Search Results: Authors starting with K from Landscape Books

1937. Very Good. [CHILDREN'S GARDENING] KAINS, M. G. Adventures in Gardening for Boys and Girls. New York: Greenberg Publisher, 1937. 8vo, pp.viii, 280, illustrated with line drawings in the text. Index. Dj. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed, dj slightly edgeworn, otherwise very good.

1947. Good. KAMENKA, H. Flats: Modern Developments in Apartment House Construction. London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1947, First edition. Lg.8vo, pp.144, illus. w. halftone plates from photographs and renderings, and with drawings and plans in the text. Index, bibliography.

1996. Good. KARSON, ROBIN. The Muses of Gwinn: Art and Nature in a Garden Designed by Warren H. Manning, Charles A. Platt & Ellen Biddle Shipman. New York: Sagapress and Harry N. Abrams, 1996. Lg.8vo, pp.x, 204, illus. w. halftones from archival photographs and plans. Plant lists, index, bibliographic notes. Dj, NEW. [The story of the creation of an estate on Lake Erie during the Country Place Era: a period from 1900 to the beginning of the Second World War.]

1975. Good. KAUFFMAN, HENRY J. The American Farmhouse. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975, First edition. 4to, pp.xi, 265, illus. in color and halftone from photographs by the author, and with architectural plans. Index, bibliography. Good/good. Last two pages and rear endpaper are creased at bottom corner. Dust jacket has some closed tears along top edge.

1950. Good. KAWAHARA, ETSUJIN. Modern Japanese Art of Flower Arrangements. Vol.V. Translated by Naozo Ueno and Shoji Kawamura. Kohata, Kyoto, Japan: Hanano- Shiori-Sha, 1950. Oblong 4to, pp.13 of text (a short history of Japanese flower arrangement,) + 24 full page color illustrations printed from paintings by Seika Nishizaka with explanatory overlays. Japanese style binding in purple cloth with purple ties. Paper title label on front cover. Bookplate on f.f.e.p. and repairs to bottom edge of verso of f.f.e.p with cellophane tape. First four pages browned. Very interesting book.

1956. Very Good. KAYE, AARON M. The Strange Case of Eleanor's Baby and Other Short Stories. N.p., 1956. 8vo, pp.89. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Dj. Vg/good, some light foxing on dj, and top edge.

1988. Paperback. Fine. KEAVENEY, RAYMOND. View of Rome. Smithsonian Institution, 1988. Edited and produced by Scala Publications, London. 4to, pp.304, illus. in color and halftone from the Eighty-one Drawings and Watercolors from the Thomas Ashbt Collection in the Vatican Library. Bibliographies, Biographies of Artists. Wraps. Fine.

1918. Good. KEEFER, FRANK R. A Textbook of Elementary Military Hygiene and Sanitation. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1918, Second edition, reset. 8vo,, 340 (+11pp.), illus. in halftone and line. Index, glossary. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Nice copy, small spot on bottom rear cover. Former owner's name on front free endpaper.

1989. Good. KEEN, MARY. The Glory of the English Garden. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1989. 4to, pp.255, illus. in color from photographs and paintings. Index, bibliography. Dj, NEW.

1997. Fine. KELLAWAY, DEBORAH Editor. The Illustrated Book of Women Gardeners. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1997, First U.S. edition. Square 4to, pp.224, illus. in color from photographs, line cuts in the text. Index, biographical notes, bibliography. Dj, as new. Has remainder mark on bottom edge.

1942. Good. KELSEY, HARLAN P. and WILLIAM A. DAYTON, Editors. Standardized Plant Names. Prepared for The American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature. Harrisburg, PA: J. Horace McFarland Co., 1942, Second Edition. Wide 8vo, pp.xv, 675. Covers rubbed, front hinge loose.

1925. Good. KENT, WILLIAM WINTHROP. The Life and Works of Baldassare Peruzzi of Siena. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1925. 8vo, pp.85 + 89 half-tone plates, bibliography and list of works. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration. Lettering on spine has faded, head and tail of spine starting to show wear.

1898. Good. KERR, JOE. The Cheery Book. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co., 1898. 12mo, pp.206 + (2), illustrated with halftone frontispiece, engraved cuts in the text. Decorated cloth. No dust jacket. Fair condition: front hinge loose, cloth worn, ink stamps on ffep and frontispiece, child's pencil scibblings rear endpaper and preface page, some pages soiled.

1969. Very Good. KEYES, LANGLEY CARLETON Jr. The Rehabilitation Planning Game: A Study in the Diversity of Neighborhood. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1969. 8vo, pp.viii, 253, illustrated with maps. Index, bibliography. Dj. [Boston, Massachusetts] Vg/good, dust slightly soiled.

1972. Fine. KING, CLARENCE. The Half-Share Man: Peter Folger of Nantucket Grandfather of Benjamin Franklin. Nantucket, Massachusetts: Poits Corner Press, 1972. 8vo., 135. Index, bibliography. Hardbound, red cloth, no dust jacket as issued. Fine/vg-good, spine and 1" along top of rear cover faded.

1939. Very Good. KING, ELEANOR and WELLMER PESSELS. Garden Creatures. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939, First edition. 8vo, pp.64, illustrated with halftones from photographs. No dust jacket. Vg, rear endpaper lightly foxed.

1922. Good. KING, MRS. FRANCIS. The Little Garden. Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922, Third impression. 8vo, pp.ix, 94, 9 half-tone plates, 4 tables, 1 fold-out table. Orig. gilt decorated cloth. Gilt bright, small bit of paper stuck to cloth on rear cover, o.w. a nice copy.

1921. Good. KING, MRS. FRANCIS. Pages from a Garden Notebook. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921, First Edition. 8vo, pp.xi, 291, illus. w. 16 halftone plates from photographs, garden plan. Index. Covers spotted, spine faded. [Collection of essays on various garden topics.]

1979. Good. KING, RONALD. The Quest For Paradise: A History of the World's Gardens. New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, First American edition. 4to, pp.288, illus. in color and halftone from photographs, old prints and paintings. Index, bibliography. Dj.

1979. Very Good. KING, RONALD. The Quest For Paradise: A History of the World's Gardens. New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, First American edition. 4to, pp.288, illus. in color and halftone from photographs, old prints and paintings. Index, bibliography. Dj. Vg/vg.