Gardening
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1914-1920 4Vol The Cambridge British FloraCambridge: 1914-1920A scarce and comprehensive first edition reference study of British plants, with over three-hundred and fifty illustrated plates.
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1918 Garden OrnamentLondon: 1918The first edition of this superb gardening work by British horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll.
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1910 Alpine Flowers and GardensLondon: 1910An excellent first edition of George Flemwell's delightfully illustrated work on gardening.
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1909 Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow ThemLondon: 1909A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated early 20th century gardening guidebook on beautiful flowers and how to grow them, complete in two volumes.
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1907 Garden ColourLondon: 1907A charming work following the course of the gardens of England throughout the year, and illustrated in colour by Margaret Waterfield.
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1831 Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts In All the Useful and Domestic ArtsPhiladelphia: 1831A fascinating early nineteenth-century work on the domestic arts, including cookery, agriculture, gardening, amateur medicine, dyeing, and more. Bound in contemporary half calf.
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1967 English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750London: 1967A lovely first edition of Christopher Hussey's fascinating study into the gardens of English country houses of the eighteenth century, illustrated throughout.
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1896 A History of Gardening in EnglandLondon: 1896A second edition of Alicia Amherst's important gardening history, illustrated throughout.
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1909 Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow ThemLondon: 1909A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated early 20th century gardening guidebook on beautiful flowers and how to grow them, complete in two volumes.
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1912 The Virgin's BowerLondon: 1912An early 20th century, uncommon work on the planting and cultivation of the popular garden flower, the Virgin's Bower, or the Clematis. Written by Irish practical gardener and author, William Robinson.
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1927 Garden-Craft in the BibleLondon: 1927A fascinating first edition collection of gardening essays, illustrated and complete with a scarce dust wrapper.
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1931 The Shakespeare GardenNew York: 1931A remarkable gardening work looking at the flora used in Shakespeare's works, with a guide on how to produce a Shakespeare garden.
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1976 A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees, and the Management of Orchards and CiderCanada: 1976A beautiful limited edition facsimile of William Coxe's important and pioneering work on the fruit trees of North America, complete with the original engravings.
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1899 Wood and Garden Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working AmateurLondon: 1899Gertrude Jekyll's popular illustrated work on the year in the life of a garden, a beautiful work complete with all plates.
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2001 The London Town Garden 1740-1840London: 2001An excellent first edition of Todd Longstaffe-Gowan's examination of London gardens spanning a century, with delightful illustrations throughout.
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1959 Dans nos ForetsZurich: 1959A wonderful French exploration of forests and their flora, with tipped-in plates by Pia Roshardt throughout.
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1926 A Garden of HerbsLondon: 1926An excellent third edition of Eleanour Sinclair Rohde's fascinating work on herb gardens.
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1947 The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and RootsReading: 1947An in-depth guide to producing ones own vegetables and flowers at home by Sutton & Sons of Reading, complete with a scarce dust wrapper.
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1939 Green Grows the City: The Story of a London GardenLondon and Toronto: 1939A fantastic first edition of Beverley Nichol's account of his beautiful garden, illustrated and presented in a smart dust wrapper.
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1801 A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants; with an Easy Introduction to the Study of BotanyLondon: 1801The fourth edition of William Withering's popular and influential guide to the flora of Britain, a lovely work illustrated throughout, including with folding plates.
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1912 Royal GardensLondon: 1912The first trade edition of this volume illustrating the beautiful palace gardens, beautifully depicted with lovely watercolours and other illustrations.
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1901 British Vegetable GallsLondon: 1901An extensive study of British vegetable galls, the first edition.
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1776 A Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great BritainBirmingham; London: 1776The first edition of William Withering's scarce botanical work detailing the vegetables of Britain, a wonderful volume illustrated throughout, including with two folding plates.
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1950-1 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British IslesLondon: 1950-1An excellent later edition of W. J. Bean's important text on the woody plants of Great Britain, richly illustrated with plates.
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1872 My GardenLondon: 1872The second, revised edition of this extensive volume exploring English surgeon Alfred Smee's experimental garden at Wallington Bridge.
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c1902 Wall and Water GardensLondon: c1902The second edition of this work on wall and water gardens by famed garden designer Gertrude Jekyll.
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1899 Our GardensLondon: 1899A lovely limited edition by Samuel Hole on gardening, signed by the author to the limitations page, from the library of the wife of a prominent businessman.
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1892 The Formal Garden in EnglandLondon: 1892The first edition of this volume illustrating some formal gardening in England.
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1931 The Gardener's YearLondon: 1931The first English edition of this illustrated volume concerning amateur gardening, in the price clipped dust wrapper.
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1895 Beeton's Gardening BookLondon, New York, Melbourne and Sydney: 1895A charming little guide to gardening published by Samuel Orchart Beeton, illustrated with engravings throughout.
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1926 Round the Year in the GardenLondon: 1926An early printing of this volume exploring gardening throughout the year with lovely illustrations, in the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper.
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1945 The English GardenLondon: 1945A bright second edition of this beautifully illustrated volume concerning the English garden. With the unclipped dust wrapper.
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1935 The New GardenLondon: 1935A first edition of Richard Sudell's gardening work with illustrations by Bip Pares, complete with the scarce dust wrapper.
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c1880 The Kitchen Garden; or, The Culture in the Open GroundLondon: c1880A delightful little nineteenth century handbook to growing one's own vegetables and herbs by E. S. Delamer.
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1920 Practical Amateur GardeningLondon, New York, Toronto and Melbourne : 1920A fantastic illustrated guide to gardening by Harry Higgott Thomas, complete with a frontispiece in colour and half-tones throughout.
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1918 Garden OrnamentLondon: 1918The first edition of this extensive gardening volume by British horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll.