Holme, Charles, editor

The Gardens of England in the Northern Counties; Edited by Charles Holme [provenance: Howell Lewis Shay]

London: The Studio, 1911. Hardcover. xxxvii, [137] p., 8 leaves of tissue-guarded color plates: 136 full-page black-and-white photograph illustrations; 29 cm. Original green cloth; title printed in green on white paper lable on front cover within black borders. Former owner's name written on front free endpaper: Howell Lewis Shay. The former owner, Howell Lewis Shay (1884-1975), was a successful Philadelphia architect. The introductory text discusses the difficulties for gardeners in the northern counties created by the "great industrial cities which poison the air for miles round with the smoke from a host of factory chimneys, and create an atmosphere that destroys open-air statuary and kills off many of the trees and plants necessary for effective garden-making of the formal type." [p. xviii]. In Good Condition: cover is faded, soiled, and rubbed; back hinge is starting to separate; plates, illustrations, and pages of text are clean and solid. Good. Item #010937

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