Wright, John & Horace J. The Fruit Grower’s Guide. Volume II [of VI].
1st. Ed. Pub. Virtue & Co. [1897] pp.177-348 with title-page, 8 col. plates and many detailed b/w. illus. 4to. Hardback. AEG. Top corner neatly excised from ffep. Some spotting to ends and only very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original decorative cloth boards, thor. vg. to nr. fine.
Wright’s work is detailed and still very relevant today. Copies of this work have become harder to come by because the fine colour plates are often extracted and sold individually by Print dealers.
£55.00 [ref: 69330]

Wright, John. The Fruit Grower’s Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. Virtue and Company nd c.1891 Three volumes bound in six. With 43 fine colour chromolithograph plates, 3 colour illus. title-pages, 6 standard title-pages, many illustrative line drawings and diagrams. 4to. Hardbacks. AEG. Spotting to fore-edges of text blocks. Spotting internally is largely confined to blank margins, occ. a little heavier, o/w. contents fine. Bound in very attractive publisher’s decorative green buckram with gilt titles to spine in vg. to vg. plus condition.
Wright’s work is very detailed and still very relevant today. Sets have become harder to come by because the fine colour plates are often extracted and sold individually.
£295.00 [ref: 71496]

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Wright, R.C.M. Plant Propagation.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Ward Lock. 1957 pp. 192 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback in same dw.
Comprehensive, practical and easy to read.
£8.00 [ref: 55338]

Yeo, P. F. Hardy Geraniums.
1st. Ed. Pub. Croom Helm. 1985 pp.192 with col. photos. and line drawings. Large 8vo. Bookplate. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
£7.50 [ref: 33239]

Yepsen, R. Apples.
1st. Ed. Pub. W.W. Norton. 1994 pp.255 with 90 col. illus. 8vo. Minor spotting to top edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Yepsen explores the world of apples throughout history and the present. He has ‘picked’ ninety apples from the thousand-plus named varieties in North America. Each is remarkable in taste, texture, aroma and appearance and range from the unusual like the Knobbed Russet to mainstay like Red Delicious.
£7.50 [ref: 71451]

Young Men’s Christian Association. Apple growing in the Pacific Northwest. A condensation of Lectures, Experiments and Discussions conducted by the Educational Department of the Portland, Oregon, YMCA.
Pub. YMCA. 1911 pp.215 with b/w. plates. Lightly rubbed at spine ends, o/w. vg. in red cloth boards.
£15.00 [ref: 33583]

Young, M. Collins Guide to the Botanical Gardens of Britain.
Pub. Collins. 1987 pp.160 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
£8.00 [ref: 40760]

Yun, Qian (Ed.). Classical Chinese Gardens.
1st. Eng. Ed. Rep. Pub. Joint Publishing Company and China Building Industry Press. 1984 pp.249 with colour photos., and b/w. garden plans throughout. Royal 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. Publisher’s slipcase in thor. vg. condition.
Describes in detail thirty-seven of the most elegant and splendid Chinese gardens.
£20.00 [ref: 55122]

[After the] Montausier, Duke de. The Poetic Garland; In Imitation of the Celebrated Garland of Julia by the Duke De Montausier.
1st. Ed. Pub. T. Griffiths. [n.d. c.1825] pp.[36] plus 16 fine hand-coloured plates, after Maund’s Botanic Garden. Large 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Signature. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Quarter leather over marbelled boards with marbelled end papers all thor. vg. Delightfully charming and very scarce.
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier (1610-1690) presented ‘The Poetical Garland of Julia’ to his spouse, Julia d’Angennes as a new-year’s gift. It consisted of a number of flowers painted in miniature by a celebrated artist, arranged in a book, with a madrigal underneath each. Julia d’Angennes was delighted with her gift. This, as noted in the Preface, is a humble imitation of the original.
£225.00 [ref: 60783]

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[Grahame, Georgina]. In a Tuscan Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Lane, The Bodley Head. 1902 pp.ix, 419 with b/w. frontis., and seven further b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. Inscription to ffep. The signature on the verso of title page may be that of Georgina Grahame to whom the book is attributed. Internal hinges tender. Spotting to ends and occ. throughout o/w. contents fine. Pictorial cloth boards vg., with some wear to spine and gently bumped corners. Scarce.
The book, In a Tuscan Garden, published anonymously, is a charming description of the author’s adventures in setting up and maintaining the garden that was an important part of her life in Tuscany.
£55.00 [ref: 69908]