Our Gardens

London: J.M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, 1899. Cloth. Near fine. [Arthur RACKHAM], [George S. ELGOOD]. 8vo; 304pp; gilt-stamped green cloth over board, vignette of Haddon Hall with peacocks to front, roses to spine, two deer under an oak to rear; top edge gilt, deckle fore-edge; crimson silk ribbon marker; green pictorial endpapers; bookseller's ticket to rear pd; color intaglio frontispiece with tissue guard and 8 other plates; engraved head and tail piece vignettes by Rackham; 3 garden designs; lightly cocked forward; near fine. Beautiful binding in this deluxe edition, published the same year as the first edition. Illustrated plates signed by Goerge S. [Samuel] Elgood (1851-1943), an English painter known for his renditions of formal gardens. Elgood was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters, both the RI for water colors and the ROI for oil paints. The author, Reynolds Hole, was an author, horticulturist and an Anglican priest.