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195150310Jonathan Cape 1951-56. 3 vols. 8vo. First Edition with 3 frontispieces decorative titles numerous illustrations in the text and coloured pictorial endpapers original cloth red/green/blue respectively yellow cloth backs lettered in gilt coloured tops a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper the wrappers minimally chafed at heads and tails of backstrips. Beverley Nichols' second and best-known trilogy forms a delightful chronicle of the enhancement of his Georgian manor house and gardens at Ashtead in Surrey. It comprises 'Merry Hall' 1951 'Laughter on the Stairs 1953 and 'Sunlight on the Lawn' 1956. An abridged version of the trilogy was issued in a single volume as 'The Gift of a Home' in 1972. VERY SCARCE AS A SET IN THIS CONDITION. Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK. Jonathan Cape, hardcover
196343093Jonathan Cape 1963-68. 3 vols. 8vo. First Edition with frontispieces decorative titles numerous illustrations in the text and coloured pictorial endpapers; original cloth orange/green/black respectively gilt backs a very good bright clean set in dustwrapper wrapper of second volume lightly frayed at upper edge. SECOND VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Beverley Nichols' third and final trilogy tells of his late-eighteenth-century attached cottage in Richmond Surrey. It comprises 'Garden Open Today' 1963 'Forty Favourite Flowers' 1964 and 'Garden Open Tomorrow' 1968. As usual his witty and entertaining accounts are enlivened by William McLaren's delightful illustrations. COMPLETE SETS IN DUSTWRAPPERS ARE VERY SCARCE. Jonathan Cape, hardcover
193429480Hutchinson 1934. Sm. folio First Edition on laid paper with a coloured frontispiece 15 fine coloured plates numerous monochrome line illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper endpapers and title mildly browned; original brown suede upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt brown top uncut covers mildly age-soiled and faded as usual else a very good bright copy. Uncommon with the fragile publisher's binding in this condition. Kelly p.169. Hutchinson, unknown
