Gertrude Jekyll — Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden

London, Country Life, 1936 . Cloth. The eighth edition of Gertrude Jekyll's classic work on the usage of different colour schemes in the English flower garden. The eighth edition of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Gertrude Jekyll's beautiful work discussing the use of colour within flower gardens, guiding the reader on various schemes to put to use in their own garden.With one-hundred and twenty-three illustrations, including a colour frontispiece, five folding plates, and monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Front free endpaper removed.Written by the noted horticulturist and garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll. Jekyll created over four-hundred gardens across the world, as was renowned for her writings for 'Country Life&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Front free endpaper removed. Dust wrapper age toned to back strip, with losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Closed tear and four chips to front wrap head, with two further chips to rear wrap head. Small piece of tape to rear wrap head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of spotting throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Very Good.