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London : R Chiswell in St Paul's Churchyard, T Sawbridge in Little-Britain and R Bentley in Russell-Street in Covent Garden, 1691 A very good copy of the 8th edition of Evelyn's classic work which was the first calendar produced for english gardeners (first published in 1664). John Evelyn (1620-1706) was, among other talents, a noted horticulturalist. In what appears to be the original binding which has been repaired so that it has a newer spine. The spine has a red title label and gilt lettering and decoration around raised bands. There is some wear to the edges of the boards but the binding is otherwise in very good condition. Internally the free endpapers look to have been replaced at some point. There is a black and white engraved frontispiece and title page with red and black inks. There is an ink marking at the top of the title page which has blotted onto the top of the frontispiece. With dedication to Abraham Cowley Esq; a dedicated poem by Abraham Cowley called 'The Garden' to…
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Familiar Garden Flowers - Series I-V
by Shirley Hibberd
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London, Paris, New York and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited A very good set of the 5 series bound in 2 volumes. Undated but late 1800's. In newer green half leather binding with green cloth boards and spines with gilt titles, raised bands and gilt lining and decoration. Aeg. Both volumes have an armorial bookplate with the motto 'veritas vincit' on the front pastedown. With 200 colour printed plates and numerous black and white illustrations. The bindings are in very good to near fine condition with a small vertical crease down the spine of the larger volume (holding series 1-3). The contents are in very good clean condition with only the occasional mark. Some page edges protrude slightly (presumably caused by the rebinding process). Some of the plates are strongly coloured and slight colouring can show through on the reverse. A lovely set.
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- Place of Publication London, Paris, New York and Melbourne
- Keywords shirley hibberd, gardening, victorian gardening books,
- Size 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
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Kalendarium Hortense: or, The Gardeners Almanac, Directing what he is to do Monthly throughout the Year. And What Fruits and Flowers are in Prime
by John Evelyn
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Traite de la Culture des Pechers
by [Combles, Ch.J.De]
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Paris, Rue S Jacques: Chez la Delaguette; Chez le Prieur, 1750 Second revised and enlarged edition of this popular work on the cultivation of peach trees. First published in 1745. Earliest French book entirely about the cultivation and management of peaches. In contemporary full leather binding with title label, raised bands and gilt compartments to spine. The binding is sound with some wear. Internally there is a small label pasted to the front pastedown and eividence of some writing on the fep. The contents otherwise are in VG and clean condition. 198 pages plus notes on 'Privil du Roi' at the rear.
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Greenhouse Favourites. A description of choice greenhouse plants, with practical directions for their Management and Cultivation
by [Shirley Hibberd. Editor]
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LONDON: Groombridge and Sons A VG copy in the original green decorative cloth binding with gilt plant pictures and titles to front board and spine, and blind stamped decoration to rear board. The boards have bevelled edges. This work is generally attributed to Shirley Hibberd. It is clear from the Preface that it contains work from a number of authors, so it is likely that Hibberd had the editorial role. A number of the colour plates appear in 1870's copies of the Floral World - again edited by Hibberd. It is undated but is probably late 1870's/early1880's. With title page in red and black inks; colour printed frontispiece and 35 further colour printed plates, and numerous black and white illustrations - some full page. The binding is slightly shaken with a little bumping to corners and wear to edges including spine joint edges. The original endpapers are present. The contents are generally very clean apart from the very occasional brown spot. Some of the plant outlines can be seen faintly…
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The Gardener's Year
by Capek, Karel; Josef Capek (illustrated by)
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Cornish Flat, New Hampshire, United States
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. First American edition. Although the Czech writer Karel Capek (1890-1938) was best known for his early science fiction stories, in The Gardener's Year he writes with wit about his passion of gardening, With illustrations by his brother, Josef. 12mo. Green pictorial paper boards, 159 p., illus.; dust jacket. A VG+ copy with toning to board edges in a VG, unclipped ($1.75), dust jacket, which is also toned and has one mark of soiling.
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Barry's Fruit Garden; New Edition Revised And Brought Down To Date, By The Author
by Barry, P.
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- Used - Orig. dark salmon cloth, gilt front cover design bright. Very good
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ardsley, New York, United States
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New York: Orange Judd, 1890. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth, gilt front cover design bright. Very good. 516 pages. 18.5 x 13 cm. Illustrated with 190 text figures. Two indices: General Index & Index To The Different Fruits. Fruit descriptions note State origins of the various fruits. Very firm fresh copy, interior bright and clean. beveled edges.
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Kalendarium Hortense: or, The Gardeners Almanac, Directing what he is to do Monthly throughout the Year. And What Fruits and Flowers are in Prime
by John Evelyn
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- Hardcover
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- 8th Edtion
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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London : R Chiswell in St Paul's Churchyard, T Sawbridge in Little-Britain and R Bentley in Russell-Street in Covent Garden, 1691 A very good copy of the 8th edition of Evelyn's classic work which was the first calendar produced for english gardeners (first published in 1664). John Evelyn (1620-1706) was, among other talents, a noted horticulturalist. In what appears to be the original binding which has been repaired so that it has a newer spine. The spine has a red title label and gilt lettering and decoration around raised bands. There is some wear to the edges of the boards but the binding is otherwise in very good condition. Internally the free endpapers look to have been replaced at some point. There is a black and white engraved frontispiece and title page with red and black inks. There is an ink marking at the top of the title page which has blotted onto the top of the frontispiece. With dedication to Abraham Cowley Esq; a dedicated poem by Abraham Cowley called 'The Garden' to…
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Traite de la Culture des Pechers
by [Combles, Ch.J.De]
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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Paris, Rue S Jacques: Chez la Delaguette; Chez le Prieur, 1750 Second revised and enlarged edition of this popular work on the cultivation of peach trees. First published in 1745. Earliest French book entirely about the cultivation and management of peaches. In contemporary full leather binding with title label, raised bands and gilt compartments to spine. The binding is sound with some wear. Internally there is a small label pasted to the front pastedown and eividence of some writing on the fep. The contents otherwise are in VG and clean condition. 198 pages plus notes on 'Privil du Roi' at the rear.
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Greenhouse Favourites. A description of choice greenhouse plants, with practical directions for their Management and Cultivation
by [Shirley Hibberd. Editor]
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LONDON: Groombridge and Sons A VG copy in the original green decorative cloth binding with gilt plant pictures and titles to front board and spine, and blind stamped decoration to rear board. The boards have bevelled edges. This work is generally attributed to Shirley Hibberd. It is clear from the Preface that it contains work from a number of authors, so it is likely that Hibberd had the editorial role. A number of the colour plates appear in 1870's copies of the Floral World - again edited by Hibberd. It is undated but is probably late 1870's/early1880's. With title page in red and black inks; colour printed frontispiece and 35 further colour printed plates, and numerous black and white illustrations - some full page. The binding is slightly shaken with a little bumping to corners and wear to edges including spine joint edges. The original endpapers are present. The contents are generally very clean apart from the very occasional brown spot. Some of the plant outlines can be seen faintly…
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Cool Orchids and How to Grow Them.: With a Descriptive list of all the Best Species in Cultivation
by BURBIDGE, F. W.
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London: Robert Hardwicke, 1874. A lovely copy of this first edition. green cloth with gilt titles and border to the front board. Frontis engraving of an Orchid House (complete with waterfall). Four beautifully hand coloured plates and black and white engraved vignettes and illustrations throughout. The cloth is in very nice clean condition, with just a little bumping to the top of the spine. Internally clean, but very slightly darkened. iv. 160 pages. 180 by 120mm (7 by 4¾ inches).
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Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris
by Parkinson, John
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- 9789022107584
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- 9022107582
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Norwood, NJ: Walter J. Johnson Inc. and Tehatrum Orbis Terrarum, Ltd.. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket worn and sunned.. 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. 9022107582 . Facsimile reprint of this 1620 herbal printed in London. Number 758 in the series, The English Experience: Its Record in Early Printed Books Printed in Facsimile. Red cloth binding. Wonderful woodcut illustrations of plants throughout. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .
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Notes from the Garden: Creating a Pacific Northwest Sanctuary
by Wilde, Madeleine
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- First Edition
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- 9781633981164
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Chatwin Books, 2021. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New. New! 'I know from my own experience that an evening spent tending my garden, after another incomprehensible day, brings a strength and calmness that no other activity can match. Is it the qualities associated with gardening, such as nurturing and the hard work of hands and heart, that are deficient in our culture? Much good writing has been done about the garden as a special place.' Madeleine Wilde's woodland garden on the south slope of Seattle's Queen Anne Hill was more than a "special place." It was her Sanctuary, her prism through which she explored the world and accomplished "much good writing." For two decades, starting in the early 1990s, Madeleine's "Notes from the Garden" delighted readers of the Queen Anne & Magnolia News in Seattle. Here, in luminous prose, is the best of her work from those years, ranging from hands-on advice for gardeners and would-be gardeners to poetically charged, often wry, insights into life in the tradition…
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Proserpina, Ariadne Florentina, The Opening of the Crystal Palace
by John Ruskin
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Dana Estes & Company, Boston, circa 1900, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 424 pages, 5.25" x 7.5", top edge gilt, ownership inscription on ffep, otherwise tight and clean.
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Villa Gardens: How to Plan and How to Plant them
by W.S. Rogers
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Grant Richards, London, 1902, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 134 pages, 5" x 7.5", a clean and tight copy
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Del Giardino
by V. Sackville West
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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Lime green cloth folio (31 x 25mm) with a paste-down floral watercolor image on the cover. The slightest sign of a dampstain exists under that image, floral endpapers inside. Text in ITALIAN with many full page watercolors. The chapters headings are months of the year. This is a collection of articles written by Vita between 1947 and 1961 for the Observer.
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The Carrot Seed
by Ruth Krauss & Crockett Johnson
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Krauss, Ruth: The Carrot Seed. Illustrated by Crockett Johnson, author, illustrator of the Harold and the Purple Crayon series. 1945, Harper & Brothers FIRST EDITION. States 1945 on the title page. Beige Boards. USED. Good Condition/ no dust jacket is included. A nice solid copy. 6 X 8 ¼. "Ruth Krauss's book about a little boy who stands his ground and grows a carrot in the face of doubt from his parents brings up themes of individuality, standing one's ground, and what it is to know something, or the basis of knowledge"
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The Adventure: Ghosts of the Petit Trianon
by Moberly, C
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- 9781496038159
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- 1496038150
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The Adventure: Ghosts of the Petit Trianon (2014 reprint, White Rabbit Press) By C. Moberly. Used. Very Good Condition. Paperback. By C. Moberly, L. Jourdain, and Tony Walker. MARIE ANTOINETTE. TIMESLIP, PARANORMAL. Summary: On 10 August, 1901, two English women walked into the past. During a visit to the Palace of Versailles, on the anniversary of the French Revolution, two ordinary women saw the French Queen, Marie Antionette sitting in the gardens in front of them, along with nobles, gardeners, houses, bridges and stones that when they went back were no longer there. Their timeslip experience has become known as the Ghosts of the Petit Trianon. Previously out of print, this is a new edition with additional timeslip type experiences at Versailles. A hard to find item.
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The Carrot Seed
by Ruth Krauss & Crockett Johnson
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Ruth Krauss. The Carrot Seed. Illustrated by Crockett Johnson, author, illustrator of the Harold and the Purple Crayon series. 1945, Harper & Brothers First Edition. States 1945 on the title page. QUITE RARE. EXLIB. Good Condition/ no dust jacket is included. A nice solid copy. "Ruth Krauss's book about a little boy who stands his ground and grows a carrot in the face of doubt from his parents brings up themes of individuality, standing one's ground, and what it is to know something (the basis of knowledge)" Not an easy find.
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Zahradník v rok (Gardener's Year)
by apek, Karel
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Prague: eskoslovenský spisovatel, 1969. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good +. Alena Dostálová. 123 pp. Small octavo [19.5 cm]. White cloth over boards with green stamped illustration on front cover and green stamped title on spine. Green satin ribbon page marker laid in, exhibiting some fraying at edges. Cloth and jacket are soiled in some places, original dust jacket has a [2 cm x .25 cm] chip near head of spine on front cover and some small tears near head/tail of spine. Originally published in 1929 and illustrated by his brother, this is apek's departure from political works and journalism into the world of plants. This is his guide to gardening, written and published in the Czech language.
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Barry's Fruit Garden; New Edition Revised And Brought Down To Date, By The Author
by Barry, P
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ardsley, New York, United States
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New York: Orange Judd, 1890. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth, gilt front cover design bright. Very good. 516 pages. 18.5 x 13 cm. Illustrated with 190 text figures. Two indices: General Index & Index To The Different Fruits. Fruit descriptions note State origins of the various fruits. Very firm fresh copy, interior bright and clean. beveled edges.
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The Gardener's Year
by Capek, Karel; Josef Capek (illustrated by)
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Cornish Flat, New Hampshire, United States
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. First American edition. Although the Czech writer Karel Capek (1890-1938) was best known for his early science fiction stories, in The Gardener's Year he writes with wit about his passion of gardening, With illustrations by his brother, Josef. 12mo. Green pictorial paper boards, 159 p., illus.; dust jacket. A VG+ copy with toning to board edges in a VG, unclipped ($1.75), dust jacket, which is also toned and has one mark of soiling.
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$85.00