On the making of gardens / Sir George Sitwell ; with an introduction by Sir Osbert Sitwell and decorations by John Piper.

Main entry:

Sitwell, George Reresby, Sir, 1860-1943, author.

Title & Author:

On the making of gardens / Sir George Sitwell ; with an introduction by Sir Osbert Sitwell and decorations by John Piper.

Publication:

London : The Dropmore Press, 1949.

Description:

4 preliminary leaves, xvi, 113, [3] pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Author's name at head of title.
First edition published in 1909 under title: An essay on the making of gardens.
"Of this book 1,000 copies have been printed, of which numbers 1 to 100 have been specially bound and signed by the author of the introduction and the artist"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fifoot, R. The Sitwells, OB47b

Subject:

Landscape gardening.
Gardens Design.
Jardins Architecture.
landscape gardening.

Form/genre:

Private press books (Publishing) Dropmore Press. CtHT
Private press books.
Numbered limited editions.
Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) England 1949.
Gold tooled bindings (Binding) England 1949.
Sprinkled edges (Binding) England 1949.
Private press books (Printing) England London 1949.

Added entries:

Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969, writer of introduction.
Piper, John, 1903-1992, illustrator.
Dropmore Press, publisher.
Great Britain England London.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 46792
Call No.: W13227; ID:89-B608
Status: Available

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