London The Architectural Press 1953

144p ills with 291 b/w plates. 4to. Bright copy in slightly worn dust wrapper that has a one inch chip missing form head of spine and slight foxing on front end paper. First edition. Important book on mid 20th century garden design by this key practitioner involved with the Festival Gardens at the South Bank and Battersea which are featured alongside works of Tunnard, Burle Marx, Koch and others. Scarce. Ownership label of David Gerald Francis Hinge on frong paste down.