Description
Offered here is a desirable two-book Sybil Connolly Irish design set: In an Irish Garden and In an Irish House, both hardcover first UK editions from Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, and both inscribed/signed by Sybil Connolly.
Sybil Connolly was one of Ireland’s great 20th-century design figures, celebrated for her work with Irish textiles, fashion, interiors, and decorative taste. This pair brings together two of her most attractive book projects: one focused on Irish gardens and one focused on Irish houses, country homes, interiors, and domestic style.
Includes:
* In an Irish Garden, edited by Sybil Connolly and Helen Dillon, photographs by Walter Pfeiffer, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1986 first UK edition, hardcover with dust jacket, inscribed/signed by Sybil Connolly
* In an Irish House, edited by Sybil Connolly, photographs by David Davison, foreword by Molly Keane, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1988 first UK edition, hardcover with dust jacket, inscribed/signed by Sybil Connolly
This is a scarce and highly appealing pairing for collectors, especially because both volumes are personally inscribed by Connolly. The set has crossover appeal for collectors of Irish design, Irish country houses, garden books, decorative arts, fashion history, and Sybil Connolly material.
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