Ray Desmond

A Celebration of Flowers

London, Collingridge Books, Hamlyn, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A lovely work by Ray Desmond celebrating exotic garden and greenhouse plants introduced to the British Isles with stunning colourful and black and white illustrations. The first edition of this work. Celebrating two-hundred years of publication of Curtis' Botanical Magazine , featuring a selection of original watercolours and hand-coloured engravings with a number of historical line drawings and photographs. A gallery of plant portraits with notes celebrating the history of the Botanical Magazine. Complete with clipped dust wrapper. Written by Ray Desmond. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper price clipped and excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. With numerous illustrations both in colour and in black and white. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 818A14

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: flowers gardening first editions gardening Not Stated

The Duchess of Devonshire

The Garden at Chatsworth

London, Frances Lincoln Limited, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to the gardens at Chatsworth house. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs, plans, and drawings. A detailed study of the garden at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, home to the Devonshire family, passed down through sixteen generations. Written by Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist, and socialite. She was the youngest and last-surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of British society in the 1930s and 1940s. With photographs by Gary Rogers, a British photographer specialising in plant and garden photography. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Gary Rogers. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 857T43

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Garden Chatsworth Cavendish Devonshire Chatsworth Gary Rogers

James Donn

Hortus Cantabrigiensis

London, W Metcalfe, 1811. Leather. 'Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or a Catalogue of Plants, Indigenous and Exotic&apos. Written by James Donn (1758–1813), an English botanist. He was Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, from 1790 until his death. His most important work was Hortus Cantabrigensis, first published in 1796 but with several later, much expanded, editions. Sixth Edition. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart with slight rubbing, general shelfwear and some marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound, bright and clean with a copperplate ink inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: LTH18-E-4

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Botanist Gardening Cantabrigiensis Cambridge Gardening None

James Donn

Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or an Accented Catalogue of Indigenous and Exotic Plants Cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden

London, C. and J. Rivington et al, 1823. Cloth. A work of phylogeny cataloguing each plant found in the Cambridge Botanic Garden. Each entry is arranged by order, then the plants given by binomial nomenclature (genus-species), with brief physiological details. Rebound in cloth with paper boards. Externally smart. Some light rubbing to the original spine label only. Ink signature to recto of front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright, with some scattered spotting, mainly to first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN14-C-13

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: cambridge botanic garden botanic garden botanics botany botanic garden None

Georges Duhamel

Fables de Mon Jardin

Not Stated, Les Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1949. Paperback. A nicely illustrated copy of this limited edition work by Georges Duhamel, illustrated by Camille Berg, in the original slipcase. A scarce limited edition of this work by Georges Duhamel. Limited to 120 copies. Held in the original slipcase. Slipcase in a very good indeed condition. Illustrated by Camille Berg. Georges Duhamel was a French author who also trained as a doctor during WWI. In paper covered boards in slipcase. Externally, smart. Some browning to spine and handling marks. Slipcase smart with handling marks and browning. Internally, pages unbound. Pages are bright and clean with occasional spot. Slipcase in a very good indeed condition. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Camille Berg. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: FGN1-D-17

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: georges duhamel fables of my garden fables camille berg fables of my garden duhamel Camille Berg

Gordon Dunthorne

Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Works in Which They Are Found

Washington, Published by the author, 1938. Cloth. A profusely illustrated volume, with numerous vivid and vibrant prints of plant-life from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A profusely illustrated work of plant and floral design. Prints date from between the 18th and early 19th centuries. Printed by the author, Gordon Dunthorne. A limited print run, with only 2500 volumes printed, with 750 of those containing a special colour plate listing subscribers names. This work appears to be a standard copy, as it is lacking this plate. Profusely illustrated through with numerous vibrant plate throughout. Collated complete. Held in the original slipcase. In a full cloth binding, and held in the original slipcase. Externally, excellent with some minor shelfwear. Slipcase is smart. Light rubbing and bumping to the extremities, resulting in a very small amount of fraying. Small mark to the spine of the slipcase. The odd mark to the slipcase. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is in Very good condition indeed. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine .

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Boeknummer: 617C3

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Illustrated Flowers Plants Flowers Various

Ralph Dutton

The English Garden

London, B. T. Batsford , 1945. Cloth. A bright second edition of this beautifully illustrated volume concerning the English garden. With the unclipped dust wrapper. A study of the English garden by Ralph Dutton. The second revised edition. Looking at the evolution of gardening in English homes from early times to the twentieth century. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and one hundred and fifty seven illustrations over one hundred and two full page plates in black and white, reproduced from old prints, pictures and drawings, and photographs by Will F. Taylor and others. Collated, complete. Complete with the unclipped dust wrapper designed by Brian Cook. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with only a minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Previous ownership inscriptio to the half title, undated. The dust wrapper is sound with some shelf wear and chipping, a minor loss to the head of the spine, which is slightly sunned. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and one hundred and fifty seven illustrations over one hundred and two full page plates in black and white, reproduced from old prints, pictures and drawings, and photographs by Will F. Taylor and others. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Will F. Taylor; et al. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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Boeknummer: 798A40

Catalogus: Gardening

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Ralph Dutton

The English Garden

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charmingly illustrated work on the English garden, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the endpaper with the inscription: "To dear Ina with love from Ralph" Illustrated throughout with one hundred and fifty-eight old prints, pictures, drawings, and photographs. A comprehensive guide to the English garden with reference to sustenance, the age of symmetry, the return to nature, and features and follies. Written by Ralph Dutton, the 8th and last Baron Sherborne who created the gardens at Hinton Ampner near Alresford in Hampshire, England, and on his death left the house and garden to the National Trust. It is now open to the public. Illustrated by Will F. Taylor, a Canadian artist, lithographer, and illustrator. With thirty-two pages of selected titles from the publisher to the rear. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is worn with chipping to the extremities and significant loss and a few closed tears. Rear board has detached from spine cover. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Will F. Taylor. Very Good Indeed/Fair.

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Boeknummer: 853T42

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: English Garden Dutton Garden Will F. Taylor

W. R. Dykes; E. Katherine Dykes; A. Daniel Hall

Notes on Tulip Species

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful and vividly illustrated work on tulips and their cultivation, complete with fifty-four colour plates. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A seminal work on tulips, looking at different breeds and hybrids of the beautiful flower species, with interesting notes on their cultivation.Illustrated with fifty-four vivid colour plates.By the amateur botanist William Rickatson Dykes, who was an expert on iris breeding, and had planted over 30,000 tulip bulbs in his home garden at Sutton Green.Illustrated by the author's wife, Elsie Katherine Dykes.With an introduction by Sir A. Daniel Hall. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the rear board. Front hinge is starting but firm, rear hinge is tender. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with a small closed tear to the head of the front wrap. Light marks to the dust wrapper with a little rubbing to spine and tail of the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional scattered spot. Good . Ill.: E. Katherine Dykes. Good/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 885P39

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Notes on Tulip Species tulips botany w. r. dykes tulips flowers E. Katherine Dykes

Mrs C.W. Earle; Ethel Case

Gardening for the Ignorant

London, Macmillan and Co. 1912. Cloth. A bright copy of this very scarce twentieth-century work on gardening for beginners by Mrs C.W. Earle and Ethel Case. A very interesting early twentieth-century work on gardening for beginners, organised into chapters by months of the year. In each chapter, the reader is instructed on what can be done in the garden during each month of the year to reap optimal vegetables, fruits, flowers, and all manner of plants. Written by Mrs C.W. Earle, or Theresa Earle, a British horticulturist and writer, and Ethel Case. A very scarce work.A previous owner has added in copious amounts of notes and handy information sourced from their own garden. They have signed their name to the front free-endpaper in ink ('H.R. Harvey') and have lightly annotated the work in pencil throughout. There are also some ink notations to take note of; to the verso of page xxiii, they have added in ink a list of herbs found in the garden. There is also a newspaper clipping adhered to page 234 containing a list of hardy herbaceous carpeting plants. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, bright, with slight fading to the spine and a little bumping to the extremities. A faint ring stain to the front board. Previous owner's ink signature to the front free-endpaper. Internally, front hinge is starting to the half title page. Binding is tender, but firm, throughout. Pages contain the odd pencil annotation, and there are ink annotations to the verso of page xxiii, and to the page 233. There is a piece of newspaper adhered to page 234 and some offsetting to pages 110 and 111. Otherwise, pages remain clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 798J31

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: gardening england plants horticulture england twentieth century Not Stated

Mervyn G. Palmer (ed.); F. S. Wallis

Fauna and Flora of the Ilfracombe District of North Devon

Exeter, James Townsend and Sons, Ltd. 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating study of the natural wildlife in the Ilfracombe District of North Devon, edited by Mervyn G. Palmer, the curator of the Ilfracombe Museum. With a foreword by Dr. F. S. Wallis, the director of the City Museum, Bristol. Collated, complete a seven black and white photographic plates, a black and white photographic frontispiece plate, and a folding map of the district to the rear of the text. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with just some slight bumping to extremities and head and tail of spine. Very small section of loss to paper to front board. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. The odd light spot to fore edge of the occasional, page, only visible to textblock. Ink spot to page iii, not affecting text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 633M39

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Palmer Wallis Illustrated Gardening Wallis Fauna First Edition Various

H. J. Riddelsdell (ed.); G. W. Hedley (ed.); W. R. Price (ed.)

Flora of Gloucestershire Phanerogams, Vascular Cryptogams, Charophyta

Cheltenham, The Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of copy of this fascinating and copiously illustrated work on the flora of Gloucestershire: exploring the geology, climate, vegetation, woodlands, agriculture and flora of this abundant county. This work was published by the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club, a society devoted to the natural history, geology, archaeology, and history of the Cotswolds, England. Collated complete with forty three plates, a coloured frontispiece plate, and two folding black and white maps. This copy is also complete with four coloured folding maps in the gusset pocket tipped to the rear pastedown. In the publisher's original bright blue cloth binding with gilt title to spine and charming spotted textblock. Externally, minor shelfwear to extremities and slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Front hinge split after frontispiece plate. Prior owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free-endpaper, dated '22 October 1948&apos. Evidence of plates tipped to pastedowns, now removed. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned to extremities but bright and clean throughout. The odd light spot to endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 634M16

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: First Edition Illustrated Natural History Gloucestershire. Illustrated Colour Various

Christopher Thacker [ed.]; Various

Garden History: The Journal of the Garden History Society

Not Stated , The Garden History Society, 1972-9. First edition. Paperback. A scarce collection of the first seven consecutive volumes of the Journal of the Garden History Society in the original issues. A group of twenty-three consecutive numbers of the journal of the Garden History Society, UK organisation dedicated to the study of garden history and to the protection of historic gardens. Since 2015, the society's known as The Garden Trust. The present collection was published under general editorship of Dr Christopher Thacker, who was followed in 1980 by John Anthony. Comprising vol. I nos. I-III; vol. II nos. I-III; vol. III nos. I-IV; vol, IV nos. I-III; vol. V nos. I-III; vol. VI no. I-III; and  vol. VII nos. I-III, in the original issues. It was published free for members and sold at 75p-£1.50 to non-members. The present journal is among some of the foremost journals in the study of garden history, with a wide scholarly and academic readership and it constitutes a sweeping and detailed source of information to those interested in garden history, landscape gardening, and horticulture. With illustrations in text. In the original publisher's illustrated stapled wraps. Externally sound with minor shelf wear only, occasional minor staining mark to wraps. Pp. 39-95 vol. II no. I disbound with all leaves and rear wrap present. Light sunning to perimeter wraps vol. II no. II. Rear wrap vol. I no. I, vol. III no. IV, vol. IV no. III, and vol. VII no. II loose but present. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light spotting to occasional leaf only, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 837A33

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: garden history society first editions illustrated journal first editions Not Stated

Miles Hadfield [ed.]

The Gardener&Apos;S Album

London, Hulton Press, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A charming and brightly illustrated first edition collection of poems and essays in celebration of gardening, with original contributions from leading twentieth century horticulturalists, including Vita Sackville-West. The first edition of this illustrated celebration of gardens, gardeners and gardening, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.Described by Reginald Arkell as 'a happy book, carrying a message of all the joys a garden can bestow', and with contributions from Vita Sackville-West, Gwendolyn Anley, Montagy Allwood and other famous horticulturalists, this work is illustrated throughout with a number of photographic and full colour plates.Edited by Miles Hadfield, one of the founders, and the first president, of the Garden History Society, and author of 'A History of British Gardening', which has become the standard work on the subject. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip tail, with bumping to back strip head. Otherwise, externally exceptionally bright. Significant sunning to dust wrapper back strip and rear wrap perimeters. Loss to back strop head, shelf wear to head of front wrap. Tape repair to head of reverse of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Areas of spotting and light foxing throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Good.

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Boeknummer: 806F7

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: gardening gardens national trust Horticulture gardens Not Stated

William Watson (Ed); Sir Frederick W. Keeble

The Gardener&Apos;S Assistant

London , The Gresham Publishing Company, 1935. Cloth. A lovely six volume set of The Gardener's Assistant with colour plates. A six volume set of The Gardener's Assistant, edited by William Watson, with a preface by Sir Frederick W. Keeble. Reprint of the new edition, which was first published in 1925. Volume I considers vegetables, allotments and medicinal plants. With three colour plates. Volume II includes orchards and hardy fruits. With four colour plates. Volume III considers fruits under glass, storing, packing and preserving, plant enemies and friends. With two colour plates. Volume IV considers hardy trees and shrubs, herbaceous and alpine plants and annuals bedding. With one folding plate and four colour plates. Volume V considers popular plants, greenhouses and conservatory and orchids, ferns, palms etc. With three colour plates. Volume VI considers structures heating soils and manures, propagation, botany and a calendar. With three colour plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 826B19

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: The Gardener's Assistant William Watson gardening vegetables William Watson allotments Not Stated