Jekyll, Gertrude. Garden Ornament. 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1918
pp.xii, 460 with colour frontis., and fine b/w. photos., throughout. Folio. Hardback. AEG. Marbled end-papers. Neat signature to ffep. Foxing to border and verso of frontis., o/w. contents fine. Spine gently sunned and original boards lightly rubbed along edges.
This is one of Gertrude Jekyll’s last books and she saw it as the discussion of garden ornament in relation to architecture. With her characteristic forthrightness and long experience she made good use of the excellent collection of photographs available from ‘Country Life’ to show what should or should not be done.
£250.00 [Ref: 58062]