Flower Shows in Japan; Japanese Archipelago Hanageshiki - Imai Takamine Photos
Japan: Toho Shuppan, 2003. Paperback. Octavo. 8.5" x 8.25" Unpaginated. A beautiful copy, Near Fine, papereback with Near Fine dust jacket. 111 stunning photos. More
Gardening
The University in a Garden; Special Edition
Pulau Pinang: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2004. Hardcover. 25.5 x 25.5 cm. 183pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Color illustrations. More
Gardens in time.
Abrams, 2006. Hardcover. Quarto. 319pp A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture in three volumes.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. Hardcover. The popular edition, complete in 3 volumes, originally done in 6 volumes. 27 x 19.5 cm. 3639pp. Color frontispiece in each volume. Bound in dark green cloth. Extensively illustrated. Some foredge foxing to volume 2. Fading to spines. Heavy set, priority and international..... More
Some Ancient Gardens of Lahore.
Lahore: Lahore Museum / Newfine Printing Press, 1989. Second edition. Paperback. 24 x 18 cm. 27pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Crease to top corner. More
China Mother of Gardens.
Boston, Massachusetts: The Stratford Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 26.5 x 18 cm. Royal octavo. 408pp. IndexWith large fold-out map and 61 illustrations from photographs taken by the author. Map is in nice shape without tears. Bound in black cloth with gold design. Gilt top foredge. Spine is faded. Some..... More
Gardens and Gardening 936.
New London and New York: The Studio Limited, 1936. Hardcover. 29 x 21 cm. Quarto. 126 pp + 4 ads. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Tipped in color plates. Some tearing and chipping to the uncommon jacket. More
The Lure of the Garden.
New York: The Century Co., 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 27 x 18 cm. 259pp. Green cloth, illustrated, gilt lettering. With full color illustrations by Maxfield Parrish (p63), Jules Guerin, Sigismond de Ivanowski, Anna Whelan Bettts, and others. Vertical tear down half of the front free endpaper. Some edgewear to head..... More
A Brocade Pillow; Azaleas of Old Japan
New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.35 cm. Octavo. 161pp. 8pp color photographs.Red cloth in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by botonist John L. Creech who wrote the introduction and commentary. Magazine clipping about Creech taped to front free endpaper. Some toning to jacket flaps..... More
Creative Gardens.
New York: Reinhold Publishing Co, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 13" x 10". 208pp. Black and white photographs. Light sunning at edges of boards. Dust jacket has some tears, chipping and some loss. More
The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland.
Yale, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 251pp. Lavishly illustrated. . A fine copy in dust jacket. More
A Treatise upon Planting, Gardening, and the Management of the Hot-House.
Dublin: Printed for W. Wilson, 1784. First edition. 3/4 Leather. 21 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. xiv (3) 462 pages. Bound in 3/4 brown leather with marble boards. Rubbing to the boards and front joint. Closed tear to page 461. Some scattered foxing on the first and last few pages. Some..... More
Chelsea Gold Award-Winning Gardens From the Chelsea Flower Show.
Cassell, August 2000. Hardcover. 160pp. Lavishly illustrated with pictures by Britain's leading garden photographers. Very nice copy in dust jacket. Jacket in a brodart protective wrapper. More
Shalamar Garden Lahore; Landscape, Form & Meaning
Pakistan: Department of Archaeology and Museums, Ministry of Culture, 1990. Paperback. 28 x 21 cm. Quarto.86pp. 26 plates, color reproductions and diagrams. Museums and Monuments Series Number One. More
An Oak Spring Flora; Flower Illustration from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Time. A Selection of the Rare Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art in the Collection of Rachel Lambert Mellon
Oak Spring Garden Library, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 28cm x 24cm. Brown cloth with gitl design to front cover and gilt lettering to spine. 427pp. Lacking dust jacket. More
The Flowering of the Landscape Garden: English Pleasure Grounds, 1720-1800.
Philadelphia: University Of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 29 x 22 cm. Quarto. 446 pages.Green cloth in dust jacket. First edition with full number linen. Bottom of the front cover is lightly bumped. Some light toneing to the dust jacket. Part of the series Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture..... More
Spanish Gardens and Patios.
Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1928. Hardcover. 28 x 19.5 cm. Quarto. 305pp 3 ads. Blue cloth with gilt letteriong in matching jacket. Illustrated with 175 examples, 4 plates in color. Fading to jacket spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Small closed tear to rear of..... More
The Botanical Gardens of Padua 1545-1995.
Marsilio, 1995. Hardcover. Quarto. (29cm x 22cm) 311pp. A very nice copy in dust jacket. A collection of essays covering all aspects of the Padua Garden's history and activities. More
THE ARCHITECTURE OF WESTERN GARDENS A Design History from the Renaissance to the Present Day.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (28cm x 25cm) 543pp. A fine copy in dust jacket. More
Contemporary History of Garden Design European Gardens Between Art and Architecture.
Basel, Berlin, Boston: Birkhäuser Basel, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 33.5 x 26 cm. Folio. 263pp. Burgundy boards in dust jacket. More
Designing and Creating Japanese Gardens.
Crowood Press, Limited, The, March 1, 2006. Hardcover. 192pp. A very nice copy in dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
Gardens of the World: The Great Traditions.
Frances Lincoln, 2010-11. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 256pp. Very nice copy in dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
Islamic Gardens and Landscapes.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 26.5 x 19.5 cm. Royal octavo. 262pp. Green cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs, plans, maps in black and white. Bibliography, index. More
Tradition of Japanese Garden.
Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1963. Second Edition. Hardcover. 29.5 x 29.5 cm. Quarto. 186pp. Pictorial cloth in dust jacket and cardboard slipcase. Chip out of the front of the jacket, a few small tears to the jacket. Extensively illustrated with black and white and color photos. More
The Art and Craft of Garden Making.
London: B.T. Batsford, 1912. fourth edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. ( 14" x 10") Brown cloth over green leather spine. Gilt lettering and design to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Some sunning to spine. 404pp. Color frontispiece, black and white photographs,and pen and ink drawings. Some light water staining at..... More