CHARLES BRIDGEMAN and the English Landscape Garden. Reprinted with supplementary plates and a catalogue of additional documents, drawings and attributions. Elysium Press Publishers, Newcastle upon Tyne 2002.
Reprint. 4to. [xxii] + 442pp. Tipped in colour frontis., 247 b/w. plates at rear. Good in d/w. sl. creased and with sm. closed to to upper leading corner.
£50.00 [ref: 287924]
EDWARDIAN COUNTRY LIFE. The Story of H. Avray Tipping. Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers 2011.
1st Frances Lincoln Edition. 4to. 208pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w., mainly from photos. Illus. e.ps., initials L.H. in ink to upper leading corner of half title, otherwise very good in d/w.
£60.00 [ref: 293710]
LE FLORILÈGE DE NASSAU-IDSTEIN Par Johann Walter 1604-1676. Bibliothèque Nationale Anthèse 1993.
1st Ed. 4to. 95pp. Profusely ills. in colour. French text. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, very sl. browned d/w.
£25.00 [ref: 272551]
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AUSTRALIAN GARDENS. OUP/Garden History Society 2002.
1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xxx] + 697pp. + [i]. More than 300 b/w. ills. Ex.-libris Julia Trevelyan Oman, from the Library of Sir Roy Strong, very good in d/w.
£25.00 [ref: 272443]
THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW: Historical and Descriptive. With an Introduction by Sir William Thiselton-Dyer. Cassell and Company, Limited 1908.
Trade Ed., 2nd Imp. Sm. 4to. xx + 222pp. 20 reproductions in colour from paintings by H.A. Olivier and 40 b/w. plates from photos. by E.J. Wallis. Sporadic light spotting throughout, e.ps. lightly spotted, hinges sl. tender and sl. shaken, set of 4 Kew Garden Royal Mail Mint Stamps loosely inserted, original gilt lettered green cloth lettered and ruled in black to upper board, some minor soiling, corners sl. rubbed, vertical stain towards joint of lower board, head of upper joint sl. split, head of spine bumped creased and sl. chipped.
£50.00 [ref: 283949]
BEETON’S NEW DICTIONARY OF EVERY-DAY GARDENING: Constituting a Popular Cyclopædia of the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture and Pomology in all their various branches. To which is added a Monthly Calendar of Garden Work throughout the Year. An Entireley New Edition completely re-written, thoroughly revised, and considerbly extended. Ward, Lock & Co. 1897.
New Ed. Thick 8vo. [vi] + 731pp. + [i]. 6 colour plates, 550 text ills. Advert e.ps., hinges cracked but firm, some light age toning, light brown stain to top edge of several leaves, frontis. lightly offset onto title page, original gilt lettered green cloth with gilt floral device to upper board and spine, minor soiling, sl. wear to corners, joints sl. rubbed, head and tail of spine bumped and sl. chipped
£25.00 [ref: 291646]
HORTUS EYSTATTENSIT. Sive diligens et Accvrata Omnivm Plantarvm, Florvm, Stirpivm, ex var lls Orbis .... Verlag Konrad Kölbl Grünwald b. München 1964.
Facsimile Reprint of 1713 Ed. 4to. Architectural t.p., profusely ills. Latin text. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, original buckram.
£35.00 [ref: 272507]
MANUEL DE L’ARCHITECTE DES JARDINS ou l’Art de les Composer et de les Décorer. Franz Wolf, Heppenheim 1979.
Facsimile Reprint of 1854 Ed. 2 vols. in 1. Landscape 8vo. [iv] + vi + 174pp. + [ii]. 120 plates. French text. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, good in lightly rubbed gilt lettered cloth.
£40.00 [ref: 273081]
MISCELANEA STRUCTURA CURIOSA. Edited by William Laffan. Churchill House Press, Tralee 2005.
Folio. 180pp. Frontis., port., 83 plates, several ills. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, Good in torn and sl. chipped d/w. with some loss to lower leading corner.
‘Preserved in an album in Birr Castle for two hundred and sixty years ...’
£35.00 [ref: 273200]
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE ROSE, With Full Descriptions of all the Finest Varieties in Cultivation, Selection Adapted to Various Circumstances and Situations, and a Calendar of Operations To be performed during each Month throughout the Year. By ... King’s Acre Nurseries, Near Hereford. ... 1875.
5th Ed. Revised. Thin 8vo. vii + 143pp. + [i]. Bright hand coloured litho. frontis. upper hinge cracked, original black lettered green cloth, minor marking, sl. rubbed.
£125.00 [ref: 291918]