essence of her garden is that it is a closed world." ; FINE/FINE. Book.