Godfrey, W.H. Gardens in the Making.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. [1914] pp.xvii, 207 with b/w. illus and garden plans throughout. 8vo. Contents fine. Original blue cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. With bookplate of Richard Burnie Armistead to inside front cover (Capt. R.B. Armistead, 1890-1965 served in the West Yorkshire Regiment during Word War 1 and was awarded the Military Cross).
Walter Hindes Godfrey was an English architect, and architectural and topographical historian. This book is concerned not with the choice of flowers and shrubs, but rather considers the layout, general effect and proper relationship of all parts of a garden to the whole.
£35.00 [ref: 60610]

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Godfrey, W.H. Gardens in the Making.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. [1914] pp.xvii, 207 with b/w. illus. and garden plans throughout. 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to endpapers o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
Walter Hindes Godfrey was an English architect, and architectural and topographical historian. This book is concerned not with the choice of flowers and shrubs, but rather considers the layout, general effect and proper relationship of all parts of a garden to the whole.
£20.00 [ref: 69914]

Gorer, Richard. The Flower Garden in England.
B.T. Batsford, 1975. Pp.viii,178 with b/w plates. Clean, tight copy, in dw.
£4.00 [ref: 15852]

Gotch, J.A. The English Home. From Charles I. to George IV. Its Architecture, Decoration and Garden Design.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. [1918] pp.x 410 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Minor foxing at ends, text block becoming disbound, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated blue cloth in vg. condition.
With highly charming bookplate of Captain Peter Archie Denny, 1st Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
£15.00 [ref: 58625]

Gothein, Marie. L., (Wright, W. (Ed.)). A History of Garden Art. From the earliest times to the present day. Vols. I & II.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1928 Two volume set with over 600 b/w. illus. 4to. Hardbacks. Very minor spotting to fore-edges of text blocks and prelims., a crease to a ffep., & to a half-title o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt decoration to front in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing set.
A valuable reference. Running chronologically, Volume I begins with Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and continues to gardening in the Renaissance Period. Volume II continues with more on the Renaissance (incl. Versailles) then onto China, Japan and the English Landscape gardens incl. Capability Brown. Gardening in the 19th Century follows and the work concludes with a study of America and Canada.
£120.00 [ref: 71356]

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Gow, Ian. Scottish Houses and Gardens. From the Archives of Country Life.
1st. Ed. Pub. Aurum Press. 1997 pp.192 with fine b/w. photos. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A selection of over 200 photographs of some twenty Scottish houses which range in date from the late medieval to the 20th Century, with text by architectural writer and expert on historic interiors, Ian Gow.
£60.00 [ref: 62018]

Graham Trevor (Sandwich, Kent). Sandwich Nurseries Catalogue.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sandwich Nurseries, Kent. 1984 pp.53. 8vo. Fine softback. Scarce.
Graham Trevor spent his entire life in horticulture and was responsible for the restoration of the Gertrude Jekyll garden at The Salutation, Sandwich, Kent. This catalogue lists ‘many half hardy and tender plants, in addition to those regarded as fully hardy and based on Trevor’s experience, they can be safely grown provided they are placed in a warm and sheltered site.’. With prices, sizes and colour of flowers.
£12.00 [ref: 69805]

Grainger, Hilary J. The Architecture of Sir Ernest George.
1st. Ed. Pub. Spire. 2011 pp.495 with col. & b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. Several pages with informed pencil notes. Very minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
A detailed and well illustrated account of the life and works of this important 19th and early 20th British Architect. It includes projects with his three sucessive partners: Thomas Vaughan (1836-1875), Harold Peto (1854-1933) and Alfred Yeates (1867-1944).
£125.00 [ref: 71885]

Grant White, J.E. Garden Art and Architecture.
1st. Ed. Pub. Abelard-Schuman Ltd. 1968 pp.xxxi, 110 with b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. With author’s inscription to ffep. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in vg. dw.
A very well illustrated book given to emphasising the importance of architectural structure and ornament in enhancing the natural beauty of gardens.
£20.00 [ref: 67753]

Green, R. Asiatic Primulas. A Gardeners’ Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Alpine Garden Society. 1976 pp.viii, 163 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw.
£5.00 [ref: 58445]