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billed. Returnable within 10 days of receipt. ALL PRICES POSTPAID (4th
class book rate) IN THE US, overseas shipping figured at cost. Mass.
residents must pay 5% sales tax. Visa/MC/AMEX OK. All dustjackets wrapped
in protective covers. Email, call or fax to reserve.

Gardening

Anderson, Frederick O. How to Grow Herbs for Gourmet Cooking, Including
100 Recipes from 25 Countries. 1967. BOMC. 21.4 cm, 280 pp. Very good in
browned, lightly worn dustjacket. Rose-petal pudding, violet wine,
potpourri recipes, much more. $7.50

Barnette, Martha. A Garden of Words. Times Books, 1992. First. 20.7 cm,
188 pp. Very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. On the origins of flower
names: the ancient root words, legends, folklore, & botanical facts.
$10.00

Becker, Jim and Faye Brawner. Scented Geraniums: Knowing, Growing, and
Enjoying Scented Pelagoniums. Interweave Press, 1996. 23.5 cm, 96 pp.
Very good+ paperback. $7.50

Borland, Barbara Dodge. This Is the Way My Garden Grows (and Comes into
the Kitchen). Norton, 1986. First. 21.5 cm, 158 pp. Very good+ in very
good dustjacket. Unconventional vegetable gardening from the Borland
farm in Salisbury, Connecticut. Barbara Borland was married to the
esteemed writer Hal Borland. $8.00

Carleton, R. Milton. The Small Garden Book. 1971. BOMC. 21.5 cm, 276
pp. Light foxing to edges; otherwise very good in somewhat worn
dustjacket with stain to back. How to plan and maintain a small garden
with a minimum of effort and space. $7.50

Clarkson, Rosetta E. Green Enchantment: The Magic Spell of Gardens.
Macmillan, 1940. First printing. 21.9 cm, 328 pp. Some marking (mostly
pencil); several page folds; about good+ in worn, chipped dustjacket.
The history and lore of flower gardens with illustrations taken from
early gardening books and herbals. SIGNED BY CLARKSON on title page.
Also includes 4 handwritten letters from Clarkson. $27.50

Creasy, Rosalind. Earthly Delights. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books,
1985. First. 28.3 cm, 200 pp. Remainder mark top edge; otherwise very
good+ in lightly worn dustjacket. 12 theme gardens, including the
gourmet garden, the wildlife garden, the child's garden, the meadow
garden, etc. $12.00

Eyewitness Garden Handbooks. Roses. DK Publishing, 1996. First U.S. 21.5
cm, 160 pp. Few pages thumbed; otherwise very good+ in very good
dustjacket with creasing to back panel. Stiff paper binding. A
photographic guide to more than 300 roses by type, size, season of
interest, and color. $11.50

Foster, Catharine Osgood. Plants-a-Plenty: How to Multiply Outdoor and
Indoor Plants Through Cuttings, Crown and Root Divisions, Grafting,
Layering.. Rodale Press, c1977. 5th printing. 23.7 cm, 328 pp. Front
board a bit warped; otherwise about very good in very good dustjacket
with little chipping. $11.50

Goddard, Helen Snow Wilson. The Gardener's Book of Arrangements.
Macmillan, 1970. First. 21.5 cm, 192 pp. Very good in lightly worn
price-clipped dustjacket with few closed tears. Unexpected combinations
of natural materials including flowers, fruits, vegetables, berries,
seed pods, weeds, etc. etc. $7.50

Hagy, Fred. The Practical Garden of Eden: Beautiful Landscaping with
Fruits and Vegetables. Overlook, 1990. First. 28.7 cm, 280 pp. Very
good+ in very good+ dustjacket. With 150 watercolor & ink illustrations
and 2 maps. $20.00

Hill, Lewis. Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden. Knopf, 1977. First.
24 cm, 269 pp. Stain/rem mark top edge; otherwise very good in faded
dustjacket with edgewear & small tears. Information about varieties,
planting, caring for and harvesting fruits & berries. $8.00

Innes, Dorothy Hammond. Home Is My Garden. London: Harvill Press, 1984.
First. 24 cm, 160 pp. Tad slanted; tail of spine bumped; otherwise very
good+ in very good price-clipped dustjacket. $11.00

Jacobs, Betty E.M. Growing & Using Herbs Successfully. Storey/Garden
Way, 1992. 21st printing. 22.8 cm, 223 pp. Very good paperback; little
bending to corners. $8.00

Lacy, Allen, ed. The American Gardener: A Sampler. FSG, 1988. First.
24.2 cm, 365 pp. Very good+ in very good price-clipped dustjacket with
somewhat faded spine. Essays about gardening from the early 1800s to the
1980s. $13.50

Loewer, Peter. A Year of Flowers. Rodale Press, c1989. 3rd printing. 24
cm, 254 pp. Very good+; without dustjacket, as issued. Illustrated
throughout. $13.50

Lovejoy, Ann. Three Years in Bloom: A Garden-Keeper's Journal. Sasquatch
Books, 1988. 28.6 cm. Very good+ pictorial boards without dustjacket, as
issued. A record-keeping journal with spaces for notes, photographs,
plans, names & addresses, and orders from suppliers. Attractive. $11.50

Nissley, Charles H. Home Vegetable Gardening. Rutgers, 1943. 3rd
printing. 19.5 cm, 246 pp. Some discoloration to boards; good+ in worn,
foxed, chipped dustjacket. The most up-to-date (ca1943) handbook for the
home Victory Garden: info on 60 vegetables & herbs, nutrition, storage,
etc. $7.50

Ordish, George. The Living Garden: The 400-year History of an English
Garden. Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First. 24 cm, 263 pp. Faded boards;
pages yellowing; otherwise about very good in worn, chipped dustjacket.
The story of the garden at Bartons End farm in the Kentish Weald. $11.00

Paterson, Allen. Herbs in the Garden. London: J.M.Dent, 1993. 23.4 cm,
370 pp. Trivial wear to extremities; otherwise very good+ paperback.
Authoritative guide to the uses and cultivation of herbs. $9.50

Perper, Hazel. The Avocado Pit Grower's Indoor How-to Book. Walker and
Company, c1965. 3rd printing. 22.1 cm, 62 pp. Owner name; few closed
tears; faded boards (no dustjacket, as issued). $5.00

Roth, Susan A. The Four-Season Landscape: Easy-Care Plants and Plans for
Year-Round Color. Rodale Press, 1994. First. 24 cm, 345 pp. Near fine
without dustjacket, as issued. Features design techniques and color
photographs of plants and plant combinations to add color to the
landscape. $17.50

Symington, Elsie. By Light of Sun. Putnam's, 1941. 2nd printing. 20.9
cm, 196 pp. Bit rubbed; otherwise very good in somewhat worn, faded
price-clipped dustjacket with light grime. A gardening memoir with
woodcuts by Clare Leighton. $11.50

Whitner, Jan Kowalczewski. Northwest Garden Style: Ideas, Designs, and
Methods for the Creative Gardener. Sasquatch Books, 1996. 23 cm, 192 pp.
Little rubbing to covers; otherwise very good+ paperback. $9.00

Wilson, Helen Van Pelt. The African Violet: America's Favorite House
Plant. M. Barrows, 1950. 9th printing. 20.8 cm, 198 pp. Few small marks;
about very good in lightly worn, grimed, price-clipped dustjacket. $7.00

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