The Garden Of To-Day

AVARY TIPPING, H.

Published by Martin Hopkinson Ltd, London, 1933

About this Item

First Edition. DESCRIPTION: A book from a collection owned by the Anderson family (Hamptworth Estate). Black and white illustrated DJ with green titles over brown cloth. Illustrated garden plan endpapers Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Sharp corners, edges and spine ends. Clean cloth. Tightly bound with spotting to intact endpapers. Strong hinges. Marks and spotting to front and rear fly pages and half title page. All other pages are clean and unmarked. DJ Condition: Poor: Heavy wear, tears, chipping and small losses upper edges. 5.5cm tear to upper front fold over edge. 1cm tears to both sides of lower spine end. Chipping to lower corners. Lightly soiled covers Pages 287. Size: 8vo 21cm by 14.5cm. PROVENANCE: R.C Anderson. Ruby Clara Anderson (m. Moffatt). Daughter of Harold Charles Moffat and grand daughter of George Moffat and Lucy Morrison of the Moffat and Morrison business dynasties. Married Lieutenant Colonel John Hubback Anderson on 14th April 1919 and had a son Nigel James Moffat Anderson. John Hubback Anderson (1883-1950). Doctor, son of Dr J.F. Anderson from Malva Woodend, Victoria Australia. Enlisted on 7th October 1914 (at the age of 31) in the Australian Imperial Force as a Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corp with the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance. Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A51 Chilka on 2 Feb 1915. Married Ruby Clara Moffat on 14th April 1919 and had a son Nigel James Moffat Anderson. He returned to Australia, 15 Nov 1919 on conclusion of the war. His honours include, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Nigel James Moffatt Anderson (1920-2008). Born 1920 in Melbourne, educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford. In 1939, he joined the 4th (Territorial Army) Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. In 1957 he inherited the Hamptworth estate from a cousin (Hugh Charles Cumberbatch and his wife Lucy Alice Moffatt). He met his wife Daphne [nee Siggins] while serving with the British Army in Northern Ireland and they had one son, Donald Anderson, who succeeded to the estate. Hamptworth Estate (1579 - 2018). Between 1579 -1869 the estate passed between from Gifford, Stockman, Chaplin, Duncombe, Shafto families. Thereafter, it passed to; 1870 - George Morrison, 1884 - Barbara Morrison (wife of George), 1907 - H.C. Moffatt (nephew of George), 1945 - H.C. Cumberbatch (nephew of H.C. Moffatt), 1957 - N.J.M. Anderson (Grandson of H.C. Moffatt), 2012 - Donald Anderson. Seller Inventory # 9323

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Garden Of To-Day

Publisher: Martin Hopkinson Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1933

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Poor

Edition: 1st Edition.