J J Bell's Floral Annual 1891

Windsor, New York, J J Bell, 1891. Soft cover. Exceptionally scarce and beautifully illustrated seed catalogue. Mono throughout, vegetable section on pink stock. Numerous engravings promising bounteous results. Bell sold his business in the 1900s and established the rival Deposit Seed Company. He later found himself in court for intercepting mail to his former company in an early case of industrial espionage. All in very good internal order, light wear to paper covers, with a little creasing etc to edges. Only one copy listed on WorldCat, at the New-York Historical Society Library. 4to. 64pp. Additional photos on request. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 104818

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: IOBA25

The Gardens of Williamsburg

Williamsburg, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1986. Soft cover. Well produced pictorial guide in VG order throughout. Light wear only to edges of covers. 4to. 50pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006964

Catalogue: Gardening

One & All Seeds & Fertilisers, 1914

London, Agricultural & Horticultural Association, 1914. Soft cover. Exceptionally scarce catalogue well illustrated with photos. Seeds, plants and sundries. Colour cover, mono internally. All in VG internal order, some wear to covers. 4to. 100pp. Additional photos on request. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 104819

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: IOBA25

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon on Gardens His Essay, Taken from the First Complete Collection Which Was Published in 1625, the Year Before His Death

Libanus Press, 1989. Soft cover. Scarce essay printed for the 1989 Libanus Press Open Day in an edition of c.450 copies. Title page decoration by Smith. All in VG internal order. Light corner creasing to green paper covers. 4to. [8pp] . Ill.: Clifford Southgate. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008490

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Clifford Southgate Private Press

L H Bailey

The Pruning-Book a Monograph of the Pruning and Training of Plants As Applied to American Conditions

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1914. Hardcover. Fourteenth printing of this popular and comprehensive guide to pruning, principally of fruit trees, bushes and vines. Well illustrated. Light toning to stock, otherwise all in VG internal order. No inscriptions. Attractive green cloth with red and black titling and decoration to front and gilt to spine. Light edgewear. 12mo. xii, 545pp + publisher's ads. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 104952

Catalogue: Gardening

F C Connelly

The Lazy Gardener Some Advice for Those Who Have Too Little Time for the Job

London, Faber And Faber, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Wartime encouragement for reluctant gardeners. All in VG internal order bar minor spotting to endpapers. Smart pale green cloth a little dulled to edges, with bright gilt titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j. 12mo. 78pp . Ill.: Nick Carter. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 102837

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Nick Carter

A Edwards

Rock Gardens How to Plan and Plant Them with Sections on the Wall, Paved, Marsh, and Water Gardens

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Detailed, well-illustrated and informative work from the man in charge of the rock gardens at Kew. Numerous photos and illustrations including eight attractive tipped-in colour plates. Light spotting to edge of block and some light toning to pages, but in general good order throughout. Light wear only to smart green boards with black titling. Good unclipped d/j a little worn to edges with small loss at foot of spine. 8vo. 320pp . Good/Good.

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Book number: 010255

Catalogue: Gardening

Victoria Gaiger; Tom Loxley (eds)

Rakesprogress 10

London, Loxley Gaiger, 2019. Soft cover. Issue 10 (published in June 2019) of the approximately quarterly publication devoted to gardens, plants and flowers. All in VG/near-fine order throughout. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 4to. 136pp . Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005988

Catalogue: Gardening

Jerome Godeau; Madeleine Volcouve

Les Mots Du Jardin

Paris Musées / Actes Sud, 1997. Soft cover. Very nicely produced and illustrated A to Z collection of things garden related. In VG order throughout. Very light fading to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 128pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006673

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Herbert Maxwell

Flowers a Garden Note Book with Suggestions for Growing the Choicest Kinds

Glasgow, Maclehose, Jackson & Co, 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. A most attractive volume from Maxwell, MP, novelist, essayist, artist, antiquarian, horticulturalist, salmon angler and author of numerous books. All in VG internal order, with the 12 colour plates showing well. Light toning to untrimmed page edges, though this minor. No inscriptions. Light wear and a little bumping to smart brown boards with bright gilt titling to spine. 4to. xv, 250pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 102336

Catalogue: Gardening

R C Notcutt

A Handbook of Flowering Trees and Shrubs for Gardeners [Signed]

London, Martin Hopkinson & Company, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Well illustrated volume from the pioneer plantsman, inscribed by him to fep: "With R C N's comps. May 1927". Scarce thus. Foxing throughout though photo plates clean and bright. Green boards spotted to front and lightly worn to edges with bright gilt titling to spine. 8vo. 246pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009602

Catalogue: Gardening

W S Rogers

Villa Gardens How to Plan and How to Plant Them

London, Greening & Co, 1907. Soft cover. Good selection of plans for the Edwardian garden. Stock toned but otherwise all in VG internal order, except for rusting staples visible at titles. Card covers dulled and a little marked. 12mo. 116pp . Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010239

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T W Sanders

Roses and Their Cultivation

London, W H And L Collingridge, 1909. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Sixth edition, with new foreword. Spotting to endpapers and a little internal toning and marking, but this minor and all in general good order. Attractive decorated boards only lightly worn and gently faded, preserved in this VG order by an unpleasant plastic sleeve, now removed. The trade off for the protection it afforded is that the sleeve was taped to the inside boards, so there is tape residue remaining. 12mo. 212pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 106778

Catalogue: Gardening

Douglas Swinscow

The Mystic Garden

Tiverton, Halsgrove Press, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. The meaning of life, illuminated by gardens. In fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. A little fading to bottom edge of green boards and small mark to front where d/j is scored, though this minor. Bright gilt titling to spine. VG clipped d/j, fine bar aforementioned score top front. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 150pp . Ill.: Cynthia Rowan. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009372

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Cynthia Rowan

William Watson

Rhododendrons & Azaleas

London, T C & E C Jack, 1911. Hardcover. ND. [c.1911 WorldCat]. In Jack's Present Day Gardening series, notable for its most attractive colour plates of which there are 8 in this volume. A little light toning, heaver to endpapers but otherwise all in good internal order. Green paper-covered boards with colour plate tipped on, a little dulled to edges and spine. 8vo. 116pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009712

Catalogue: Gardening