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ANDERSON, Frank J., A Treasury of Flowers; Rare Illustrations from the
Collection of the New York Botanical Garden. Boston, Toronto, London,
Little, Brown and Company, 1990, First edition, folio; 175 pp, 80 fine
color plates of flowers and fruits, orig cloth, dj, fine. Exquisite
reproductions from the golden age of botanical art, with interesting
description and biographic details.
$75.00 bookID 1274
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.
$25.00 bookID 620
CRAN, Marion, Gardens in America. London, Herbert Jenkins, 1931, First
edition, 8vo; 320 pp, plates incl frontis, orig cloth, very good.
$25.00 bookID 621
CRAN, Marion, Gardens of Character. New York, Macmillan Co, 1940, First US
edition, 8vo; xii, [2], [15] - 284 pp, plates, color frontis, orig cloth
with embossed color photo.
$25.00 bookID 622
CRIDLAND, Robert B., Practical Landscape Gardening. New York, A.T. De La
Mare Printing and Publishing, 1916, First edition, sm 8vo; 266 pp, frontis
(port), numerous illus, plates, plans, orig color embossed cloth, near
fine.
$40.00 bookID 623
DOWNING, A. J., A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape
Gardening, adapted to North America; with a view to the Improvement of
Country Residences, comprising historical notices and general principles
of the art, directions for laying out grounds, etc. New York & London,
Wiley and Putnam, 1841, First edition, 8vo; [6 pl], viii, [9] - 451 [i,
errata] pp, engraved frontis, numerous illustrations and plans, including
full-page, orig blind-stamped cloth, gt spine, ends of spine worn, joint
repaired, foxing marginal except heavier on preliminaries and last few
leaves, damp-stain to upper inside corner, else very good. The rare first
edition of the first American book on landscape gardening.
$425.00 bookID 624
DOWNING, A. J., Rural Essays, edited with a memoir of the author by George
William Curtis and a letter to his friends by Frederika Bremer. New York,
Leavitt & Allen, 1858, 8vo; iv, 557 pp, engraved frontis, extra engraved
title page, illus, plates, plans, orig blind-stamped cloth, some light
wear at ends of spine and corners, few leaves browned, else near fine.
Sabin 20775. Downing was the first important American landscape
architect.
$200.00 bookID 625
FERREE, Barr, American Estates and Gardens. New York, Munn and Company,
1904, First edition, folio; xvi, 306 pp frontis, many illus & plates, orig
pict cloth gilt, light edge wear, internal hinge cracked but firm, former
owner's signature on title page, t. e. g., tissue guard foxed else a clean
fine copy. An excellent period piece, the illustrations of both interiors,
exteriors and gardens of some of the great homes of the time.
$250.00 bookID 529
GLOAG, M. R., A Book of English Gardens. London, Methuen & Co, 1906, First
edition, 8vo; xii, 340 pp, col frontis, color plates, orig cloth, faded,
joint with short tear, some light edge rubbing, else very good.
Attractive color plates from the paintings of Katharine Montagu Wyatt
illustrating some of the nicest gardens of England.
$35.00 bookID 1314
GOTHEIN, Marie Luise; edited by Walter P. Wright, A History of Garden Art.
London & New York, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1928, First edition in English, 4to;
2 volumes, xxiv, 459; xv, 486, pp 668 illustrations including plans,
photos, facsimiles from paintings, orig dec cloth, gilt, light spotting on
covers, very light foxing, else near fine set. The classic book and
standard reference on the subject covering all parts of the world, which
was a major influence on all later books on the subject.
$400.00 bookID 626
GUEST, Sarah; Jerry Harpur (photos), Private Gardens of Australia. New
York, Harmony Books, 1990, First American edition, 4to; 224 pp, col
frontis, numerous illus and plates, incl color, map, pict eps, orig cloth,
dj, fine copy of a fine production.
$35.00 bookID 1315
HAMBLIN, Stephen F., Book of Garden Plans. Garden City, NY, Doubleday Page
& Company, 1916, First edition, roy 8vo; xii, 134 pp, illus, 20 blue print
plans, orig pictorial cloth, spine faded, else fine. Detailed plans and
plantings for 20 of the most common situations.
$50.00 bookID 627
HUTCHESON, Martha Brookes, The Spirit of the Garden. Boston, Little, Brown
and Company, [1923], First edition, 4to; xvi, 221 pp, frontis, plans,
numerous illus from photos, orig cloth, covers with few small stains,
clean very good copy of an uncommon book. A high quality production with
illustrations of gardens from Britain & Europe of flower gardens, hedges,
greenhouses, arbors, water gardens, etc.
$75.00 bookID 628
KELLAWAY, Herbert, How to Lay out Suburban Home Grounds. New York, John
Wiley & Sons, 1907, First edition, 1st thousand, 8vo; xii, 112 pp, 38
plates, incl frontis, 15 plans and maps, orig gilt cloth, clean, light
rubbing at extremities, near fine.
$45.00 bookID 629
KING, Mrs Francis, The Well-Considered Garden. New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1916, 8vo; xv, 290pp, frontis, plates, fldg plan, orig
pict cloth, stain on lower corner of cover, spine bit faded, very good.
With preface by Gertrude Jekyll. Covers layouts of flower gardens,
borders, color harmonies, garden books, various gardens.
$20.00 bookID 711
LOCKWOOD, Alice G. B., Gardens of Colony and State; Gardens and Gardeners
of the American Colonies and of the Republic Before 1840. np, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1931, First edition, folio; xxii [ii], 464 pp, frontis,
numerous illus, bibliography, orig 2 part cloth, light soiling, corners
bit worn, clean very good copy. The book is organized by state, and
covers New England, New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Great Lake states,
Pennsylvania. Another volume was issued that covers the other states.
$200.00 bookID 1348
LOUDON, J. C., Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or the Trees and
Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half-hardy, Pictorially
and Botanically Delineated, etc. London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and
Longmans, 1838, First edition, 8vo; 8 volumes, including the 4 plate
volumes, some fldg, + text illus, contemp 1/2 green morocco, spines worn,
one spine with large chip, library stamps including on some of the plates,
no external library marks, a good set of this scarce first edition.
$290.00 bookID 601
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
PARSONS, Samuel, Landscape Gardening Studies. New York, John Lane Company,
1910, First edition, 8vo; 107pp, frontis, plates, plans, orig 1/4 cloth,
bds, orig label faded, light wear, very good. Includes chapters on the
rehabilitation of NY Central Park and the development of gardens by
author, who was notable landscape architect
$45.00 bookID 631
PARSONS, Samuel, Landscape Gardening; notes and suggestions on lawns and
lawn planting, laying out and arrangement of country places, large and
small parks, cemeteries and railway station lawns, etc. New York and
London, G. P. Putnams' Sons, 1891, First edition, 8vo; xxii, 329 [1]pp,
frontis, illus, plates, orig dec cloth, edges & spine ends worn, stains,
mainly marginal, although heavier on few leaves, good.
$65.00 bookID 632
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
SCOTT, Frank J., The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small
Extent; the Advantages of Suburban Homes over City or Country Homes; the
Comfort and Economy of Neighboring Improvements; the Choice of Building
Sites and the best modes of Laying Out, Planting, etc. New York, D.
Appleton & Co, 1870, First edition, 8vo; viii, [8] 618, [2, ad], [4, ad]
pp, engraved illus, 32 plates (numbered 1a, 1b to 31), orig pictorial gilt
cloth, minor shelf wear, fine. An important contribution and a
cornerstone to any American landscaping library. Scarce, especially in
this condition.
$475.00 bookID 634
SWANWICK, H. M., The Small Town Garden. London, Sherratt & Hughes, 1907,
8vo; 211, 32 pp, illus, tables, orig cloth, very good copy of a detailed
planting guide with a calendar.
$16.00 bookID 635
THOMAS, H. H., Garden Planning and Planting. London, NY, etc, Cassell and
Company, 1910, First edition, 12mo; 150 [iv, ads] pp, frontis, numerous
illus and plans, orig cloth with embossed color plate, bit faded, very
good.
$30.00 bookID 638
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, Cyril, Royal Gardens. London, NY, Bombay, Calcutta, Longmans, Gren
And Co, 1912, First edition, 4to;xi, 182 pp, 32 color plates incl frontis,
tissue guards with letter-press, full-page plans, orig dec cloth, short
tear to head of spine, light shelf-wear, near fine. Fine color plates
from paintings, showing country living of the royals.
$145.00 bookID 641
WAUGH, F. A., Landscape Gardening; How to Lay Out a Garden by Edward Kemp,
edited, revised and adapted to North America. New York, John Wiley & Sons,
[1911], 12mo; xxii, 292 pp, frontis, illus, 20 plates, orig gt cloth, very
light edge wear, near fine. An important contribution to landscaping
based on Kemp's works related to England. Scarce.
$60.00 bookID 642
WAUGH, Frank A., Textbook of Landscape Gardening, Designed Especially of
the Use of Non-Professional Students. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1922,
First edition, roy 8vo; xxi, 344 pp, [errata slip tipped in at p149],
frontis, 168 illus/plans, orig cloth, light stain on covers, else near
fine. Covers all aspects of landscaping, including mapping, streets,
suburban home grounds, outdoor theatres, town squares, country roads,
foundations, parks, etc.
$45.00 bookID 643
WAUGH, Frank A., The Landscape Beautiful; A Study of the Utility of the
Natural Landscape, Its Relation to Human Life and Happiness, With
Applications of these Principles in Landscape Gardening and in Art in
General. New York, Orange Judd Company, 1910, First edition, 8vo; x, [11]
- 338 pp, frontis, plates, orig 1/4 cloth on gilt stamped bds, a little
marginal paper aging, else fine.
$45.00 bookID 644
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