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.
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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]

Brown, Jane. Sissinghurst. Portrait of a Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Weidenfeld. 1990 pp.136 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
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Browning, F. Apples.
1st. Ed. Pub. North Point. 1998 pp.241. Fine in fine dw.
A very interesting journey through the history of the apple from primal myths of arguably the world’s most popular fruits to genetic engineering.
£7.50 [ref: 33585]

Buczacki, S. &. Harris, K. Collins Shorter Guide to the Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1983 pp. 319 with twenty-four colour plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
£4.50 [ref: 48632]

Buining, A.F.H. The genus Discocactus Pfeiffer. A revision of known, and description of new, species.
1st. Ed. Pub. Buining-fond. 1982 pp.223 with col. & b/w. photos., plus b/w. illus. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
Pierre Braun wrote an extensive review of Discocactus, listing 63 published or proposed taxa. Albert Buining then published this book on Discocactus, listing and describing all species named to that date.
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Bullivant, Elizabeth. Dried Fresh Flowers. From Your Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pelham / Stephen Greene. 1989 pp.127 with colour photos. and line drawings. 4vo. With ‘To Margaret and Peter, Have fun reading this and also doing a little Drying, Elizabeth Bullivant’ to half-title. Nr. fine hardback in br. fine dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
By following the advice given in this book you will be able to preserve a wide range of flowers and foliage and so enjoy an arrangement of your summer flowers all the year round.
£10.00 [ref: 64387]

Bultitude, John. Apples. A Guide to the Identification of International Varieties.
1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1984 pp.vi, 323 with col. & b/w. photos. and b/w. figs. Small 4to. Ex-Lib. VG. plus softback.
This book describes and identifies 252 varieties of apples grown in Northern Europe, the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
£35.00 [ref: 71472]

Bunyard, George & Thomas, Owen. The Fruit Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Country Life. 1904 pp.xiii, 507 with 119 b/w. photos. and illus. Royal 8vo. Dedications to ffep. Foxing at ends and to parts of text, o/w. in thor vg. condition. Original boards showing some shelf-rubbing in places; two neat repairs to spine, o/w. in vg. condition.
£75.00 [ref: 52430]