Snowdrops and snowflakes : a study of the genera Galanthus and Leucojum /
Sir Frederick Claude Stern (1884-1967)
Category
Books
Date
1956
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3188299
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 128 p., plates : ill. (some col.), col. map (fold.) ; 26 cm. Pencil and ink text marking, with brief rear endpaper page references. Review publication, date and price inscribed on endpaper: Observer pub. Aug. 14. 1956 / 25/-. Loosely inserted: 1. typescript note from the Royal Horticultural Society to the Observer requesting review; dated: 16th August, 1956. 2. Autograph letter signed from Fred Stern to "Lady Nicolson" thanking her for review; headed: Highdown, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, Sussex; dated: Nov.17.56. Provenance: pastedown inscribed "V.S-W. / Sissinghurst Aug. 1956" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962]. Binding: blue publisher's cloth, gold lettered. (Water damage.)
Makers and roles
Sir Frederick Claude Stern (1884-1967) Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)