On the making of gardens / Sir George Sitwell ; with an introd. by Sir Osbert Sitwell and decorations by John Piper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sitwell, George Reresby, Sir, 1860-1943.

Contributor:

Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969.

Piper, John., Illustrator.

Dropmore Press., Publisher.

Rare Books Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape architecture.

Physical Description:

[5], xvi, 113 p., 9 leaves of plates : ill. (col.) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Dropmore press, 1949.

Notes:

First ed. published in 1909 under title: An essay on the making of gardens.

"Of this book 1,000 copies have been printed, of which numbers 1 to 100 have been specially bound and signed by the author of the Introduction and the artist. This copy is number 67"--P. [1] of the first sequence.

"This book ... has been set in 14 point Bembo type and printed on cream wove paper hand made by Hodgkinson of Wells in Somerset. Of the two editions, numbers 1-100 have been bound in green Niger Morocco"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: P. [1] inscribed as: Osbert Sitwell, John Piper.

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Robert L. Raley.