Description
From the Dust Jacket
For centuries, gardens have inspired their cultivators to write. Whether a simple jotting in a daybook or an eloquent oration on the perfection of a favorite site or flower, garden writing seemingly knows no bounds of geography, chronology, or subject. Twentieth-century America has provided unusually fertile ground for the inscription of green thoughts. Remembered Gardens samples the genre by presenting selections by sixteen writers who reminisce about the beginnings of gardens they have sown and tended. From Mabel Osgood Wright’s musing on her “Garden in the Sun” in 1901 to Eleanor Perenyi’s lyrical exploration of the use of the color blue in planting, from the early 1980s, an impressive array of garden experiences are recounted. Richardson Wright considers issues of enclosure — coming down firmly on the side of gardens for the many, not the few — and opts for demarcation through design and planting, not stone or bricks-and-mortar. Herbert Durand recalls the making of his wild flower garden, while Thalassa Cruso evokes the trepidation and exhilaration attendant on the rescue of a long-forgotten and neglected seaside garden. Ferris Cook has once again drawn upon her library of garden books from the past century to bring together these evocative and informative essays as well as to provide the inspiration for her elegant paintings, which accompany each piece. Inspired by the beautiful stamped designs that adorn the covers of so many books from the 1910s and 1920s, Cook has created exquisite paintings, all reproduced here for the first time, that subtly evoke the verdant worlds of these writers. The result is a remarkable book that will serve as a reminder and an inspiration to anyone whose thumb is even the palest shade of green.
Publishing Info
Remembered Gardens illustrated and edited by Ferris Cook. From the stated First Edition by Bulfinch Press with 1993 copyright. The ISBN is 0-8212-1992-8. This hardcover book measures 9-1/4″ x 6-5/8″ and has 151 numbered pages. Original retail price was $21.95.
Condition
Use the zoom feature to get a better look at the image above. The nice unclipped dust jacket has lighter storage. The boards and pages are as new. No names or other markings. From clean, smoke-free home.
Shipping
Generally sent the same day payment arrives. Unless you request otherwise, I will wrap the book in plastic wrap to help protect it from the elements, create a custom-made cardboard box to ship it in, and send via Media Mail with Delivery Confirmation tracking. See the shipping page for the cost to send a one-pound Media Mail package. Insurance is an additional cost as described. I am delighted to combine postage and insurance costs if you purchase more than one item. The second item may travel for free or just a few cents more — so it’s worth taking a look at my other items before you complete your order.
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