Spanish & Portuguese Gardens (First Edition)
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. Illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. Rose Standish Nichols (1872–1960), was an American landscape architect, suffragist, and garden historian. In this, her classic work of garden history and travel literature, Nichols focuses on the distinctive garden traditions of Spain and Portugal.
Bound in hunger green cloth, covers are lettered and ornamented in gilt with gilt lettering on the spine. Gilt top edge. Deckeld foredge and foot. Leaves are a semi-glossy paper. Illustrated throughout with images in black and white. Includes books of reference at the back. Indexed. xxxi, 304 pp.
CONDITION: VG with moderate external wear with some scratching. Foxing within endpapers. Leaves have lightly toned. Unmarked except for previous owner's vintage name written on the front flyleaf, along with an ex-libris bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Binding is sound. An attractive, solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Very Good.
Item #080821
Price: $20.00