THE LIFE & WORK OF AN ENGLISH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. An Autobiography.. This item is unavailable.THE LIFE & WORK OF AN ENGLISH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. An Autobiography.

1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xvi + 368pp. Port. frontis., 68 on 30 plates. From the library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, illus. e.ps., some sporadic light spotting, original gilt lettered navy blue cloth with gilt medallion to upper board, very minor soiling and rubbing, spine browned. Thomas Hayton Mawson (1861–1933), landscape architect. ODNB ‘. achieved great success and became the leading landscape architect of the day. He completed over two hundred dated garden commissions in England, Scotland, and Wales, with formality near to the house and informal layouts leading towards the surrounding countryside. His clients included Queen Alexandra, the Maharaja of Baroda, Andrew Carnegie, and the first Viscount Leverhulme. But he was also content to make small gardens for the less well-off. His public works included Haslam Park, Preston, Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent, and Broomfield Park, Southgate .’ US$186.