HOLE, S. Reynolds. The Six of Spades. A Book about the Garden and the Gardener. First edition. viii, 236pp., half-title. A very good copy in the most attractive gilt decorated dark green cloth, the binding in bright clean condition. Contemporary inscription on the verso of the front-end-paper. 8vo. William Blackwood and Sons. 1872. ~ ‘The Six of Spades' is the name of an imaginary club of six gardeners. The binding is often included in exhibitions as a fine example of a Victorian decorated binding.