1892 · London
by Boyle, Eleanor Vere
London: Eliot Stock, 1892. Eighth Edition. Eighth Edition. Superb full brown morocco with an attractive floral design in gilt and blind. Engraved frontispiece, headbands, vignettes and engraved illustrations throughout. PRESENTATION COPY: "TO MRS. KINGSLEY, FROM EVB, HUNTERCOMBE MANOR, JUNE 22, 1895." With special preface where Boyle gives an homage to to her Collie, which had just passed away. This work presents her "Garden Story" as experienced from 1882 to 1883. Wonderful binding matching Boyle's illustrative genius. In superb red folding clamshell box with gilt morocco label, by Sean Richards.
(Inventory #: 4925)