Garden Ornament. by Jekyll, Gertrude:

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, (1986) Reprint edition. 4to; pp. xii, 460; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy in original gilt-stamped green cloth, in a very good dust jacket. Originally published in 1918. Not an overabundance of text, but rather an impressive collection of photographs of ornaments spurning the new, the manufactured, the vulgar. .

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1984. Hardcover in dustwrapper. Green cloth with gilt lettering and vignette, in photo illustrated dustwrapper.xii, 460 pages. Well illustrated with photographs, 8.75 X 12 inches. Very good book in a very good dustwrapper.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

ACC, 1982. Early Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. ~~HARDBACK~~VG/VG 1982 reprint ACC hardback, unclipped DJ, profusely illustrated edition. Light edge-wear to DJ, all else bright and unmarked in secure binding. Immediate dispatch First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Gardening; ISBN: 0907462162. ISBN/EAN: 9780907462163. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091143.. 9780907462163

ACC, 1986. Reissue edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. VG/VG 1986 reissue reprint ACC hardback, unclipped DJ, profusely illustrated edition. Light edge-wear to DJ, all else bright and unmarked in secure binding. Immediate dispatch First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Gardening; ISBN: 0907462162. ISBN/EAN: 9780907462163. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 089620.. 9780907462163

Country Life, London, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition. Size: Folio <19". xii + 460pp. Hinges cracked. Frontispiece loose but present. Splits to joint extremities. Top and base of spine pulled. Spine cocked and worn. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. All edges gilt in good condition. Covers worn. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-5 kilos. Category: Gardening; Natural History & Resources. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41835. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1994. reprint. New book. small folio. hardback with dust jacket xii + 460pp., frontis., b/w pls., text ills., index, Originally published in 1918

Antique Collectors Club Ltd. NF/NF. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0907462162 . 12.0 X 8.7 X 1.6 inches; 460 p. .

London: Published at the Offices of "Country Life, 1918. Hardcover. Fair. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 460 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. The binding is quite worn and stained but sound. There is a 2 inch tear on the right side of the headcap at the top of the spine. Rear hinge is starting, and the binding is a bit shaken. All edges gilt. A sound copy with secure hinges. Text is clean. tipped in color frontis. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. SIgned on the half title by William Lanier Hunt. William Lanier Hunt (1906-1996) was the "Dean of Southern Horticulture." He donated land along the Morgan Creek in southern Orange County, NC to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and is now known as the Hunt Arboretum.

Gardening Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1918. pp.xii, 460 with colour frontis., and fine b/w. photos. Folio. Hardback. AEG. Marbled end-papers. Neat signature to ffep. Foxing to border and verso of frontis., o/w. contents fine. Spine gently sunned and original boards lightly rubbed along edges. This is one of Gertrude Jekyll’s last books and she saw it as the discussion of garden ornament in relation to architecture. With her characteristic forthrightness and long experience she made good use of the excellent collection of photographs available from ‘Country Life’ to show what should or should not be done.

Country Life, 1918-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1918 first edition. Ex-library book with a few usual markings. Original blue cloth hardback with gilt edges and lettering. Hardback without dust cover. Clean text and plates, sound binding.