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]

Cotton S. (Ed.). Guide to the Specialist Nurseries & Garden Suppliers of Britain and Ireland. 1989/90 Edition.
Rep. Pub. Garden Art Press. 1989 pp.355 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. A fine hardback.
£5.00 [ref: 55334]

Court, D. Succulent Flora of Southern Africa.
3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. A.A. Balkema. 2010 pp.336 with col. & b/w. photos., illus., and maps. 4to. Fine hardback with a hint of sunning to spine. Out of print.
This long-awaited third edition takes into account intervening taxonomic advances since the publication of the first edition and the discovery and naming of ever more species. All information has been fully revised, updated and supplemented in line with the latest thinking, and ‘Succulent Flora of Southern Africa’ has been newly designed for clarity and ease of reference.
£22.50 [ref: 69401]

Cox, E.H.M. & Taylor, G.C. Primulas. For Garden & Greenhouse.
1st. Ed. Dulau. 1928 pp.ix, 127 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Ex-Lib. A little spotting to prelims. o/w. a nr. fine hardback.
Provides useful information about primulas and their cultivation treated from a practical standpoint, with chapters devoted to propagation, cultivation, Polyanthus, Primroses, Primulas under glass and descriptions of the best species and varieties.
£4.00 [ref: 71609]

Cox, E.H.M. (Ed.) New Flora and Silva. Volume 1 No. 1 to Volume 5 No. 4
1st. Ed. Pub. Dulau and Co. 1929-1933 Five volume run with many b/w., and some colour photos. 8vo. Hardbacks. Scattered foxing to fore-edges of text block and to some of the content, o/w. fine internally. Uniformly bound in original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Spines of vols. 1 and 2 gently faded, o/w. bindings in vg. condition. With original softcovers and adverts bound at the end of each volume.
This quarterly journal’s intention was to “interest all gardeners who are anxious to cultivate more than the standard varieties of garden plants such as are to be seen in every garden”.
£65.00 [ref: 53887]

Cox, J.E.K. Scientific Horticulture. Quarterly Journal of the Horticultural Education Association. Vol. 28 No’s 2,3 and 4.
Pub. HEA. 1976-7 3 Vols. all in nr. fine condition.
£8.00 [ref: 40719]

Cox, P. The Larger Species of Rhododendron.
Pub. B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1979 pp.352 with b/w. photographs and colour plates. A vg. copy in spine-faded dw.
£10.00 [ref: 46305]