Eliot, C.W. Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect.
Rep. Pub. Books for Libraries. 1971 pp.xxiv, 770 with plans, maps (some fold-out) and other illus. VG. hardback. From the library of Nigel Temple.
Originally published in 1902 this is a faithful facsimile of the original work.
£19.00 [ref: 26092]
Elliot, Gwen. Gwen Elliot’s Australian Garden. The Essential Gardener’s Guide.
Pub. Hyland House Publishing Pty Ltd. 1996 pp.xiv, 231 with colour photos, illus. and text figs. throughout. A thoroughly very good hdbk. copy in same dw.
£15.00 [ref: 47645]
Farrer, Reginald. The English Rock Garden. Volume I & II.
1st. US. Ed. Rep. Pub. Theophrastus Publishers. 1975 Two volume set with b/w. photos. 8vo. Some marking to top-edge of text block, gentle bumping to boards. Nr. fine hardback set.
£30.00 [ref: 63697]
Fish, Margery. Ground Cover Plants.
4th. Imp. Pub. David & Charles. 1970 pp.144 with b/w. plates. A vg. copy in same dw.
£5.00 [ref: 16041]
Fladmark, J.M et al. Tomorrow’s Architectural Heritage. Landscape and Buildings in the Countryside.
Pub. Mainstream. 1991 pp. 192 profusely illus. with colour & b/w. plates. Fine hardback in vg. dw.
Considering British examples, this is an examination of architectural design in relation to the place buildings are constructed. Shows how if architects and landscape designers work together, they can produce a legacy fit for the future.
£15.00 [ref: 32303]
Fothergill, J. The Gardener’s Colour Book.
1st. Ed. Pub. Alfred A. Knopf. 1927 pp.40 with 2 separate calendars, one with some interesting handwritten notes for the month of July. 4to. Fine hardback in good to vg. dw. Scarce.
The author created this work to help himself work out colour schemes for his garden. Collates all ‘showy flowers’ in order of colour, height and period of blooming in table format. There is ample space for an owner to add their own records and selections.
£40.00 [ref: 65432]
Francis, M. and Hester, R.T. (Eds.). The Meaning of Gardens.
1st. Ed. 4th. Prt. Pub. MIT Press. 1995 pp.ix, 283 with numerous b/w. photos and illus. 4to. A very nr. fine softback with one small crease to back cover.
With essays from thirty different contributors, this book explores the how the garden is perceived, designed, used and valued.
£22.00 [ref: 55073]
Gavin, Diarmuid. Homefront in the Garden. Inspirational designs and ideas from the cutting-edge BBC TV series.
1st. Ed. Pub. BBC. 2001 pp.168 with numerous colour photos. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
£14.00 [ref: 53817]
Godfrey, W.H. Gardens in the Making.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. [1914] pp.xvii, 207 with b/w. illus and garden plans throughout. 8vo. Contents fine. Original blue cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. With bookplate of Richard Burnie Armistead to inside front cover (Capt. R.B. Armistead, 1890-1965 served in the West Yorkshire Regiment during Word War 1 and was awarded the Military Cross).
Walter Hindes Godfrey was an English architect, and architectural and topographical historian. This book is concerned not with the choice of flowers and shrubs, but rather considers the layout, general effect and proper relationship of all parts of a garden to the whole.
£35.00 [ref: 60610]
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Gotch, J.A. The English Home. From Charles I. to George IV. Its Architecture, Decoration and Garden Design.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. [1918] pp.x 410 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Minor foxing at ends, text block becoming disbound, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated blue cloth in vg. condition.
With highly charming bookplate of Captain Peter Archie Denny, 1st Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
£15.00 [ref: 58625]