Brawley Hill, M. Grandmother’s Garden. The Old-Fashioned American Garden 1865-1915.
1st. Ed. Pub. Harry N. Abrams. 1995 pp.240 with col. & b/w. illus. and photos. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Author’s charming handwritten dedication to Robin (Robin Whalley) to half-title. With an 8-page very well illustrated article (from the journal Antiques) by May Brawley Hill entitled ‘Making virtue of necessity : Decorative American Privies’.
This book traces the development of the indigenous American garden style through more than 150 period paintings and photographs.
£25.00 [ref: 72048]

Brickell, C. Garden Plants. In Association with the RHS.
Pub. BCA. 1995 pp.240 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
£5.00 [ref: 40763]

Brickell, C. Pruning. The RHS’s Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Mitchell Beazley. 1990 pp.96 with b/w. illus. throughout. Landscape 8vo. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a nr. fine softback.
Considers Roses, Deciduous Shrubs, Evergreens, Hedges, Wall Shrubs, Fruit Bushes and Trees, Deciduous Trees.
£5.50 [ref: 71998]

Brickell, C. & Joyce, D. Royal Horticultural Society - Pruning & Training.
1st. Pub. Dorling Kindersley. 1996 pp.336 with many fine illustrations and photographs. A vg. plus in dw. of which the spine has faded.
£18.00 [ref: 39665]

Brickell, C. & Joyce, D. The Royal Horticultural Society - Pruning & Training.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dorling Kindersley. 1996 pp.336 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£12.50 [ref: 60339]

Brookes, J. Garden Design Course.
Pub. Mitchell Beazley. 2007 pp.192 with colour photographs throughout. A nr. fine copy in same dw.
£9.00 [ref: 40772]

Brookes, John. Gardens of Paradise. The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Weidenfeld & Nicholson. 1987 pp.240 with colour, b/w. photos. and plans. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
The author examines the idea of the garden as a symbol of paradise, expressed not only in the Quran but in all the Islamic arts.
£85.00 [ref: 60883]

Brookes, John. Gardens of Paradise. The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Weidenfeld & Nicholson. 1987 pp.240 with colour, b/w. photos. and plans. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
The author examines the idea of the garden as a symbol of paradise, expressed not only in the Quran but in all the Islamic arts.
£85.00 [ref: 59897]

Brown, G.E. & Kirkham, T. The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2004 pp.338 with col. photos. & b/w. text illus. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with just a hint of sunning to spine. Title page inscribed and signed by Tony Kirkham.
George Brown’s classic work has been throroughly revised and expanded by Tony Kirkham for a new generation of tree and shrub enthusiasts.
£35.00 [ref: 70194]

Brown, J. Beatrix. The Gardening Life of Beatrix Jones Farrand. 1872-1959.
1st. Ed. Pub. Viking. 1995 pp.xvii, 252 with colour and b/w. photos. and garden plans. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A detailed study. Beatrix Jones Farrand was one of America’s greatest landscape gardeners and worked as a consultant and designer on more than 200 gardens, including for clients such as the Rockefellers, the Morgans, and the White House.
£75.00 [ref: 61173]