GARDEN DREAMS by Cook, Ferris , editor and Illustrator - 1991

NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. Fine with no dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 1556701721; Binding is almost as new. Contents are almost as new. No DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION, 1991. 10-1/4” Tall, 103pp. Medium green cloth, bright gold spine and front cover lettering, colorful illustration is glued on the front cover. GARDENING. “Nine essays by some of the English language’s best garden writers are collected in this beautiful volume. Through memory and imagination they describe the gardens of their dreams – Vita Sackville-West muses on her desire for a paving-stone garden, while Allen Lacy remembers the remarkable garden of Grace Root. The graceful cover designs of early-twentieth-century garden books inspired the illustrator, Ferris Cook, whose exquisite oil painting adorn the pages of this book. For garden-book collectors, Ms. Cook includes a note on the illustrations and pays tribute to the sources of her inspiration – the talented (and mostly unknown) artists and the editions in which their work can be found. ” … Decorated endpapers. Colorful illustrations throughout. .