Lot 324 , Jackson, Albert Bruce - Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs (Excluding Rhododendrons) at Borde Hill, Sussex, in December 1932, with a for

Jackson, Albert Bruce - Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs (Excluding Rhododendrons) at Borde Hill, Sussex, in December 1932, with a foreword and notes by Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, C.B., portrait frontis, 8 photo plates and a folded sketch map, original half calf and gilt pictorial cloth, Oxford: printed at the University Press ... 1935, possibly one of a few copies bound for presentation (? with the map added); this one interleaved throughout - with some notes and a few loose inserts; the Colonel's initials ('S.R.C.') gilt stamped on upper cover, and his presentation inscription at front (recipients name crossed through); another copy, in a somewhat similar format had been gifted to the Du Cane Godmans (of South Lodge, near Horsham). This now famous collection had been built up by Colonel Clarke (1862-1948) from where the Estate had been acquired in 1893)
Estimate £80-120

Leather corners with some wear, the volume amateurishly rebacked, frontis with marginal spotting and guard torn, final 2 index leaves with unsightly cellotape repairs.


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Sold for £95