Building Towers, Forming Gardens: Landscaping by Hamilton, Hoare and Beckford
by Christopher Thacker
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£175.00£157.50
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About This Item
London: St Barnabas Press , 2002. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 10" by 7.5" . Various . A lovely first limited edition of this study of landscape gardening by Christopher John Charles Thacker. A charming study of landscape gardening, focussing on the influence of garden enthusiast Charles Hamilton and garden owner-designer Henry Hoare on William Beckford and the Fonthill estate. Written by English garden historian Christopher Thacker. One of one-hundred and fifty copies containing a signed set of four engravings inserted to rear pocket, and four colourful reproductions of commissioned illustrations by Richard Shirley Smith tipped in throughout, this number fifty-five. Collated, complete, with also numerous black and white illustrations in text. Housed in the original and scarce lilac slipcase. In the original publisher's patterned cloth binding. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 824A48
- Title
- Building Towers, Forming Gardens: Landscaping by Hamilton, Hoare and Beckford
- Author
- Christopher Thacker
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- St Barnabas Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 10" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- landscape gardening first editions limited editions illustrated first editions
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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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