C.J.Betts. British Wild Plants in Natural Associations. A Database Source for Landscaping, Habitat Creation and Local Planning.
Worcester,UK.: Christopher Betts Environmental Biology., 1998. This is the First Edition. Plastic Strip/Pictorial Card.. Near Fine (NEAR NEW)/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 1900023024 EX PUBLIC SECTOR LIBRARY BLACKED OUT STAMPS. CARD COVERED PAPERBACK This book is part of a large purchase from a Public Sector Library and except where mentioned are for the most part LIKE NEW! MOSTLY the ONLY flaws are the blacked out (they insisted) Library stamps which show many of them to be UNUSED! This copy is Near Fine (NEAR NEW). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! (Book ref. 33333337148) £80.00
Wasowski, Sally & Andy Native Texas Plants - Landscaping Region by Region
Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Company, 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0884155064 Second edition. Well illustrated, quarto, pp xxiv, 407, a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Book ref. 006632) £15.00
Crowe, Sylvia Garden design
Garden Art Press, 2003. 1870673409 First Paperback Edition; Fourth Printing. Softcover. Very Good. Very clean and tightly bound large format paperback, no inscriptions. Appears little used. 296 pages, colour & black and white photos and illustrations throughout the text, bibliography, index (Book ref. 35972) £70.00
Brown, Jane Lanning Roper and His Gardens
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good Plus. 224 pp, illustrated endpapers, frontispiece (portrait in pencil of Lanning Roper as a young man), further illustrated by colour and b/w photographs and plans; endnotes, list of commissions, index. The covers are clean, but the corners are bumped and there is a little wear at the head and base of the spine. The binding is firm and the hinges are sound. The contents are unmarked. The dust-wrapper (not price-clipped), is in near-fine condition, with minimal wear along the top and bottom edges. This book will weigh about 1500 grams when it is packed, and extra postage will be required. (Book ref. 008463) £12.00
Wrigley,J.W.,& Fagg,M..: AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS.PROPOGATION,CULTIVATION AND USE IN LANDSCAPING.
New Holland. 1998. pp.696,illus.colour and b.& w.,map,4to..4th edition,fully revised and updated. An almost mint hardback copy in an almost mint dust-wrapper. (Book ref. 4253) £30.00
Monsieur Felibien Entretiens Sur Les Vies et Sur Les Ouvrages Des Plus Excellens Peintres Anciens et Modernes (Tome Sixieme) VOLUME 6 ONLY
. H. Back. Very Good. 8vo Nouvelle Edition, Revue, Corrigee & Augmentee. A Trevoux, de L'Imprimerie de S. A. S. Bound in original leather with 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt tooling to spine (slightly faded). Binding tight. Red speckled page edges. Marble end papers. With 2 fold-out plans and 1 full-page plan. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down end paper 'Middleton Park'. Contents clean. General wear to extremities. Overall, a very nice copy. Images available on request. (Book ref. 066107) £120.00
Ladd, Frederick J.: Architects At Corsham Court
Bradford-On-Avon, Moonraker Press, 1978 4to, xv, 184pp, colour frontis., plates at end, green cloth [very good], d/w [very good]. - Subtitle: "A Study In Revival Style Architecture And Landscaping, 1749-1849". (Book ref. 3274) £14.95
Alpine Garden Society Alpine Gardens Society Bulletin Numbers 143,146,149,153-5,157-164,166-8,172-5,177-180,183,184, 186, 196,198-202,204-210,212,213,216,217, 219,220,227,229-235,237,239-272,274,282,285-7,289,291-4,296,298,300 & 302 [A broken run, 1966-2005]
. A long but broken run between 134 and 302, in parts as issued, paperbacks, slightly worn. A fine chance to obtain 103 parts of this excellent periodical, much valued for its travel and plant-hunting articles as well as for its definitive cultural advice. [1966 - 2005] ("The international society for alpine and rock garden plants, small hardy herbaceous plants, hardy and half-hardy bulbs, hardy ferns and small shrubs."). Numbers 143, 146, 149, 153-5, 157-164, 166-8, 172-5, 177-180, 183, 184, 196, 198-202, 204-210, 212, 213, 216, 217, 219, 220, 227, 229-235, 237, 239-272, 274, 282, 285-7, 289, 292, 293, 296, 298, 300 & 302. Paperbacks as issued, a few covers a little worn, but overall in very good condition. This run includes the special issues devoted to China, European Alpines, New Zealand, South America, and the AGS China Expedition. One of the best gardening journals around, with a wealth of articles on individual genera (Saxifrages, Cyclamen, Barcissi, Semervivum, Fritillaria, Primula, Violets, Iris, Ophrys, Trillium, Dianthus etc) and travel and planthunting world wide (Cyprus, Chile, Turkey, Kulu Valley, Iceland, the Hindu Kush, Dolomites, Carpathians, Nepal, Yugoslavia, Andes, Tibet etc.] Great for reference, dipping-in to, and bedtime reading. [Very heavy, extra postage will be required]. (Book ref. 005613) £30.00
Wilson, Jim. LANDSCAPING WITH WILDFLOWERS. (ISBN:039566926X). An Environmental Approach to Gardening.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1992 Soft Back. 244pp. Many col. illus. Back cover scuffed at bottom edge o/w V.G. clean copy. (Book ref. 24890) £4.00
BENNETT, Paul Gardens for the New Country Place
New York: Watson Guptill Publications, 2003. Hard Cover. Very Good. 0-8230-2077-0 A very good hbk copy in d/w. Large oblong 8vo. 160pp, illustrated in colour. Watson guptill Publications, 2003 (Book ref. 46248) £12.00
PAGE, RUSSELL: The Education of a Gardener.
Newton Abbot: Gardeners Book Club, 1973. Black & white plates. Tall 8vo, pp.382, original cloth in dustwrapper; an excellent copy. (Book ref. 9959) £9.00
Farrer, Reginald In a Yorkshire Garden
London: Arnold & Walker, 1909. First Edition. First edition, illustrated with black and white photographs, pp xii, 316, , decorated cloth gilt, a bit worn and bumped, slightly worn at the corners, joints a little rubbed, a split forming on the base of the lower joint, spine slightly creased at head and tail, neat signature and dates on the front endpaper, bookplate of James B. Taylor, Lyne Grove.] . A better than average copy of a scarce book. (Book ref. 000012) £35.00
David Penny A Garden Lost in Time.
Cassel & Co (SEVEN DIALS). Un-Known. Soft cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 1841880647 No D/J.soft cover.The book is in good used condition. "The mystery of the Ancient Gardens of Aberglasney" By piecing together photographs, sketches, poetry and local myths, this intriguing book details the trials, tribulations of a wonderful human story behind the restoration of the gardens of Aberglasney. "For half a century the Gardens at Aberglasney were left to decay" Just a wonderful book, with beautiful photography and text. Or view our Gardens and Gardening catalogue. You will receive the book seen in the imasge. (Book ref. MC0030) £6.00
Flemer, W. III. Nature's Guide to Successful Gardening and Landscaping.
Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, no date (1988)., 1988. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 0872496112 8vo. rep. 23.0 x 15.0 cms. Illustrated, paperback. Covers slightly creased. A useful American publication not readily available in UK. (Book ref. 9594) £6.00
Druitt, L. and Shoup, G.M. Landscaping with Antique Roses.
Newtown (US), Taunton Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0942391640 1st ed. 27.5 x 21.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, laminated boards. Front free end paper marked. (Book ref. 9885) £8.00
Rockley, Lady.: Historic Gardens of England.
London, Country Life, 1938.. F. Hardcover. 12mo. 1st ed. 120mm x 182mm. 95 plates. Cloth slightly faded, some light foxing. (Book ref. 4767) £7.00
R.B.A. (Roads Beautifying Association).: Roadside Planting.
London, Country Life., 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 1st ed. 132mm x 212mm. Well illustrated. slight foxing. (bec store) (Book ref. 4764) £6.00
Flemer, W. III.: Nature's Guide to Successful Gardening and Landscaping.
Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, no date (1988).. Hardcover. /Dust Jacket Included. 087249599X 8vo. rep. 150mm x 226mm. Illustrated, dust wrapper. Fine copy. A useful American publication not readily available in UK. (Book ref. 4695) £10.00
Yeo, Peter F. Hardy Geraniums. Second Edition.
. 0-88192-541-1 NEW. Illustrated. large 8vo, pp 218, a very good copy in dustwrapper. Second edition, and one of the standard works on this popular genus. (Book ref. 002863) £8.50
Dunn, Richard M Geoffrey Scott and the Berenson Circle: Literary and Aesthetic Life in the Early 20th Century
New York / Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press, 1998. First Edition. Greeen Illustrated Cloth>. Very Good Plus. xxii 352 pp, with 16 b/w illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, index. The book is Volume 34 in the Studies in British Literature Series. The only blemishes are minor wear at the spine ends and the corners. This is a very nice copy indeed. Digital images of the book can be sent by e-mail if this is requested. (Book ref. 008177) £70.00