The English rock-garden /
Reginald John Farrer (1880-1920)
Category
Books
Date
1930
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3187826
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. (52 + 50 plates) : ill. ; 24 cm. Vol. 1 only. Accompanied by vol. 2 of 4th impression (1928). $zMarginal pencil annotation of previous owner. Loosely inserted: bill of Arthur Rogers, dealer in rare books and pictures, 4, Eldon Place, Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Hon. Victoria Sackville-West; with postage, for 3/13/10; dated: July 4th 1951. Provenance: pastedown inscribed "V.S-W. / Sissinghurst July 1951" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962]; with added note: "Bought 2nd hand from Arthur Rogers, ... The previous owner, judging by the pencil notes in the margin, must have been an illiterate man. His name ... appears to have been ? Jones, who live near Wimborne, Dorset." Binding: green publisher's cloth, gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Reginald John Farrer (1880-1920)