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SNELL, SUE with an Introduction by the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury,[SIGNED by Dowager Marchioness - Marjorie,copy.] : THE GARDENS AT HATFIELD

LONDON.FRANCES LINCOLN LIMITED,2005.

ISBN 0711225168.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED,1st edn. [SIGNED by and with an introduction by the 6th Marchioness,now Dowager Marchioness,assumed mother of the present 7th Marchioness,Lady Hannah Salisbury - see also that author's SIGNED book about '400 years of Hatfield House' - book ID rja839019.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn, but co-author/contributor's handwritten,blue ink signature,simply and plainly as just 'Marjorie Salisbury' - without dedication - to the half-title page.At the time she was the Dowager Marchioness and the garden designer for the gardens over the last thirty years (then 2005). Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with dark green lettering to front and b/w lettering to spine; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears present.Bottom corners bookshelf edges with miniscule rubbing and similar for foot of spine's shelf edge too.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears an unread example - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered (lower 2 corners excepted - minimally bumped/ creased) publisher's original,pale sage-green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a pink headband,and immaculate panoramic,colour pictorial illustrated depiction of Hatfield House and surrounding grounds/estate,illustrated endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED,1st edn,9-191pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Dowager Marchioness Marjorie Salisbury (comprising 9-48pp which includes b/w+ colour historical,contemporary illustration reproductions),a double-page,colour schematic, pictorial plan of gardens,4 Sections: North, West,South and East,each with a varying number of chapters but all illustrated with profuse colour photographs by Sue Snell of views, individual plants etc,interspersed throughout the text and the book,plant lists and an index; plus [unpaginated] SIGNED half-title page, double-page colour photographic scenic view illustrated title page,double-paged colour photographic contents list/table,and a foreword by Sue Snell. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's re-creation of the gardens at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire has been one of the most exciting garden enterprises of the last thirty years. Here,with photographs taken by Sue Snell over the past seven years,she tells the garden's story. It all began over four hundred years ago when the first Earl of Salisbury built his great house at Hatfield.He created magnificent formal gardens and employed as his gardener John Tradescant the Elder,who filled them with plant discoveries which he brought back from his travels abroad. Over the centuries the gardens were greatly changed,but when Lady Salisbury came to live at Hatfield in 1972 she set about restoring and developing them. Informed by the past,she added plants and 'fancies and conceits' - a cascade and a knot garden being among her many achievements.Today Hatfield fulfils her vision of a garden as a place wher pleasure and peace are both to be found. Rich with knowledge of plants and an eye for beauty,this book will delight all who have an interest in Britain's garden history and in a great garden now once again worthy of its heritage. Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury (born 15th July 1922,and died 12th December 2016),aged 94.She was looked upon as the 'high priestess' of historical garden design and gardens. Described by Sir Roy Strong as the greatest British gardener of the second half of the 20thC,she lived and worked at Hatfield House from !971 until 2004. Probably best known for her restoration of her own gardens at Hatfield House; the Cecil family's Jacobean seat in Hertfordsshire,with an Elizabethan knot-garden there,and parterres and topiaries at her own family's home Cranborne Manor.She also designed gardens for Prince Charles at Highgrove,amongst other,but only on a limited scale.She published an autobiographical book 'A Gardener's Life.' Please contact seller,because of the weight - in excess of 1Kg unpackaged - and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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