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In Your Garden
by Vita Sackville-West
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Garden Book Club, 1952. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5". None . An early printing of Vita Sackville-West's popular gardening work, 'In Your Garden.' An early printing of Vita Sackville-West's popular gardening volume, comprised of the columns which originally appeared in the Observer from 1946. The 'Garden Book Club' edition of 1952, the first book edition was published in 1951, both uncommon editions. Vita's voice and passion for gardens and nature made her writings very popular: personal and informal but offering practical advice at the same time, it attracted both amateur and expert gardeners.Included in this charming book is a reprint of her 1937 book Some Flowers.Vita Sackville-West is known not only for her successful writing career, but also for her creation of the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle together with her husband Harold Nicolson. With the price-clipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is a damp mark to the front board, slightly affecting the spine. With a faint ownership signature on the front pastedown, dated 1953. The dust wrapper is price clipped and very smart with some shelf wear and a closed tear horizontally to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are age toned and slightly browned, as usual. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
From 1946, the poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West wrote a gardening column in the Observer. The columns were later collected into a set of books published between 1951 and 1958. Vita's extensive gardening knowledge, her intense passion for her subject, and her lively literary flair make these classics of garden writing essential for any serious gardener's bookshelf.
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Details
- Seller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 782A21
- Title
- In Your Garden
- Author
- Vita Sackville-West
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Garden Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- vita sackville west early editions in your garden early editions
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Publisher's cloth
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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