English Gardens by Tipping, H. Avray

Country Life 1925. Folio, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, lxiv + 375pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate staining to boards, spine cocked, light soiling & foxing to pages & edges, heavy cracking to some gutters, light folding to some page corners)

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 New York : Published at the Offices of Country life ; Charles Scribner's Sons , 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Boards dust-dulled. Hinges starting. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: lxiv, 423, 17 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 41 cm. Subjects: Architecture, Domestic England. Interior decoration England. Historic buildings England. Genre: History. Language: English.

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

London: Country Life, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine for Age/No Jacket. Green cloth with gilt-bordered darker green spine, gilt lettering to fr. and spine, in protective acetate sleeve as acquired, no obvious faults. Green marbled end-papers. f/piece, t.p. with title and 'London' (in imprint) red, lxiv + 375, 59 ills in Introduction, 521 in main text,all in text and many full page; no obvious faults. Nearly 3.7 kg unpacked so allow for additional postage, especially outside UK. 28 cm x 40 cm

Routledge, 2014. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 2700 pages. 12.13x9.02x4.33 inches.