Summary: Anyone who has ever created a garden knows that it is a process replete with drama: there's the feverish excitement of drawing up plans and making lists of plants; the bleak depression of realizing that the plans will have to be altered; the "Eureka!" moment when a brilliant solution presents itself; the grim frustration of dealing with meddlesome neighbors and recalcitrant plants. For Beverley Nichols (1898-1983), making a new garden in a London suburb in the years just before World War II was positively operatic in its emotional trajectory. Fans of Beverley Nichols will find in Green Grows the City the same elements that have delighted them in his other books: the wit, the style, the cats, and of course Gaskin, gentleman's gentleman extraordinaire. Those new to Nichols are in for a rare treat.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

Details

Bookseller: Lansdowne Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 354
Title: Green Grows the City
Author: Beverley Nichols the story of a London garden / with a foreword by Roy C. Dicks
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: As New
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0881927791
ISBN 13: 9780881927795
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Place of Publication: Portland, Oregon
Date Published: 2006
Pages: x, 290 p. : ill with index
Size: 21 cm
Bookseller catalogs: First Edition; Gardening; Gardens; collectible;

Terms of Sale

Lansdowne Books

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

About the Seller

Lansdowne Books

This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Biblio member since 2018

Port Fairy, Victoria

Ask Seller a Question

About Lansdowne Books

Lansdowne Books is an independent online store specialising in Antiquarian and Quality Secondhand books. We are based in regional Victoria and offer our collection from around the world. It is possible to collect items from Port Fairy, Victoria Australia.

Glossary
Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...