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2010Q-1580115098Design Originals 2010-09-06. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Design Originals paperback
2010Q-1580114849Design Originals 2010-06-03. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Design Originals paperback
2011Q-1580115136Design Originals 2011-07-25. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Design Originals paperback
3438A Paris, de l'imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres, chez Valade et chez Cazin. A Rheims. 1782. Volume in-12. Reliure plein veau blond, dos lisse orné de fleurons et filets dorés, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, tranches dorées. X + 143 pages. Vignette en titre et frontispice. 5è édition (dans l'année de l'E.O.). Reliure légèrement usagée ; propre intérieurement.
8vo [22.5 x 17 cm]; xv, 144 pp, 20 fine color plates including frontis from paintings by Benger, each mounted on heavy art paper, each with captioned tissue guard, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, spine end bit rubbed, name on endpaper, interior clean, very good+ overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Inman 158. Only 3,000 copies of this first edition were printed, some later printings had less plates. The charms of English country life in pictures and narrative as the author travelled the lanes, highways and byways through the year.
19842091502135202098Shinano Mainichi Newspaper 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 26cm Number of books: 1 Shinano Mainichi Newspaper paperback
19762080202103901667Ikeda shoten 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Ikeda shoten paperback
19962080202102704837Urasoe City Board of Education 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Page size: 91 pages Size: A4 size Urasoe City Board of Education paperback
2011Q-1580115063Design Originals 2011-07-25. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Design Originals paperback
19922092902140902012Not Available 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
192 pages. "Reveals the hidden highlights of 26 of Vancouver's finest private gardens. For each, detailed garden plans and a selection of colour photographs complement descriptive text which includes insights in the words of each garden's creator." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely copy of this gorgeous work. Book
8vo [20 x 15 cm]; xxiii, [i], 461 pp, frontis, numerous plates and illus, index, title printed in green and black, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt lettering, decorated in white and dark green, top edge gilted, internal hinges cracking but firm, covers quite bright, near fine clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A classic of the period, very well-illustrated. The topics related to sun dials include classification, portable dials, their construction, symbolic and many other designs. A smaller section deals with roses including chapters on roses and garlands, rosa solis, rose plate and rosee, emblems of the rose in English history, grandmother's roses, the Rosicruians. Stock 751.
8vo [20.5 x 14.5 cm]; xv, 197 pp, frontis of world's largest sundial, numerous photo plates, drwgs, tables, index. original pictorial cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (chipped at spine ends, corner, price clipped), very good, clean and fine internally. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Since a sundial designed for another location will not be accurate in your location, the authors provide complete detail for designing one for your specific location, with formulas and full details. They also provide the theory and many illustrations of other sundials.
2010Q-1580114636Design Originals 2010-01-04. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Design Originals paperback
2010Q-1580114989Design Originals 2010-08-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Design Originals paperback
small 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; [ii], vi, 295 pp, illustrations especially of architectural devices from drwgs by E. C. Gardner, plans. original cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover in gilted border, signature on endpaper, 'with complements' and signed by the author on half title page. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. 'I have especially sought to excite the ambition of the holders of these humble estates, who believe nothing can be done in the way of adornment of country property. The book is a tract for homeliness; and I hope it may make country proselytes.' [preface]. The author of My Farm at Edgewood, Wet Days at Edgewood, etc, has here re-published his popular Rural Studies with Hints for Country Places, first published in 1867.
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 388, 24 (publisher's catalogue, dated April 1870) pp, two color lithographed plates including frontis, engraved illustrations. original pictorial cloth, spine ends bit frayed, spine darkened, very good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society p. 217. Describes 621 species in some detail including their cultivation, requirements, etc.
4to [26 x 19 cm]; [xii], 180 pp, frontis, illustrations and plates, from photos, garden plans, index. original pictorial cloth with embossed color photo, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, corners a bit rubbed but a clean and fine, unmarked copy, covers bright. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very well-illustrated and highly useful work on landscaping including chapters on style, vines as harmonizers, vistas good and bad, boundaries, entrances and gateways, use of trees and shrubs, flowers, winter gardens, garden structures and furniture, accessories, etc.
8vo [25 x 17 cm]; 340 pp, several hundred illustrations from photos, drwgs, plans, bibliog, index. original cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (slight wear at upper edge), fine and clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author was a pioneer in modern landscape design, who related it to modern art and adapted it to the individual needs of people. The principles that he established in the first edition in 1956 have been followed by many other garden designers. An essential and well-illustrated work in landscaping, with greatly expanded illustrations, comments on the impact of the 50s, 60s and 70s on garden design. No other books so successfully combines the poetry of landscape with everyday practicalities of planning a unified garden with a unique character, filled with ideas and practical suggestions.
41711Paris, Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, 1894. Gr. in-8°, V-1347p. Rel. demi-chagrin vert, dos à faux-nerfs, orné de caissons dorés.
roy 8vo; xviii, 263 pp, frontis with tissue guard, illus, plates, tinted plans, good bibliog, index. original cloth with gilt title lettering in gilted border on cover and gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, nice chapter head pieces, spine end a bit frayed, near fine, interior is clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request b A very well-illustrated work with plates in decorative borders. Plates include buildings, gardens, entrance ways, ornaments, etc. In two parts, the first on history includes Spanish gardens in the semi-tropics, English gardens of gentlemen adventurers, New Amsterdam housewive's gardens, puritan gardens, catholick and quaker gardens, presidents' gardens, etc, with the reconstruction section on old-fashioned gardens, design, inclosures, old flowers, ornaments, reproducing the old fashioned gardens.
8vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; xii, 176 pp, 8 fine plates from wood engravings, index. original cloth-backed boards with original paper label (most letters rubbed), light corner wear, bookplate of John Edwards Darnton on endpaper, very good clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Robinson was "the most famous and controversial garden journalists of the nineteenth century" (Hugh Johnson). This work is aimed at the larger garden which has room to incorporate trees and it would help to have a large estate to incorporate the ideas suggested here. It also includes water-side planting, shore-lands planting, mountain and hill, use of trees, fencing, thinning woods, grafting, parks, etc. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue p. 268. Mea Allen p. 188. "The man who made horticultural history" (Mea Allan in William Robinson).
REG5099MMarrimpouey Jeune 1976 -, Pau. 1 volume. In-8 180 pp. Sous étui beige. Sous chemise textile bleu cartonnée avec titre doré sur le dos et le premier plat. Intérieur très frais. Avec des illustrations en couleurs de Gisèle FERRANDIER.
466 pages. Index. Line Drawings. Black and white illustrations. "Here is a practical, authoritative book on turfgrass management, written for the professional grounds keeper, the turf worker, the student, the landscape architect, the landscape contractor, the county farm advisor, the homeowner, and all working in areas associated with turf.. Because of the wide range of materials in the book, its principles and practices are applicable anywhere in the world." - from dust jacket (not included). Prior owner's small address label inside front board, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; [vi], v, 131 pp, 15 wood engraved plates, garden plans, including double-page, numerous other illus, with the half title page. original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, edges rubbed, internal hinge cracked but firm, lightly foxed on some leaves, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A nicely illustrated work covering the many gardens including Buckingham Palace, Kensington, Hyde Park, St. James, Victoria, Battersea, Regent's, Hampton Court, Kew, Crystal Palace, etc, and with chapters on landscaping, arrangement of spring flowers, trees and shrubs, colours, designs, etc.