Palace by Simon, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 224 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 32 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by Jane Brown and Christopher Simon Sykes on the half-title page, no dedication. Dust jacket lightly worn along the top edge. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Presents the story of the renowned Buckingham Palace garden in London, from its beginnings as a seventeenth-century mulberry plantation frequented by Samuel Pepys to the role it plays today in the private and public life of the royal family, accompanied by photographs and historic illustrations." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: An accident of design: Henry VIII to William IV; Precious privacy: George III to King George VI; The house at the top of the Mall: the front garden; The gardeners' garden: from the 1830s to the present day; Party garden: George III and Queen Charlotte to Queen Elizabeth II. Size: Folio. SIGNED. Collectible.

Laminated Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket ( as Issued ). Henwood, Simon (illustrator). First Edition. Laminated pictorial boards. An INSCRIBED UK first edition, first impression. No wrapper as issued. The book is sound and tight. The front and back boards are very bright, very clean and very sharp. The corners are sharp. The spine is bright and crisp. The pages are clean and bright. No foxing. The closed page edges are fresh. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. This copy has been INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet Carol Ann Duffy by Adrian Henri to the title page. A handsome copy. Paypal accepted. Signed by Illustrator(s).