de Yarburgh-Bateson, Nina. Dried Flowers. The Art of Preserving and Arranging.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lutterworth Press. 1972. pp.169 with col. & b/w photos. 4to. Author’s signature to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
In this book the author describes the techniques she has evolved from years of experiment in pressing leaves, preserving flower-heads, varnishing seed-heads and drying grasses, mosses and lichens.
£10.00 [ref: 64389]

Dela-Croix, N. Britain’s Inspirational Gardens.
Pub. Garden Answers. 2004 pp.160 with colour photographs and other illus. A vg. copy in same dw.
£4.00 [ref: 40779]

Delamer, E.S. The Kitchen & Flower Garden.
New Ed. Pub. George Routledge. [1856] pp.viii, 184, viii, 181 with hand-col. frontis, b/w. text figs. Small 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Cords of two sections stretched o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards vg. plus. Scarce.
In two parts with the first concerning vegetable gardening and the second, flower growing.
£27.50 [ref: 70016]

Dennison, Matthew. Behind the Mask. The Life of Vita Sackville-West.
Pub. William Collins. 2015 pp.xix, 364 with colour and b/w. photos. 8vo. New softback.
A biography of Vita Sackville-West - the celebrated author and poet, and the recluse who found in nature and her garden at Sissinghurst Castle, solace from the contradictions of her extraordinary life.
£9.99 [ref: 54739]

Desmond, R. Bibliography of British Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. St. Paul’s Bibliographies. 1984 pp.viii, 318 with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Robin Whalley’s signture to ffep. With publisher’s errata slip. Good to vg. hardback.
Ray Desmond’s classic work
£12.00 [ref: 69774]

De’ Medici, Lorenza. The Renaissance of Italian Gardens.
1st. Pub. Pavilion. 1990 pp. 192 with many fine coloured photos. Fine copy in vg. dw.
Lorenza de Medici guides her readers in a second renaissance by selecting twenty-five of her favourite masterpieces of garden design. Many passionate gardeners have rebuilt ancient gardens on the evidence of archives, or have set about designing completely new landscapes.
£20.00 [ref: 39085]

Dirr, M.A. Dirr’s Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates. An Illustrated Encyclopedia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2002 pp.446 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A superb photographic encyclopedia of trees, shrubs and vines suitable for ‘warm temperate’ zones. More than 1,400 photographs support Dirr’s authoritative, easily absorbed, text.
£30.00 [ref: 71376]

Dixon Hunt, J. The Anglo-Dutch Garden In the Age of William and Mary.
Pub. Taylor and Francis. 1988 pp.vi, 341 with colour photographs and other figs. A vg. copy in card covers which are sl. dog-eared.
£9.00 [ref: 40755]

Dobbie & Co. Ltd., Seedsmen and Nurserymen (Edinburgh). Catalogue - Spring 1924. 57th Annual Edition.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dobbie & Co. Ltd. 1924 pp.128 with b/w. photographs and illus. throughout. Large 8vo. A well-read softback in good to vg. condition. Scarce.
A very comprehensive annual seed catalogue including seed potatoes, general vegetable seeds and flower seeds. With cultivation tips. Offers a fascinating insight into Dobbie & Co. in the early 1920s.
£29.50 [ref: 69808]

Dobbie & Co. Ltd., Seedsmen and Nurserymen (Edinburgh). Catalogue - Spring 1939.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dobbie & Co. Ltd. 1939 pp.144 with b/w. photographs and illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Softback. Contents fine. In good to vg. col. illus. paper covers. With seven loose period insertions, firstly Dobbie’s 4-page (A5) Potato Order form for 1939. Next their 8-page (A5) Seed Order Form for 1939. Thirdly, Dobbie’s 2-page Plant Order Form. Next comes an unused self-addressed Dobbie’s envelope, a small Dobbie’s advertisement in which they ask for customers to introduce them to other people, a further small advert from them in which they invite customers to write to their experts with gardening questions. Lastly, a flyer produced by The Scotland’s Garden Scheme ‘Visit the Beautiful Gardens of Scotland’ in which they advertise their Official Garden Handbook. A super group. Scarce.
A very comprehensive annual seed catalogue including seed potatoes, general vegetable seeds and flower seeds.
£49.50 [ref: 69814]