Search Results: english gardens by h avray tipping

London: Country Life Library, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. Oversize. Country Life , London, ca. 1900 (No date listed). Blue buckram with gilt titles on spine and cover. Oversize. Blue endpapers (sunned edges). Corners bumped and worn through cloth to boards. Top right corner has small piece of board chipped off. Spine ends heavily worn. Interior is clean and solid. 419 pages with hundreds of photographs and drawings. This volume precedes the three volume set on English Houses by Charles Latham ans H. Avray Tipping. This volume is a scarcer item than that set. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book it is not available for expedited delivery; extra charges apply for international shipping.

London: Country Life, LTD, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Folio. lxiv + 375 pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos of grounds surrounding both great country seats as well as more bucolic thatched cottages. Like the other Country Life books authored by Tipping, this one captures a vanishing way of life, and there is a beauty and satisfaction to the black and white photos that can elude color photos. Above all else there is a meticulousness to the prose accompanying the photos that brings a rigor to the subject that is both accessible and yet raises this book from a trivil coffee table book. Gardening is treated not as a minor decorative art but as a glory of civilization, one of history and historical movement, and one deserving of serious contemplation. Minor soilage to green boards. Interior clean and tight. Overall at least very good in condition. The book is extra-heavy, weighing over seven pounds, and so extra shipping charges may have to be added, especially if… Read More