Horticulture

THE PICTURE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SMALL PLANTS.

192p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. Mildly XLib. 4to. Original cloth backed binding, slightly worn at extremities. Original dust jacket, soiled and torn. Hardbound. PLANTS W131

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Fell, Derek.MareMagnum

THE PENNSYLVANIA GARDENER. All About Gardening in the Keystone State.

262 pages. Illustrated with 35 full-color photographs and 34 diagrams, charts and illustrations. 6.25" x 9.25". Original full cloth binding "Derek Fell's comprehensive and detailed study of Pennsylvania's rich horticultural tradition is the latest and greatest in the long overdue trend toward gardening books that focus on unique regional characteristics. An immensely enjoyable book." -- George Ball, Jr. President, W. Atlee Burpee & Company. ISBN 0-904159-15-5. NEW CONDITION.

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Fletcher, KimMareMagnum

The Penguin Modern Australasian Herbal

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Drawing on current scientific research, Kim Fletcher offers a comparison of traditional and up-to-the-minute uses for herbs in medicines, food, pesticides and crafts. Detailed botanical descriptions and line sketches aid identification, and there are instructions for propagation and cultivation. 271 pages.

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ROBINSON, W. [William]MareMagnum

The Parks, Promenades & Gardens of Paris Described and Considered in Relation to the Wants of Our Own Cities and of Public and Private Gardens

thick 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxxii, 644 pp, engraved frontis, 48 engraved plates, 3 foldout maps/plans, 378 other illustrations including plans, title-page vignette, index. original pictorial & blind-stamped cloth, decorated in black & gilt, gilt lettering on spine, Robert Alexander's bookplate on endpaper, light fraying at spine ends, hinge cracked but firm, first two leaves lightly foxed, very good, interior clean. A pictu Horticultural Society of New York Catalogue p. 189. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 268. Robinson was "the most famous and controversial gardening journalist of the nineteenth century" (Hugh Johnson). This is the second book published by the author, who has been called the father of English gardening. This work helped to establish his reputation. Many of his later works had roots in this work. Beautifully illustrated, with views and plans of Paris, plants, gardens, tools, prining arrangements, etc. Mea Allen p. 95.

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BROWN JaneMareMagnum

The Omnipotent Magician. Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, 1716-1783. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates, and maps and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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BROWN JaneMareMagnum

The Omnipotent Magician. Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, 1716-1783. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates, and maps and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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ROHDE (Eleanour Sinclair)MareMagnum

The Old English Gardening Books.

4to, xii,144pp., one of 500 numbered copies, 16 plates, 8 plans, orig. cloth, d.w. The books surveyed in this volume range from 1503 to 1706 (with an extensive bibliography).

Forest Books William Laywood · Grantham, GB31,79 €

WHITEHEAD Stanley B.MareMagnum

The Observer's Book of House Plants. Describing 150 Types illustrated in colour [by Joan Lupton]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 150 coloured illustrations in the text; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Observer 46. Code 1040.572. Marren & Carter, p.168-9.

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Saville, DianaMareMagnum

The Observer's Book of Gardens of England, Scotland & Wales

No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to spine and no bumping to sharp corners. 184pp. A guide to 140 of the finest gardens in Britain which are open to visitors.

Godley Books · Hyde, GB56,87 €

KING ArthurMareMagnum

The Observer's Book of Garden Flowers. Compiled by Arthur King from the larger Work ;The Book of Garden Flowers' by G. .R. Philips. With Illustrations by Joan Lupton. FIRST EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 100 plates in colour and 100 illustrations in monochrome in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soile and with with small label scar on front wrapper. Observer 25. Code 532.856. Marren & Carter, p.160.

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AnonMareMagnum

The Lily Year Book 1956 Number Nineteen

Index. 32 illustrations. Light shelfwear.

Andmeister Books · London, GB25,02 €

ELLMAN, John (editor), published anonymously with about 70 contributors by experts of the timeMareMagnum

The Library of Agricultural and Horticultural Knowledge; with a Memoir by Mr Ellman, late of Glynde, and Appendix containing a Farmer's and Gardener's Calendar, & a collection of useful Tables

8vo [25 x 16 cm]; lxiv, 695 pp, engraved portrait of Ellman, engraved illus, 10 hand colored engraved illustrations of grasses, tables, index. original half calf and boards with new cloth spine and title lettering on paper spine label, covers worn, marbled edges, light stain title and frontis margin, interior is clean, mostly unfoxed and near fine in good cover. A picture of this book is availab A survey of the main topics that a farmer of the day would need to have reference material on including botany, fruit growing, vegetable and flower growing, cattle, dairy, game, bee keeping, draining, horses, grasses, field crops, trees, poultry, hops, wine making, etc, arranged alphabetically, with detailed appendices.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA215,11 €

LOUDON (Mrs. [Jane Webb])MareMagnum

The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants.

First edition, 4to, xii, 215, [1]pp., with half-title, 42 hand-coloured lithographed plates, marbled endpapers, green half crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine tooled with floral decorations within raised bands, corners lightly rubbed otherwise a fine copy. An exceptionally clean copy of this work by one of the most popular and successful female botanical illustrators. Provenance: Bookplate of Mrs. L. Bartlett to front paste-down. Nissen BBI 1236.

Forest Books William Laywood · Grantham, GB2 047,92 €

Chittenden, F. J. (Editor)MareMagnum

The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society Vol. LVIII Part 2. September 1933

Numerous illustrations and photographs in black and white. Paginated iv, 236:442, civi, xii. Title page loose. Small tear at base of spine; wear to top/tail of spine; spine and covers browned in places. Small chips and tears. Page edges greyed with dust marks. Some foxing to page edges.

Andmeister Books · London, GB18,20 €

Chittenden, F. J. (Editor)MareMagnum

The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society Vol. XXXIX Part 2. December 1913

Numerous illustrations and photographs in black and white. Paginated 314-512, xciv-clxxxiv, 64. Heavily worn spine with loss of top half. Front cover worn and marked, foxed. Back cover loose. Foxing to page edges and occasional in the text.

Andmeister Books · London, GB13,65 €

LAMB EdgarMareMagnum

The Illustrated Reference on Cacti and other Succulents. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

5 vols., 8vo., with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original cloth (red/red/red/red/black), gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. Lovely set of a standard reference; first published 1955-1978.

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NICHOLSON GeorgesMareMagnum

The illustrated dictionnary of gardening. A practical ans scientific encyclopedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists. Vol. 1-2 et 3-4.

Deux volumes reliures demi-basane. 544 + 608 pages. 20x26cm. Manques aux couvertures. Mouillures en marges.

Librairie Loic Simon · Saint Sulpice sur Loire, FR80,00 €

Nicholson George (a Cura Di)MareMagnum

The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening a Practical and Scientific Encyclopedia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botaniststs

Mm 200x255 Opera in otto volumi (1880 circa) con numerosissime illustrazioni, legatura editoriale in tela verde con scritte e decorazioni in oro e nero ai piatti e ai dorsi, dorature ai tagli. L'opera è in buone condizioni, e mostra segni d'uso normali (angoli e cuffie lise) con l'eccezione del primo volume il cui dorso è parzialmente distaccato.

Salvalibro Snc · Foligno, IT180,00 €

Barry, P.; Smith, J. Jay. (Editors).MareMagnum

THE HORTICULTURIST AND JOURNAL OF RURAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. Devoted To Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology, Entomology, Rural Economy, etc. New Series, Vol. V.-January to December, 1855. Whole Number, 10 Vols.

582p. + Frontis and seventeen full page engraved and lithographed plates of fruits, flowers, architecture and portraits. Numerous wood engraved text illustrations. Decorative title page. Text ruled in black. Age stained and foxed. Slight damp staining. Inked and penciled ownership of Z. P. Wesley, York, PA, 1914. 8vo. Original half leather binding. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Raised bands. Hardbound. Nice condition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W130

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Paterson, AllenMareMagnum

The History of the Rose

255 pages. Abundantly illustrated, oftern in colour. "Records both the extraordinary development of so many types of rose and the growth in the significance of roses." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Worthy reference copy. Book

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McRae, Bobbi A. (Compiler).MareMagnum

THE HERB COMPANION. WISHBOOK AND RESOURCE GUIDE.

302p. Illustrated with drawings. Damp staining. 4to. Original printed wraps. Paperback. PLANTS W131

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JENKINS E.H.MareMagnum

The Hardy Flower Book. Edited by F.W. Harvey. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 50 photographs, illustrations and diagrams in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, backstrip mildly age-faded (but all gilt bright and clear), a very good, clean copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Published in the Country Life Library.

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Briggs, MaryMareMagnum

The Guinness Book of Wild Flowers

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing and very slight fading to spine. 160pp. Studies of a selection of our most colourful and well-loved wild flowers, with reference in the text to related species, with fifty illustrated in full-page colour photographs.