Johnson, A.T. The Mill Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. W.H. & L. Collingridge. 1950 pp.207 with b/w plates. 8vo. Owner’s neat signature dated 1950. Nr. fine hardback.
£4.00 [ref: 64240]
Junzhen, Zhu. Chinese Landscape Gardening.
1st. Ed. Pub. Foreign Languages Press, Beijing. 1992 pp.182, with colour photos., and illus. throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback.
The result of three decades of research into traditional Chinese royal and private gardens, and contemporary gardens, this is a distillation of the principles of plant arrangement and other design factors such as paths, stones and water features.
£30.00 [ref: 57309]
Karson, R. Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect. An account of the gardenmaker’s life, 1885-1971.
1st. Ed. Pub. Abrams. 1989 pp.xxiii, 344 with colour and b/w. photos., illus., and line drawings. 4to. With Errata slip neatly stuck to p.153. Small address label removed from ffep, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
A comprehensive account of Steele's gardens and his life. It also contains details of his clients, plant lists of major gardens, a bibliography of Steele's books and articles. Lastly, a glossary and an index cross referenced by category of design element completes the work.
£14.50 [ref: 55044]
Keane, M.P. Japanese Garden Design.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Rep. Pub. Charles E. Tuttle. 1998 pp.xiii, 184 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. Out-of-print.
Presents the essential concepts and processes employed by Japanese garden designers through the centuries, to promote a true appreciation of these living works of sculpture.
£20.00 [ref: 58459]
Kluckert, E. European Garden Design.
Pub. Koneman. 2000 pp. 496 with excellent colour photography throughout. A nr. fine copy in dw.
£20.00 [ref: 43465]
Lanygon, F. Decoration in England. From 1660 to 1770.
2nd. Imp. Pub. Batsford. 1920 pp.x, 296 with b/w. photographs throughout. A vg. copy in sl. faded cloth boards. Scarce.
£100.00 [ref: 39692]
Lassus, B. The Landscape Approach.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Pennsylvania Press. 1998 pp.xiv, 196 with colour, b/w. photos., illus and plans throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
With this collection of the writings of leading French landscape architect, Bernard Lassus, translated into English, his contributions can finally be fully appreciated by a wider audience.
£30.00 [ref: 59892]
Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick. Sir Uvedale Price on the Picturesque. With an Essay on the Origin of Taste, and much original matter.
Pub. Caldwell, Lloyd & Co., Edinburgh; Wm. S. Orr & Co., London. 1842 pp.xxvi, 586 with 60 illus. designed and drawn on wood plus lovely illustrated 4-page catalogue for Austin and Sealey. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Some neat, early notes in pencil to blank margins. Original richly decorated (gilt and blind tooled) binding in vg. plus condition, lightly rubbed at extremities.
£140.00 [ref: 31958]
Lees-Milne, A. & Verey, R. The Englishman’s Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Allen Lane. 1982 pp.154 with many illus. 4to. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw.
£5.00 [ref: 23604]