Clifford, D. A History of Garden Design.
1st. Ed.Pub. Faber & Faber. 1957 pp.232 with 78 plates. A vg. ex-lib. copy of this scarce book in vg. dw.
£26.00 [ref: 25219]

Clouston, B. (Ed). Landscape Design with Plants.
Pub. Heinemann. 1977 pp.xiv, 456 with b/w. photographs, figs. and tables. A vg. copy in sl. marked boards.
£12.50 [ref: 38704]

Cobb, J.L.S. Meconopsis.
1st. Ed. Pub. Helm in assoc. with the Hardy Plant Soc. 1989 pp.xiv, 125 with colour plates b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Publisher’s press release, loosely inserted.
£7.50 [ref: 31928]

Coffin, David, R. The English Garden. Meditation and Memorial.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Univ. Press. 1994 pp.xiii, 270 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
‘More so than other Europeans, the English have turned to their gardens or wooded ‘wildernesses’ for contemplative consolation. To explore the meditative aspect of English garden-making, David Coffin combines selected poetry, diary extracts, letters, and more formal writing from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries with charming illustrations and his own perceptive commentary’.
£12.50 [ref: 69759]

Colborn, N. A Gardener’s Yearbook.
Pub. Quadrille. 1996 pp.144 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in card covers.
£2.00 [ref: 40797]

Collens, G. & Powell, W. (Eds.). Sylvia Crowe. LDT Monographs No. 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. Landscape Design Trust. 1999 pp.191 with colour and b/w. photos and plans. 4to. Fine softback. As new. Limited edition of 750 copies.
An examination of the many varied fields of landscape design covered by one of the outstanding British landscape architects of the 20th Century. Contributions include personal accounts from those who worked with her.
£45.00 [ref: 58818]

Conan, M. (Ed.). Performance and Appropriation: Profane Rituals in Gardens and Landscapes.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dumbarton Oaks. 2007 pp.227 with b/w. photos. 4to. Thor. vg. to nr. fine softback.
A collection of 10 essays grouped under the headings of ‘Garden and Landscape Performance: Contributions to Cultural Changes’; ‘Achieving a Social Construction of the Self’; and ‘Struggling for Political Changes’.
£20.00 [ref: 59901]

Cook, E.T. Gardens of England.
1st. Ed. Pub. A&C Black. 1908 pp.ix, 199 with 20 col. plates by Beatrice Parsons plus 4-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Spotting to ends and some scattered spotting internally o/w. contents fine. Original decorated binding with gilt letttering in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
Covers topics such as cottage gardens, herb gardens, and gardening through the seasons.
£50.00 [ref: 70026]

Cooke, I. The Plantfinders Guide to Tender Perennials.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1998 pp.192 with col. photos. and illus., line drawings. Small 4to. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
A wide-ranging book, thorough in its approach, from history and information on hardiness through to plant selection and garden uses.
£4.00 [ref: 40995]

Cooper, G. & Taylor, G. Paradise Transformed. The Private Garden for the Twenty-First Century.
1st. Ed. Pub. Moncelli Press. 1996 pp.208 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine hardback.
Documenting almost 50 projects from over 25 landscape architects, this is a major survey of contemporary private gardens. Featuring gardens by Dan Kiley, Ian Hamilton, Martha Schwartz and Fernando Caruncho among others.
£10.00 [ref: 58462]