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READ**, MISS [pen name DORA JANE SAINT.** ] - Introduction by: : The English Vicarage Garden: Thirty gardens of Beauty and Inspiration. **

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSPEH,1988.

ISBN 0718129113.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. Gift presentation inscrptn to half-title page,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean, glossy,laminated,scenic colour photographic illustrated front+rear wrap [garden at Barton-le-Clay Rectory,Beds., and Landscove Vicarage, Devon respectively.]; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - corners minisculely rubbed.Top edge very,very lightly aged,fore-edge bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Clean, green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and flora colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-177pp includes half-title,colour photograph vignette to title page,a Contents list,an Introduction by Miss Read; 30 gardens described+photographed,300 specially commissioned colour photographs and illustrations,list of other gardens to visit and an Index. An English vicarage garden conjures up a vision of a blessed plot where it is always summer afternoon: newly mown lawns, old trees and flowering shrubs,herbaceous borders,a church spire,all bathed in a still,warm haze.This delightful book captures that vision,and simultaneously celebrates some of the outstanding English gardeners of the last two centuries.Here are naturalists like the novelist Canon Charles Kingsley and of course the 18thC curate of Selbourne,Gilbert White; horticulturalists like Dean Hole,father of our National Rose Society,and the Reverend William Wilks,who gave us the Shirley poppy and saved the Royal Horticultural Society at its lowest point; Canon Arthur Boscawen,whose garden was described as the Cornish Kew,and Canon Henry Ellacombe,hailed as one of the great master gardeners of his day. Here too are their successors: today's clergymen,among them some superb plantsmen whose garden gates are open to the public.As Dean Hole once remarked,'The clergy,as a class,may claim precedence in horticulture',and their stories of triumph and disaster offer us a rich fund of useful botanical knowledge.But as much as gardening,it is their feeling of joy in being close to Nature,their sympathy for all that lives and breathes,that sets this book apart. Illustrated throughout with 300 specially commissioned colour photographs and illustrations,this is an inspirational record of a quintessentially English tradition - a tradition which,as the Church continues to sell off its old vicarages,is rapidly vanishing. Want more MISS READ titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,GENERAL,SIGNED and BIOGRAPHY catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

READ**, MISS [pen name DORA JANE SAINT.**] - Introduction by: : The English Vicarage Garden: Thirty gardens of Beauty and Inspiration. **

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSPEH,1988.

ISBN 0718129113.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy laminated,scenic colour photographic illustrated front+rear wrap [garden at Barton-le-Clay Rectory,Beds.,and Landscove Vicarage,Devon respectively.]; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top edge very,very lightly aged; fore-edge bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Clean, green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and flora colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-177pp includes half-title,colour photograph vignette to title page,a Contents list,an Introduction by Miss Read; 30 gardens described and photographed,300 specially commissioned colour photographs and illustrations,a list of other gardens to visit and an Index. An English vicarage garden conjures up a vision of a blessed plot where it is always summer afternoon: newly mown lawns,old trees and flowering shrubs,herbaceous borders,a church spire,all bathed in a still,warm haze.This delightful book captures that vision,and simultaneously celebrates some of the outstanding English gardeners of the last two centuries. Here are naturalists like the novelist Canon Charles Kingsley and of course the 18thC curate of Selbourne,Gilbert White; horticulturalists like Dean Hole,father of our National Rose Society,and the Reverend William Wilks,who gave us the Shirley poppy and saved the Royal Horticultural Society at its lowest point; Canon Arthur Boscawen, whose garden was described as the Cornish Kew,and Canon Henry Ellacombe, hailed as one of the great master gardeners of his day. Here too are their successors: today's clergymen,among them some superb plantsmen whose garden gates are open to the public.As Dean Hole once remarked,'The clergy,as a class,may claim precedence in horticulture',and their stories of triumph and disaster offer us a rich fund of useful botanical knowledge.But as much as gardening,it is their feeling of joy in being close to Nature,their sympathy for all that lives and breathes,that sets this book apart. Illustrated throughout with 300 specially commissioned colour photographs and illustrations,this is an inspirational record of a quintessentially English tradition - a tradition which,as the Church continues to sell off its old vicarages,is rapidly vanishing.See also rja23506 for another copy of same title. Want more MISS READ titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,GENERAL,SIGNED and BIOGRAPHY catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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