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PRIVATE GARDENS OF BUENOS AIRES
Written by Janick De Oliveira Cezar.
Stock no. 1827152
Published by Ediciones Lariviere. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A glimpse into eighteen private gardens that are typical of the subtropical climate of Buenos Aires. Pale green cloth boards, dark green title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9879528077. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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GARDENS OF SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Dorothea Fairbridge. Illustrated by Elizabeth Drake; Ethel Driscoll; E. Barter.
Stock no. 1826737
Published by T. Maskew Miller. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Green covers with gilt titles and cream borders. 28 colour plates. With some chapters on Practical Gardening under South African conditions and some Notes of the Cultivation of South African Wild Flowers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Scattered foxing - heavy in places.

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THE GARDENS OF PORTUGAL
Written by Helena Attlee.
Stock no. 1826701
Published by Francis Lincoln Ltd. 1st 2008. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The gardens of Portugal borrow something from every phase of the country's sea-faring history, bringing together ideas from East and West in a style that is confident, flamboyant, slightly exotic but always distinctly Portuguese. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780711226937. Corners of boards rubbed and bumped. Boards are marked with foxing and damp. Foxing to prelims else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge creased, verso is damp stained at top rear edge and is foxed.

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SPANISH GARDENS
Written by Marquis De Casa Valdes.
Stock no. 1826674
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 1987. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Marquesa de Casa Valdes was brought up to love nature and spent part of her childhood and youth in the beautiful regions of north-east Spain, where the pinewoods almost meet the sea. During her travels, she has been able to study the gardens of other latitudes and climsates, giving her a sound basis from which to define more clearly the art and skills involved in gardening. Large format. Green cloth boards, white titles. Colour & a few b/w photos. ISBN: 8485861035. Some light scuffing to boards. Small knock to lower edge of front board. Front joint is broken. Else binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at edges.

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THE ORNAMENTAL WILDERNESS IN THE ENGLISH GARDEN
Written by James Bartos.
Stock no. 1826037
Published by Unicorn. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition.

A survey of the designed landscapes of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781914414350. Minor rubbing to corners else a lovely copy.

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THOMAS MAWSON: LIFE, GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES
Written by Janet Waymark.
Stock no. 1825229
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In the early twentieth century Thomas Hayton Mawson (1861-1933) was the most sought-after garden and landscape designer of the day and could name crowned heads of Europe among his clients. Large format. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9780711225954. Board edges rubbed. Prelims have a couple of minor marks else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-cresed and lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE GARDENS OF ROBERTO BURLE MARX
Written by Sima Eliovson.
Stock no. 1825170
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Accaimed as the 'real creator of the modern garden' by the American Institute of Architects, Roberto Burle Marx has influenced garden designers around the world. This comprehensive account illuminates the beuaty of his designs. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, publisher's vignette to front. Colour photos. ISBN: 0500015074. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Light browning to endpapers. Top edge of text block lightly stained, also affecting some top margins of contents. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased and faded to spine.

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MEDIAEVAL GARDENS
Written by John Harvey.
Stock no. 1825130
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st thus 1990. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Illustrated history of gardening in mediaeval times. ISBN: 071342396X. Light creasing to corners of covers, spine lightly faded. Text block slightly grubby and browned. Contents clean.

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THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN: A SURVEY
Written by Michael Symes.
Stock no. 1824887
Published by Historic England. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

A survey of that phenomenon of the 18th century, the English landscape garden, which has had a profound bearing on the way landscapes and gardens have been designed ever since and which has affected the way in which we view them today. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781848023772. Front corners lightly rubbed, rear cover lightly scuffed, covers overall are nice and bright. Contents clean.

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ROOTED IN HISTORY: CELEBRATING CARMARTHENSHIRE'S PARKS & GARDENS
Written by Penny David.
Stock no. 1824074
Published by Fern Press. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

The stories of some sixty of the county's gardens and other lesser-known sites. A celebration of a rich gardening heritage and the people associated with it. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781527210042. A lovely, clean copy.

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LA FOCE: A GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE IN TUSCANY
Written by Benedetta Origo; Morna Livingston; Laurie Olin; John Dixon Hunt.
Stock no. 2139028
Published by University Of Pennsylvania. 1st USA 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Larger format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0812235932. Browning to outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with a little fading to edges of spine.

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THE HISTORY OF GARDEN DESIGN: THE WESTERN TRADITION FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT DAY
Written by Monique Mosser; Georges Teyssot.
Stock no. 2138989
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine; gilt vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0500015112. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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