1. Ancient Roman Gardens.

Farrar, Linda.

Stroud, Sutton Publishing, 1998. 18 cm x 25 cm. 237 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

2. Anonymous.

Illustrated Guide. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Illustrated Guide.

London, His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1951. 12 cm x 18,5 cm. V, 134 pages. Original Softcover. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout the book and a fold out map. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Anonymous.

The Margery Fish Plant Nursery Mail Order Catalogue.

South Petherton, East Lambrook Manor, 1996. 15 cm x 21 cm. 29 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Excellent condition withminor signs of external wear. Rusty staples.

4. Arkell, Reginald.

Old Herbaceous.

New York, Harcourt Brace and Co., 1951. 13 cm x 20 cm. 150 pages. Original illustrated hardcover. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Noticeable stain on front cover.

5. Banks, Elizabeth / Harpur, Jerry (photographer).

Creating Period Gardens.

Oxford, Phaidon, 1991. 24 cm x 27 cm. 240 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6. Batey, Mavis / Palmer, Hugh (photographer).

The Historic Gardens of Oxford & Cambridge.

London, Macmillan, 1989. 20 cm x 24 cm. 192 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7. Beales, Peter.

A Passion for Roses. Special Photography by Marianne Majerus.

First Edition. London, Mitchell Beazley, 2004. 22.5cm x 29cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully inscribed and signed by Peter Beales. (Mitchell Beazley Gardening).

8. Beales, Peter.

Twentieth-Century Roses. An Illustrated encyclopaedia and grower’s manual of clasic roses from the twentieth century.

First Edition. London, Collins Harvill, 1988. 20cm x 27cm. 320 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed by Peter Beales and additionally inscribed on the endpaper.

9. Bentham, George.

Handbook of the British Flora. A description of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to, or naturalized in the British Isles for the use of beginners and amateurs.

London, Lowell Reeve, 1896. 20 cm. LXXX, 600 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, for example, some rubbing and fading of outer spine.

10. Berthier, Francois.

Reading Zen in the Rocks – The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden. Translated and with a Philosophical Essay by Graham Parkes.

First published in 1989. Chicago, London, University of Chicago Press, 2000. 17.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XI, 166 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

11. Bowles, E.A.

My Garden in Autumn and Winter.

Facsimile of 1915 edition. Portland, Oregon, Timber Press, 1998. 15 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 282 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

12. Bowles, E.A.

My Garden in Spring.

Facsimile of 1914 edition. Portland, Oregon, Timber Press, 1997. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XX, 322 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains a few notes and underlinings in pencil.

13. Bowles, E.A.

My Garden in Summer.

Facsimile of 1914 edition. Portland, Oregon, Timber Press, 1998. 15 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 331 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains a few underlinings in pencil by preowner.

14. Brickell, Christopher (editor-in-chief).

The Royal Horticultural Society Gardeners’ Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers.

London, Dorling Kindersley, 1990. 23 cm x 29 cm. 608 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

15. Browning, Gareth H.

The Children’s Book Of Wild Flowers And The Story Of Their Names. Illustrated by M. C. Pollard.

London / Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1929. 16 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, 250 pages, 50 illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Sunning to spine, chipped dustjacket, slightly shaken, otherwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

16. Bumpus, Judith.

Impressionist Gardens.

Oxford, Phaidon, 1990. 25.5 cm x 30 cm. 80 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

17. Cassells, Judy (ed.).

A Guide to Garden Centres & Nurseries in Ireland 1990. Compiled and edited by Judy Cassells.

First Edition. Dublin, Irish Garden Plant Society, 1990. 14,5 x 22 cm. 76 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

18. Cheng, Ji / Hardie, Alison (translator) / Ming, Zhong (photographs).

The Craft of Gardens.

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1988. 25.5 cm x 27.5 cm. 144 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

19. Coats, Peter.

Great Gardens of Britain.

First Edition. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967. 24.5cm x 33cm. 286 pages with 40 plates in full colour and about 250 illustrations in black and white. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

20. Cook, E.T.

Gardening For Beginners: A Handbook to the Garden.

Third edition. London, Country Life / George Newnes Ltd., 1904. 15 x 23.5cm. (7), 559 pages, with drawings and black and white plates. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and cover. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to spine and some mild foxing internally. Pre-owner’s name on half-title page. From the “Country Life Library” series.

21. Cook, E.T.

Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens.

Second edition. London, George Newnes Ltd. / Country Life, 1908. 14.5 x 23cm. (14), 500 pages, with black and white plates throughout. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Slightly foxed, minor signs of shelf wear to spine, otherwise very good condition. From the ‘Country Life’ Library series.

22. Cox, E.H.M. / Taylor, G.C.

Primulas for Garden & Greenhouse.

Oxford, Dulau, 1947. 12,5 cm x 18,5 cm. VII, 86 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

23. Dillon, Helen.

On Gardening.

Dublin, A. & A. Farmar Ltd., 2010. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. XI, 243 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

24. Earle, Mrs. C.W.

Pot-Pourri From A Surrey Garden / More Pot-Pourri From A Surrey Garden. With an appendix by Lady Constance Lytton.

Ninth Edition / Fourth Impression. Two Volumes together. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1897-1900. 14.5 x 21.5cm. Volume I: (12), 381 pages / Volume II: 453 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Some foxing to several pages, signs of shelf wear to spine. Bindings bumped, otherwise in very good condition with bookblocks firm.

25. Elliott, Brent.

The Country House Garden. From the Archives of Country Life 1897-1939.

First Edition. London, Mitchell Beazley, 1995. 27cm x 33cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. No markings or entries of any kind.

26. [Fish, Margery] Clark, Timothy.

Margery Fish: Country Gardening.

Woodbridge, Garden Art Press, 2000. 22 cm x 28 cm. 192 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

27. Galinou, Mireille (Editor) / Strong, Roy.

London’s Pride: The Glorious History of the Capital’s Gardens.

London, Anaya Publishers Ltd., 1990. 21 cm x 30 cm. 224 pages. Original softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with signs of external wear. Dampstain.

28. Galle, Fred C. / Dudley, Theodore R. (scientific Advisor) / Eisenbeiss, Gene K. (technical advisor).

Hollies: The Genus Ilex.

Portland, Oregon, Timber Press / Holly Society of America, 1997. 22 cm x 29 cm. 573 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

29. Gorer, Richard:

Fruit and vegetables from seed. An illustrated dictionary.

London, Treasure Press, 1982. 17 x 23.5 cm. 208 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

30. Hobhouse, Penelope / Galletti, Giorgio.

Gardens of Italy: A touring guide to over 100 of the best gardens.

London, Mitchell Beazley, 1998. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. 144 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

31. Hoffmann, Doris + Achim.

Peppermint Farm & Garden: Herb Catalogue.

Bantry, Doris + Achim Hoffmann, No year (c. 2000). 15 cm x 21 cm. 24 pages. Original pamphlet / Softcover. Near Fine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

32. Holborn, Mark

The Ocean in the Sand – Japan: From Landscape to Garden.

London, Gordon Fraser, 1978. 25.5 cm x 23 cm. 104 pages.Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover without dustjacket. (Yellow ochre cloth with title embossed on front cover and on spine – display lettering by Tim Holloway). Desiged by Peter Guy. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

33. Howells, John.

Choosing your Clematis.

Woodbridge, Garden Art Press, 2000. 15.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 143 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

34. Hunt, John Dixon.

Garden and Grove: The Italian Renaissance Garden in the English Imagination: 1600-1750.

London / Melbourne, J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd., 1986. 19.5 cm x 25 cm. XIX, 268 pages including many illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

35. Jekyll, Gertrude.

Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur. With 71 illustrations from photographs by the author.

Twelfth Impression. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1914. 14.5 x 23.5cm. (16), 286 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to spine and corners.

36. [Jekyll, Gertrude], Massingham, Betty.

Gertrude Jekyll 1843 – 1932. An Ilustrated Life of Gertrude Jekyll.

Haverfordwest, Shire Publications, 1992. 15 cm x 21 cm. 48 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Lifelines 37]

37. Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander).

Flowers of the Field. Entirely revised by G. S. Boulger.

London, Sheldon Press, 1925. 14 cm x 19 cm. L, 611 pages. Includes frontispiece, 64 coloured plates and other illustrations in black and white. Original illustrated hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear, for example rubbing, and slight discolouration to front cover and outer spine. Front cover has also become slightly detached on the inside. Page 593 has come unattached.

38. Laird, Mark / Palmer, Hugh (photographer).

The Formal Garden: Traditions of Art and Nature.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1992. 24 cm x 31 cm. 240 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

39. Loudon, John Claudius / Boniface, Jane (editor).

In Search of English Gardens: The Travels of John Claudius Loudon and his Wife Jane.

Wheathampstead, Leonard Publishing, 1987. 20.5 cm x 26 cm. 256 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

40. Loxton, Howard (editor).

The Garden.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1991. 15.5 cm x 34 cm. 336 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

41. Mabey, Richard / Gibbons, Bob (photographer) / Jones, Gareth Lovett (photographer).

Flora Britannica: The definitive new guide to wild flowers, plants and trees.

London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996. 13 cm x 28 cm. 480 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

42. McCann, Charles.

Trees of India. A Popular Handbook.

First Edition. Bombay, D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1947. 25cm x 15cm. viii, 63, 156 pages. With 78 coloured plates and 17 black and white illustrations. Frontispiece photograph: The Stem of a young Baobab. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine separating from block. Endpaper signed by preowner.

43. McLouglin, John (editor)

Discovering Ireland’s Woodlands: A Guide to Forest Parks, Picnic Sites and Woodland Walks.

Dublin, Coillte Teoranta, 1992. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. 102 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Damp-marks on lower half of booklet. Pages clean with solid binding.

44. Menzies, Yve.

Mediterranean Gardening: A Practical Handbook.

London, John Murray, 1991. 16 cm x 24 cm. VII, 191 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains a few notes and underlinings in pencil by preowner.

45. Merian, Maria Sibylla.

New Book of Flowers.

Munich / London / New York, Prestel Verlag, 1999. 19.5 cm x 32 cm. 100 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Fine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

46. Mitford, Mary Russell / Marsack, Robyn (editor) / Kay, Pamela (illustrator).

My Garden: Selected from the letters and recollections of Mary Russell Mitford.

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990. 20 cm x 24 cm. 160 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

47. National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens.

The National Plant Collections Directory 1991.

Rawlingson Lane Publicity Ltd., 1991. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. 90 pages including various photographs and a loose errata page. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

48. Nuttall, G. Clarke.

Beautiful Flowering Shrubs, Trees and Heather. Revised and brought up to date by Roland Luff.

London, The Garden Book Club, ca.1953. 8°. XI, 258 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Traces of foxing to edges.

49. Ottewill, David.

The Edwardian Garden.

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1989. 27.5 cm x 29 cm. X, 230 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

50. Plumptre, George / Palmer, Hugh (photographer).

Garden Ornament: Five Hundred Years of History and Practice.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1989. 24 cm x 31 cm. 256 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

51. Prest, John.

The Garden of Eden: The Botanic Garden and the Re-Creation of Paradise.

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1988. 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm. VI, 122 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

52. Quest-Ritson, Charles.

The English Garden: A Social History.

London / New York etc. Viking, 2001. 20 cm x 25 cm. 280 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

53. Robinson, William.

The Wild Garden.

Facsimile of 1894 Edition. London, The Scolar Press, 1977. 15 cm x 23 cm. XXXIV, 304 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

54. Rose, Graham / King, Peter.

Green Words. The Sunday Times Book of Garden Quotations.

London / Melbourne / New York Quartet Books, 1986. 13 cm x 20 cm. XII, 214 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

55. Ross, Stephanie.

What Gardens Mean.

Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press, 1989. 22 cm x 24 cm. XIV, 271 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains some notes in pencil by pre-owner.

56. Sackville-West, Vita.

In Your Garden.

London, Michael Joseph. 1953. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 231 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Some browning of endpaper. Imprint of original dustjacket visible on cover.

57. Sackville-West, Vita.

Knole and the Sackvilles.

London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1934. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XV, 231 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with some signs of wear. Browning of page-edges, spotting of title pages. A few handwritten notes on the endpaper, mostly in pencil.

58. Sackville-West, Vita.

Sissinghurst.

London, The Hogarth Press, 1967. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. 4 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight browning of cover-edges.

59. [Sackville-West, Vita] Scott-James, Anne.

Sissinghurst: The Making of a Garden.

London, Michael Joseph, 1974. 16 cm x 24 cm. 160 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains a few underlinings in pencil by preowner.

60. [Sackville-West, Vita], Brown, Jane.

Vita’s Other World: A Gardening Biography of V. Sackville-West.

London etc., Penguin Books, 1987. 19 cm x 24.5 cm. 240 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

61. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Useful and Ornamental Planting with an Index.

London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1832. 22.9cm x 14.2cm. IV, 151 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Library of Useful Knowledge].

62. Strong, Roy.

Small Period Gardens: A Practical Guide to Design and Planting.

London, Conran Octopus, 1992. 24.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 160 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

63. Strong, Roy.

The Renaissance Garden in England.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1988. 19 cm x 25 cm. 240 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

64. Sutton and Sons.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1906. 22.2cm x 14.3cm. 444 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

65. The National Trust.

Sissinghurst Castle Garden.

Hampshire, The National Trust, 1984. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 31 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

66. The National Trust.

Sissinghurst Castle Garden.

Hampshire, The National Trust, 1990. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 32 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

67. Thomas, Graham Stuart.

Perennial Garden Plants or The Modern Florilegium. A concise account of herbaceous plants, including bulbs, for general garden use.

Third Edition. London, J.M Dent / The Royal Horticultural Society, 1993. 15.5 cm x 25 cm. XVI, 463 pages including many photographs and illustrations. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

68. Veitch, James (Royal Exotic Nursery).

A Manual of the Coniferae – Containing a General Review of the Order; a Synopsis of the Hardy Kinds Cultivated in Great Britain; Their Place and Use in Horticulture, Etc., Etc. With numerous woodcuts and illustrations.

First Edition. London (Chelsea), James Veitch & Sons (Royal Exotic Nursery), 1881. Large Octavo. Frontispiece, 350 pages. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s highly decorative cloth with gilt lettering and ornament. The Volume in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition of the binding with with only minor signs of external wear. Binding a little shaky.

69. Webb, Professor D.A.

The Red Tree Trail: Fifty Trees of Distinction in The Birr Castle Demesne.

1992. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 19 pages. Original pamphlet. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

70. Webster, A.D.

Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs. Second and cheap Edition.

London, Gardening World Office, 1897. 8°. 140, XVI pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with some stronger signs of external of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Very firm binding. This is the original edition. This is NOT the Reprint.

71. Whalley, Robin / Jennings, Anne.

Knot Gardens and Parterres: A History of the Knot Garden and How to Make One Today.

London, Barn Elms Publishing, 1998. 16 cm x 24 cm. 160 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Cover faded along spine.

72. Wharton, Edith / Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator).

Italian Villas and their Gardens.

Facsimile / Reprint of the original 1904 first edition. New York, Da Capo Press, No date (1976). 18 cm x 25 cm. XXII, 270 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Corners slightly bumped. [The Classical America Series in Art and Architecture]

73. Willes, Margaret.

The Making of the English Gardener: Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660.

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2011. 16 cm x 24 cm. IX, 299 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.