SACKVILLE-WEST, VitaMareMagnum
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19358vo., First Edition, with decorative title in green and black, and illustrations in the text, free endpapers very lightly spotted; original ivory pictorial cloth, upper board blocked in green, backstrip lettered in green, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at lower edge, wanting lower half of backstrip, and with one closed tear on rear panel. Vita Sackville-West contributes chapters 9-12, based on her broadcasts from October 1933 to January 1934. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme, B16 (recording 'dustwrapper not seen').
19738vo. First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19788vo. First Edition with plates; green cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19894to., First Edition, with numerous fine coloured photographs throughout, inscription on half-title; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19168vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with a coloured frontispiece mounted on grained card, title in red and black, 2 coloured plates mounted on grained card, 40 full-page monochrome illustrations in the text and a folding plan on japon, title very lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker green, backstrip sunned, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), a very good, clean copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue at rear. The author's only work not be reissued. The work is divided into three parts. Part I gives general information on sowing, raising, characteristics and uses. Part II provides an alphabetical list, with descriptions and culture, of the best annuals and biennials. Part III gives a chart of colour and height, and selections for purposes and aspects. Arguably the scarcest of all Jekyll's works.
19918vo., Second Impression, with plates, contemporary inscription on title; burgundy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, cream endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19878vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. The catalogue lists 181 lots with index of artists.
19018vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 52 plates on 49 from photographs by the author, blank preliminary lightly age-soiled; original mid-red buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, uncut, neatly rebacked with old backstrip (sunned) laid down, laid endpapers, a very good, bright copy. Written to capitalise on the success of 'Wood and Garden' published in the previous year, Jekyll's second book is devoted to ornamental garden layout and practice for the home owner. First published in 1900.
19798vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19468vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; orange cloth, upper board blocked in blind, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19268vo., Best Edition, with frontispiece and plates; buff boards, oatmeal holland back with paper label printed in red and black, dark red top, a very good, bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Considerably revised and enlarged version of the original Medici edition of 1921.
18448 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with many hundreds of fine wood-engraved illustrations (a number folding), some mild and occasional spotting (mainly marginal) in some plate volumes; original green cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, ivory endpapers, uncut, covers a little age-soiled, backstrips lightly browned, a few joints lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean, firm set. Vols I-IV: text; Vols V-VIII: plates. Freeman 2319.
1918Folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, title-vignette, and many hundreds of fine photographs (many full-page), marbled endpapers, marbled endpapers; original blue buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt edges, joints and extremities mildly rubbed as usual, covers lightly age-marked and faded else very good, clean copy. This magnificent standard reference comprises introductory text and a superb assembly of photographs of garden ornaments of every kind, including wood and iron gates, steps, balustrades, urns, vases, courts, paved ways, seats, loggias, orangeries, dovecotes, parterres, sundials, topiary, pergolas, treillage, canals, ponds, water gardens, bridges, fountains, dipping wells, borders, wall gardens, Japanese gardens and many more. The examples are chosen primarily from England, with a few from Italy. One of the finest garden books of the twentieth century. Scarce, especially in this condition.
19785 vols., 8vo., with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original cloth (red/red/red/red/black), gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. Lovely set of a standard reference; first published 1955-1978.
19984 vols., 8vo., with frontispiece and 9 coloured plates in the second volume; cloth (green/green/yellow/yellow respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright set of reissues of the original editions of 1951-58. The text of the second volume is augmented by 10 fine coloured plates by Frederick W. Smith. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE.
1946Oblong 4to., First Edition, comic-strip -style illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. 'Adam' was a leading gardener's guide during WWII and played a not insignificant role in the 'Dig for Victory' campaign. His weekly features in the Sunday Express were followed eagerly; this is the first omnibus edition.
19498vo., Third Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text, free endpapers faintly browned; green cloth, gilt back, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Detailed account by an acknowledged master, covering every species planted commercially in Britain. This is the considerably expanded version of the original edition published in 1944. With wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook.
19338vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece and facsimiles in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 900 COPIES.
19258vo., Twelfth Impression thus, with coloured frontispiece, (original tissue guard present), 95 fine coloured plates and very numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; originl green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and letterd in gilt, a near fine copy. Includes glossary, and English and Latin indexes. Johns' classic handbook was first published in two volumes in 1853 and several times reissued as a single volume. In 1892 an Appendix entitled 'Grasses' was compiled by the author's son from Bentham & Hooker. The work was revised substantially by Boulger for the twenty-ninth edition of 1899, with Grace Layton's fine coloured plates appearing for the first time in the thirty-second edition of 1910. Elliott's major revision was first published in 1907; he founded the Six Hills Nursery, renowned for its alpines and allied rock plants. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Freeman 1974.
177312mo., Sixth Edition, on laid paper, with engraved frontispiece, some light offsetting to title; attractively bound in twentieth-century full polished calf, back with gilt bands, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. Although attributed on title to Thomas Mawe, Gardener to the Duke of Leeds, this extraordinarily popular and influential work was actually written by the diffident John Abercrombie (1726-1806). The manuscript was duly submitted to Griffin, who asked his friend Mawe to read it. 'Mr. Mawes [sic] bore testimony to the merit of the production, and prefixed his name to the publication in order to give it that celebrity to which it was so justly entitled, for which he received a gratuity of twenty guineas' (Henrey p.363). The work was a tremendous success, continuing to be republished for over fifty years after the author's death, although his name did not appear on title until the seventh edition. It was heavily plagiarised, perhaps most notoriously as 'The Modern Gardener' (1771) by James Meader, who was subsequently sued, convicted and prevented from republication. Curiously, despite its immense popularity, EARLY EDITIONS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. See Henrey II, 358 et seq.
18398vo., First Edition, gatherings U onwards creased but entirely sound; original dark green cloth, boards blocked in blind, gilt back, primrose endpapers, backstrip faded (but all gilt wholly legible), corbners bruised else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, fresh copy now preserved for the future in custom-made slip-case. With 16pp publisher's catalogue (dated April 1839) bound in at end. Formerly with the Royal Gardens, the author details almost one hundred vegetables and herbs, together with their history, culture, and varieties available. Philip Miller was formerly gardener to the Company of Apothecaries at the Botanical Gardens in Chelsea. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Cagle 969 (catalogue dated July 1839); Massachusetts Horticultural Society p. 269; Wheaton & Kelly 5204.
18608vo., First Edition, with fine frontispiece COLOURED BY HAND (original tissue guard present), endpapers faded at margins; publisher's green pebble-grain cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
179912mo., neat contemporary signature on front paste-down, some light and intermittent age-staining to text, title and first two leaves of Table open awkwardly; contemporary mottled calf, sometime rebacked in calf to style, backstrip with black leather label lettered and tooled in gilt, boards rubbed at edges and corners else a bright, clean copy. Bright copy of the most famous herbal in English, first published in 1652 and commonly known as 'Culpeper's Herbal'. In the following year the author altered the format of his work, apparently to differentiate it from the two well-known piracies issued by Bentley immediately after first publication. VERY SCARCE. Henrey 102.
19514 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and 28 plates, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, neat inscriptions on front free endpapers; cloth (grey/green/red/green respectively), gilt backs, coloured tops, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper. Complete set of Vita's immensely popular garden books. The set comprises 'In Your Garden' (1951), 'In Your Garden Again' (1953), 'More for your Garden' (1955) and 'Even More for your Garden' (1958). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Cross & Hulme A48, A51(a), A53(a), A56(a); Gretton, 44, 47, 48, 50.
19918vo., First Edition, with coloured plates, and maps and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
