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The Making of a Garden
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The Making of a Garden Cloth - 1984

by Gertrude Jekyll; Cherry Lewis [editor]

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  • Hardcover
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Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1984. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 11" by 8.5". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated anthology of the writings of Gertrude Jekyll. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous images throughout, many of which are in colour. An anthology of selected writings from Gertrude Jekyll, a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. With specific reference to the making and management of gardens, and the pleasures along the way. Compiled by Cherry Lewis, a British botanist and professor. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with pencil notes to the front endpaper. Fine
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