Maclean, Sir John. Notes on the Manors and Advowsons of Birt’s Morton and Pendock.
Rep. Pub. Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Soc. 1885-86 pp.40. 8vo. Softback. Ex- Lib. with stamps and label. Contents nr. fine. Paper covers, chipped and with inscription by Sir John Maclean to Rev. Symonds. With letter dated 1886 from Maclean (Historial, Genealogist and author, 1811-1895) to Rev. W.S. Symonds (Cleric and Geologist, 1818-1887), a founder member of the Woolhope Naturalist’s field Club and the Malvern Naturalist’s Field Club. Symonds’ daughter Hyacinth, was the 2nd. wife of Sir William Jardine and then 2nd. wife of Sir J.D. Hooker.
£10.00 [ref: 64571]

Macwatt, J. The Primulas of Europe.
Pub. Country Life / George Newnes. 1923 pp, xvi, 208 with 28 bw plates and 7 coloured plates. In dw of previous owner, o/w a good copy.
£15.00 [ref: 28022]

Mader, G. & Neubert-Mader, L. The English Formal Garden. Five Centuries of Design.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Aurum Press. 1997 pp.232 with colour photos. and b/w. garden plans throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
An authoritative account of the development, features, leading originators and sources of the English formal garden style over the last 500 years.
£20.00 [ref: 60548]

Maguire, B. (Illustrator). Borne on the Breeze.
Pub. Hildesheimer & Faulkner. [n.d. c.1870] pp.[12] with colour illus. throughout by Bertha Maguire. 8vo. AEG. Contents fine. Illustrated softcovers (nr. fine) in thor. vg. dw. with charming, period, inscription to back cover and front turn-in. A rare survivor.
A short anthology of flower-themed verse by Shakespeare, Coleridge and others printed to be given as a gift, with space for a greeting on the dust wrapper.
£75.00 [ref: 60786]

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Malins, E. and Bowe, P. Irish Gardens and Demesnes from 1830.
1st. Ed. Pub. Rizzoli. 1980 pp.190 with col. & b/w. illus. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Loosely inserted is a four page A4 information sheet on Irish gardens (published by the Irish Tourist Board (c. 1990)) and a copied 20-page, illustrated, extract from Popular Science Monthly (1908) on the Botanical Gardens of Ceylon.
A well illustrated and informative book on the extraordinary range of Irish garden landscapes. The Irish Garden information sheet presents information on 44 Irish gardens - their style, content, location and opening hours.
£25.00 [ref: 69766]

Manning, John (et al). The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2002 pp.486 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The South African Cape region is home to nearly 1,200 species of bulbs, of which seventy-five percent are endemic. This is the first complete account of all the true bulbs and their allies of the region, and includes descriptions of the plants, information on habitat, flowering time, and geographic distribution.
£75.00 [ref: 69423]

Manning, John (et al). The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2002 pp.486 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gently sunned spine.
The South African Cape region is home to nearly 1,200 species of bulbs, of which seventy-five percent are endemic. This is the first complete account of all the true bulbs and their allies of the region, and includes descriptions of the plants, information on habitat, flowering time, and geographic distribution.
£60.00 [ref: 71616]

Marchant, W.J. Trees, Shrubs, Wall Plants and Climbers.
1st. Ed. Pub. W.J. Marchant. 1937 pp.198. 8vo. Softback. Signature in pencil to title page. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and ends o/w. contents fine. Paper covers vg.
W.J. Marchant of Keeper’s Hill Nursery, Dorset’s Nursery catalogue of trees and shrubs and other plants, with prices.
£10.00 [ref: 71655]

Marshall, T. Tomatoes.
1st. Ed. Pub. Whittet Books. 2006 pp.128 with many colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback, gently sunned on spine.
A practical and well-illustrated book.
£9.00 [ref: 55317]

Massingham, B. Gertrude Jekyll. An Illustrated Life of Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Shire Publications. 1995 pp.48 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
£4.00 [ref: 58584]