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| BARBARA (MABEL OSGOOD WIRGHT), The Garden, You, and I. New York, Macmillan, 1906. First Edition, 8VO, 397 pp. A lovely copy with bright decorated covers. Fading to flowers on spine ow Fine. NF Â ¶ Illustrated with tipped-in tissue-guarded photographic plates and colour frontis USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 12370 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| CLARK, ROBERT, Flowering Trees. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1963. Book Club Edition, 8VO, 241 pp. Jacket edgeworn VG/VG Â ¶ Nice line drawings and lovely colour plates by Darrell Sweet. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 706] Book number: 9793 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| CLARK, ROBERT B (ILL DARELL SWEET), Flowering Trees. Priceton, NJ, Van Nostrand, 1963. Book Club Edition, 8VO, 241 pp. Presentation inscription on FFEP, jacket edgworn with several chips and some creasing. VG/VG Â ¶ Six very nice colour plates by Sweet, 28 pages of line drawings of flowering branches, buds and fruits. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 | £UK 3.75 | JP¥ 530] Book number: 16730 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| A COMMUTER'S WIFE (MABEL OSGOOD WIRGHT), People of the Whirlpool. New York, Macmillan, 1906 (1903). 8th Printing, 8VO, 365 pp. A very nice copy with bright gilt. Owner's name. NF Â ¶ Illustrated with tipped-in black and white plates. TEG USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 12371 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| DAMON, BERTHA, Sense of Humus. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1943. Third Printing, 8VO, 249 pp. NF/VG Â ¶ Very nice copy in somewhat edgeworn priceclipped jacket. Owner's name on FFEP. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 15282 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| FARRER, REGINALD & CLAY, SAMPSON, The English Rock Garden - 2 Volumes [together with] The Present-Day Rock Garden. London, T C & E C JACK, 1930, 1937. 5th Impressions and First Edtion, 8VO, Light wear, some spotting to the covers. Gilt bright on all volumes, Same owner's name in all three and presentation book plate in Vol 1 of English Rock Garden. A heavy set, special shipping considerations may apply. VG Â ¶ All volumes uniformly bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. All extensively illustrated with black and white plates. Together they make an authoritative and very useful gardening reference. USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 | £UK 51.25 | JP¥ 7502] Book number: 21751 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| GABRIELSON, IRA N., Western American Alpines. Sakonnet Point, RI, Theophrastus, 1972(1932). Facsimile Reprint, 8VO, 271 pp. Very light wear, bookplate. VG Â ¶ A handsome facsimile of this gardening classic, well illustrated in black and white. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 24587 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| JPBB, JAMIE, The Complete Book of Community Gardening. New York, William Morrow, 1979. First Edition, 4TO, 190 pp. Light wear. Softcover. VG in Wraps  ¶ Well illustrated in black and white. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 | £UK 3.75 | JP¥ 530] Book number: 20442 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| KRAMER, JACK, Container Gardening Indoors and Out. New York, Doubleday, 1971. BCE, 8VO, 180 pp. Nice copy in worn jacket 157 pp. Â ¶ The complete guide to growing and decorating with portable plants, trees and shrubs USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 | £UK 4.25 | JP¥ 618] Book number: 4953 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| MATTHEWS, W. H., Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development. London, Longgmans Green, 1922. First Edition, 8VO, 254 pp. Good  ¶ Ex-library copy rebound in decorated library buckram, worn at head of spine. Usual library markings. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 26214 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| MCHOY, PETER, Pruning : The Complete Guide to Perfect Pruning. Vancouver, Whitecap Books, 1997. First Canadian Edition, Square 8VO, 96 pp NF/NF Â ¶ Well illustrated with colour photos. Comprehensive. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 14150 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| OWEN, ROSEMARY, The Pacific Bulb Gardener. Sidney, BC, Gray's Publishing, 1971. First Edition, 8VO, 87 pp. Fine  ¶ Black and white photos. A fine copy. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 706] Book number: 25044 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| PETERSHAM, MAUD AND MISKA, The Story Book of Cotton. New York, Winston, 1948(1939). Reprint, 8VO, Edges worn, pasteon scratched and rubbed. VG Â ¶ Striking colour and dutone illustrations by the Petershams. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 | £UK 3.75 | JP¥ 530] Book number: 17532 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| PHILLIPS, HENRY, Pomarium Britannicum ; an Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits Known in Great Britain. London, Henry Colburn, 1823. Third Edition, 8VO, 372 pp. A non-circulating ex-library copy in original stamped floral boards. Rebacked in green cloth with original spine laid on but in need of rebacking again as new and old material missing a 33 mm high piece on upper spine, exposing the mull beneath. Bookplate on front pastedown, various interior stamps and markings, no pocket. Call letters on black tape on lower spine. Good  ¶ Third Edition, Considerably Enlarged and Improved. With three plates at rear, uncoloured in this edition. USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.5 | £UK 57.25 | JP¥ 8384] Book number: 17378 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| PRITCHETT, V S, A Careless Widow and Other Stories. New York, Random House, 1989. First US Edition, 8VO, 164 pp. A fine copy. F/F Â ¶ Short stories by a master of the genre. USD 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.75 | £UK 2.5 | JP¥ 353] Book number: 17531 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| SUTTON AND SONS, The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers. London, Simpkin Marshall, 1936. Reprint, 8VO, 458 pp. VG+ Â ¶ In unusually nice condition. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 706] Book number: 6821 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| TEUSHCER, HENRY, Window-Box Gardening. New York, Macmillan, 1969(1956). Revised Edition - 3rd Printing, 8VO, 180 pp. Light wear. NF/VG Â ¶ An illustrated guide for the Outdoor Culture of Plants in Boxes, Tubs and Hanging Baskets USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 | £UK 4.25 | JP¥ 618] Book number: 4952 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| THOMAS H.H., THE IDEAL GARDEN. London, Cassell & Co, 1911. Third Edition, 8VO, 276 pp. VG Â ¶ With 16 coloured plates and 96 illustrations from photographs. Bound in elaborately decorated and very attractive cloth, somehat faded but still lovely. Overall light wear. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 25550 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| WARD, CYRIL, Royal Gardens. London, Longmans Green, 1912. First Edition, 4TO, 182 pp. A very nice non-circulating ex-library copy. Call letters on spine, label on FFEP, various interior stampings. Spine tail worn, joints starting, otherwise light wear.T VG Â ¶ Illustrated with 32 full page tissue-guarded colour reproductions from watercolours and with five pen drawings by the author. Bound in green cloth, black stamping on front cover, gilt on spine. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 17284 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| WATSON, ALEXANDER, The American Home Garden, being Principles and Rules for the Culture of Vegetable, Fruits, Flowers, and Shrubbery to Which are Added Brief Notes on Farm Crops with a Table of Their Average Product and Chemical Constituents. New York, HARPER & BROS, 1860. Early Printing, 8VO, ix, 531+ ads Misssing FFEP, sticker remains on blank preliminary, newspaper clipping pasted to rear of dedication page. There is a tear in the middle of the spine, otherwise a solid copy showing overall light wear. VG Â ¶ A comprehensive survey and manual on the home garden in the mid 19th Century. Extensively illustrated with wood engravings in the text. Bound in gilt and blind stamped brown cloth with gilt vingnette of floral basket on front board. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 | £UK 75.25 | JP¥ 11032] Book number: 24343 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| WHITEHEAD, STANLEY B, The Observer's Book of House Plants. London, Warne, 1974(1972). Second Printing, 12MO, 185 pp + index VG/Vg USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 | £UK 3.25 | JP¥ 441] Book number: 9805 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. | ||
| WRIGHT, HORACE J, Sweet Peas - Present Day Gardening. London, T C & E C JACK, nd. 8VO, 116 pp. Iregular darker stain along lower edges otherwise an attractive lightly worn copy. VG Â ¶ One of the Present Day Gardening Series. Quite a handsome production with cover pasteon and eight colour plates. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 18368 Click here to order or inquire at Neil Williams, Bookseller. |
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