George Sitwell – On the Making of Gardens – First Edition 1909 – SIGNED association by Edith Sitwell
£450.00
First edition, first printing. Published by John Murray in London, 1909. This is a very good (or better) copy. Issued without a dust wrapper. The pictorial cloth is bright and beautifully illustrated with an image of a garden in Tuscany. It is bright but with some slight scratching and handling marks. The spine is toned and with some marks to the top and tail. The rear panel is also slightly toned. The text blocks are markedly clean however, but the top edge is toned and with some very sparse foxing. The daughter of this title, Dame Edith Sitwell, has inscribed to Pauline Lawrence the costume designer, a loose acquaintance of Sitwell’s. The inscription reads plainly: “Pauline Lawrence, from Edith Sitwell” in black ink. Overall, this is a very good (or better) copy with a fine association.
It was a nervous breakdown that drew Sir George Sitwell to Italy in the 20th century. And it was the incomparable gardens of Tuscany, Rome, and the Italian Lake district that inspired him to write his classic analysis of what he considered the timeless principles of garden design.
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First edition, first printing. Published by John Murray in London, 1909. This is a very good (or better) copy. Issued without a dust wrapper. The pictorial cloth is bright and beautifully illustrated with an image of a garden in Tuscany. It is bright but with some slight scratching and handling marks. The spine is toned and with some marks to the top and tail. The rear panel is also slightly toned. The text blocks are markedly clean however, but the top edge is toned and with some very sparse foxing. The daughter of this title, Dame Edith Sitwell, has inscribed to Pauline Lawrence the costume designer, a loose acquaintance of Sitwell’s. The inscription reads plainly: “Pauline Lawrence, from Edith Sitwell” in black ink. Overall, this is a very good (or better) copy with a fine association.
It was a nervous breakdown that drew Sir George Sitwell to Italy in the 20th century. And it was the incomparable gardens of Tuscany, Rome, and the Italian Lake district that inspired him to write his classic analysis of what he considered the timeless principles of garden design.
