JEKYLL GertrudeMareMagnum
Annuals & Biennials. The Best Annual and Biennial Plants and their Uses in the Garden. With Cultural Notes by E.H. Jenkins. ARGUABLY JEKYLL'S SCARCEST WORK
8vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with a coloured frontispiece mounted on grained card, title in red and black, 2 coloured plates mounted on grained card, 40 full-page monochrome illustrations in the text and a folding plan on japon, title very lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker green, backstrip sunned, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), a very good, clean copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue at rear. The author's only work not be reissued. The work is divided into three parts. Part I gives general information on sowing, raising, characteristics and uses. Part II provides an alphabetical list, with descriptions and culture, of the best annuals and biennials. Part III gives a chart of colour and height, and selections for purposes and aspects. Arguably the scarcest of all Jekyll's works.
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB154,68 €
