Sackville-West, Vita.

In Your Garden.

London, Michael Joseph. 1953. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 231 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Some browning of endpaper. Imprint of original dustjacket visible on cover.

Includes for example the following: In Your Garden: January, February, March…/ A Little Flower Book / Some Flowers / Hidcote Manor / Appendix: A Short List of Nurserymen etc.

″From 1946, the poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West wrote a gardening column in the Observer. The columns were later collected into a set of books published between 1951 and 1958. Vita’s extensive gardening knowledge, her intense passion for her subject and her lively literary flair make these classics of garden writing essential for any serious gardener’s bookshelf. Volume 1 in a series of four anthologies reproducing the lively gardening columns by Vita Sackville-West. This volume covers 1946–1950.” (Amazon)

”… the best light reading on the topic to reappear this year are still the collections of newspaper articles by Vita Sackville West … They unite a literary turn with practical knowledge and a whimsical, inquiring mind and eye. I hope that no generation of new gardeners will grow up without reading such delights … — Robin Lane Fox Financial Times Seasonal, personal and ideas in spades Country Life Best for taking gardens into a different league – she made me see that gardening had links with the poetry and painting I loved.” — Mary Keen BBC Gardens Illustrated

• Keywords: Country House · Country Life · Garden Collection – Ann Geneva · Garden Design – Collection · Garden Design – Rare · Gardening · Horticulture · Library & Collection Building
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 72335AB