Garden Ornament Green cloth - 1927

London: Country Life Books, 1927. Second Edition Revised. Green Cloth. Very Good Minus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Type: Z 437pp. A classic work by Gertrude Jekyll. Bound in quarter green buckram with green cloth boards. Numerous b/w photographic plates, many full page illustrate the book. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Bumps to the head and tail of the spine with a little associated rubbing. All four corners are also bumped with associated light bumps to the front corners of the text block with light creasing to the adjacent page corners and a little fraying of cloth with slight loss. Rubbing with slight loss of cloth to the tail of the rear board. Light bumps also to the head and tail of the rear board. There is slight soiling to the boards with a few light soil marks to the tail of the rear board. A few scattered tiny black ink spots to the upper fore edges (or possibly fox spots) not affecting (or bearly) the outer margins of the pages. Ink pen mark to margin of page 85 - not affecting text in any way. Neat ink inscription to the front paste down with a small charming book plate beneath it. Previous booksellers sticker to the lower edge of the front paste down. Light foxing to the front end paper. There is a blue pen mark to the front margin of pp85 and an ink stain to the top margin of pp 411, neither affecting the illustration in any way. The book remains tightly bound and otherwise clean. A very good / good copy - a more than presentable copy of a book that - due to its large size rarely comes in super condition. Not too heavy to post.