(Photography / Gardening) Jones, Charles. CHARLES JONES: [THE KINGDOM OF PLANTS] LE ROYAUME DES PLANTES. Preface by Gilles Clement. Translated by Christian-Martin Diebold. Gorgeously illustrated with large black and white photographic plates by Charles Jones. London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. First edition. Square quarto. Text in French. Lavishly produced collection of black and white still life photography by Charles Jones (1866–1959), the remarkable English gardener and photographer, who is legendary for his still life photographs of fruit and vegetables. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth covered boards, with gilt-stamped titles and decorations. Contents clean and bright. Boards square and tight. In the dust jacket, which is just lightly rubbed, with a split up the middle portion of the spine. Overall, this is just a lovely book! Please see photos for additional condition clarity.

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