The Gardens of Russell Page, 1991, HC, First Edition, Very Good

Schinz, Marina & Gabrielle van Zuylen. New York. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc. 1991.

English, First Edition, Very Good, HC, Folio, 9 ⅜” x 12 ¼,” 255 pp.

ISBN: 1556701705

Dark green woven cloth over boards, stamped titling to front, silver gilt stamped titling to spine, in publisher’s dust jacket with full-color photograph of gardens to front and back, white text to front, black and blue text to white spine, full-color photographs and black text to inside gate flaps. Mild sunning to top, very minor edgewear, otherwise clean, tightly bound, and excellent. In a Very Good dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. ¾” tear to top edge at front, mild edgewear and peeling, minor scratching to front and back, otherwise excellent. 255 pp. Replete with full-color images. Photographs by Marina Schinz and text by Gabrielle van Zuylen. Russell Page designed “more gardens than anyone in history” during the 20th century in numerous countries, including the United States, England, Italy, and France (from the dust jacket and Contents). Schinz’s stunning photographs are interspersed with van Zuylen’s eloquent and illustrative text, transporting readers to the sanctuaries created by Page. From the dust jacket: “As they researched and rediscovered Page’s gardens, the authors were given use of his private files and unpublished writings, which are quotes extensively in this book…The 250 stunning photographs…and the revealing words of the man himself capture the essence of Russell Page’s extraordinary work.”