Turner, Tom. English Garden Design. History and styles since 1650.
1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 1986 pp.238 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With 4 postcards from Stoneleigh Abbey loosely inserted.
Convinced that the standard categorisation of garden styles into ‘formal’ and ‘natural’ was an oversimplification, in this work Turner describes and illustrates 11 styles of garden design: Enclosed, French, Dutch, Forest, Serpentine, Irregular, Transition, Italian, Mixed, Arts and Crafts, and Abstract.
£28.50 [ref: 62026]

Turrill, W.B. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Past and Present.
1st. Ed. Pub. Herbert Jenkins. 1959 pp.256 with b/w. photos. and fold-out map to rear. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Mottled boards. Thor. vg. dw.
The classic history of Kew Gardens, from their earliest beginnings at the end of the 18th Century to its position today as one of the world's greatest botanical gardens. This includes, of course, the Herbarium, the Jodrell Laboratory and the Department of Economic Botany as well as the North Gallery, Library.
£6.00 [ref: 58586]

Turrill, W.B. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Past and Present.
1st. Ed. Pub. Herbert Jenkins. 1959 pp.256 with b/w. photos. and fold-out map to rear. 8vo. Green cloth boards sunned and marked. Internally fine. A vg. hdbk.
The classic history of Kew Gardens, from their earliest beginnings at the end of the 18th Century to its position today as one of the world's greatest botanical gardens. This includes, of course, the Herbarium, the Jodrell Laboratory and the Department of Economic Botany as well as the North Gallery, Library.
£15.00 [ref: 51654]

Tyas, Robert. Flowers and Heraldry: Or Floral Emblems and Heraldic Figures.
1st. Ed. Pub. Houlston & Stoneman. 1851 pp.xiv, 238 with 25 plates, 24 of which are finely hand-coloured. plus 2-page publisher’s adverts. Small 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Neat signature and address dated 1907. Some spotting to end-papers, o/w. contents very clean, bright and in fine condition. Original decorated blue cloth boards thor. vg. / nr. fine. Very uncommon to find a copy with coloured plates. A delightful example.
The long-title continues ‘combined to express Pure Sentiments, Kind Feelings, and Excellent Principles, in Manner at once Simple, Elegant, and Beautiful’. Copies of this work with hand-coloured plates are rare - the colouring is excellent.
£495.00 [ref: 60794]

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Tyrrell-Green, E. French Church Architecture.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Sheldon Press. 1928 pp.xx, 261 with b/w. photos., and illus., throughout. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate to front pastedown, neat dedication and signature to ffep. Minor foxing o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth in fine condition. Scarce.
£25.00 [ref: 58642]

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Unwin, C.W.J. Sweet Peas. Their History Development Culture.
4th. Rev. Ed. Pub. Silent Books. 1986 pp.115 with colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback.
For sixty years, the standard text on growing this flower for both the amateur and professional.
£7.50 [ref: 53816]

Unwin, W.J. The Sweet Pea and its Cultivation.
7th. Ed. Pub. W.J. Unwin. 1929 pp.47 with b/w. drawings, Small 8vo. Nr. fine softback. Scarce.
£20.00 [ref: 63702]

Usill, George Wm. (& Leston, Geo. Lionel). Practical Surveying. A Text-Book for Students Preparing for Examinations or for Survey Work in the Colonies.
11th. Rev. Ed. Pub. Crosby Lockwood. 1916 pp.xx, 358 with 400 text figs. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Lib. Ffep. removed. Very occ. spotting internally, small ink spot to fore-edge of text block o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards vg. with some light wear to extremities.
A practical manual with instruction on the use of the instruments used in surveying.
£5.00 [ref: 67747]

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Van Dongen, R. The Tulip Anthology.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chronicle Books. 2010 pp.232 with fine col. photos. & illus. throughout. Small folio. One corner gently bumped o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This anthology combines contemporary and historical images amd text to document humanity’s thousand year long fascination with the tulip, with a foreword by Anna Pavord.
£25.00 [ref: 69073]

Van Patten, G.F. & Bust, A.F. Gardening Indoors with Rockwool.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Van Patten Publishing. 1997 pp.128 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback.
Step-by-step instructions to make your own rockwool hydroponic garden alongside step-by-step instructions to achieving higher yields of between 20% and 50%.
£5.00 [ref: 60342]