Clay, S. The Present-Day Rock Garden. Being a Complementary Volume to Farrer’s “English Rock-Garden”.
Pub. T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1937 pp.xxvi, 681 with b/w. photographic plates. Rough-cut pages. Contents in thor. vg. condition. Spine-ends a little pulled. Overall a vg. copy.
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Clay, Sampson. The Present-Day Rock Garden. Being a Complementary Volume to Farrer’s “English Rock-Garden”.
1st. Ed. Pub. T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1937 pp.xxvi, 681 with b/w. photographic plates. Large 8vo. Hardback. A vg. plus copy.
£15.00 [ref: 58448]
Clevely, A. The Allotment Book. A Practical Guide to Creating and Enjoying Your Own Perfect Plot.
Pub. Collins. 2006 pp.224 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dustwrapper.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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’.
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Colborn, N. A Gardener’s Yearbook.
Pub. Quadrille. 1996 pp.144 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in card covers.
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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]
Colston Burrell, C. and Knott Tyler, J. Hellebores. A Comprehensive Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2006 pp.296 with col. photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with some light sunning to spine.
The authors have produced a guide with comprehensive information on growing, maintenance, design, hybridization and selection, and trouble-shooting.
£32.00 [ref: 71595]