Description: Greetings! Old Saratoga Books is pleased to offer: Budding Life: A Book of Drawings, by Jessie M. King, London and Glasgow: Gowans and Gray, 1907, third printing. Good in Good dust jacket. Japon paper cover is waterstained and soiled, glassine jacket is tattered. Softcover. A finely detailed and delicate book of botanical illustrations by Jesse M. [Marion] King (1875-1949) , one of the Glasgow Girls, an influential group of Scottish artists active at the turn-of-the-century. This volume features three different images of women outside next to blossoming plants on the front cover, half-title and title page, followed by fourteen full-page illustrations of various flowering trees and shrubs. The front cover image is printed in color on translucent Japon paper, while the remaining illustrations are in black and white and printed on cream-colored laid paper. The original glassine jacket bears a price stamp of 1/- NET on front panel. Budding plant illustrations include Sallow Catkins, Apple Blossom, Daphne, Chestnut Tree, Lilac, Whin Blossom, Honeysuckle, Bramble Blossom, Blackthorn/Sloe, Wild Rose, Cherry Blossom, Cydonia Japonica, Elder Flower, and Dandelion. Thank you for visiting our auctions. Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. We had an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville and now sell books exclusively online. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
Price: 150 USD
Location: Selkirk, New York
End Time: 2024-01-25T14:04:38.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: Glasgow and London
Signed: No
Publisher: Gowans and Gray
Subject: Botanical Illustration
Year Printed: 1907
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Region: Europe
Author: Jessie M. King
Personalized: No
Topic: Botanical Illustration
Character Family: Not applicable
