Gardening

  1. Barnes, A. T.: The Dahlia Grower’s Treasury. London: W. H. & L. Collingridge, 1966. 2nd. revised edn. 168pp. 10 cold. and numerous b/w photos., text figures. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7765) £8.00
  1. Borg, J.: Cacti: a gardener’s handbook for the identification and cultivation of cacti. London: Blandford Press, 1970. 4th edn. 512pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w slightly aded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 4494) £8.00
  1. Bradley-Hole, Christopher.: The Minimalist Garden. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2000. Reprint. 208pp, Numerous cold. photos., plans. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6129) £15.00
  1. Brookes, John.: Room Outside: a new approach to garden design. London: Thames & Hudson, 1969. 1st. edn. 192pp. Numerous cold. and b/w photos., plans. D/w with small (25x30mm.) piece missing from bottom edge of front panel otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8479) £15.00
  1. Buczacki, Stefan.: Garden Natural History. London: HarperCollins, 2007. 1st. edn. x, 324pp. Numerous cold. photos. New Naturalist series no. 102. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8338) £30.00
  1. Cook, E. T.: Gardens of England. London: A. & C. Black, 1908. 1st. edn. 199pp plus 4pp publisher’s list. 20 tissue-guarded,cold. plates by Beatrice Parsons. Dark Green, decorated cloth boards with gilt lettering slightly bumped and rubbed on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7655) £25.00
  1. Damp, Philip.: Dahlias. London: Century, 1987. 1st. edn. 97pp. Numerous cold. illus., text figures. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5970) £10.00
  1. Darwin, Erasmus: The Botanic Garden London: The Scolar Press, 1973 Reprint. No. 3 of an edition limited to 500 copies. A facsimile of the edition of 1791. Teg. Green cloth binding a trifle loose otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 2051) £75.00
  1. Day, Ivan.: Perfumery With Herbs. London: Darton, Longman & Todd in association with The Herb Society, 1979. 1st. edn. 218 pp. Cold. and b/w illus. D/w, very slightly rubbed on corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8457) £15.00
  1. Desmond, Ray.: Kew: the history of the Royal Botanic Gardens. London: Harvill Press, 1995. 1st. edn. xviii,466pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. Signed by the author on title page. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7398) £15.00
  1. Dutton, Ralph.: The English Garden. London: B. T. Batsford, 1945. 2nd. edn. vi, 122pp. Cold. frontis. and numerous b/w illus. Price-clipped Brian Cook d/w rather faded on spine and a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 4912) £15.00
  1. Dutton, Ralph.: The English Garden. London: B. T. Batsford, 1950. 2nd. edn., revised. vi, 122pp. Cold. frontis. and numerous b/w illus. Some foxing to edges of text block. D/w a little rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 4493) £8.00
  1. Farrer, Reginald.: The English Rock Garden. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1955. Reprint. Two vols. lxiv, 504pp.plus vi, 522pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w’s a little rubbed and creased on edges with some very minor loss to vol. 2 otherwise a clean, sound set. (Stock ref 4506) £25.00
  1. Fletcher, H. R.: The Story of the Royal Horticultural Society 1804-1968. London: Oxford University Press, 1969. 1st. edn. xii, 564pp. Many b/w illus. D/w rubbed and worn on edges with several small nicks otherwise a clea, sound copy. (Stock ref 4133) £6.50
  1. Genders, Roy.: The Cottage Garden: and the old-fashioned flowers. London: Pelham Books, 1983. New edn. xvi., 368pp. 16 cold. and 58 b/w plates, text figures. D/w slightly rubbed and creased along top edge with a closed tear in back panel. (Stock ref 4278) £5.00
  1. Huxley, Anthony (ed.): The Financial Times Book of Garden Design. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1975. 1st. edn. 160pp. Many cold. and b/w photos. Includes sections by John Brookes, Robin Lane Fox and Arthur Hellyer. D/e a little duast marked and rubbed on edges and corners. A very good copy. (Stock ref 6343) £6.00
  1. Jarman, Derek.: Derek Jarman’s Garden. London: Thames & Hudson, 1995. 1st. edn. 144pp.Numerous cold. and b/w photos.Binding very slightly cocked. D/w faded on spine otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6289) £10.00
  1. Keene, R. W. B.: Over the Garden Fence: old-timer talks about flowers. London: Staples Press, 1946. 2nd. impression. 168pp. Eight cold. plates and numerous b/w photos., text figures. D/w a little rubbed on edges otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 4353) £5.00
  1. Leighton, Clare.: Four Hedges: a gardener’s chronicle. London: Victor Gollancz, 1935. 1st. edn. 157pp. 88 wood engravings by th author. Price-clipped d/w tanned and rubbed on edges with some ver minor loss to spine head and tail. Otherwise, a bright, clean copy. (Stock ref 4487) £40.00
  1. Lyall, H. G.: Hardy Primulas. London: W. H. & L. Collingridge, 1959. 1st. edn. 88pp. Cold. frontis. and 26 b/w photos. D/w somewhat rubbed on edges with some loss at spine head and adjacent back panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4266) £4.00
  1. Macself, A. J.: Sanders’ The Flower Garden. London: W. H. & L. Collingridge, 1951. 3rd. revised edn. 400pp. Numerous b/w photos. Brown cloth gilt boards slightly rubbed on cornersotherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4263) £6.00
  1. Osborn, A.: Shrubs and Trees for the Garden. London: Ward Lock, nd (1933?) 576pp. Eight cold. plates and over 300 b/w photos., diagrams. Ownership signature to ffep. D/w creased and rubbed with several closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4272) £9.00
  1. ottewill, David.: The Edwardian Garden. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. 1st. edn. x,230pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus., text figures. Neat gift inscription to half-title D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6782) £25.00
  1. Rose, Graham & King, Peter.: The Love of Roses: from myth ro modern culture. London: Quiller Press, 1990. 1st. edn. 224pp. Cold. and b/w illus. Introduction by D. J. Squire. Neat gift inscription to ffep. D/w slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 5873) £7.50
  1. Shaw, Christine: Architectural Plants London: HarperCollins, 2005 1st. edn. 352 pp. Numerous cold. photos. Price-clipped d/w otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 1994) £10.00
  1. Street, John: Rhododendrons London: Century Hutchinson, 1987 1st. edn. 144 pp. Numerous cold. photos., text figures. D/w slightly faded on spine and rubbed on corners, particularly spine head and tail. A very good copy. (Stock ref 1899) £9.00
  1. Thomas, Graham Stuart.: Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos. London: John Murray, 1992. 1st. edn. xvi,583pp. Numerous cold. and b/w photod., line drawings, map. D/w very slightly creased along top edge otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 6280) £15.00
  1. Thomas, Graham Stuart.: The Art of Planting. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1984. 1st. edn. x, 323pp. Numerous cold. and b/w photos. Signed by the author on title page. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 4271) £15.00
  1. Turner, Roger.: Capability Brown and the Eighteenth Century English Landscape. Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 2006. Reprint. 204pp. Cold. and b/w photos., many b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 8182) £8.00
  1. Vanderplank, John: Passion Flowers: and passion fruit London: Cassell, 1991 1st. edn. 176 pp. Many cold. photos., text figures. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 1898) £10.00
  1. Way, Twigs.: A Nation of Gardeners: how the British fell in love with gardening. London: Prion, 2010. 1st. edn. 192pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. Foreword by Joe Swift. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 6727) £10.00