Moe's: Gardening Books FS
Robert Eliason
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Arora, David. MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE
FLESHY FUNGI. (Ten Speed, 1976). Paper, new. Most comprehensive
guide to wild mushrooms, over 2000 species, 800 photos. $26.96.
Babcock, Mary Reynolds. FIRST AID FOR FLOWERS. (Farrar, Struas,
1954). Cloth, good (faded, cover is creased). A charming guide to
caring for cut flowers, with helpful hints. $4.00.
Bailey, L.H. and Ethel. HORTUS SECOND: A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF
GARDENING AND GENERAL HORTICULTURE. (MacMillan, 1941/64). Cloth,
good. A classic and exhaustive guide. $50.00.
Balmori, Diana and Morton, Margaret. TRANSITORY GARDENS, UPROOTED
LIVES. (Yale, 1993). Cloth, fine. A study of both gardening and
homelessness: the idea of home and permanence, versus homelessness
and transience becomes meaningfully blurred in these images of the
environments and gardens constructed by the homeless. Black and
white photos. Was $25.00, our price $10.00.
Bittman, Sam. SEEDS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO GROWING VEGETABLES,
HERBS, AND FLOWERS. (Bantam, 1989). Cloth, near fine in good
jacket. Truly the ultimate: large format with color plates. $21.00.
Chan, Peter. BONSAI: THE ART OF GROWING AND KEEPING MINIATURE
TREES. (Chartwell, 1985/94). Cloth, fine. Large format guide with
inspiring color photos and illustations. Only $13.00.
Clarke, Ethne. MAKING A ROSE GARDEN. (Grove Weidenfeld, 1992).
Cloth, fine. A detailed guide with beautiful color plates. $10.00.
Comito, Terry. THE IDEA OF THE GARDEN IN THE RENAISSANCE. (Rutgers,
1978). Cloth, good. Gardens are ways of organizing public spaces
which reflect the sensibility of a particular cultural period, the
author argues. Illumminating account of Renaissance gardening. 20
black and white plates. Out of print. $20.00.
Cox, Madison. THE PRIVATE GARDENS OF PARIS. (Harmony, 1989). Cloth,
very good. Browse these seldom glimpsed and frequently
imaginatively transformed corners of Paris, and plan your own
display. Beautiful large format book with dozens of color and black
and white photographs. List $40.00, our price $15.00.
Creasy, Rosalind. COOKING FROM THE GARDEN: CREATIVE GARDENING AND
CONTEMPORARY CUISINE. (Sierra Club, 1988). Paper, good. Clever ways
to design your garden around your cooking habits and ambitions,
based upon national gardens and cuisines. $12.00.
Creasy, Rosalind. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EDIBLE LANDSCAPING: HOME
LANDSCAPING WITH FOOD-BEARING AND RESOURCE SAVING TECHNIQUES.
(Sierra Club, 1982). Paper, good with worn edges. An exhaustive
resource. $10.00.
Denckla, Tanya. THE ORGANIC GARDENERS HOME REFERENCE: A PLANT BY
PLANT GUIDE TO GROWING FRESH, HEALTHY FOOD. (Garden Way, 1994).
Cloth, very good with creased dust cover. Detailed users guide
designed as a step by step process. $15.00.
Dreyer, Peter. A GARDENER TOUCHED WITH GENIUS: THE LIFE OF LUTHER
BURBANK. (Luther Burbank, 1985). Paper, like new. One of the most
influential horticulturalists, he profoundly effected the growth
and practice of farming in the United States. Was $20.00, our price
$12.00.
Duffield, Mary Rose. PLANTS FOR DRY CLIMATES: HOW TO SELECT, GROW
AND ENJOY. (HP Books, 1981). Paper, good. A practical color guide.
$7.80.
Dutton, Ralph. THE ENGLISH GARDEN. (Batsford, 1950). Cloth, good
for its age. Part of the "British Heritage" series, a comprehensive
history stating with the 11th century and extending to the 19th
century "follies." Over 150 black and white plates. $22.50.
Ferguson and Cowan. LIVING WITH FLOWERS. (Rizzoli, 1990). Cloth,
near fine with good dust cover. A comprehensive guide to cut
flowers in the home, for all occasions. Large format with dozens of
color plates and illustrated guides. Was $40.00, our price is
$20.00.
Hamilton, Geoff. THE ORGANIC GARDEN BOOK: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO
GROWING FLOWERS, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES NATURALLY. (Dorling
Kindersley, 1994). Paper, new. Complete practical guide to
questions and gardening techniques in encyclopaedic form, with
hundreds of color photos. $13.46.
Hayu, Roy, and Synge, Patrick. THE COLOR DICTIONARY OF GARDEN
PLANTS: WITH HOUSE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS: THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY. (Penguin, 1991). Cloth, fine. A complete guide with
dictionary and over 2000 color illustrations. $14.00.
Hongxun, Yang. THE CLASSICAL GARDENS OF CHINA: HISTORY AND DESIGN
TECHNIQUES. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982). Cloth, very good. Out of
Print, with some beautiful color and black and white photographs
and illustrations. $18.00.
Hunt, John Dixon and Willis, Peter, eds. THE GENIUS OF PLACE: THE
ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN 1620-1820. (Harper and Row, 1975). Cloth,
good. Selections of writings about the garden range from Bacon and
Evelyn to Austen and Peacock. Many rarely seen writings appear
here, along with paintings and illustrations of the gardens
themselves. Black and white reproductions, out of print. $45.00.
Jeavons, John. HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT
POSSIBLE ON LESS LAND THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. (Ten Speed, 1991).
Paper, new. Great guide to urban and small space gardening, and a
classic. $13.46.
Druse, Ken. THE NATURAL HABITAT GARDEN. (Clarkson Potter, 1994).
Cloth, new. Stunning large format guide to planting native plant
gardens that can actually improve the health of the planet. Color
photos on every page. $36.00.
Jeavons, John, and Cox, Carol. LAZY BED GARDENING: THE QUICK AND
DIRTY GUIDE. (Ten Speed, 1993). Paper, new. A simple and direct
users guide to growing food, for beginners and those needing less
information than HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT
POSSIBLE ON LESS LAND THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. From Ecology Action.
$8.06.
Jenkins, Virginia Scott. THE LAWN: A HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN
OBSESSION. (Smithsonian, 1994). Paper, new. Until the late 19th
century, few American had any desire for a front lawn, much less
access to seeds for growing one... a comprehensive history that
surprises and enlightens, as well as offering gardening
alternatives to the hegemony of the lawn. $13.46.
Kramer, Jack. ORCHIDS: FLOWERS OF ROMANCE AND MYSTERY. (Harry
Abrams, 1975). Cloth, good. Beautiful large format guide with over
200 black and white and color plates. Our of print. $65.00.
Lamb, Brian. LETTS GUIDE TO CACTI OF THE WORLD. (Letts, 1991).
Cloth, fine. A complete, large format guide with beautiful diagrams
and color photos. $18.00.
Larkcom, Joy. ORIENTAL VEGETABLES: THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR THE
GARDENING COOK. (Kodansha, 1991). Paper, like new. $8.50.
Lazzaro, Claudia. THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE GARDEN. (Yale, 1990).
Cloth, very good. Very impressive and seemingly exhaustive large
format guide to the Renaissance garden, with painting
reproductions, plans and color photographs. A beautiful book for
ideas or for display. Was $55.00, our price $33.00.
Lorenceau, Bernard. CAILLEBOTTE AND HIS GARDEN AT YERRES. (Harry
Abrams, 1991). Cloth, fine. Gorgeous reproductions of work by the
impressionist artist famous for "The Floor Scrapers" (in the Musee
d'Orsay). With numerous photographs and drawings giving context to
the body of work celebrating his garden at Yerres. Large format,
321 illusrations, 170 color plates. $48.00.
Loxton, Howard. THE GARDEN, A CELEBRATION: WORLD VIEW, HISTORY,
EVOLUTION, DESIGN, PRACTICE, PLANTS AND PANTING, FURNITURE AND
ORNAMENT. (Key Porter, 1991). Exhaustive and beautifully presented
overview of the art of gardening begins with fascinating images of
its history and extends to a display of the most beautiful gardens
of the world, including Giverny, Hidcote, scented gardens, cottage
gardens. Large format, hundreds of color plates. $23.00.
Merser, Cheryl. A STARTER GARDEN: THE GUIDE FOR THE HORTICULTURALLY
HAPLESS. (Harper, 1994). Paper, new. A truly practical guide for
the "average" gardener, considering such rarely mentioned subjects
as cost and noble expectations versus sobering reality. Plus a
season by season guide. $11.70.
Mitchell, Henry. ONE MAN'S GARDEN. (Houghton Mifflin, 1992). Paper,
new. Widely considered one of America's most entertaining and
enlightening garden writers. Practical and amusing. $9.86.
Moore, Charles, Mitchell, William, and Turnbull, William. THE
POETICS OF GARDENS. (MIT, 1993). Paper, very good. A different sort
of gardening guide, in which landscapes and gardens are treated as
personal and cultural as well as visual settings: a rich and
absorbing treatment of the garden and its ideas. Black and white
photos and illustrations. $10.50.
Mosser and Teyssot, eds. THE ARCHITECTURE OF WESTERN GARDENS. (MIT,
1991). Cloth, fine. Wonderful compendium of some of the West's most
magnificent and sometimes little known gardens. With color
photographs, contemporary drawings and paintings, and architect's
plans towards creating a complete image of the setting. $50.00.
Ogrin, Dusan. THE WORLD HERITAGE OF GARDENS. (Thames and Hudson,
1993). Cloth, new. Medieval gardens, Renaissance gardens, Japanese,
water, formal and informal, these 600 illustrations, over 350 in
color, are captivating evidence of the garden's beauty. Large
format. $36.00.
Paul, Anthony and Rees, Yvonne. THE WATER GARDEN: A GUIDE TO
DESIGNING, INSTALLING, AND PLANTING ORNAMENTAL AND NATURAL WATER
FEATURES FOR ANY GARDEN. (Penguin, 1986). Paper, good. Loaded with
color photos. $9.00.
Rose, Graham. THE LOW MAINTENANCE GARDEN: A COMPETE GUIDE TO
DESIGNING, PLANNING, AND KEEPING AN EASY TO CARE FOR GARDEN.
(Viking, 1983). Cloth, good. Nice, colorful guide to urban
gardening, published in cooperation with the New York Botanical
Garden Insititute of Urban Horticulture. All color photos. $12.00.
Sato, Shozo. THE ART OF ARRANGING FLOWERS: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO
JAPANESE IKEBANA. (Harry Abrams, 1960's). Cloth, good with some
wear and fading on cover pages and edges. Impressive and
beautifully presented guide to the Japanese art, very large format
with dozens of elegantly photographed and mounted color plates, and
complete instructions to the process. $50.00.
Strong, Roy. ROYAL GARDENS. (Pocket, 1992). Cloth, very good. Lush
large format view of the elaborate and ingenius Royal gardens of
England, with reproduced paintings, color photos, historical text.
$24.00.
Teshigahara, Wafu. IKEBANA: A NEW ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO MASTERY.
(Kodansha, 1980). Cloth, very good, World-renowned head of the
Wafu-kai school of the art of flower arranging presents this
definitive guide to the Japanese art. Beautifully illustrated with
color and black and white plates. $9.00.
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO GARDENS. Jellico, Goode, Lancaster, eds.
(Oxford, 1991). Paper, very good. Nearly the definitive guide to
both the obvious and the obscure questions. Was $25.00, our price
$15.00.
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, A
PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. (Clarendon,
1951). 5 volumes. Cloth, good for its age. As complete a guide to
horticulture and gardening as one could ask for. $175.00 (set).
Wyman, Donald. WYMAN'S GARDENING ENCYCLOPEDIA. (MacMillan, 1977).
Cloth, good. Exhaustive gardening guide for anything you want to
grow in the lower 48 states. $30.00.
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A few items from our antiquarian shop:
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Agricultural Reader, Inv #
7149)
Agricultural Reader. AGRICULTURAL READER. Agricultural Reader, 1824
(leather). First few pages to title pages missing. Leather Cracked
and worn. Spine missing bottom edge. Fxing thorugh out. $35.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Buist, R., Inv # 7148)
Buist, Robert. AMERICAN FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY. C.M. Saxon Barker
and Co., 1860 (cloth). Rare. Foxing and waterstains on first few
pages. Cover worn and spine chipped at top and bottom. Fair.
$45.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Edwards, A., Inv # 7146)
Edwards, A.. ROCK GARDENS. Ward Lock and Co., 9999 (cloth). With 50
photos and diagrams and 8 color paltes. Inscription front fly leaf.
Slight shelfwear. very good. $50.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Ellwanger, H., Inv # 7151)
Ellwanger, H. B.. THE ROSE. Dodd, Mead, 1893 (cloth). Slight
soiling on cover and spine. Some shelfwear, else very good. $45.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Harris, J., Inv # 7137)
Harris, John. CATALOGUE OF BRITISH DRAWINGS FOR ARCHITECTURE,
DECORATION, SCULTURE AND LANDSCAPE GARDENING 1550-1900 IN AMERICAN
COLLECTIONS. Gregg, 1971 (cloth). Some shelfwear, else very
good-fine. $95.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Hazlitt, W., Inv # 7143)
Hazlitt, W. C.. GLEANINGS IN OLD GARDEN LITERATURE. Elliot Stock,
9999 (cloth). Corners bumped. Some foxing on first few and last
pages. Slight shelfwear. Bookplate inside front cover. very good.
$50.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Henderson, P., Inv # 7145)
Henderson, Peter. PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE: A GUIDE TO THE SUCCESSFUL
CULTIVATION PF FLORISTS' PLANTS FOR THE AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.
Orange Judd and Co., 1869 (cloth). Ilustrated with engravings.
Cover shelfworn. Spine faded and worn at top and bottom edges.
Good+. $35.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Hibberd, S., Inv # 7153)
Hibberd, Shirley. THE SEA WEED COLLECTOR. Groombridge and Sons,
1872 (cloth). Ilustrated with 8 color plates and many wood
engravings. Some foxing. Cover worn and soiled. Lacks front free
paper. Good. $60.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (House, H., Inv # 7140)
House, Homer. WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK. University of New York,
1919 (cloth). Other than some shelfwear and a little scuffing on
the spine of vol. 2, near fine. Very scarce. $125.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Katsuhiko, M., Inv # 7157)
Katsuhiko, Mizuno. TSUBONIWA: THE JAPANESE COURTYARD GARDEN. Kyoto
Shoin, 1991 (new cloth). $36.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Lasdun, S., Inv # 7154)
Lasdun, Susan. THE ENGLISH PARK. Vendome Press, 1991 (new cloth).
$31.50.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Leighton, C., Inv # 7159)
Leighton, Clare. FOUR HEDGES: A GARDENER'S CHRONICLE. Macmillan,
1935 (cloth). 1st printing. Engravings by the author. Bumped at
corner, else very good+. $40.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Mawe, T., Inv # 7147)
Mawe, Thomas and John Abercrombie. GARDENER'S CALENDAR AND GENERAL
DIRECTORY. London, 1803 (leather). First few pages partly
detatched. Leather shelfworn at edges, but still in good shape.
Good+. $95.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Mosser, M., Inv # 7139)
Mosser, Monique and Georges Teyssot, eds.. THE ARCHITECTURE OF
WESTERN GARDENS. MIT, 1991 (new cloth). $112.50.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Nash, J., Inv # 7160)
Nash, John. ENGLISH GARDEN FLOWERS. Duckworth, 1948 (cloth).
$20.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Rhind, W., Inv # 7144)
Rhind, William. HISTORY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. Blackie and Son,
1860 (leather). With several hundred steel engravings, many hand
colored. 3/4 leather dried and slightly peeling on edges. very
good. $200.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Sitwell, E., Inv # 7150)
Sitwell, Edith. A BOOK OF FLOWERS. Macmillan, 1952 (cloth). 1st ed.
Paper clip mark on title page. Cover faded, lightly worn adn bumped
an corners. Good+ $25.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Sitwell, S., Inv # 7158)
Sitwell, Sacheverell. OLD FASHIONED FLOWERS. Country Life, 1939
(cloth). 1st printing. Printed by Curwen Press. Lithographs by John
Farleigh. Some foxing. One signature loose. Cover bumped and
shelfworn at edges. Good+. $45.00.
Subject: Gardening/Horticulture (Warlock, P., Inv # 7156)
Warlock, Peter. SONGS OF THE GARDENS. Nonesuch Press, 1925 (cloth).
Printed by Curwen Press, limited to 875; this #747. Covers flared,
else very good+ in lightly chipped dust jacket. $75.00.
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