Shewell-Cooper, W.E. The A.B.C. of Fruit Growing.
4th. Ed. Pub. English Universities Press. 1954 pp.291 with col. & b/w. photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Some text-block lean. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards thor. vg. plus.
This early work is a fascinating read for any gardening enthusiast or historian, but contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Considers apples, pears, plums, berries, the fig, vine and nuts.
£6.00 [ref: 71456]

Shulman, N. A Rage for Rock Gardening. The Story of Reginald Farrer. Gardener, Writer and Plant Collector.
Pub. Godine. 2004 pp.xvi, 119 with 8 colour plates. A fine copy in same dw.
£2.00 [ref: 40773]

Sieveking, A.F. The Praise of Gardens. A Prose Cento, collected and in part Englished.
1st. Ed. Pub. Elliot Stock 1885 pp.xix, 321. 8vo. Hardback. Early signature to half-title. With the exception of a very minor amount of spotting the contents are fine. Original cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front in thor. vg. condition.
A collection of writings on gardens and gardening ranging from ancient Egypt to the authors and essayists of the nineteenth century.
£15.00 [ref: 69836]

Sieveking, A.F. The Praise of Gardens. An Epitome of the Literature of the Garden-Art.
1st. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1899 pp.xvi, 423 with b/w. frontis. and 33 further illus. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Signature to ffep. Very occ. spotting o/w. contents fine. Original cloth with decorative gilt lettering to spine and front in nr. fine condition.
A collection of writings on gardens and gardening ranging from ancient Egypt to the authors and essayists of the nineteenth century.
£15.00 [ref: 67765]

Silberrad, U. and Lyall, S. Dutch Bulbs and Gardens. Painted by Mima Nixon.
1st. Ed. Pub. Adam and Charles Black. 1909 pp.xii, 176 with 24 charming col. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Ffep. removed. Occ. light spotting to text pages and small closed tear to blank margin of p.113 o/w. contents fine. Front internal hinge tender. Original decorated cloth boards with gilt lettering and motifs vg. to nr. fine.
The milieu of Dutch horticulture and the history of its origins. Three appendices describe the tulip and hyacinth trade in the 17th and 18th centuries.
£12.00 [ref: 70025]

Simms, B. John Brookes. Garden and Landscape Designer.
1st. Ed. Pub. Conran Octopus. 2007 pp.208 with colour photos. and garden plans throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
In this study of John Brookes’ career Barbara Simms charts his life, influences and design philosophy. Eighteen case studies show some of his important designs from concept to completion.
£15.00 [ref: 60029]

Simo, Melanie Louise. Loudon and the Landscape. From Country Seat to Metropolis 1783-1843.
1st. Ed. Pub. Yale Univ. Press. 1988 pp.xxviii, 337 with col. plates, b/w. photos. & illus. Large 8vo. Robin Whalley’s neat signature to ffep. Spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in good to vg. dw.
A biographical study of John Claudius Loudon, designer of England’s first public park and the first eminent landscape architect to address the problems of the modern city.
£16.00 [ref: 69770]

Sitwell, Edith. A Book of Flowers.
Macmillan, 1952. Pp.x,314. Offsetting to prelims., edges slightly foxed. Good, in slightly worn dw.
£15.00 [ref: 15319]

Sitwell, Sir George, et al. Hortus Sitwellianus.
Pub. Michael Russell. 1984 pp.128 with b/w. illus. by Meriel Edmunds. 8vo. Ex-lib. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Contains Sir George Sitwell's "On The Making of Gardens", first published in 1909, together with a foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell, an introduction by Osbert Sitwell and an account of the gardens at Renishaw at the time of publication by Reresby Sitwell.
£12.00 [ref: 61069]

Sitwell, Sir. G. On the Making of Gardens. With and introduction by Sir Osbert Sitwell.
Rep. Pub. Duckworth. 1951 pp.xix, 76 with 16 b/w. photographic plates at rear of text. A vg. copy in same dw.
£15.00 [ref: 38559]