MAWSON, Thomas H.   THE ART & CRAFT OF GARDEN MAKING.         London: B. T. Batsford,   1901.          Second Edition. Mawson was probably the best known and most successful English landscape architect of his day. He was also among the most prominent figures in his profession also to be active in the Arts & Crafts movement. This is particularly notable since, unlike most of the key figures of that movement, Mawson's early training was received in a family nursery rather than an architect's office. The various editions of his ART & CRAFT OF GARDEN MAKING form an interesting record of an expanding career. From the beginning he chose to illustrate nearly all the points in his book by examples from his own practice. The full range of topics in formal landscape design is presented, from entrance ways, carriage courts and lawns to greenhouses, trellis work, the decorative treatment of water, and the choice of plant material. This is the second (of five) editions. It enlarges the first edition, which had been published only six months earlier. Many of the illustrations were drawn by the architect C.E., Mallows, another important figure in the development of the Arts & Crafts garden, especially by way of his numerous contributions to THE STUDIO. "Although little remains of Mallows built work, his renderings for schemes, both real and imaginary, distill the essence of architectural gardening at its best." (see: Tankard, GARDENS OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT, pp. 69-70). A third edition appeared in 1907, and two significantly revised and enlarged editions appeared after the war, but it is the pre-war editions which best reflect the Arts and Crafts character of Mawson's early work.   Small folio (31 x 21.5 cm); frontispiece + xx + 252 pp. with 178 illustrations from drawings, photographs and plans.            Original green cloth with gilt cover decoration; cloth slightly faded, but generally a well-preserved copy. $400.00

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