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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF VEGETABLES
Written by Allan A. Jackson.
Stock no. 1831393
Published by Frederick Warne.
1st
1977.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Observer No. 67. With 8 Colour plates, 82 b/w photographs and 5 diagrams. ISBN: 072321557X. Minor browning to edges of boards else boards are clean. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly browned, red title to spine is very lightly faded to pink. Wrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price (£1.10) printed above.
- Categorised in:
- OBSERVERS
- GARDENING
- VEGETABLES
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ROSES
Written by Michael Gibson.
Stock no. 1831381
Published by Frederick Warne.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Observer book no. 84. Glazed pictorial boards. With 130 Colour photographs and 12 line drawings. ISBN: 0723216061. Boards browned. Red title to spine very slightly faded. Publisher's price-label to rear board. Contents clean.
THE REVOLTING GARDEN
Written by Rose Blight; Germaine Greer.
Illustrated by Michael Ffolkes.
Stock no. 1330974
Published by Private Eye Productions Limited; Andre Deutsch.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
Blight is the pseudonym of Greer. The Revolting Garden is the outcome of Ms Greer's struggle against overwhelming odds to establish a botanical paradise somewhere in Notting Hill. Cardwraps. B/w textillustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0233971793. Covers slightly edge rubbed with a few light marks. Front joint is just starting to crack.
THE ART AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING
Written by Henry Ernest Milner.
Illustrated by Henry Ernest Milner.
Stock no. 1831096
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd..
1st
1890.
Almost very good condition.
In this 1890 book, a number of the exemplar gardens are taken from Milner's father's designs, with two studies of his own work (one in England and one in Hungary) at the end, and he surveys the whole 'art and practice', from aesthetic theory to building and planting, with plans and illustrations. Large format. Dark green cloth boards, gilt titles. Top edge gilt else text block untrimmed. With plans and illustrations (22 plates). One or two pulled hinges but binding is tight. 116 pages. Boards are edge-rubbed, worn and bent at corners, scuffed and marked. Top & tail of spine have slight loss of cloth, small split to top rear edge cloth of spine. Endpapers heavily browned. Name in pencil to front endpaper. All plates present. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots and grubby marks to margins. Binding tight.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- LANDSCAPE DESIGN
- GARDENING
- ANTIQUARIAN
THE RHODODENDRON SPECIES VOLUME III: ELEPIDOTES
Written by H.H. Davidian.
Stock no. 1831043
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd..
1st
1992.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Series Neriiflorum-Thomasonii, Azaleastrum and Camtschaticum. The third volume of a major work distinguished by its breadth and thoroughness. The core of the book is a list of Elepidote Rhododendrons in their series, a key to the Series and Subseries, and full descriptions of each species. The key provided int he book should make it possible for any grower to identify with reasonable accuracy every species in cultivation. Green paper boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings, colour photos. 381 pages including index. ISBN: 0713437472. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block a little grubby. Minor foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, light wear to top of spine with a couple of tiny nicks.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- GARDENING
- SHRUBS
GROWING ORCHIDS: SUCCESSFUL GARDENING INDOORS AND OUT
Written by Brian Ritterhausen; Wilma Ritterhausen.
Stock no. 1830937
Published by Southwater.
1st thus
2005.
Almost very good condition.
Previously published as: The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids. A guide to growing orchids with an inspirational encyclopedia of orchids, with guidance on the best varieties to choose. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781842158876. Spine faded, a few marks to covers. Small mark to vertical edge of half-title page. Damp stain to vertical edge of last few blank pages. Else contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- ORCHIDS
- GARDENING
GARDEN NATURAL HISTORY (NN 102)
Written by Stefan Buczacki.
Stock no. 1330143
Published by Collins.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 324 pages. ISBN: 9780007139934. A lovely, bright copy in dustwrapper which is very slightly edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- GARDENING
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ROSES
Written by Michael Gibson.
Stock no. 1830043
Published by Frederick Warne.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Observer book no. 84. Glazed pictorial boards. With 130 Colour photographs and 12 line drawings. ISBN: 0723216061. Spine lightly browned with red title to spine lightly faded (not bad). Mark where label has been removed to rear board. Contents clean.
WILD & GARDEN PLANTS (NN 80)
Written by Max Walters.
Stock no. 1829205
Published by Collins.
1st
1993.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist No. 80. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 16 colour plates and over 60 b/w photos and drawings. 200 pages including index. ISBN: 0002193760. Minor bump to top of spine. Minor crease to vertical edge of front endpaper (cannot capture on camera). Else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at spine (as is normal) else fine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- BOTANY
- FLOWERS
- WILD FLOWERS
- GARDENING
- GARDEN FLOWERS
ALPINE PLANTS: ECOLOGY FOR GARDENERS
Written by John E.G. Good; David Millward.
Stock no. 1828219
Published by Batsford.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An authoritative and practical guide to understanding alpines for all gardeners. Brown cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780713490176. Board corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- ALPINE
- ECOLOGY
- GARDENING
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.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- GARDENING
- GARDENS
- GARDENING
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.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- GARDENING
- GARDENS
- GARDENING