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ANON, . The Reader's Digest Complete Library of the Garden. London,
The
Reader's Digest Association, [c1980's]. 8vo; 3 volumes, 1263
(continuous
pagination), numerous illus and plates in color, orig 1/2 cloth, bds,
in orig
pict slipcase, very good to fine. A most comprehensive survey on all
aspects
of gardening with excellent and useful illustrations.
$40.00 bookID 1719
BILES, Roy E. The Complete Book of Garden Magic. Chicago, J. G.
Ferguson, 1953. sm 4to [26 x 20 cm]; ix, 334 pp, col frontis, numerous
illus, charts tables, pict eps, orig cloth, bit faded, shelf wear of
good "how to" book, with a lot of good gardening ideas.
$18.00 bookID 2122
BONSAI KAI SOCIETY OF JAPAN, . An Introduction to Bonsai. New York,
Gallery Books, [1989]. sm 4to; 89 pp, numerous col plates, illus, pict
eps, orig pict bds, dj, fine.
$20.00 bookID 1691
BOTTOMLEY, M. E. The Design of Small Properties; a Book for the
Home-Owner in City and Country. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1939.
8vo; xiv, 233pp, 64 garden plans, mainly full-page, tables, orig
cloth, very good.
$30.00 bookID 620
BOUTARD, C. R. Plants Indoors; How to Grow and Arrange Them. London,
Putnam & Co, [1956]. 8vo [22 x 15]; xiii, 253 pp, numerous illus,
plates, charts, orig cloth, dj (small chips at spine end and corner),
else very good, clean copy of interesting and useful work.
$16.00 bookID 1855
FILLMORE, Roscoe A.; drawings by Winifred Fox; photos by Harold
Bailey. The Growing Question; Answers to Your Gardening Problems.
Toronto, The Ryerson Press, [1957], First edition, 8vo [21 x 15
cm];xix, 357 pp, numerous illus, orig cloth, dj (rubbing at edges),
fine in very good dj. Useful information for gardening in Canada and
norther US by master gardener and nursery owner.
$18.00 bookID 2090
FREE, Montague. All About The Perennial Garden; The Amateur Gardener's
Handbook of Hardy Flowers, Herbaceous and Woody Perennials, including
Bulbs and Shrubs, Biennials and Annuals with 153 Photographs, 5
Full-color Illustrations and 22 Line Drawings. Garden City, New York,
The American Garden Guild and Doubleday & Co, 1955, First edition,
8vo; 352 pp, color frontis, illus and plates, incl color, garden
plans, appendices of tables of perennials classified by height, use,
conditions, names, etc, orig cloth, very good copy of useful and
comprehensive work.
$24.00 bookID 1778
HAMPDEN, Mary. Flower Culture Month by Month. London, Hervert Jenkins,
1916, First edition, 8vo [19 x 14 cm], ix, [iii], 300, [viii,
publisher's ads] pp, col frontis, color plates from paintings by Mary
S. Reeve, illus and plans, orig cloth, slight shelf wear, very good+.
$25.00 bookID 1871
HAWORTH-BOOTH, Michael. Effective Flowering Shrubs. London, Collins,
[1965], new revised edition, 8vo (21 x 15 cm); 350 pp, 47 color
plates, orig cloth, gilt lettering, dj (light edge wear), fine in vg
dj.
$25.00 bookID 1847
HYAMS, Edward, with photos by Edwin Smith. English Cottage Gardens.
[London], Penguin, [1987], reprint of the 1970 first edition, sm 4to;
[xviii], 234 pp, numerous illus incl color and full-page, orig pict
card covers, owner's blind stamp, else very good+.
$12.00 bookID 1805
JENKINS, Dorothy H. and Helen Van Pelt Wilson. Enjoy Your House
Plants. New York, M. Barrows, [1944]. 8vo; 238 pp, color frontis,
illus and plates, orig pict cloth, dj (large chip, tears, wear),
stains on lower margins, good.
$12.00 bookID 1776
MARSHALL, William Emerson. Consider the Lilies. New York, W . E.
Marshall & Co, [1927], First edition, 8vo; 85pp, full-page illus from
photos, color plates from paintings, orig pict and gilt cloth, fine.
$35.00 bookID 377
MASSINGHAM, Betty. Flowers for Special Occasions. London, W. H. & L.
Collingridge, [1960], First edition, 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 64 pp, 81 illus
from photos, pict eps, orig cloth, dj (short tears), very good copy of
book on flower arranging.
$15.00 bookID 1877
MCKENNY, Margaret; E. L. D. Seymour. Your City Garden. New York,
London, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1937, First edition, 12mo; xiv,
[1/2 title], 215pp, frontis, illus from photos, plans, orig cloth, dj
(chipped and worn), else quite good.
$20.00 bookID 630
ROCKWELL, F. F. (editor). 10,000 Garden Questions; Answered by 20
Experts. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, nd, revised edition,
book club edition, 8vo; 2 volumes, xvi, 686; [691] - 1390 pp, illus,
index, orig cloth, dj's (chipped at ends of spine), else very good set
with huge amount of practical information on all aspects of gardening.
$24.00 bookID 1792
ROGERS, W. S. Planning Your Garden. Garden City, NJ, Doubleday, Doran
& Company, 1928. 8vo; xi, 301 pp, frontis, illus, orig cloth, spine
faded, very clean, very good.
$15.00 bookID 633
SANDERS, T. W. The Encyclopaedia of Gardening; a Dictionary of
Cultivated Plants, etc, Giving in Alphabetical Sequence the Culture
and Propagation of Hardy and Half-hardy Plants, Trees and Shrubs,
Orchids, Ferns, Fruit, Vegetables, Hothouse and Greenhouse Plants.
London, W. H. & L. Collingridge,
nd, 15th edition with addenda, sm 8vo; xv, [i], 472, viii [ads] pp,
orig pict cloth, very good copy of useful book in attractive cover.
$20.00 bookID 1648
SANDERS, T. W.; revised by A. J. Macself. Sanders' Encyclopaedia of
Gardening; a Dictionary of Cultivated Plants, etc, Giving in
Alphabetical Sequence the Culture and Propagation of Hardy and
Half-hardy Plants, Trees and Shrubs,
Orchids, Ferns, Fruit, Vegetables, Hothouse and Greenhouse Plants.
London, W. H. & L. Collingridge, nd, De Luxe 23rd edition, xvi, [i],
417 pp, hundreds of illus from photos, orig cloth, minor rubbing at
edges & corners, else very good copy of an expanded version of this
most useful book.
$25.00 bookID 1647
SEYMOUR, E. L. D. (editor), Henry E. Downer, Paul F. Frese et al.
Favorite Flowers in Color. New York, Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1949, First
edition, 8vo; vi, 634 pp, 300 color photos illustrating over 800
flowers, identification grid in folder at front for identifying
varieties, orig pict cloth, dj (small hold in spine, chipped at head
of spine) else clean fine copy. A comprehensive work,
very well illustrated.
$20.00 bookID 1767
SMAUS, Robert. Planning and Planting the Garden. New York, Harry N.
Abrams, [1989], First edition, 4to; 176 pp, 163 illus, 141 of which
are color and many full-page, garden plans, orig cloth, dj, fine. A
much better than usual production for this type of book with many
useful suggestions and excellent
illustrations. By a former editor of Sunset Magazine.
$22.00 bookID 1785
SMITH, N. Gerard. Dahlia Cultivation. New York, Pellegrini & Cudahy,
nd, c1950's, First American edition, sm 8vo; 96 pp, color frontis,
illus, plates, some in color, orig cloth, dj (very worn, torn), else
quite good.
$15.00 bookID 1779
SPRAGUE, Howard B. Better Lawns for Homes and Parks. New York and
London, Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1940, Second edition,
8vo; xiv, 205pp, illus + 16 plates, orig cloth in dj (spine ends
chipped), else good.
$10.00 bookID 616
STEPHENS, Theo. A. and A. T. Johnson. My Garden's Choice of Rock
Plants, Trees and Flowering Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants. Guildford,
My Garden Ltd, [1950], large 8vo [25 x 19 cm]; 176 pp, numerous illus
from photos, incl 24 color plates and 107 half-tones, orig cloth, dj
(wear, short tears), very good in
good dj. , detailed descriptions and cultivation notes.
$15.00 bookID 1859
TAYLOR, Albert D. and Gordon D. Cooper. The Complete Garden. Garden
City, New 8vo; xxviii, 440 pp, 64
plates including frontis and color map, some plates in color, charts,
tables, glossary, detailed index, orig cloth, gilt lettering, dj (some
chips, tears and wear), else very good. A well-illustrated and
comprehensive guide "for the average small home owner as well as the
professional of wide experience"
and useful for most parts of the US or Canada.
$18.00 bookID 1762
THOMAS, H. H. The Garden at Home. London, NY, etc, Cassell and
Company, 1912, First edition, 8vo; xii, 276 pp, color frontis, other
color plates, numerous bw plates, orig elaborate pictorial gilt cloth,
spine bit faded, light foxing, fine.
$35.00 bookID 639
WARD, Lock. Book of Gardening, an ABC of Garden Management. London,
Ward, Lock & Co, nd [1950?]. 12mo [19 x13 cm]; 254 [iv, ads] pp, color
frontis, illus from photos and drwgs, orig cloth, very good.
$15.00 bookID 1913
WHITING, John R. (editor). A Treasury of American Gardening. Garden
City, NY, Flower Grower and Doubleday, [1955]. large 8vo; 272 pp,
frontis, numerous cloth, boards, corners and edges
with wear, with remains of dj, good. An interesting collection of
articles with contributions by Monatague Free, Milton Carleton, F. F.
Rockwell, Robert S. Lemon, Helen S. Hull and others. 12 of the color
plates are from Furber's
'Twelve Months of Flowers'.
$12.00 bookID 1790
WICKSON, E. J. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture
Answered; [together with] Second Thousand Answered Questions in
California Agriculture. San Francisco, Pacific Rural Press, 1914-1916,
First edition, 8vo [19 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, 257;254 [ii, ads] pp, orig
cloth, endpaper darkened, light rubbing at edges, else near fine.
Normally found as separate volumes, but offered here as a set, this is
a comprehensive work, each volume with an index, covering all aspects
but with good coverage of horticulture. Most of
the topics apply to agriculture anywhere.
$40.00 bookID 2133
WISTER, John C. Bulbs for Home Gardens. New York, Oxford University
Press, 1948, A revised and enlarged edition of the 1930 "Bulbs for
American Gardens", 8vo; xiv, 270 pp, plates from photos, text illus,
appendices on daffodils, tulips, orig cloth, dj (chips, short tears,
rubbing), else very good. A still useful work covering all aspects of
bulb growing.
$20.00 bookID 1777
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