Gardens / Flowers / Herbs - Catalogue
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THADDEUS Gardens / Flowers / Herbs - Catalogue Dec. 31, 1996
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1. Ackerson, Cornelius. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS. N.Y, Doubleday &
Amer. Garden Gld, 1957. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo.
Very good condition in torn/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Foxing rear endpapers. Signature endpaper. Color/Black & white
photos & drawings. Good tight copy. 256 pages......$10.00
2. Allison, James. WATER IN THE GARDEN. Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1991. 1st
US/3rd prt. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color photos & drawings. Incorporating water into
garden designs. Beautifully illustrated with over 300 color photographs &
drawings. Descriptions & illustrations of Ponds, Watercourses, Waterfalls,
Fountains & small water features from Pebble Fountains to Troughs.
Construction explained in detailed text & - where applicable - step-by-step
diagrams. Also chapters on Water Garden Plants and Pond Fish. Plus a chapter
on how to design, build & plant a wildlife pond. With General Index & Plant
Index Tight well-bound volume. 160 pages......$18.00
3. Askwith, Herbert (editor). THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GARDEN FLOWERS: AN
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDEN PLANNING. New York, A.S. Barnes & Co, 1961. 2nd
printing. Hardcover - cloth, Small quarto. Very good condition in chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Bumped. Slight edgewear. Gift
inscription. 1000 full color photographs. Good tight copy. 256
pages......$15.00
4. Biles, Roy E. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF GARDEN MAGIC. Chicago, J.G. Ferguson,
1950. Hardcover - cloth, Small quarto. Good condition. Slight edgewear. Color
photos, Black & white drawings. Good tight copy. 334 pages......$12.00
5. Brooke, John (Photographs by Hurst, Jacqui). THE COUNTRY GARDEN: A
SEASONAL GUIDE TO DESIGNING AND PLANTING GARDENS WITH NATURAL STYLE. New
York, Crown Publishers, 1987. 1st/5th printing. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color &
Black & white photos/drawings. Opulently illustrated - many full page
full-color photographs - diagrams. Seasonally organized. Each section
highlighting different aspects of gardening. Topics include: How to plant
flower, vegetable & herb gardens - How to landscape with water, trees,
grasses and terraces - How to decorate with appropriate garden furniture. By
one of the world'd most original & emulated garden designers. With extensive
Planting Guide. Well-indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 224 pages......$25.00
6. Brown, Alice Cooke. EARLY AMERICAN HERB RECIPES. New York, Bonanza Books,
1966. Reprint. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in
clipped lightly edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Inscription endpaper. Black & white plates. Light rippling to early pages.
Over 500 authentic herb recipes reproduced exactly as they appeared in their
original sources. Medicinals, recipes for beverages, confections, conserves,
dyes, fish, fowl, furniture polish, gravies & sauces, insecticides, meat
pastries, cakes & pies, puddings, pickles, salads, soups, spot removers,
toiletries, perfumes, pomatum, vegetables & vinegar. With Bibliography,
Index. Good tight copy. 152 pages......$14.00
7. Buchman, Dian Dincin. HERBAL MEDICINE: THE NATURAL WAY TO GET WELL AND
STAY WELL. New York, Gramercy Publishing Co, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white drawings. Several tiny inked check marks in Resources
Section. Illustrated with line drawings of herbs & step-by-step instructions
on how to prepare herbal materials for use. With "Herbal Selector," a list of
common illnesses & the specific herb preparation useful to alleviate or
prevent the illness. Plus detailed instructions on how to make herbal
preparations: drying, storing, infusions, decoctions, tinctures, medicated
wines, ointments, gargles, linaments & many more. Indexed. Good tight copy.
310 pages......$11.00
8. Campbell, Susan (Editor & Illustrations) Palmer, Hugh (Photographer).
COTTESBROOKE: AN ENGLISH KITCHEN GARDEN. Topsfield MA, Salem House
Publishers, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Imperial octavo.
Very good condition. Very light wear to covers. Color photos & Black & white
drawings. With paste-down cover plate. With garden & property layout
schematics & many full page full-color photographs. The history & detailed
month-by-month story of the kitchen gardens at Corresbrooke, in the East
Midlands. Charming, tight well-bound volume. 159 pages......$14.00
9. Culpeper, Nicholas. CULPEPER'S COMPLETE HERBAL. London, W. Foulsman & Co.,
Ltd, Not dated. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition in worn lightly
soiled dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color plates. Profusely
illustrated in colour. "Comprehensive description of nearly all herbs, with
their medicinal properties". Plus instructions for making up the herbal
remedies. From the work by Nicolas Culpeper (1616-1654) famous
astrologer-physician of the 17th Century. Includes "Directions for Making
Syrups, etc.", plus an Index or "An Alphatical List of All Human Diseases
with the Names of the Herbs that Will Cure Them & the Number of Page upon
which each Herb can be found." Tight well-bound volume. 430 pages......$30.00
10. Dietz, Marjorie J (Illustrations by Dietz, Marjorie J.). THE CONCISE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAVORITE WILD FLOWERS: 100 NATIVE PLANTS TO APPRECIATE IN THE
WILD & TO GROW IN THE HOME GARDEN. New York, Weathervane Books, 1965. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos & drawings.
Detailed info: Where they grow naturally, common & botanical names, detailed
descriptions & drawings, Foliage & growth faults. Also, Special assets or
faults. Plus discussions on how to grow each flower - soil & sun or shade
requirements, transplanting & much more. Indexed. Good tight copy. 308
pages......$12.00
11. Dillon, Helen. GARDEN ARTISTRY: SECRETS OF DESIGN AND PLANTING A SMALL
GARDEN. New York, Macmillan, 1995. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
Large sq octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Color photos. Lushly illustrated. Many full page full-color photos &
double page spreads. A treasury of garden secrets from one of Ireland's most
famous & artistic gardeners. Subjects include: Finding the right habitat,
Thoughts about Color, The Plants, Practical Matters (Pruning, Weeding, Annual
Evaluation of the Garden, etc.). With Bibliography, Index & Colored Zone Map
of the United States. Tight well-bound volume. 190 pages......$20.00
12. Druse, Ken with Roach, Margaret. THE NATURAL HABITAT GARDEN. New York,
Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1994. 1st edition. Wrapped boards, Quarto. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very slight
edge wear. Color photos. Decorated endpapers. Lavishly illustrated with over
500 full color photographs of 35 gardens across the country. Revolutionary
new approach to gardening. How to create beautiful native-poant gardens that
can actually improve the health of the planet. How to garden with nature plus
establish eco-systems in miniatrue in your own backyard. Includes extensive
plant lists, how to analyze habitats - and techniques such as firescaping,
diverting runoff & building non-intrusive paths. With Source Guide,
Propagation Primer, Integrated Pest Management & more. With Index. Tight
well-bound volume. 248 pages......$22.50
13. Duff, Gail (Illustrated by Denman, Cherry). A BOOK OF HERBS & SPICES:
RECIPES, REMEDIES AND LORE. Topsfield MA, Salem House Publishers, 1987. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, Small oblong octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color drawings & decorations. Decorative
endpapers. Sections on Growing Herbs, Preserving Herbs, Herbs & Spices in the
Kitchen, Herbs & Spices as Medicine. Section on each individual herb & spice
with information on Cultivation, Culinary Uses, Medicinal Uses and Lore.
Delightfully illustrated with recipes throughout. Contains Index of Recipes &
Index of Ingredients. Tight, Well-bound. 121 pages......$14.00
14. Faubion, Nina Lane (Edited by Phillips, L.K.). SOME EDIBLE MUSHROOMS AND
HOW TO COOK THEM. Portland OR, Binfords & Mort, 1984. 2nd edition. Pictorial
boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped/clipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very light wear to corners. Color &
Black & white photos/drawings. Decorated endpapers. With full color photos,
black & white photos and precise line drawings. History & folklore... plus
nature & characteristics of wild mushrooms. "Good" & "Bad" mushrooms
distinguished. Detailed information on Morels, Chanterelles, Puffballs,
Corals, Inky Caps & field mushrooms common to many sections of the U.S. Plus
a myriad of ways to prepare them - whether roasted, fried, frozen, dried,
baked, broiled or flambe. Also, Mushrooms as Survival Food. With Glossary,
Index. Good tight copy. 198 pages......$13.50
15. Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jane. HISTORIC GARDENS: A GUIDE TO 160 BRITISH
GARDENS OF INTEREST. London, Grange Books, 1993. Repr. 1990 edition.
Pictorial boards, Imperial octavo. As new in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Full color photographs. Elegant volume. Detailed
photo-illustrated guide to outstanding gardens spanning the length & breath
of the British Isles. Including Scotland & Wales. Includes section on Gardens
in History - from Medieval Monasteries to Tudor Mansions. Withs the winners
of the Christie's Historic Houses Garden of the Year Award. Plus special
listings of Components, Buildings & Structures, Plants, Livestock Water
Features & much more. Full-color photographs - synopsis of information on
each garden. Extensive Index. Tight well-bound volume. 160 pages......$20.00
16. Gildemeister, Heidi. MEDITERRANEAN GARDENING: A WATERWISE APPROACH. Palma
de Mallorca, Spain, Editorial Moll, 1995. 1st edition. Pictorial boards,
Imperial octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Color frontis & photos. Beautifully illustrated with 350 full-color
photographs. The planning of waterwise gardens. With information on over 1000
plants from nearly 500 genera, chosen for their easy-going ways - plus their
aesthetic value - among the flora of all Mediterranean climate regions. How
to recognize & exploit the strategies they have evolved, their growing
conditions, propagation, best use & maintenance. Guidelines in Eight Steps
describe the planning of waterwise gardens. Well indexed with common &
botanical names. Tight well-bound volume. 208 pages......$17.50
17. Grehan, Farrell (Photographs) Rickett, H. W. (Text). THE ODDYSSEY BOOK OF
AMERICAN WILDFLOWERS. New York, Golden Press, 1964. Hardcover - cloth,
Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Color photos. Stunning full-color photographic presentation of 300
wildflowers from every major botanical region of the U.S. With accompanying
text (botanically precise, yet easy to follow) describing each flower, its
growth characteristics, habitat, with interestng lore about its name and use.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 252 pages......$20.00
18. Grissell, Eric (Illustrated by Litwak, Taina). THYME ON MY HANDS.
Portland OR, Timber Press, 1986. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Square octavo.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white drawings. Lyrical, literary treatise on the "why" rather than the "how"
of gardening. With 65 Black & white line drawings. Good tight copy. 182
pages......$12.00
19. Harkness, Jack. THE MAKERS OF HEAVENLY ROSES. London, Souvenir Press,
1985. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge mark. Color & Black & white
photos. Elegant volume. 17 short biographies of the pioneers in rose breeding
& hybridization. With 24 pages of colour plates. Plus photos of the breeders
themselves. With Bibliography. Tight, well-bound. 175 pages......$22.50
20. Hillier, Malcolm. THE HERB GARDEN: DECORATIVE WAYS TO GROW HERBS IN THE
GARDEN. London, DK Publishing, 1996. 1st American. Pictorial boards, Small
Quarto. Near fine in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color
photos. Hundreds of full color photo-illustrations. A wealth of ideas to help
you create delightful effects in your garden. How to plan your garden - Color
Schemes - Textures & Shapes. With sections on Broders & Flower Beds, Paths &
Hedges, Containers & much more. Plus Hillier's Top 50 Herbs - Herbs for
Specific Uses - Home Garden Plant Key. Index. Tight well-bound volume. 120
pages......$13.50
21. Hobhouse, Penelope (Photography by Lawson, Andrew. Watercolors by
Sturgin, Jean). ON GARDENING. New York, Macmillan, 1994. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Large Oblong 8bo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white plates. Renown gardener
Hobhouse shares her lifetime's experience & secrets of observing, designing &
making gardens. Taking as a model, her glorious garden, Tintinhull, she sets
out her principles of gardening in detail. Elements of Design, Planting, &
Practical Gardening Skills are discussed in the main sections:The Courtyard,
The Eagle Court, The Middle Garden, The Fountain Garden, The Kitchen Garden,
The Pool Garden, The Cedar Court & Behind the Scenes. Profusely illustrated
with full-color photographs. Wellindexed. Tight well-bound volume. 216
pages......$20.00
22. Holden, Edith. 1906: THE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY - A FACSIMILE
REPRODUCTION OF A NATURALIST'S DIARY. New York, Holt, Rinehard and Winston,
1977. Hardcover - cloth, Square octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color drawings. Full-color
facsimile edition of Edith Holden's 1906 diary, with exceptionally beautiful
nature paintings on nearly every page. Her words & thoughts, all carefully
written by hand (& faithfully reproduced) include her famorite poems,
personal thoughts & observations on the wildlife surrounding her home in the
village of Olton, Warwickshire. A unique, charming edition. Tight,
well-bound. 186 pages......$16.00
23. Hutson, Lucinda (Photography by Cooke Photographics). THE HERB GARDEN
COOKBOOK. Austin TX, Texas Monthly Press, 1987. 1st/2nd printing. Hardcover -
cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Color photos. Herbs of the American Southwest, Mexico &
Orient. Descriptive botanical information. With easy to understand planting &
harvesting instructions. Photo-illustrated in full color. Plus more than 150
tasty recipes. Special features on herb vinegars & herb butters. With
landscaping, propagation & gardening tips - with emphasis on organic
approach. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 278 pages......$12.50
24. Jiru, Vaclav. NATURE IN CAMERA. London, Spring Books, 1960. 1st.
Hardcover - decorated cloth, quarto. Very good condition in chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lightly bumped. Endpaper wrinkled.
Color & Black & white photos. Decorated endpapers. Over 150 close-up
photographs of the hidden world of insects, flowers, weeds. Good tight copy.
171 pages......$25.00
25. Kamm, Minnie Watson. OLD-TIME HERBS FOR NORTHERN GARDENS. Boston, Little,
Brown & Co, 1938. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good
condition. Light cover wear. Owner inscriptn. Plate removed rear endpaper.
Black & white photos & drawings. Herbs for the northernmost states. History,
families, uses, healing properties, indexes. Good tight volume. 256 pages +
plates......$20.00
26. Kowalchik, Claire & Hylton, William H. (Editors). RODALE'S ILLUSTRATED
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERBS. Emmaus PA, Rodale Press, 1987. Pictorial boards, Large
octavo. Very good condition. Corners very lightly bumped. Color & Black &
white photos/drawings. Virtually endless source of useful information &
herbal know-how. ALL the uses of more than 140 herbs... Aromatic, Cosmetic,
Culinary, Dyeing, Medicinal, Ornamental. Beautifully illustrated. Many
full-color photographs. Presented in an A-to-Z format, supplemented with
easy-to-use charts & lists. With history, cultivation, description, habitat,
growing conditions, properties of each herb. Well-indexed. Tight well-bound
volume. 545 pages......$16.50
27. Lennox-Boyd, Arabella (Photographs by Miller, John). PRIVATE GARDENS OF
LONDON. New York, Rizzoli, 1990. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto.
Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black &
white photos. Superbly photographed exploration of thirty-nine of London's
most interesting private gardens. Many full page color photos. Description of
the history of each garden, plus design, layout (often with schematics),
choice of plants and owner comments. From a Cornish Combe in Putney, to a
garden on the Thames at Chiswick, a floating garden, a Japanese Garden, a
tropical garden, a Post-Modern garden & many more. Beautifully illustrated.
Well-indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 224 pages......$30.00
28. Lloyd, Christopher with Byrd, Richard. THE COTTAGE GARDEN. New York,
Prentice Hall, 1990. 1st P.H. edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small sq quarto.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color
photos & frontis. Beautifully photo-illustrated look at one of the best-loved
gardening styles by a celebrated gardening writer. Stunning garden
photography evoking the idyllic nature of the cottage garden. Detailed,
full-color plans & step-by-step techniques for creating & cultivating a
cottage garden paradise. Plus photographic identification guide to authentic
cottage garden plants & old-fashioned recipes that incorporate the produce of
the working cottage garden. With extensive Index. Tight well-bound volume.
192 pages......$20.00
29. Loewer, Peter. AMERICAN GARDENS: A TOUR OF THE NATION'S FINEST PRIVATE
GARDENS. New York, Wings Books, 1995. 1st Wings edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Small Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Color photos. A dazzling tribute to 30 of the finest private gardens
in the United States.. Full color photos & text illuminate a variety of rock
gardens, woodland gardens, desert gardens, shrub gardens, city townhouse
gardens, rooftop gardens in a wide variety of climates, terrains, styles and
sizes. Plus a "Great Ideas" section including Seasonal Specialties, Gardens
in Containers, Statuary and Ornaments, Paths and Paving, Sources of Supply.
With Bibliography. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 193 pages......$22.50
30. Petulengro, Gipsy (With a new Introduction by Starkie, Walter F. CMB.,
LBE., Litt D.). ROMANY REMEDIES AND RECIPES. Hollywood CA, Newcastle
Publishing, 1972. Repr. 1935 edition. Paperback, Small octavo. Very good
condition. Black & white plates. Proven Gypsy herbal remedies. With detailed
instructions for preparation. Plus Appendix of Barks, Flowers, Roots... .and
the corresponding ailments for which they are effective. With sections for
Notes & Recipes. Good tight copy. 92 total pages......$7.00
31. Phillips, Sue. THE WELL-PLANNED GARDEN: A COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO
DESIGNING, PLANTING AND MAINTAINING A GLORIOUS GARDEN. New York, Weidenfeld &
Nicholson, 1988. 1st edition. Pictorial boards, Imperial octavo. Very good
condition. Full color drawings. With over 250 full-color illustrations to
complement the text. Sections include: Mixed borders, Herb Gardens, Paved
Gardens. Also: Rose Gardens, Old-Fashioned Borders, Conifer Beds, Shrub
Borders, Dry Sunny Beds, Summer Borders, Water Gardens, Woodland Gardens.
With Index. Beautifully laid out. Detailed Guide. Good tight copy. 176
pages......$12.50
32. Reddell, Rayford Clayton (Photographs by Robert Galyean) Foreword by
Martha Stewart. THE ROSE BIBLE. New York, Harmony Books, 1994. 1st edition.
Laminated boards, Large oblong octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color photos. Engaging written, lavishly illusted
with hundreds of full-color photographs. Indispensable referennce for all
rose gardeners. With tipped-in half-title plate SIGNED BY RAY RIDDELL.
Encompasses both antique and modern roses, from original species to recent
hybrid teas & grandifloras, from bushes & shrubs to ramblers & climbers, &
from tree roses to miniatures. Valuable information for the most experienced
gardener on such essentials as buying, harvesting, propagating & pruning.
With Glossary, List of Sources. Well-indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 252
pages......$30.00
33. Roberge, Earl (Photography and Text). NAPA WINE COUNTRY. Portland OR,
Graphic Arts Center, 1985. 2nd edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Full page color
plates. Revised, expanded edition with 35 new photographs. Lush photographic
tribute to the famous Napa wine growing region. The ultimate journey through
the Valley - tasting rooms, traditions, family ties, vineyards, large
corporations, small independents, winemaking rooms, grapes, goblets, casks &
craftsmen. Breathtaking views of the vineyards & countryside. With Glossary &
Photodata. Tight well-bound volume. 223 pages......$25.00
34. Rockwell, T.T. & Grayson, Esther C. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF FLOWER
ARRANGEMENT. N.Y, Doubleday & Co, 1947. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition. Top spine edge slightly frayed. Edge mark. Color
& Black & white photos & drawngs. 89 full color illustrations. Drawings by
John Burton Brymer. 308 pages......$12.50
35. Sharples, Ada White. ALASKA WILD FLOWERS. Stanford, Stanford University
Press, 1958. 1st/2nd printing. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lower spine edge
slightly bumped. Black & white photos. Classic work on the flora of Alaska.
Photos of 163 plants taken in their natural habitat illustrate the text. For
each plant, the scientific & common names are given, with a description of
the plant, where it is to be found & its abundance or scarcity. Indexed. Good
tight copy. 156 pages......$12.00
36. Stary, Dr. Frantisek & Jirasek, Dr. Vaclav. Illustrated by Severa
Frantisek. English Consultant Evans, F.J. B. Pharm.,Ph.D. HERBS: A CONCISE
GUIDE IN COLOR. London, Hamlyn, 1977. Repr. 1973 edition. Pictorial boards,
16mo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. 90
detailed colour plates. Complete pocket herb guide. Introductory part
discusses active constituents of herbs & their modes of action.... plus how
to collect and dry herbs and prepare medicines from them. The main section
consists of a series of detailed colour plates of 88 common herbs with
accompanying text describing their habitat, collection & active constituents.
With Glossary, Bibliography & Index of Common Names. Good tight copy. 239
pages......$16.00
37. Stevens, David. THE GARDEN DESIGN SOURCEBOOK: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO
GARDEN MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES. London, Conran Octopus, 1995. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Small sq quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color photos & drawings. With over 250 full
colour photographs and over 65 colour illustrations. Each entry contains a
comprehensive description followed by a wide range of beautifully illustrated
design ideas. Cost, durability & ease of use are included along with
suggestions for combining different elements. Sections include: Design
Considerations, Floors, Boundaries & Dividers, Overhead Structures, Major
Features, Ornaments, Furniture & Special Effects, Restoration & Maintenance.
With Glossary. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 191 pages......$18.00
38. Stevenson, Violet (Editor). A MODERN HERBAL: HOW TO GROW, COOK AND USE
HERBS. London, Octopus Books Ltd, 1974. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto.
Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Corners lightly bumped. Color photos & drawings. Complete guide to
herbs. With over 70 color & Black & white photographs & 110 drawings.
Decorated endpapers. Growing & using herbs. With History of herbal use, Herbs
in the Modern Garden, Herbs in Containers, for Pot-Pourri, Families of Herbs,
Dried Herbs, Cooking with Herbs, Plants for the Connoisseur & Index with
Herbal Names. 144 pages......$12.50
39. Thompson, C. J. S., M.B.E (With Introduction by Shapard, Leslie). THE
MYSTIC MANDRAKE. New York, University Books, 1968. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Black & white plates. Legend & lore of
the mystic deadly Mandrake Plant - throughout history, in ancient herbals,
occult properties. Tight copy. 253 pages......$16.00
40. Tolley, Emelie and Mead. GARDENING WITH HERBS. New York, Clarkson Potter,
Publishers, 1995. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large oblong octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black
& white photos. Richly illustrated. Hundreds of full-color photographs.
Detailed coverage of 25 of the world's most beautiful gardens. With dozens of
innovative and decorative ways for introducing herbs into the garden
landscape. Showcases the stunning effects that can be created with herbs.
Distinctive features highlighted, including paths & paving, fences and gates,
garden decoration & structures, water in the garden & much more. With
extensive directory of herb plants & their uses, plus sample garden plans and
much more. Indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 262 pages......$22.50
41. Verey, Rosemary. THE SCENTED GARDEN: CHOOSING, GROWING AND USING THE
PLANTS THAT BRING FRAGRANCE TO YOUR LIFE, HOME AND TABLE. New York, Random
House, 1981. 1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, Large oblong octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn/clipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Very light corner wear. Color photos & drawings. The aesthetics of
flowers. Vividly illustrated with planting scehemes, diagrams & photographs.
With over 100 full-color & Black & white illustrations from old manuscripts,
paintings & drawings. How to transform the garden into a paradise of sweet
perfumes & heady aromas. Discusses over 1,000 plants to complement a garden
of any size. Also allegorical significance & use of certain flowers. With
detailed Appendix of scented plants, Index. Tight well-bound volume. 168p
pages......$16.00
42. Weiner, Michael A. EARTH MEDICINE, EARTH FOOD: PLANT REMEDIES, DRUGS AND
NATURAL FOODS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. New York, Macmillan, 1972. 1st
printing. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in lightly
chipped price-clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.. Over 140
Black & white plates. The classic guide to the herbal remedies & wild plants
of the North American Indians. Poltices, decoctions, tonics, sedatives. Also
food plants, soups, salads. Includes new illustrations, plus pictures taken
from several classic nineteen-century books on American medicinal plants.
Discussed are nearly 170 drugs used by the Indians of North America - how
they were prepared & used. With Plant Index & General Index. 214
pages......$25.00
43. Williams, Robin, Williams, Robin Templar, Hopes, Mary-Jane. THE COMPLETE
BOOK OF PATIO AND CONTAINER GARDENING. London, Ward Lock, Publisher, 1992.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very light edgewear. Color/Black &
white photos & drawings. Comprehensive guide to the planning, construction &
furnishing of a patio garden. With Detailed instructions on choosing the
surface & construction & laying the patio. Plus Ancillary features -
lighting, furniture, pools, etc. With guide to successful planting schemes
and plants for containers. Beautifully illustrated. Many full-color photos.
Well-indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 256 pages......$16.00
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