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London, UK & NY: J.M. Dent / E.P.Dutton & Company, 1905. Oversize Hardbound. GOOD+. 196 indexed and slightly age tanned pages including 50 tipped in color prints plus Frontispiece, on glossy paper. Blue Boards with gilt tiles on spine and front and gilt flower design. Top edge gilt, deckle edge on side and bottom. 4 page sections with collation numbers show some gaps between them but no page loosening. Rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends. Spine ends are softened and top one has a small chip. Some light spotting on cover. Free endpapers are severely age tanned. Only title page shows foxing. Beautiful full page, water color sketches identifying both the flower and location shown. No dust jacket. "Various modern garden writers have...already laid stress on the importance of colour-effect in our gardens...this book is offered with the hope that the addition of sketches in colour to the writings of well-known authorities...may be of real practical assistance...most of the illustrations have been…
Read More Terra: a philosophical discourse of earth. Relating to the culture and improvement of it for vegetation, and the propagation of plants, as it was presented to the Royal Society. A new edition with notes by A. Hunter. by Evelyn, John - 1778
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by Evelyn, John
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London: Printed By A. Ward for J. Dodsley; T. Cadell; J. Robson; T. Durham & W. Creech, 1778. One folding table, pp vi, 194, a little foxing and browning, endpapers unevenly browned, contemporary tree calf, generally rubbed and slightly worn, but sound.. Full-Leather. Good.
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London: Published at the Offices of "Country Life, 1913. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 344, 15 pages. Hardcover bound in white quarter cloth with grey cloth covered boards. The binding is quite worn and stained but sound. Old glass rings and stains on the front cover, especially at the fore edge. The white cloth spine is foxed and the spine is toned and the spine gilt a bit dulled. A sound copy with secure hinges. Text is clean. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Signed on the back side of the frontis by William Lanier Hunt. William Lanier Hunt (1906-1996) was the "Dean of Southern Horticulture." He donated land along the Morgan Creek in southern Orange County, NC to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and is now known as the Hunt Arboretum.
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Genève: Librairié Ch. Mentz, 1877. Very attractive copy of this first edition Catalogue raisonné. A catalogue of species of Roses existing in 1877, Three quarters red leather with marbled boards. A little rubbing to the edges of the boards. Binding is clean and bright with just a little handling. Internally clean and tidy throughout. 348 pages, charts. 225 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches). Très bel exemplaire de cette première édition du Catalogue raisonné. Un catalogue d'espèces de Roses existant en 1877, Trois quarts cuir rouge avec plats marbrés. Un petit frottement sur les bords des plats. La reliure est propre et brillante avec juste un peu de manipulation. Intérieurement propre et rangé partout. 348 pages, graphiques.
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by Wilde, Madeleine
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Chatwin Books, 2021. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New. New! 'I know from my own experience that an evening spent tending my garden, after another incomprehensible day, brings a strength and calmness that no other activity can match. Is it the qualities associated with gardening, such as nurturing and the hard work of hands and heart, that are deficient in our culture? Much good writing has been done about the garden as a special place.' Madeleine Wilde's woodland garden on the south slope of Seattle's Queen Anne Hill was more than a "special place." It was her Sanctuary, her prism through which she explored the world and accomplished "much good writing." For two decades, starting in the early 1990s, Madeleine's "Notes from the Garden" delighted readers of the Queen Anne & Magnolia News in Seattle. Here, in luminous prose, is the best of her work from those years, ranging from hands-on advice for gardeners and would-be gardeners to poetically charged, often wry, insights into life in the tradition…
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by John Ruskin
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by W. S. Rogers
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The Carrot Seed
by Ruth Krauss & Crockett Johnson
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Krauss, Ruth: The Carrot Seed. Illustrated by Crockett Johnson, author, illustrator of the Harold and the Purple Crayon series. 1945, Harper & Brothers FIRST EDITION. States 1945 on the title page. Beige Boards. USED. Good Condition/ no dust jacket is included. A nice solid copy. 6 X 8 ¼. "Ruth Krauss's book about a little boy who stands his ground and grows a carrot in the face of doubt from his parents brings up themes of individuality, standing one's ground, and what it is to know something, or the basis of knowledge"
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The Adventure: Ghosts of the Petit Trianon
by Moberly, C
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The Adventure: Ghosts of the Petit Trianon (2014 reprint, White Rabbit Press) By C. Moberly. Used. Very Good Condition. Paperback. By C. Moberly, L. Jourdain, and Tony Walker. MARIE ANTOINETTE. TIMESLIP, PARANORMAL. Summary: On 10 August, 1901, two English women walked into the past. During a visit to the Palace of Versailles, on the anniversary of the French Revolution, two ordinary women saw the French Queen, Marie Antionette sitting in the gardens in front of them, along with nobles, gardeners, houses, bridges and stones that when they went back were no longer there. Their timeslip experience has become known as the Ghosts of the Petit Trianon. Previously out of print, this is a new edition with additional timeslip type experiences at Versailles. A hard to find item.
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The Carrot Seed
by Ruth Krauss & Crockett Johnson
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Ruth Krauss. The Carrot Seed. Illustrated by Crockett Johnson, author, illustrator of the Harold and the Purple Crayon series. 1945, Harper & Brothers First Edition. States 1945 on the title page. QUITE RARE. EXLIB. Good Condition/ no dust jacket is included. A nice solid copy. "Ruth Krauss's book about a little boy who stands his ground and grows a carrot in the face of doubt from his parents brings up themes of individuality, standing one's ground, and what it is to know something (the basis of knowledge)" Not an easy find.
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Del Giardino
by V. Sackville West
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Lime green cloth folio (31 x 25mm) with a paste-down floral watercolor image on the cover. The slightest sign of a dampstain exists under that image, floral endpapers inside. Text in ITALIAN with many full page watercolors. The chapters headings are months of the year. This is a collection of articles written by Vita between 1947 and 1961 for the Observer.
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Zahradník v rok (Gardener's Year)
by apek, Karel
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Prague: eskoslovenský spisovatel, 1969. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good +. Alena Dostálová. 123 pp. Small octavo [19.5 cm]. White cloth over boards with green stamped illustration on front cover and green stamped title on spine. Green satin ribbon page marker laid in, exhibiting some fraying at edges. Cloth and jacket are soiled in some places, original dust jacket has a [2 cm x .25 cm] chip near head of spine on front cover and some small tears near head/tail of spine. Originally published in 1929 and illustrated by his brother, this is apek's departure from political works and journalism into the world of plants. This is his guide to gardening, written and published in the Czech language.
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Sakuteiki Visions of the Japanese Garden
by Marc P. Jiro Takei; Keane
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The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly 1000 years ago, making it the oldest work on Japanese gardening; in fact, the oldest book on gardening in the world! In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work; and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. A Japanese court noble wrote the Sakuteiki during the Heian period (794-1184). During this critical era in Japanese history cultural influences on poetry, clothing-and gardening-that had been imported from China and Korea over the previous centuries were reexamined and reinterpreted into their unique Japanese forms. The Sakuteiki contains the first systematic record of this new… Read More
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Barry's Fruit Garden; New Edition Revised And Brought Down To Date, By The Author
by Barry, P
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New York: Orange Judd, 1890. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth, gilt front cover design bright. Very good. 516 pages. 18.5 x 13 cm. Illustrated with 190 text figures. Two indices: General Index & Index To The Different Fruits. Fruit descriptions note State origins of the various fruits. Very firm fresh copy, interior bright and clean. beveled edges.
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