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London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE GREEN FLAG AND OTHER STORIES OF WAR AND SPORT by A. Conan Doyle. Published in London in 1900 by Smith, Elder & Co. First Edition. Frontispiece at front, advertisements at back. Scarce. The author's preface states: It is difficult to make a volume of short stories homogeneous, but these have this in common, that they concern themselves with war and sport - a fact which may commend them to the temper of the times. Such as they are, I have chosen them as the fittest survivors out of the tales which I have written during the last six years. A. Conan Doyle Undershaw, Hindhead, February 18th, 1900 Occasional small, light foxing. Ink stain to bottom edge of text block which does not affect text. Pencil note on free front endpaper. Corners are not bumped. Binding is tight. Deckled edges. Half leather in red over red cloth. Spine with five raised bands and gilt lettering Read More

TASCHEN, 1992. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. GARDEN ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE. Chapters include: Gardens - models of a better world; The garden as a landscape of ideas; I: Taking leave of Paradise; Renaissance and Mannerist Gardens; II: The Construction of Individuality: Baroque and Rococo Gardens; III: The Geometry of the Absolute: English Landscape Gardens IV: All the World's a Stage Map of Garden Sites In fine condition with no markings or bookplates. Binding is tight, pages are fresh.