A Paradise out of a Common Field: The Pleasures and Plenty of the Victorian Garden
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First American edition, first printing. Hardcover. 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches; 240 by 162 mm. 256 pages. Hardcover, bound in dark green cloth with gold lettering on spine, in a dark green jacket with full-color reproductions of Victorian paintings on front and rear panels. Book in fine condition; jacket is very good, a little rubbed with two small bumps along the top of the rear panel. An account of the duties and accomplishments of head gardeners at nineteenth-century British country houses. The book combines horticultural and social history. Eight color plates and many black-and-white illustrations. Includes a six-page appendix on specific country houses, twelve pages of notes, a four-page bibliography, and a six-page index. Jacket enclosed in a clear, archival-quality, removable protective cover. Item #74
ISBN: 0060160349
Price: $12.00