May, P.J. Designing and Creating Water Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Crowood Press. 2004 pp.224 with many colour photos., and illus. Crown 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw. Signed by the author to half-title. Out-of-print.
A practical book which places water gardens firmly within reach of all gardeners. Gives details of a wide range of design ideas.
£20.00 [ref: 55328]
Miyagi, Shunsaku. Landscape. New Concepts in Architecture & Design.
1st. Ed. Pub. Meisei Publicatons. 1996 pp.224 profusely illustrated with colour photos. and b/w. plans. 4to. Hardback. Text in English and Japanese. Signature to half-title below a neatly removed address label, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Scarce.
A compilation of twenty-six works of landscape design completed in Japan between 1987 and 1995, that emphasize spatial presentation. Drawings and design data are also included.
£40.00 [ref: 55269]
Moen, J. & W. The Book of Newhall. Where design, community and ecology work as one.
1st. Ed. Pub. Newhall Projects Ltd. [n.d. 2005] pp.55 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. With an 18 page booklet called “Quanta” featuring the glass sculptures of Nick Turvey, plus a press release and other promotional material dated June 2010, from the Harlow Art Trust relating to a competition to design a new art work in honour of Patricia, Lady Gibberd, whose husband Sir Fredrick master-planned the town.
Newhall is a unique, award-winning residential development in Harlow, Essex, with some of the most imaginative and innovative new-build homes in the UK.
£35.00 [ref: 60629]
Nitschke, Gunter. Japanese Gardens. Right Angle and Natural Form.
1st. Ed. Pub. Taschen. 1999 pp. 239 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
As the same time as detailing the characteristics differentiating each of the five major epochs in the history of Japanese gardening, Gunter Nitschke identifies the common motif which underlies them all.
£25.00 [ref: 57311]
Oehme, W., et al. Bold Romantic Gardens.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Acropolis Books Ltd. 1991 pp.310 with many fine coloured photos. A near fine hdbk. in same dw.
The authors describe the basic creative principles and techniques of their four season gardens - both public and private combining horticulture and architecture in a fully integrated, dynamic design.
£75.00 [ref: 39970]
Pesch, B.P. et al. Japanese Gardens. Plants & Gardens. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. 1990 pp.80 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
£8.00 [ref: 62013]
Sackville-West, V. V. Sackville-Wests’s Garden Book. A Collection taken from In Your Garden; In Your Garden Again; More for Your Garden; Even More for Your Garden, by Philippa Nicolson.
1st. Ed. 8th. Imp. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1981 pp.250 with b/w. and colour photographs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
£7.50 [ref: 64737]
Saito, Katsuo. Japanese Gardening Hints.
1st. Ed. Pub. Japan Pub. 1969 pp.173 with b/w. photos. and figs. Crown 4to. Neat signature to ffep. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
An illustration of how to create the age-old mystery and elegance of Japanese stone, sand and plant gardens for a very modest outlay.
£30.00 [ref: 55270]
Sitwell, Sir. G. On the Making of Gardens. With and introduction by Sir Osbert Sitwell.
Rep. Pub. Duckworth. 1951 pp.xix, 76 with 16 b/w. photographic plates at rear of text. A vg. copy in same dw.
£15.00 [ref: 38559]
Smit, T. Heligan. The Complete Works. Secrets Locked in Silence.
Pub. Channel 4 Books. 1999 pp.157 with colour photos throughout. A fine hardback copy in vg. dw.
£9.00 [ref: 47595]