The Young Lady&Apos;S Book of Botany

London, Robert Tyas , 1838. Cloth. A charming pocket sized botanical work adorned with lovely coloured plates. A scarce copy. A scarce copy of this lovely pocket sized botanical guide, containing a popular introduction to the study of plants, including their structure, properties, and processes. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with twelve hand-coloured plates and numerous other illustrations in text. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear, chipped with minor loss to head and tail of spine, bumped to extremities; protective adhesive to cloth by a previous owner. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 825A66

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: first editions illustrated botanical illustrated Not Stated

Cyril Cowell & Morley Adams

Adam the Gardener

Not Stated, The Sunday Express by Lane Publications Ltd. 1947. Paperback. A scarce guide to gardening, illustrated with cartoons featuring the loveable character Adam the Gardener. This work describes the work of each week through the year, as well as suggestions for garden plans and a number of tips.Adam the gardener was a national icon of the 1940s, featuring in the Sunday Express every week.Written by Morley Adams.Illustrated by Cyril Cowell (1888-1967), an illustrator known for his children's work and work for annuals. He illustrated for Enid Blyton, as well as Mickey Mouse Weekly and Fairyland Tales.A delightful gardener's guide featuring this popular character. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally generally smart, with a little loss to the head and tail of the spine and some general wear to the covers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 779R65

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Adam the Gardener Gardening Sunday Express Gardening Guide Gardening Not Stated

Henry Allnutt

Our Flower Garden, How We Made the Most of It; with Instructions As to the Construction of Miniature Ruins, Etc. , for Fern Cases

London, Estates Gazette Office , [1875]. Cloth. Scarce second edition of this pocket sized gardening work by Henry Allnutt, with illustrations. Second edition of this work. Little gardening book by Henry Allnutt, author of numerous gardening volumes. Concerning the growing of vegetables, treatment of wall, flowers, dealing with cats, &c. as well as the construction of miniature ruins for fern cases. Dated from Copac 1875.With illustrations in text. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, faint damp marking to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 824A59

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: allnutt henry gardening fern henry Not Stated

Alicia Amherst

A History of Gardening in England

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1896. Cloth. A second edition of Alicia Amherst's important gardening history, illustrated throughout. This work was instantly successful, with the second edition contracted within a month of the first; it was the first thorough examination of the history of gardening, and the first to delve as far back into history as it does. This was the authoritative work on the subject.Written by Alicia Amherst, a botanical writer and horticulturalist best known for this history. This was her first work and remains the most popular.With illustrations, including diagrams and photographs, throughout.Bound in delightful decorative cloth. A lovely second edition of this important work. In a contemporary full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown; front endpaper has been partially removed at the top corner. Internally, generally firmly bound, with a little strain to the front hinge which remains firm; otherwise, the occasional strain. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 799R11

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: History of Gardening Gardening Gardening History Alicia Amherst Gardening None

Anon.

C1900 the Weekly Telegraph Gardening Guide

London, Proprietors of the Weekly Telegraph, c1900 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout with charming vignettes, this is the fourth edition of the very scarce 'Telegraph Weekly Gardening Guide&apos. The very scarce fourth edition of the Weekly Telegraph's Gardening Guide, with this work focussed on flower gardening and kitchen gardening, and with an account of the yearly calendar of garden operations.Featuring numerous charming vignette illustrations of plants and vegetables.With the preface remarking that 'this work now enters upon its fourth edition and twentieth thousand copies' and refers to the work as 'an encyclopaedia of permanent use to the English lover of Horticulture', and with alphabetically arranged by plant.With two page of advertisements to the start of the work. Undated; dated via Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip and joint of front board. front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Instances of foxing throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 816F6

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: gardening weekly telegraph cottage garden kitchen garden weekly telegraph Not Stated

Charles M'Intosh

The Book of the Garden

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated set on constructing and cultivating gardens. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A comprehensive high Victorian gardening book with specific reference to creating structures and forming flower, culinary, and fruit gardens, with commentary on a large variety of plants. There are also detailed notes on the use of glasshouses and hothouses in the garden. Volume one is illustrated with a total of thirty-three plates to the rear of the text: fifteen monochromatic plates, two of which are in colour, and eighteen folding plates, two of which are also in colour. Though plate twenty-two is listed in the contents, it was never published and an explanation as to why is included in-text. Collated complete. Volume two is illustrated with many in-text illustrations. Written by Charles M'Intosh, an English plant biologist and writer who established some of the British principles of gardening. Publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume two. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities resulting in light fraying to the cloth. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. A split in the cloth to the front joint of volume one. Both hinges are tender to each volume. Internally, generally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 875T1

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Book Garden Gardening M'Intosh Garden Not Stated

Charles M'Intosh

The Book of the Garden: Structural and Cultural

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853-1855. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes on constructing and cultivating gardens in the mid-19th century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this two volume set in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with 15 plates, 2 of which are in colour, and 18 folding plates, 2 of which are in colour, to the rear of volume I. Plate 22 was never published. Numerous in-text illustrations to volume II. Collated, complete.This comprehensive guide to gardening was Charles M'Intosh's magnum opus, remaining in print long after his death. Volume I focuses on creating structures, glasshouses and hothouses in the garden, as well as forming flower, culinary and fruit gardens. Volume II focuses on the cultivation of a large variety of plants. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with bright gilt to the front board, though faded to the spine and bumped to the extremities. To Vol I, cloth is lifting and tearing slightly to the head of the spine. The hinges to Vol I, and rear hinge to Vol II, are slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Some age-toning to the page perimeters, and the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 856M15

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Gardening Cultivation Plants Cultivation Not Stated

Charles M'Intosh; Charles McIntosh

The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees

London, Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1847. Cloth. A beautiful work on pomology, vividly illustrated with striking hand-coloured plates. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and sixteen hand-coloured plates, as well as some in-text engravings.A vivid horticultural work on the cultivation on fruit trees in orchards.This work focuses on pomology, with chapters dedicated to the growing and health of twenty-five different fruit trees. These included almonds, apples, chestnuts, cucumbers, melons, ulberrys, pomegranates, quinces, and more.Written by Charles M'Intosh, or McIntosh, who was the head gardener to the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith.Collated, complete.A reprint, title page dated 1839, the engraved title dated 1847. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Torn label to the spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with a small tear to the head of the rear joint. Spine is a little faded. A few light marks to the boards. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional spot and handling mark. Stamp and label to the title page. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 884P10

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees the orchard charles mcintosh charles mintosh the orchard fruit trees Not Stated

Charles M'Intosh; Charles McIntosh

The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and the Forcing Pit

London, Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1839. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful and educational work on pomology, illustrated with vivid hand-coloured plates. The first edition. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and fourteen hand-coloured plates, as well as some in-text engravings.A vivid horticultural work on the cultivation on fruit trees in orchards.This work focuses on pomology, with chapters dedicated to the growing and health of twenty-five different fruit trees. These included almonds, apples, chestnuts, cucumbers, melons, ulberrys, pomegranates, quinces, and more.Written by Charles M'Intosh, or McIntosh, who was the head gardener to the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith.Collated, bound without plates facing pages 85 and 325. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light marks to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the rear board. Minor rubbing to the joints and extremities. Spine is a little faded. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Lacking the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Bound without two plates. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 884P8

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees the orchard botany charles mcintosh the orchard Not Stated

Charles McIntosh [Charles M'Intosh]

The Orchard Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees and the Forcing Pit

London, Wm S Orr and Co, 1839. First edition. Leather. A scarce, beautifully illustrated, Victorian work on orchard management. This work details the technique of forcing fruit trees as well as their general management. With a hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured title page, and sixteen plates. The plates depict a variety of fruits and blossoms.Collated, complete.Written by Charles McIntosh or M'Intosh who is known for writing one of the most representative High Victorian gardening books 'The Book of the Garden&apos. Another work by him is 'The New and Improved Practical Gardener&apos. At the time of writing this work M'Intosh was the head gardener to the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith. In a half calf binding, with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. A few small marks to the spine. Evidence of bookplate removal to the front pastedown. Hinges are strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good . Ill.: Anon. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 789L9

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Grafting Fruit Trees Orchard Fruit Trees Anon

'A Practical Hand'

Villa Gardening

London, The Bazaar Office, c1875. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated handbook to the management of small gardens. With thirteen figures spread out over 9 plates, and illustrations in the text. Dated from original publisher's advertisements to front and rear, which are dated 1875. A short, informative work on the planting and laying out of small gardens. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and marks to boards. Spine browned with wear to head and tail. Light dampstaining to boards. Tidemarks to endpapers and pastedowns. Ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with scattered spots and tidemarks to first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN16-E-19

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: gardens villa gardening planting villa Not Stated

E. A. Newell Arber

Plant Life in Alpine Switzerland

London, John Murray, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated First Edition account of the natural history of alpine plants in Switzerland. A First Edition of this work, in original publisher's cloth binding. This works explores different plant life in Switzerland, including High Alpine Plants, Rock Plants and Shade Plants of the Alpine Forest. This was an early work of English botanist and paleontologist Edward Alexander Newell Arber, who was a professor at the University of Cambridge, specialising in palaeobotany.With 48 plates and many additional vignettes. Collated, complete. In original publisher's green cloth binding. Externally excellent, with just minor shelf wear. Light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The occasional mark to boards. Age toning to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Light age toning and the occasional spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 871Q5

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Alpine plants Gardening Switzerland natural history Gardening Not Stated

Francis Bacon; Abraham Cowley

On Gardens: Two Essays

London, Siegle, Hill & Co. 1910. Paperback. A scarce work of two charming essays on gardens, for the Astolat Oakleaf Series. Scarce work. Astolat Oakleaf Series. Two charming and lyrical essays on gardens from Francis Bacon, an English philosopher and statesman whose work remained influential in the late stages of the Scientific Revolutions, and Abraham Cowley, an English poet and essayist considered one of the leading writers of the 17th century. In the original paper wraps. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. A 2" closed tear to the joint, starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 868T18

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Gardens Essays Bacon Cowley Essays None

Charles David Badham

A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England

London, Lovell Reeve & Co. 1863. Cloth. A smart second edition of this important mycological work, illustrated with twelve beautiful hand coloured plates. First appearing in 1847, this is the second edition, edited by Frederick Currey, which appeared after the author's death. This work quickly attracted popularity, since eating wild fungi was considered dangerous in general opinion.Charles David Badham was an important mycologist, physician and writer. Two species of fungi have been named for him, Badhamia and Badhamiopsis. He also penned works on insects and cerebral disease.Bound in the publisher's lovely original cloth with gilt fungi to the front board.Illustrated with twelve plates in colour to the rear of the work; collated, complete. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a little bumping to the extremities. Internally generally firmly bound, with front hinge a little strained but remaining firm, as well as a little strained to pages 32 and 33. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spot throughout. Plates have pencil annotations from a prior owner to them. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 794R11

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: Esculent Funguses Mushrooms Homeopathy Charles David Badham Mushrooms Not Stated

James E. Bagnall

The Flora of Warwickshire

London, Gurney & Jackson, 1891. Leather. A signed copy of this fascinating work on the flora and plants of Warwickshire, containing a large folding map and nicely bound in half morocco. An interesting work on the flora, flowering plants, ferns, mosses, and lichens of Warwickshire, containing chapters on topography, geology, meteorology, historiography of the flowers, and more. Written by James E. Bagnall, associate of The Linnean Society. Containing contributions from W.B. Grove. Part of a limited edition printing of only five hundred copies, of which this is number sixty-eight. Signed by the author to the limitations page. Containing a large folding map in a pocket to the rear. Including a previous owner's ink signature to one of the front free-endpapers, dated 1918. Bound in half morocco with marbled boards and refreshed endpapers. Externally, smart, with some rubbing to the joints, the spine, and the extremities. Previous owner's ink signature to one of the front free-endpapers. Internally, front hinge is strained. Remaining binding is firm. A small closed tear to the tail of page vii. A few spots to the first and last few pages, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 813J36

Catalogus: Gardening

Trefwoorden: flora gardening plants ferns gardening grove folding map Not Stated