Richards, John. Primula.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1993 pp.299 with col. illus. & photos. and line drawings. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., just gently sunned to spine.
The first full account of all the species of Primula. The definitive reference work combining in a single volume information useful to specialist and general gardening audiences.
£12.00 [ref: 71611]

Richards, John. Primula.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1993 pp.299 with colour illus. and photos., line drawings. 4to. Spotting to top edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
The first full account of all the species of Primula. The definitive reference work.
£20.00 [ref: 68729]

Richardson, T. English Gardens in the Twentieth Century. From the Archives of Country Life.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Aurum Press. 2009 pp.208 superbly illustrated with b/w. and col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with some sunning to spine.
A photographic survey with insightful supporting text of twentieth century English gardens and landscape architecture.
£9.00 [ref: 70106]

Ridgeway, C. (Ed.). William Andrews Nesfield. Victorian Landscape Architect. Papers from the Bicentenary Conference, York 1994.
1st. Ed. Pub. Univ. of York. 1996 pp.55 with b/w. photos., & illus. Small 4to. Softback. Some spotting o/w. contents fine. Card covers with spotting o/w. thor. vg.
A fascinating insight into the life and career of William Andrews Nesfield. After a career in the military which saw him serve under the Duke of Wellington, Nesfield developed a second profession as a landscape architect, designing some of the foremost gardens of the mid-Victorian era. Those included in this book are Witley Court in Worcestershire, The Avenue Gardens (Regent’s Park), those at Stoke Edith and Castle Howard in Yorkshire.
£15.00 [ref: 71367]

Robinson, W. Alpine Flowers for Gardens: Rock, Wall, Marsh Plants and Mountain Shrub.
John Murray, Third Edition, Revised, 1903. Pp.xix,344 with engrs. Gilt-decorated cloth. Very good copy.
£50.00 [ref: 15785]

Robinson, W. The Wild Garden.
Rep. Pub. Scolar. 1979 pp.xxxiv, 303 with b/w. illus. A thoroughly very good copy in same dw.
This reissue of the handsome fourth edition of 1894 has an introduction by Robin Lane Fox which sets ‘The Wild Garden’ and its author in the context of their time and relates the book to the needs, practicalities and practices of more contemporary gardening.
£25.00 [ref: 42921]

Robinson, William. Alpine Flowers for Gardens. Rock, Wall, Marsh Plants and Mountain Shrub.
3rd. Rev. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1903 pp.xx, 344 with b/w. figs. in text. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate. TEG. A thor. vg. copy.
£20.00 [ref: 33292]

Robinson, William. Alpine Flowers for Gardens. Rock, Wall, Marsh Plants and Mountain Shrubs.
4th. Rev. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1910 pp.xix, 344 with 5 b/w. plates & text figs. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Period signature. Spotting to fore-edge of text block and occ. internally. o/w. contents fine. Original cloth with gilt decoration to front in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition.
William Robinson’s detailed guide to the methods for growing alpine plants in gardens.
£15.00 [ref: 68189]

Robinson, William. The Wild Garden. or, our Groves & Shrubberies made beautiful by the naturalization of hardy exotic plants: with a chapter on the garden of British wild flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1870 pp. half-title, illustrated frontis., [vi], 236. Small 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate of Josephine Dockar-Drysdale. Light spotting to prelims. o/w. contents fine. Original, highly decorated green cloth boards with bevelled edges, in thor. vg. condition.
The book that made William Robinson’s reputation. Josephine Dockar-Drysdale moved into Wick Farm, Radley, in 1882. Wick Farm was built in the early 1700s and upon moving there Josephine expanded the house considerably and renamed it Wick Hall.
£250.00 [ref: 71570]

Rohde, E. Sinclair. Oxford's College Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Herbert Jenkins. 1932 pp.xii, 193 with charming colour and b/w., plates. Small 4to. Some spotting o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, very bright and clean, in nr. fine condition.
£32.50 [ref: 62887]

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