Paxton and the Bachelor Duke

Violet R. Markham

Published by Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London, 1935

About this Item

A very scarce illustrated autobiographical account of the correspondence between Sir Joseph Paxton and the Bachelor Duke. The very scarce first edition of the work.In a full black cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and 13 plates. Collated, complete.An autobiographical account of the correspondence between Sir Joseph Paxton and William George Spencer Cavendish, the 6th Duke of Devonshire.Paxton was an Englishgardener, architect, engineer andLiberalMember of Parliament. He is best known for designingthe Crystal Palace, which was built inHyde Park, London to house theGreat Exhibitionof 1851, the firstworld's fair, great public parks such asBirkenhead Park, and for cultivating theCavendish banana, the most consumedbananain the Western world.Cavendish, known as the Bachelor Duke, was an English peer, courtier andWhig politician who served asLord Chamberlainfrom 1827 to 1828 and again from 1830 to 1834. TheCavendish bananais named after him.CavendishbefriendedSir Joseph Paxton, then employed at theRoyal Horticultural Society's Chiswick Gardens, located close to Devonshire's London estateChiswick House, and appointed him his head gardener atChatsworth House in 1826, despite Paxton being only in his early twenties at the time.A work by Violet Markham, a writer, social reformer, campaigneragainst women's suffrage and administrator. In a full black cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Rubbing to front board with a mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paxton and the Bachelor Duke
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London
• Publication Date: 1935
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book