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SMIT**, TIM: : THE LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.VICTOR GOLLANCZ in association with CHANNEL FOUR TELEVISION CORPORATION,1997.

ISBN 0575064226.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 97 98 99 5 4 3 2 1.] No owner inscrptn,but author's meat ink,handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page, just below his name,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour photographic garden scene illustrated front panel with white capitalised lettering, white spine/backstrip background with black lettering and black TV and publisher's logos to foot of same,rear panel with colour photographic garden scene.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without blemish - no foxing/spotting nor any thumbing - pristine; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips appears unread,other than my own collation.publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp -cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a green+red striped headband,and immaculate grey+green illustrated regional,local environs map endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED - without dedication,1st edn,8-269pp [paginated] includes a foreword by John Fowles, acknowledgements,2 b/w maps - The Jungle & The Lost Valley and The Northern Gardens respectively,author's introduction,Pts 1 - 4 comprising 1, 4, 10 and 1 chapters,profuse mixture of contemporary sepia,b/w and colour (the majority) photographs interspersed throut the text and the book,picture acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title with contemporary b/w photograph to its verso,author SIGNED title page,a dedication with another dedication with thumbnail colour photograph to verso,recto of contents list/table and to the rear, 2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is outstandingly exceptional for a book of it's age,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional and superb copy for brightness and cleanliness. Until the First World War,the estate gardens at Heligan were one of the glories of Cornwall. Lovingly created by successive generations of the Tremayne family and cultivated in Cornwall in the 19th century. Thereafter,through growing neglect,they slipped gradually to sleep.This is the amazing story of their rediscovery and restoration,of the Victorian vision and ingenuity which first created that subtropical paradise,and of the modern obsession and improvisation which recreated it.This book tells the story of the restoration of these gardens after 70 years of neglect,against the backdrop of local opposition and a lack of funding.The author and his partner John Nelson,hacked their way to uncover the garden,and changing their lives forever. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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