Books and gardens / by Alexander Smith ; introduction by Hal W. Trovillion.

Main entry:

Smith, Alexander, 1830?-1867.

Title & Author:

Books and gardens / by Alexander Smith ; introduction by Hal W. Trovillion.

Publication:

Herrin, Illinois : Trovillion Private Press at the sign of the silver horse, 1946.

Description:

xiv, 33 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Notes:
An essay reprinted from the author's Dreamthorp.
"... [E]ight hundred and seven copies printed on English hand-made paper ... for Violet and Hal Trovillion by Trovillion Private Press ... in the spring of ninteen hundred and forty six and all copies signed and numbered ... "--Colophon.

Subject:

Human-plant relationships.
Bibliotherapy.
Contentment.
Relations homme-plante.
Bibliothérapie.
Contentement.
bibliotherapy.

Form/genre:

Private press books (Printing)
Robert McQueen Grant (Paper).
Chartham Mill Kent (Paper).
Typefaces (Type evidence) Baskerville.

Added entries:

Trovillion, Hal W., 1879-1967, writer of introduction.
Trovillion, Hal W., 1879-1967, inscriber.
Trovillion, Violet, 1890-1979, inscriber.
Trovillion Private Press, printer.
Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 41108
Call No.: WY13013; ID:89-B1244
Status: Available

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