Allen, M. Mr. Peto’s Amazing Garden. The Art Treasures of Iford Manor.
1st. Ed. Pub. Blurb. 2009 pp.104 with col. photos. throughout. Large landscape 8vo. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with short closed tear to front. Scarce.
A delightful tour around Iford Manor garden which was designed by the celebrated Edwardian architect and landscape designer Harold Peto. The garden is famous for its romantic Italianate style, blending architecture with informal planting schemes.
£25.00 [ref: 71884]

Anderson, E.B. Gardening on Chalk and Limestone.
Pub. The Garden Book Club. 1965 pp.95 with b/w. photos. and drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback.
£5.00 [ref: 64586]

Anderson, M. The Complete Guide to Growing Cacti & Succulents. A comprehensive guide to identification, care and cultivation.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Lorenz books. 2006 pp.256 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Hardback. Lower corners gently bumped o/w. fine in nr. fine dw.
£10.00 [ref: 64177]

Anderton, Stephen. Rejuvenating a Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kyle Cathie, 1998 pp.160, with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Full of practical step-by-step advice with a directory of trees and shrubs and their pruning methods.
£7.50 [ref: 64170]

Anley, G. Alpine House Culture For Amateurs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1938 pp.188 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Inscription (dated Christmas 1944) to ffep. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw.
£6.00 [ref: 59100]

Anon. The Garden; or, Familiar Instructions for the Laying Out and Management of a Flower Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Harris. 1831 pp.x, 168 with 19 plates of b/w. engravings. Small 8vo. Hardback. Charming inscription to front paste down dated March 3rd 1836. Front internal hinge tender. Some spotting and marking to title page with some spotting and occ. marking internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with calf spine good to vg.
Set out for young people as a series of letters on such topics as garden design, borders, drainage, compost, weeding, varieties of plants, cuttings, the province of botany, vegetable physiology, the natural economy of bulbs, the flower basket etc.
£20.00 [ref: 70011]

Anonymous. Flower Emblems, Or The Season of Life. Selections in Prose and Verse from various authors.
Pub. Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday. 1871 pp.75 with hand-coloured illus. title-page plus 12 colour chromolithograph plates. 4to. Hardback. AEG. Signature. Some spotting to end-papers and half-title, o/w. contents fine. Original richly decorated green cloth binding in nr. fine condition, showing rubbing at extremities.
An anthology of poems and prose many dealing with the theme of death in infancy or childhood.
£120.00 [ref: 60777]

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Anthony, J. Joseph Paxton. An Illustrated Life of Sir Joseph Paxton 1803-1865.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shire. 1973 pp.48 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Complete but disbound. VG.
Although best known as the designer of the Crystal Palace, Paxton had an incredibly varied career, including becoming head-gardener to the sixth Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth at the age of only twenty three.
£3.00 [ref: 58582]

Anthony, J. Vanbrugh. An Illustrated Life of Sir John Vanbrugh 1664-1726.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shire Publications. 1977 pp.48 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
Remembered today as one of the most original of English architects, Vanbrugh was also a soldier and the author of a series of comedies.
£5.00 [ref: 58583]

Armitage, A.M. Armitage’s Garden Perennials. A Colour Encyclopedia.
Pub. Timber Press. 2000 pp.323 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
£12.00 [ref: 40759]