Home and Garden. by Jekyll, Gertrude

Antique Collector's Club Wood bridge, Suffolk 1982. 8vo, XXIII, 374pp. Hardcover in green/cream cloth covered boards in excellent condition with a non price-clipped pictorial d/w in a likewise excellent state, now protected by clear archival covering, text is pristine and devoid of prior owner notations with no foxing or age paper tanning. Overall the book is in a fine state with beautiful green photo endpapers unmarked. In her famous style, Jekyll writes as a gardener as well as introducing herself as a craftswoman. Inspired by the success of her first book "Wood and Garden', she writes in detail at length about the building of her own home (Munstead Wood) and anyone dipping into this book will see it as a gentle journey to a warm , kind and sensible world. A beautiful rendition of the 1982 edition with 53 illustrations and photos from the author and with a further 16 colour plates added to the first edition.