Swindells, P. A Plantsman’s Guide to Primulas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ward Lock. 1989 pp.128 with col. photos. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
An invaluable and well-illustrated handbook for gardeners with or without specialist knowledge of primulas.
£4.00 [ref: 46971]

Swindells, Philip. Ferns for Garden and Greenhouse.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dent. 1971 pp.x, 86 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Inscription to ffep. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw.
£6.00 [ref: 53578]

Symes, M. A Glossary of Garden History. Shire Garden History No. 6.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shire Publications. 1993 pp.144 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus., throughout. 8vo. Fine softback.
£4.00 [ref: 58581]

Synge, P.M. The Fruit Year Book. 1948.
Pub. RHS. 1948 pp.vii, 184 b/w. photographs and some figs throughout. Foxing to all edges o/w. vg. in chipped dw.
£10.00 [ref: 37522]

Synge, P.M. Ed. The Daffodil and Tulip Year Book.
Pub. R.H.S. 1947-1971 Volumes for 1947, 1950-53, 1956, 1959, 1960-71. In all 18 volumes. VG.
£100.00 [ref: 37546]

Synge, P.M. Ed. The Lily Year Book.
Pub. R.H.S. 1932-70 Volumes for 1932-40, 1946-70. In all 33 volumes. VG.
£100.00 [ref: 37547]

Tankard, J. & Wood, M. Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood. Writing, horticulture, photography, homebuilding.
1st. Pbk. Ed. Pub. Sutton. 1997 pp.xiii, 201 with col. & b/w. photos. & illus. 8vo. Spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine softback.
A biographical account of Gertrude Jekyll’s life at Munstead Wood where she developed her interests not just in gardening and garden design but also architecture, photography, writing and building.
£5.00 [ref: 69761]

Tankard, J. & Wood, M. Gertrude Jekyll. at Munstead Wood. Writing, horticulture, photography, homebuilding.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bramley Books. 1998 pp.xiii, 201 with photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
£10.00 [ref: 29114]

Tankard, J.B. Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Reality and Imagination.
1st. Ed. Pub. Harry N. Abrams. 2004 pp.216 with col. & b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
This work documents the history of the movement’s diverse attitudes toward landscape architecture for the first time. Garden historian Judith B. Tankard brings a fresh perspective and a wealth of original research to her subject, one of the most creative periods in the history of modern design.
£16.00 [ref: 69932]

Tankard, J.B. and Van Valkenburgh, M.R. Gertrude Jekyll. A Vision of Garden and Wood.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1989 pp.x, 148, [ii] with 84 photographs taken by Gertrude Jekyll herself. 4to. Fine hardback in very nr. fine dw.
Loosely inserted is a copy of the official guide (8 page, fold-out A4) for an exhibition of the contents of this book. Perhaps most interestingly, this guide contains a map of the buildings and garden areas of most of the Munstead Wood site as they appeared in Gertrude Jekyll’s time.
£20.00 [ref: 55088]