Making Gardens by Sir George Sitwell Osbert (3 results)

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.

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.