Frances A. Bardswell — The Herb-Garden

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated guide to her gardens, with this uncommon first edition being a presentation copy from the author to her son. The first edition of the work. Presentation copy from the author to her son, with handwritten dedication to front free endpaper. With a frontispiece, and fifteen further colour tipped in plates. Collated complete. A charming guide to the making an maintenance of a herb garden, written by Frances A. Bardswell, a prolific author of informative gardening works.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Slight bumping to head and tail of the spine and extremities. Slight rubbing to extremities resulting in minor loss to cloth. Damp staining to rear board. Author's presentation to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly, with list of illustrations leaf working loose. Pages generally bright with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Florence Amherst; Isabelle Forrest. Very Good .