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A GRASS ROPE TO CATCH A UNICORN: WENSLEYDALE WILD FLOWERS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
Written by Janet Rawlins. Illustrated by Janet Rawlins.
Stock no. 1824666
Published by Bain Falls Publishing. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Janet Rawlins painted this collection of wild flowers as relaxation, whilst carryng out commissions for large scale machine-embroidered fabric collages. Janet Rawlins has observed and loved Wensleydale, with illustrations, landscape paintings and tose famous collages, all in her own inimitable style. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout, many watercolour. ISBN: 9780992866006. Signed by the artist 'for (the previous owner)'. Top & tail of spine slightly bumped, small knock to top edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-creased, tiny tear (no loss to top edge of rear panel, previous bookseller's label to rear panel.

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DICTIONARY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION
Written by Alan Jay Christensen.
Stock no. 1824435
Published by McGraw-Hill. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A unique, comprehensive reference that defines the language of today's landscape architecture, planning, construction, and environmental science, covering specifics such as irrigation, plant science, soil science, wetlands, landscape ecology, horticulture, and land planning. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and sketches in the text. ISBN: 0071441425. Board corners lightly rubbed. Boards a little scuffed, top of spine bumped. Small knock to top rear edge of board. Text block a little grubby else contents clean.

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CONSUMING THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
Written by Robert A. Sobieszek; George F. Thompson; Stanley Diamond. Illustrated by John Ganis.
Stock no. 1824263
Published by Dewi Lewis Publishing. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chronicling the effects of development and extraction industries in every region of the United States over a period of almost 20 years. Abandoned wrecks, desolate strip mines, clear-cut forests, industrial parks, landfill sites and terrains flattened for housing developments. Large, oblong format. Grey boards, blind titles. Colour photos, some poems accompanying. ISBN: 1904587003. Narrow band of fading to boards at horizontal edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to front vertical edge and a little scuffed. Contains publishers statements and one loose plate (extra).

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THE MARN'LL BOOK
Written by Ernest Roscoe.
Stock no. 2137651
Published by The Blackmore Press. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Some particular history, some general topography, a number of photographs, and some maps, of the Blackmore Vale. Large format. Light green/grey cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Light, uneven fading to boards. Gilt still bright. Dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, some loss, browning to spine and spine edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY
Written by Michael Aston.
Stock no. 2136690
Published by Routledge. 2001. Very good condition.

The complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrated with aerial photographs, maps, plans and charts. How to understand the surviving remains as well as the author's own explanations of how our landscape has evolved. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415151406. Some light cover creasing.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE
Written by Paul Everson; Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1322488
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Studies presented to Christopher Taylor. Black boards, silver titles to spine and front cover. 198 pages. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0719047676. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a tiny nick at base of spine.

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INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY
Written by Michael Aston.
Stock no. 1322483
Published by Routledge. 2000. Nearly fine condition.

The complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrated with aerial photographs, maps, plans and charts. How to understand the surviving remains as well as the author's own explanations of how our landscape has evolved. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415151406. Fading to spine else a fine copy.

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CAPABILITY BROWN & BELVOIR: DISCOVERING A LOST LANDSCAPE
Written by Duchess Of Rutland; Jane Pruden; Alan Titchmarsh.
Stock no. 2135759
Published by Nick McCann Associates Ltd. 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos throughout. Photos by Nick Hugh McCann. Foreword by Titchmarsh. ISBN: 9780951689165. Some wear along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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TECHNOLOGIES OF LANDSCAPE: FROM REAPING TO RECYCLING
Written by David E. Nye.
Stock no. 2135707
Published by University Of Massachusetts Press. Circa 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1558492291.

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CAPABILITY BROWN & BELVOIR: DISCOVERING A LOST LANDSCAPE
Written by Duchess Of Rutland; Jane Pruden; Alan Titchmarsh.
Stock no. 2135368
Published by Nick McCann Associates Ltd. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos throughout. Photos by Nick Hugh McCann. Foreword by Titchmarsh. ISBN: 9780951689165. SIGNED by The Duchess of Rutland to title page. Couple of knocks along cover edges. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased.

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CAPABILITY BROWN & BELVOIR: DISCOVERING A LOST LANDSCAPE
Written by Duchess Of Rutland; Jane Pruden; Alan Titchmarsh.
Stock no. 2135362
Published by Nick McCann Associates Ltd. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos throughout. Photos by Nick Hugh McCann. Foreword by Titchmarsh. ISBN: 9780951689165. SIGNED by The Duchess of Rutland to title page. Wear to cover edges. Indentation marks to covers. Contents are still excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased with some fading to couple of edges; large closed tear to top of spine on rear panel.

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CHARLES BRIDGEMAN AND THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN
Written by Peter Willis.
Stock no. 1822311
Published by A. Zwemmer. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Charles Bridgeman is the unsung pioneer in the establishment of le jardin anglais, that remarkable English invention which was to seep eighteenth-century Europe. A monograph devoted to the study of Bridgeman's life and work. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. ISBN: 0302027777. Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with a small closed tear (no loss) to top of spine.

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