Bloom, Alan. Alan Bloom’s Hardy Perennials. New Plants Raised and Introduced by a Lifelong Plantsman.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1991 pp.viii, 224 with twenty colour photos and a reproduction of Bloom’s 1939 catalogue and three appendices. 8vo. With ‘Good wishes from Alan Bloom’ to ffep. Fine hardback in fine dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
Among other things, this book illustrates the radical changes which have taken place in nursery practice since Alan Bloom began his career in 1922.
£12.50 [ref: 64386]
Bloom, Alan. Mistress of Melthorpe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Aidan Ellis. 1996 pp.152. 8vo. With ‘Good wishes, Alan Bloom’ to ffep. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
‘Throughout his life, Alan Bloom has had the opportunity to work among people and study them. Mistress of Melthorpe is a gentle observation of how people live and love, and will appeal to all gardeners and lovers of romance.’
£10.00 [ref: 64385]
Blunt, W. & Raphael, S. The Illustrated Herbal.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. [n.d. 1979] pp.191 with colour and b/w. illus throughout. Large 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
An absorbing, superbly illustrated, account of the creation and decoration of Europe's most delightful herbals.
£10.00 [ref: 66821]
Bowe, P. Gardens of Central Europe.
1st. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 1991 pp.215 with many fine coloured photographs. Mint in dw.
£7.00 [ref: 26995]
Bowe, P. & Dehart, M.D. Gardens and Plants of the Getty Villa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Getty Publications. 2011 pp.159 with superb colour photos. throughout. 8vo. A fine softback.
An examination of the five villa gardens J. Paul Getty commissioned in California, looking at the ancient Roman garden design which inspired them, and the plants used to create them.
£10.00 [ref: 55103]
Bowles, E.A. My Garden in Spring. My Garden in Summer. My Garden in Autumn and Winter.
Rep. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1972 Three volume set with b/w. photos. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardbacks in thor. vg. dws.
Edward Augustus Bowles (1865-1954) was described as ‘the greatest amateur gardener of the past half-century’ by the President of the RHS. His eight acre garden at Myddelton House, Enfield, is now open to the public and home to a host of rare and unusual plants.
£50.00 [ref: 61638]
Bown, Deni. Herbal. The essential guide to herbs for living.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pavilion. 2001 pp.320 with colour photos. and illus. 4to. Inscription to half title. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. with gently sunned spine.
This is a source book for mind, body and soul, as well as a guide for those who would like to cultivate their own herb garden.
£10.00 [ref: 52987]
Bradbury, Kate. The Bumblebee Flies Anyway. A year of gardening and (wild)life.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2018 pp.256. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print in hardback. RRP. £16.99.
Finding herself in a new home in Brighton, Kate Bradbury (regular contributor to BBC Gardener's Question Time) sets about transforming her decked, barren backyard. She erects bird boxes and bee hotels, hangs feeders and grows nectar- and pollen-rich plants, and slowly brings life back to the garden.
£7.50 [ref: 64725]
Brennan, G. Easy Roses.
Pub. Chronicle. 1995 pp.108 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in card covers.
£2.00 [ref: 44623]
Brickell, C. Garden Plants. In Association with the RHS.
Pub. BCA. 1995 pp.240 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
£5.00 [ref: 40763]