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| ANDRE, EDOUARD., L'Art Des Jardins: Traite General de la Composition Des Parcs et Jardins. Paris, G. Masson, 1879. Hardbound. VG or better, ex art library copy with ornate bookplate, faint ink stamp on top and bottom of text block, barcode inside rear cover. Quite nice. Publishers' maroon cloth with gilt title, beveled edges. A.e.g. marbled endpapers. viii, 888 pp. 9 color lithographed plates. incl. one double- page, 520 numbered illustrations to text, some light spotting. Â ¶ A famous and fabulous mid-19th century treatise on garden design. As noted in another description, "Appended to the comprehensive text is a list of public and private parks (there are 30 private parks listed for the USA). There appears to be an issue point on the book with some copies calling for 11 plates on the title. There is no such notice on the title page of this copy. It is complete with 9 plates.". USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 500.5 | £UK 450.75 | JP¥ 66193] Book number: 115312 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| BLOMFIELD, REGINALD AND F. INIGO THOMAS., The Formal Garden in England. London, MacMilland & Co. 1892. Second. Hardbound. Very clean and tight interior but with soiling to covers and ex-lib. markings;. Cream cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; 249 pp. with 67 bw figures;. ¶ Including sections on garden architecture, ponds, and more; with ten chapters, prefaces to both the first and second editions, and a list of illustrations. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 116377 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| LUIGI DAMI., The Italian Garden. New York, Brentano's, [1924]. Hardbound. VG-, first signature a wee bit loose, art library bookplate inside front cover. Greyish cloth. 59, [7] pp. with 351 bw plates. Â ¶ A lavishly illustrated book on Italian Gardens. After the Introductory and explanatory text, there is an Index of Garden Works, an Index of Artists, and an Index of Places. USD 400.00 [Appr.: EURO 267 | £UK 240.5 | JP¥ 35303] Book number: 115282 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| FLETCHER, H.R., The Story of the Royal Horticultural Society, 1804 - 1968. London, Oxford University Press, 1969. Hardcover. VG/VG. Green cloth, green ill. DJ. xii, 564 pp. 28 color and bw plates. Â ¶ Authoritative account of the history of the Society. Since its early days, it has been responsible for introducing new plant species and enriching gardens everywhere. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 27394 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| GHETTI, MARIO WITH OTHERS., Il Giardino Botanico di Boboli. Florence, Centro Di della Edifimi srl, 1996. Softcover. ISBN: 8870382923. Good, with owner's name in ink and some scuffing to back cover; else very clean and tight. Green wraps, stapled, with color illustration and yellow lettering; 16 pp. with 8 images in color and 8 in bw. Â ¶ Includes 4 essays about the magnificent gardens at the Pitti Palace in Florence. Text in Italian. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 112370 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| HICKS, ASHLEY (ED.)., David Hicks: My Kind of Garden. Woodbridge, Suffolk, Garden Art Press, 1999. Hardbound. ISBN: 1872673301. VG but with owner's signature. Green cloth with gold lettering; 272 pp. with numerous bw and color illustrations. Â ¶ A book by renowned gardener, David Hicks, on his life as a gardener, his influences and inspirations, his favorite gardens, his own designs, and much more. With a foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and comments by Ashley Hicks, who complete the book after David Hicks's death. USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.75 | £UK 33.25 | JP¥ 4854] Book number: 112374 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| HOBHOUSE, PENELOPE AND PATRICK TAYLOR., The Gardens of Europe: An Invaluable Guide to 700 Gardens Open to the Public Throughout Europe. New York, Random House, 1990. Hardbound. ISBN: 0679400419. VG/VG with owner's name in ink. Green cloth with silver lettering; purple and green dj with color illustrations and yellow, purple, and white lettering; protective cover; 384 pp. with 160 photographs, paintings, and engravings. Â ¶ Includes gardens all over Europe, from Scandinavia to Sicily and from Portugal to the Black Sea, described by an international team of contributors, with biographies of architects, garden designers, and gardeners; includes definitions of garden terms and maps showing the location of every garden. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1589] Book number: 112368 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| HOBHOUSE, PENELOPE., In Search of Paradise: Great Gardens of the World. Chicago, Chicago Botanic Garden, 2006. Hardbound. ISBN: 9780711226159. VG but with owner's signature in ink. Green cloth with gold lettering; 269 pp. profusely illustrated in color. Â ¶ Includes gardens of Asia, Continental Europe, England (not the entire UK), North America; with further topics of water gardens, city gardens, Mediterranean, tropical, and desert gardens, ecology, and materials. Beautiful photographs. USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 2824] Book number: 112357 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| JEKYLL, GERTRUDE., Wall, Water and Woodland Gardens, Including the Rock Garden and the Heath Garden. Woodbridge, Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1982. Hardbound. ISBN: 090746226X. VG/VG. Green cloth with gilt lettering; white dj with color illustration and black lettering; 478 pp. with numerous color and bw images throughout. Â ¶ The 8th edition of this historic work on gardening by the renowned Jekyll, with a chapter on the Asiatic Primulas by G.C. Taylor. USD 42.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 | £UK 25.25 | JP¥ 3707] Book number: 112371 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| LACEY, STEPHEN., Gardens of the National Trust. London, National Trust Enterprises Limited, 1996. Hardbound. VG/VG but with previous owner's name in ink. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine; green dj with color illustration and yellow lettering; protective cover; 320 pp. profusely illustrated in color. Â ¶ Includes garden specialties and a plant index as well as photographs and text material about each garden. Gardens are listed in alphabetical order by name of stately home to which they are connected. USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 17 | JP¥ 2471] Book number: 112363 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| LEYLAND, JOHN, ED. (OF SECOND VOLUME, AT LEAST)., Gardens Old and New, The Country House & Its Garden Environment, (volumes1+2). London, The Offices of Country Life Illustrated / George Newnes, Limited. Hardcover. VG, ornate library bookplates in both volumes. Vol. 1: Aqua dark bluish green cloth, with black embossed title and design. A.e.g. xxiv, 294 pp. Profuse bw photographic plates. Title page vignette by Will Jenkins. Vol. 2: Greyish cloth with black embossed title and design. A.e.g. Illustrated from photographs by Charles Latham. xlii, 284 pp. profusely illustrated in bw. Â ¶ Exquisite examples of English gardens. The author also provides information about the gardens' owners as well as describing the properties. These tow volumes are quite highly decorated with an art nouveau flair, both on the covers and the cartouches and vignettes inside. Both these volumes are presumed first editions, as they both lack dates of any sort. USD 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 300.25 | £UK 270.5 | JP¥ 39716] Book number: 115297 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| MAWSON, THOMAS H., The Art and Craft of Garden Making. London, B. T. Batsford, 1900. Hardbound. VG, ornate art library bookplate, tiny gold letters at the base of spine. Really a very attractive copy. Green elaborately embossed and gilt publishers' cloth. xvii, [1], 224 pp. profusely illustrated in bw. Â ¶ A magnicent work, not only for its fine drawings and photographs. Illustrated by photgraphic views, and perspective drawings by Mr. C. E. Mallows and others, also chapter headings designed by Mr. D. Chamberlain, and over one hundred and thirty plans and details of gardens designed by the author. USD 425.00 [Appr.: EURO 283.5 | £UK 255.5 | JP¥ 37509] Book number: 115272 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| PEAN, P., JARDINS DE FRANCE. Paris, A. Vincent & Cie, 1925. Hardbound. VG, library numbers on lower spines, appear unused. Plates and pages are bright and clean. Marbles bluish boards with ties and gilt titles. 2 Portfolios. Vol. 1: (12) + 19 pp. on 13 ff + heliographic photographic plates 1-64. Vol. 2: (2) + 18 pp. on 9 ff + heliographic photographic plates 65-132. Â ¶ This large and impressive set includes an Introduction by M. Carvallo. It presents wonderful bw photographs on many of Frances better known Gardens, including Versailles, Vau-Le-Comte, Chantilly, Wideville, Ognon, Saint-Cloud, etc. USD 375.00 [Appr.: EURO 250.25 | £UK 225.5 | JP¥ 33097] Book number: 111832 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| QUEST-RITSON, CHARLES., The English Garden Abroad. London, Viking, 1992. Hardbound. ISBN: 0670832529. VG/VG but with previous owner's name in ink. Dark grey cloth with gold lettering; green dj with color illustrations and white lettering; with protective cover; 232 pp. profusely illustrated in color and bw. Â ¶ Illustrated throughout with modern and archival photographs, the book recreates the world of forgotten English-style gardens abroad (mostly on the Continent) and their often eccentric owners. With beautiful photographs and excellent text. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 112359 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| RIAT, GEORGES., L'Art des Jardins. Paris, Societe Francaise d'Editions d'Art, No Date. Hardbound. Good, clean and tight but with ex-lib. markings and sunning to page edges;. Green cloth with black decoration and gold lettering; 389 pp. with bw illustrations throughout;. ¶ Text in French; good condition for its age; index and table of contents in back of book. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 116379 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| RICHARDSON, TIM., English Gardens in the Twentieth Century: From the Archives of Country Life. London, Aurum Press, 2005. Hardbound. ISBN: 1845130715. VG but with previous owner's signature in ink. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine; 208 pp. with numerous bw and color photographs. Â ¶ Covers famous gardens and garden designers from 1900 to 1999, including Hidcote and Sissinghurst; profusely illustrated and with extensive text. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 112358 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| RICHARDSON, TIM., English Gardens in the Twentieth Century: From the Archives of Country Life. London, Aurum Press, 2005. Hardbound. ISBN: 1845130715. Good/VG but with coffee stain at very top page edges (not on page faces themselves). Black cloth with gold lettering on spine; green illustrated dj with white lettering; 208 pp. with numerous bw and color photographs. Â ¶ Covers famous gardens and garden designers from 1900 to 1999, including Hidcote and Sissinghurst; profusely illustrated and with extensive text. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3530] Book number: 112406 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| ROBINSIN, W., Garden Design and Architects' Gardens. London, John Murray, 1892. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good, clean and tight but with ex-lib. marks, including spine sticker and bookplate;. Blue cloth with gold lettering; 73 pp. with 27 bw illustrations;. ¶ "Two reviews, illustrated, to show, by actual examples from British gardens, that clipping and aligning trees to make them 'harmonise' with architecture is barbarous, needless, and inartistic." Discusses garden design, landscape, buildings in relation to the garden, formal gardening, vegetable sculpture, Battersea Park, and much more. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 | £UK 90.25 | JP¥ 13239] Book number: 116716 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| SEDDING, JOHN D., Garden-Craft Old and New. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1892. Hardbound. Very good interior but ex-lib. copy with spine sticker, bookplate, and stamps to page edges; some wear and discoloration to covers;. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; 215 pp. with several bw illustrations;. ¶ No table of contents or list of plates; a very interesting study of European gardening, with several plates of design layouts and formal garden illustrations; this tends to be geared towards the gardener who has a stately home or castle (and a paid gardener), rather than someone with a semi-detached house or container garden. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 116662 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| TAYLOR, PATRICK., One Hundred English Gardens: The Best of the English Heritage Parks and Gardens Register. London, Headline Book Publishing, 1995. Hardbound. ISBN: 0747211744. VG but with previous owner's name in ink. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine; color-illustrated dj with black lettering; protective cover; 216 pp. with numerous color photographs. Â ¶ An inspiring collection of England's finest historic gardens, evocatively photographed throughout the year. With photographs and text about each location. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1589] Book number: 112361 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| TRIGGS, H. INIGO., Formal Gardens in England and Scotland - Their Planning and Arrangement, Architectural and Ornamental Features. London, B.T.Batsford, 1902. Hardbound. VG overall, ex university library with bookplates and de-accessions stamps in all three portfolios. Generally clean and fresh. Green, printed boards with folding flaps on inside of portfolios. xviii, 63pp of text, complete with 125 plates in bw colotype in the three portfolios. Â ¶ A delightful set, illustrative of both the gardens and the estates upon which these gardens were created. One of the larger books of this genre published at the turn of the 20th Century. The plates are from drawings by Triggs (the author) and L. Rome Guthrie, and collotypes from photographs by Charles Latham. USD 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 333.75 | £UK 300.5 | JP¥ 44129] Book number: 111833 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. | ||
| TRIGGS, H. INIGO., Formal Gardens in England and Scotland - Their Planning and Arrangement, Architectural and Ornamental Features. London, B.T.Batsford, 1902. Hardbound. VG overall, ex art library copies with decorative bookplates in all three portfolios. Generally clean and fresh. Green, printed boards with folding flaps on inside of portfolios. xviii, 63pp of text, complete with 125 plates in bw colotype in the three portfolios. Â ¶ A delightful set, illustrative of both the gardens and the estates upon which these gardens were created. One of the larger books of this genre published at the turn of the 20th Century. The plates are from drawings by Triggs (the author) and L. Rome Guthrie, and collotypes from photographs by Charles Latham. USD 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 333.75 | £UK 300.5 | JP¥ 44129] Book number: 115281 Click here to order or inquire at Kevin Mullen, Bookseller. |
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