LEAF-SHADOWS AND ROSE-DRIFT: Being Little Songs from a Los Angeles Garden by Percival, Olive - 1911

Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. This is Number 222 of an unknown number of copies signed by Olive Percival. An endearing work, merging Percival's passions for gardening and Chinese poetry. Olive May Graves Percival (1868-1945) was a multi-talented Los Angeles writer, photographer, gardener, artist, and bibliophile. Although she earned her living as an insurance clerk, she wrote for a variety of magazines, authored several books, and was sought after as a lecturer on gardens, Japanese ceramics, and children's books, among other subjects. 18mo: 118 p. Original green cloth binding, with decorative gilt and black stamping. An unsigned bookplate appears on the front pastedown. A bit of wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good.