51. 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.

52. 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.

53. 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.

54. 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.

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] His Majesty’s Stationary Office.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Illustrated Guide.

London, H. M. Stationary Off, 1951. 19 cm. V, 132 pages. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Includes fold-out map. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

58. 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.

59. 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.

60. 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.

61. [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.

62. [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.

63. [Shakespeare Garden] Sinclair Rohde, Eleanor.

Shakespeare’s Wild Flowers – Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore.

London, The Medici Society, 1935. 8°. XI, 235 pages. Original Hardcover in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some traces of foxing to titlepage and edge. Exlibris to pastedown. Rare !

64. 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].

65. 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.

66. 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.

67. 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.

68. 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.

69. 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.

70. 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.

71. 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, beautifully illustrated Hardcover. Excellent condition of the binding with with only minor signs of external wear. Binding a little shaky.

72. 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.

73. 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.

74. 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.

75. 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]

76. 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.