Sir George Sitwell Osbert (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First American Edition. A distillation of a lifetime's thought on the purposed and planning of gardens.,

hardcover. Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, slim octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket, the text clean and unmarked, Illustrated by Meriel Edmunds, 128pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, slim octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket, the text clean and unmarked, Illustrated by Meriel Edmunds, 128pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edmunds, Meriel (illustrator). Green cloth, gilt title. 1st edition thus. 128pp. b/w line drawings. Spine very slightly bumped. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Prelims and text block edges lightly sunned, o'wise a nice clean copy. Delightful dedication to ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight rubbing to edges of price-clipped dust-jacket, now protected using removable clear wrap, otherwise in very good condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 127pp, illustrated, slight browning, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0859551067.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, slim octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed on the title page to a previous owner and signed under by Reresby Sitwell, Illustrated by Meriel Edmunds, 128pp. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Illustrations by Meriel Edmunds. Signed presentation from the author to George Rainbird: 'For George and Leno/ another slim volume with best wishes/ from one of the contributors, for Christmas and 1985/ and lots of love/ Reresby/ 19.xii.1984.' With bookplate of George Rainbird on front pastedown. ISBN: 0-85955-106-7 Pages: 128 Fine in fine dust wrapper (dust jacket price-clipped). Signedes.

Green Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. 128pp. A very well preserved copy of a scarce book on the Sitwells and gardening. The dustwrapper is price clipped. Two very slight stain to tail of dust wrapper not affecting the book itself. A near fine copy.

Hardcover.

Quarter calf. Early Issue. Second impression thus. Octavo, rebound by Cottage Bindery in quarter leather with gilt title label and gilt decorated panels. Sixteen b&w plates, pp xix, 76. Gift inscription front free endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate. Near-fine condition. The eccentric Sir George Sitwell's philosophy of gardens and study of Italian gardens, including photographs of renowned Italian buildings and landscapes. Beautifully bound.

Prefazione di Giorgio Soavi, dipinti di Antonio Saliola, rilegato, tela, sovracoperta, formato 8, pagine 156, illustrato a colori, ottime condizioni - 12446.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. John Piper (illustrator). 1st Edition. 113pp + xvi prelims. Printed on cream wove hand-made paper in a limited numbered edition of 1000 copies. This is copy #120. Bound in green buckram with gilt lettering on spine and gilt illustration on front cover. Green flecks on top page edge. Untrimmed fore edge and lower page edges. Red and yellow sewn headbands. Illustrations by John Piper, including frontispiece. Tightly bound. Previous owner's book plate on front paste down. Two original book shop labels on rear paste down - W. & G. Foyle Ltd and Selfridges Bookshop (both London). Unclipped light blue dust jacket with red lettering on face and on sun toned spine. Horizontal tear to spine of dust jacket and wear to top and tail of spine. Age toning to dust jacket margins. All now protected in clear archival wraps.

Buckram. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Piper, John (illustrator). Limited Edition. Limited Edition, no. 251 of 1000 copies; signed by John Piper to ffep. [vi], xvi, 115 pp. Green buckram with gilt illustration to boards and lettering to spine in dust jacket. Scratching to front panel and a small open tear to top of rear panel; some foxing to sunned spine and top edge of rear panel of jacket. Leaves uncut and a firm binding. Inscription from John and Myfanway Piper dated to 1949. Colour lithographic illustrations and decorations by John Piper. A foreword by the author's son Osbert Sitwell; the author was an expert in gardens, especially those in Italy, and this book represents his analysis of the principles of their design. 8vo. Limited Edition.