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257 pages including index and bibliography. "A lively and provocative presentation of great places and ideas that underlie them. I know of no book that looks as sympathetically and knowingly at gardens and garden design." - William L. Porter, Professor of Architecture, MIT. Includes over 500 sketches, axonometric drawings, and photographs which explore the special qualities of places and the acts that can transform them into gardens. Gift greetings upon half-title page else unmarked. Light wear to book. Moderate wear to jacket. Solid copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 96 pages, filled with large, full color photos of lavish interiors of such places as the Athenaeum apartment, Mayfair, Basil St. hotel, Knightsbridge, 11 Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, Ebury Court, Belgravia, Montcalm, Marble Arch, Ritz, Piccadilly, Stafford, St. James, etc.
La Maison Rustique, 1982. In-8 broché 400 pages. + photos. Bon état.
64 pages. Features: Spruce for Tomorrow's Paper - Can the Pulp and Paper Industry of the Northeast Survive? - with good photos; The Oldest Cultivated Trees in the World - Cypress Arches of Chapultepec Park, or the Bosque de Chapultepec, on the outskirts of Mexico City - with photos; Redwood Burls - by Emanuel Fritz - article with photos; The Forest and the Great Stone Face, by Allen Hollis; The Barred Door - by W.N. Craigie; Uncle Sam's First Timber Sale - near the quaint village of Nemo, South Dakota - with nice photos; Canada and the Migratory Bird Treaty; Don's Christmas Adventure - a story by Erle Kauffman; Shapshots of European Forests - In a Fir Forest of France - article with photos by John D. Guthrie; A Plea for the Forests - by Hon. John Q. Tilson; Planting Woodland Gardens - by J. Farnworth Anderson; A Man and a Mountain - Lije Coalman and Mount Hood, by Ethel Romig Fuller; Wasting Fortunes fo Make Fortunes - Guy Elliott Mitchell explains how vast quantities of Natural Gas are wasted in the search for oil - great photos including an an amazing shot of a forest of derricks in California; A Tale of a Bunny the Woodchuck - by C.H. McDonald; Nice two-color ad for the Pacific Pumper manufactured by Pacific Marine Supply Company of Seattle; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
76 pages. Features: Dealer Profile - Uno Langmann of Vancouver; Love's Auctioneers and Appraisers of Vancouver - Orest Buchinski; Profile of Aaron Milrad - Toronto Ceramics Collector; Seen at the Shows; Collector's Queries; Famous Group Portaits in the Frans Halsmuseum at Haarlem; Art Glass - lesser names offer a modern alternative; The Ceinture flechee of old New France, by Ankaret Dean; Was Painted Floor a compliment to sea-faring owners?; Mid-Victorian gardens at Hamilton's Dundurn Castle; Edwin R. Crane - General Store Merchant of Orwell, Ontario in Elgin County; Caring for Works on Paper - Part II - Deterioration - the Improper Environment; Handwoven Hats - A Sense of the Past, Part 3; 'Wilno' furniture suffers identity crisis; What's New; A talk with Robert C. Woolley of Sotheby's; Casa Loma memorabilia return to Toronto. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Marilyn Denis turns to those she trusts to tailor-make her new downtown sanctuary; Natural Habitat - Indigenous stone and wood form the foundation of Monica and Michael Belcourt's Dominican home-away-from-home; Design - A generous layout, traditional detailing and a four-season sunroom let a Quebec cottage designed by Alyson Wood play host to family and friends year-round; Home of the Month - English cottage charm and bursts of lush and colourful blooms designed by Sophie Burke and John Hollifield lend a relaxed attitude to a Vancouver home; Three bathrooms with diverse design personalities merge fashion with function; Weekend Decorating - Weave the textural appeal and natural beauty of rope into any room; Asian seafood dishes; Opulent materials and antique pieces define this regal principal bath; What's Your Dream Garden?; Urban Terrace - Celebrated Toronto landscape architect Ron Holbrook unleashes his sky-high style on his own outdoor space; Meredyth Hilton of Artistic Gardens transforms an overrun English garden in Toronto into a lawn-free space with kids in mind; Osheen Harruthoonyan - This introspective photographer pieces together dreamy moments in time; Modern by Nature - The Vancouver family of pop songstress Mary Zilba unwinds in a bold weekend home nestled in the woods; and more. 192 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
176 pages. Features: East coast style comes to B.C.'s Bowen Island; Airy Georgian Bay cottage; Florist Gilles Lord's Montreal home; Six Mud Rooms; Classic looks for front and back yards; Four front yard gardens; PEI's colourful cottage attitude; Latticework garden trellis; Summer greens; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Corner of the Road - Peru's 'Shining Path' stirs up hope - and trouble - for the destitute descendants of the Inca Empire; Blooming Legacy - Steeped in mystery, the Butchart Gardens flourishes in modern-day British Columbbia; The Ambassador of Baraboo - for Canadian George Archibald, saving the world's cranes is 'of universal interest to mankind'; Playin' Mas - Caribana, Canada's largest annual street party, transforms Toronto the good into Toronto the fun; Superfish - Biotechnology spawns 'tailor-made' stock for Canada's aquaculture industry; Out of the Rock - Printmaker David Blackwood chronicles the lives of Newfoundland's not-so-ancient mariners. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Bulb flower arrangements; Secateurs for all accasions; feeding flowers and shrubs; sowing annuals outdoors; flowers at Greenwood House; flowers through the ages; Terrariums and bottle gardens; a flower arranger visits Hong Kong; Growing Unusual Plants Indoors; Sparkling spring; Your garden in spring; creating pictures with preserved flowers; blossom time; traditional Chinese painting; porcelain is her canvas; a spring garland; aunt Mildred's sponge cake recipe; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Grow your own arrangements; keep your flowers beautiful; personal colours of flowers of the Zodiac; Floral Wonderland; An interview with Princess Grace; Clematis for flower arranging; florafood; sink and trough gardens; alpine flower arrangements; Chinese art and flower arrangement; growing camellias in wire baskets; Pasque Flower; The art of floral arrangement in France; Wood with Flowers; Spring - it's simple; Striking Foliage; Prickly customers; Plastics for the flower gardener; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: The Garden Club of Monaco;; In Your Garden; Those important hand tools; a festival of West Country Gardens; 1979 Chelsea Show; Summer Flowering Bulbs; Colour it Pink; Flowers in Luton Hoo; May Knots and Birches; Only a Rose; The Hillier Arboretum; Photographic Competition Winner; Flower Wines; Flowers through the Ages; Collecting books on Flower arranging; The Floating Garden; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Growing Lilac for the Florist; Summer White; Tulip Time; Cut and Come Again Shrubs for Flower Arranging; Foxglove Doctor; Unusual Annuals; Sweden's Finest Garden; A Simple Egg for Easter; Make an Adorable Easter Bonnet; House Plants to Grow from Seed; Gardens to Visit; Julia Clements grows her own arrangement; Spring Time; Reminiscences of a Flower Arranger; April in Your Garden; Four Ways with Wild Flowers; Don't Avoid Clematis; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
63 pages. Features: Some New Flowers for 1982; Early Spring in the Algarve; Spring Bulb Flowers will shine; My Garden - Harold Piercey; Speaking Flowers - Stuart Dickens McHugh; Some Winter Gems - Lynn Stratmann; America's Glass Flower Museum; January in your Garden; Bulbs for the Rock Garden; Cloth Leaves for Winter Decoration; Flowers and Gardens of Mughal, India; Eucalyptus - Grow your own foliage from seed; Hellebores; Some Woolly-Leaved Plants; Make your own Strelitzia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Oranges and Lemons; Summer Orange Recipes; July in your garden; Great American Gardens; Reminiscences of a Flower Arranger; Reminiscences of a Flower Arranger; - Joy Fleming; The French Line - Poppies Glow; Annuals for Spring Flowering Under Glass; African Flower Sanctuary; Lovely Leaves; Arranging your garden - foliage foil for roses; Preserving Delphiniums; Essential oils from Flower Petals; Saying it with Flowers; Hardy Cyclamen; The Christening; The simple way to achieve that Oriental look; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Inulas for odd corners; Flowers around the house; A Passion Flower Picture; Penrhyn Castle and its gardens; June in your garden; Heartsease and 'The Tendrils'; The Mignonette Tree; In Praise of the Old Fashioned; My Love for Two Gardens - Anne, Countess of Rosse; Roses, Roses, Roses; Peonies; Ferns and Foliage; Flower Arranging for Local Radio; Using natural containers - Lyn Sratmann; Shading for the Greenhouse; Chinese Flower Arrangements on Stamps; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Clivias - Julia Clements; Floranovice; Great American Gardens; The Ideal Home - and Garden; Annuals for Arrangers; Thimble Arrangements; March in Your Garden; Medicinal Plants in Medieval Christian Art; Alstroemeria; Flowers for Mother's Day; Blooming Britain; Mrs. Forget-me-not's Seasonal Hats; Flowers in Paris; Camelias to Grow and Arrange; Silk Daffodils; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Colour it Mauve; May in your Garden; Flower Arranger's Top 10; Chelsea 1982; My Love for Two Gardens; Alpine Forget-me-nots; Irises Daughters; 'Flowers' from Sea Shells; Flowers in Precious Containers; Crinum; Interesting Plants at Bodnant; Garden Sheds; Make a Cone of Fresh Flowers; Holiday Souvenir; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Up and down the Laurentians; the dramatic Deas Island Tunnel - article with great photos; Through the Annapolis Valley; Take your children to Storybook Gardens, a project of the London Public Utilities Commission (PUC); History with a high fence - Fort Macleod has captured much of southern Alberta's history and put a stockade around it; Time for all - public clocks in Canada; Imperial has already printed 25 million road maps!. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
Features: Cover Artist - Shuji Wako; Saga Goryu; Chiko School; Ichiyo School; Ikenobo School; Ikenobo School; Shinto - Japan's Spirit of Endless Renewal; Ohara Iemoto & Iemoto Designate; Rysei-Ha; Sogetsu School; Koryu Shohtohkai; Soami School; Ohara School; Japanese Gardens in England and elsewhere; Past, Present and Future - some thoughts. Average wear. Cup ring on front cover. A sound copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Small Rhododendrons from Alfeld, Germany; Rhododendrons on Postage Stamps; Proven Performers - ARS District 3; A Vireya Seed Odyssey - Some Observations; Azalea Society Convention 2001, Asheville, North Carolina; Deciduous Azaleas - Springtime in the South; Daylilies - Companion plants for Rhododendrons?; The Story of Rhododendron "Bonnie Bee'; Meerkerk Hybrid Test Garden Results, 2000; History of the ARS Research Foundation; Society News; What are These Spots? - Part II; Rhododendrons Linked to Sudden Oak Death; Rhododendrons in 3D - Dreams, Dwarfs and Delusions; The Gardens at Exbury - One Man's Obsession. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: LAIFS tour of the UCLA Botanical Gardens; Cibotium schiedei; A brief history of fern hybridization; and more Book
46 pages. Black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Music Minia; Cover Story - a Season for Family Gatherings; Project - Christmas Centrepiece - Holiday greenery; Prolific Pewter - a Pewterer's story; Cullen Gardens - a Miniature Village; Crocheted Delicacies - one woman's success in scale; Project - Log Cabin - a house for the Dollhouse; Pierre Ramet - L'Artisanat - Part 2; Bucket Bench - a French-Canadian Period Piece; Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum - a visual biography; Project - a room box - part 2; Hollywood - the golden years; Phelan City - the little city that could; Canadian National Doll Convention; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Editorial - Parliament No Longer Governs; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for the Chevrolet 2-door Bel Air Hardtop; Let's stop building $15,000 shacks - how unscrupulous inept builders cheat thousands of Canadians; How Stratford went to Broadway; Southern Ontario - Bruce Hutchison Rediscovers The Uknown Country, Part VII; The Lady and the Crooks - Lawyer Vera Parsons - she mingles with some of the toughest hoodlums in Canada; The Enchanted Isle of Sudden Death - Lionel Shapiro reports from Cyprus; Robert Thomas Allen says "Don't Tell Me Your Secrets"; Is Jean Beliveau the Best Hockey Player Ever? - by Trent Frayne; Colour Chrysler centerfold promotes the safety features of their vehicles i.e. seat belts, safety-rim wheels, sealed-beam headlights, electrically-driven windshield wipers, wrap-around windshield, etc.; Colour half-page ad for the 'Big New Studebaker' car; Quarter-page black and white ad for the movie "Simon and Laura"; Nice colour photo ad inside back cover for the Plymouth 6's and V-8's, with photo of the transmission push-buttons. 3/8" chip from lower edge of front cover. Surprisingly moderate wear. A nice tight copy of this vintage issue. Book
Features: Transforming the Food Axis - Houses, Tools, Modes of Analysis; Machines in Suburban Gardens - the 1936 T. Eaton Company Architectural Competition for House Designs; Tompkinsville, Cape Breton Island - Co-operativism and Vernacular Architecture; Slag Houses in a Steel City; British Army Officer Housing in Upper Canada, 1784-1841; Managing Household Pests the Old-Fashioned Way - Defenses against pest damages in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Also includes the following exhbit reviews: Love, Leisure and Laundry - Why Housework Just Won't Go Away; Finding a Space for Children and Their History; Power and Planning - Industrial Towns in Quebec, 1890-1950. Seven book reviews. and more. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
Features: Cycling among mountains - BC's Golden Triangle is a peak-rimmed challenge; What get's a porcupine's back up?; Growing Wild - Wildflower Gardens revel in the subtle charms of woodland flowers in their own backyards; Manitoba's Mosquito Wars - Winnipeg battles an unbeatable foe.; Murres on the Menu - Marauding gulls and foxes take their share of murres, but ravens are the true robber-barons of Digges Island. Usual library markings. Average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book