"In Your Garden" 1952 SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita
$250
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita
[257] pp.
Michael Joseph
1952
Third Impression
8" x 5 1/2"
Jacket design by Paul Holmes
VG/ VG
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Covering the period 1946-50, In Your Garden is the first volume in a series of four anthologies of V. Sackville-West's articles, which are arranged according to the month in which they were published. Also included are two longer essays by V. Sackville-West, describing a rare seventeenth-century gardening manual and the garden at Hidcote Manor, together with an extract from her 1937 book Some Flowers, which contains vignette descriptions of her favourites.
A collection of Vita Sackville-West's articles on gardening written for The Observer. Each entry reflects on her own garden at Sissinghurst and offers seasonal advice on gardening and plant varieties. Included at the rear is a reprint of Some Flowers, as well as A Little Flower Book and an essay on Hidcote Manor. A classic book on English gardening.