FS: Alpine Flowers / Rock Gardens - 13 titles
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Ordering information at end. Hardback unless indicated otherwise.
Bissland, James H. The Rock Garden and What to Grow In It. Hale, Cushman
and Flint, 1939, 1st printing; 8vo, 129 pp., illus. - NF; bookplate. $15
Farrer, Reginald. The Rock Garden. London: TC & EC Jack, no date.
Hardbound paper boards with colour photo plate set in; 8vo, 118 pp + plates.
One of a series on "Present-Day Gardening". Primarily Alpine flowers. 8
colour plates, which look like hand-tinted photos. - Good; 1/2" chip in
outer layer of paper board, showing white beneath, near spine bottom. $25
Farrer, Reginald. The Rock Garden. London: TC & EC Jack, no date.
Hardbound paper boards with colour photo plate set in; 8vo, 118 pp + plates.
One of a series on "Present-Day Gardening". Primarily Alpine flowers. 8
colour plates, which look like hand-tinted photos. - VG-; light wear at
corners. $35
Flemwell, G. Alpine Flowers and Gardens. London: A & C Black, 1910, 1st.
Dark green cloth with stamped bouquet of flowers, gilt spine titles; 167 pp +
plates. 20 colour plates from paintings by Flemwell, with captions on tissue
overlay. - Good: corners bumped, corners and tips rubbed, front ep foxed,
small owner's nametag fep, else vg. $60
Gabrielson, Ira N. Western American Alpines. NY: Macmillan, 1932, 1st.
Green cloth, 271 pp. Dr. Gabrielson was for many years attached to the Bureau
of Biological Survey of the USDA "and has a passion for finding, picturing and
describing the treasures of the western hills and mountains". With
approximately 130 photographs on plates. - VG/ no dj. $32
Henshaw, Julia W. Mountain Wild Flowers of America. Ginn/Atheneum, 1906,
1st. Green cloth decorated with flowers, gilt titles; 384 pp. A popular guide
to the names and descriptions of the flowers that bloom above the clouds. 94
photos on plates. - Good: water/stain discoloration/bleaching in top 1/2" of
binding. $30
Malby, Reginald A. The Story of My Rock Garden. Toronto: Bell & Cockburn,
not dated. Brown cloth with gilt titles, 132 pp + plates. Planning and
building, development, special methods, what it looks like the year around. 4
lovely tipped-in color plates, and 29 b&w photos on plates. - VG; corners
bumped; two owner's names, one dated 1915. $35
Mansfield, T. C. Alpines in Colour and Cultivation. London: Collins,
1947/1942; 2nd printing of revised edition. Clothbound, 284 pp + plates. 80
plates in colour, and 30 figures, illustrating 389 plants altogether. ("So well
portrayed that over 300 shades of colour can be clearly distinguished" (!)) -
Near Fine/VG; small owner's name-tag at bottom of fep. $35
McCully, Anderson. American Alpines in the Garden. NY: Macmillan, 1931,
1st. Brown cloth stamped, 8vo, 250 pp + plates. "...to bring before the
garden maker the rich material of our own American mountain ranges..." Building
the garden, visiting the original sites, descriptions of the plants, groups for
ready reference. 17 b&w photo plates. - Near fine, no jacket. $16
Robert, Paul A. / Carl Schroeter, intro. Alpine Flowers. NY: Oxford U
Press, Iris Books, 1947 (?), probable 1st US; first printed in Switzerland
1945. Clothbound, 8.4x11.6", 11 pp double-column introductory text plus
plates. 18 colour plates from watercolours by Paul A. Robert. - VG/Good dj
with tipped-in colour plate; owner's 1947 name tp. $20
Robinson, W. Alpine Flowers for English Gardens. London: John Murray, 1870,
apparent 1st. Blue cloth with fine gilt floral stamping on front and spine;
392 pp + 32 pp publishers ads. Includes general chapters, 72 pp; a little tour
of the Alps, 48 pp; enumeration of the choicest Alpine plants (worldwide)
alphabetically arranged, with descriptions; also lists and index. 75 small
text figures from miscellaneous engravings. - VG-; corners bumped; spine tips
have three 1/4" and three 1/8" tears in the cloth; paper partially torn at
front hinge; contents fine, solid. $120
Thomas, H. H. Rock Gardening for Beginners. London: Cassell, 1935/1927,
2nd. Green cloth stamped, small 8vo, 184 pp. Appears to be systematic and
complete. 8 full page plates and numerous diagrams in text. - VG. $22
Correvon, Henry, and Philippe Robert. The Alpine Flora. London: Methuen, no
date; preface dated 1911. Green cloth, 436 pp inc plates. Translated into
English and enlarged, with the author's sanction, by E W Clayforth. Title plate
on spine is illegible. 100 plates containing 178 reproductions of watercolours
by Ph. Robert. - Good (or vg) with this qualification: Much of the exterior
appears browned by smoke or spray, affecting edges, spine, and the outline of a
smaller book on front board, with slight seepage onto pre-title page & margin
of one plate. Contents tight and clean $45
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