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Planning your garden. Large collection of illustrations. Fourth impression. Green cloth covers, gilt title on spine and front cover. 180 pages. Some foxing on front and back pastedowns. A little wear to cover edges and corners.
2011Q-1580115063Design Originals 2011-07-25. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Design Originals paperback
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xiv, 108 pp, colored frontis plate from painting, numerous plates and illustrations from photos and drawings, garden plans, index. original cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, light wear, interior is clean and fine in very good sound cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very informative work with many detailed illustrations showing construction details, layouts, plant selections by color and type, etc.
4to [27 x 22 cm]; 192 pp; colored frontis, hundreds of illustrations including full-page, many in color, mostly from photos, many garden plans, list of plants and trees by growing needs, shade requirements. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), quite fine, clean and unused. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Covering some forty gardens designed by the world's most challenging gardeners, to discover the secret of stylishness, with stunning pictures of gardens, many of which are not open to the public, the gardeners explain the concept and development of their gardens and features. Described under topics such as fantasy, emblematic, fundamentalists, formalist, new romantics, animal crackers, etc.
8vo [25 x 15.5 cm]; 141, [viii, illustrated ads for garden products] pp, numerous illustrations from photos, including full-page, tables, index. original green cloth, gilt title lettering on spine, leaf with tear, dj (chipped at edges, price clipped), very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Contributors include Frank Barber on wall gardens construction and planning, T. C. Clare on sink and trough gardens, will Ingwersen on constructing and planting a rock garden, Frances Perry on water in the garden, S. A. Pierce on water-lilies, A. T. Johnson on plants and planting by pool and stream, all with excellent ideas and suggestions and with lists of plants suitable for different conditions.
8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xiv, [ii], 221, [iii] pp, frontis (portrait of author), plates from photos, map, bibliog. original cloth, pictorial endpapers, small ink spot on title page, slight musty smell , clean, very good+ copy, signed by author in ink. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An interesting and very well-illustrated work covering pre-conquest gardens, colonial homes and gardens, colonial public buildings with gardens, modern homes and gardens, plants and trees of Mexico. The last chapter is on orchids and orchid hunting.
London, Viking, 1988, 8vo legtura editoriale con sovraccopertina illustrata a colori, pp. 208 con numerose illustrazioni in nero e a colori n.t.
folio [37 x 26 cm]; 2 volumes, xxii [ii], 464; xxiv, 444 pp, 2 frontis, numerous illus, plans, bibliography. original 2 part cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on front covers, and gilt title on spine, cover of volume I lightly spotted, light crease of endpaper, else a clean near fine set, volume I has the scarce dust jacket (chipped at edges. A picture of thi A massive work with hundreds of illustrations from photos, early sources, drawings. The books are organized by state, with Volume I covering New England, New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Great Lake states, Pennsylvania and Volume II on the southern states including Florida and California, together with a chapter on fences and enclosures in each volume. A classic of landscape architecture.
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
4to [28 x 22 cm]; 251 pp, color plates and illustrations from photos, including many double-page, some black and white photos, garden plans, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, dj (not price clipped, tiny tear at edge), fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A beautifully illustrated and produced book, showing some of the greatest gardens through history to the present.
4to [27 x 24 cm]; 176 pp, 170 color illustrations from photos, text in English and Italian. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, pages 65-80 are bound upside down as apparently in most copies, but complete, else clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Descriptions of about 76 European gardens, each with 2-3 fine color illustrations and accompanying text. Emmanuele Bortolotti wrote the introductory essay on Landscape Gardening, a Form of Art to Be Divulged.
4to [27 x 24 cm]; 176 pp, 170 color illustrations from photos, text in English and Italian. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, pages 65-80 are bound upside down as apparently in most copies, but complete, else clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Descriptions of about 76 European gardens, each with 2-3 fine color illustrations and accompanying text. Emmanuele Bortolotti wrote the introductory essay on Landscape Gardening, a Form of Art to Be Divulged.
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 256 pp, numerous illustrations including full-page, from photos and early sources, garden plans, gazetteer, bibliog, index. original green cloth with gilt spine title lettering, clean and fine in dj (price clipped, slightly used). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, a respected garden writer who restored his own Georgian garden, uses contemporary material to describe the gardens of 1730 to 1830, showing the changes of taste and the reasons for the changes. Together with the excellent illustrations, the work provides many ideas for garden design and an appreciation of landscaping of the period.
Bologna, Edagricole, 1986, 4to cart. editoriale cop. ill. colori, pp. VII-192 con num. ill. colori. Copia saggio.
Milano, 1962, 4to leg. edit. pp. 274 complet. ill. da foto in nero e col.
awd-846Grande pointe sèche moutarde imprimée sur Arches. Justifiée 6/25 ex., titrée et signée en marge (63/90 cm). Bon état.
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.
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.
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; ix, 166 pp, numerous illus, plans, drwgs, tables, index. original cloth, fine in vg dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Covers the basics including plan drawing, trees, foundations, planting, color, ground covers, paths, etc.
Torino, Allemandi, 1989, 8vo cart. con sovraccopertina illustrata, pp. 155 con numerose illustrazioni col. n.t.
Milano, 1872, 14 aprile, articolo con illustrazione xilografica in fascicolo completo di 12 pagine de "L' emporio pittoresco".
Bologna, Calderini, 1984, 8vo brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 271 con ill. in nero e col. n.t.
Bologna, Marsigli, 1821, in-8vo cop. muta, pp. 40 ("Memorie di storia naturale lette in Bologna". Memoria VII).
Bologna, 1821, estratto con copertina muta, pp. 3/40 ("Memorie di storia naturale lette in Bologna". Memoria VII). - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Bologna, Marsigli, 1821, stralcio in-8vo cop. muta, pp. 40 ("Memorie di storia naturale lette in Bologna". Memoria VII). - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “extract” or “excerpt” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
