Anthony, J. Vanbrugh. An Illustrated Life of Sir John Vanbrugh 1664-1726.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shire Publications. 1977 pp.48 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
Remembered today as one of the most original of English architects, Vanbrugh was also a soldier and the author of a series of comedies.
£5.00 [ref: 58583]

Arbury, J. and Pinhey, S. Pears.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wells & Winter. 1997 pp.103 with 15 colour plates. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Each of the more than 50 cultivars in this work is comprehensively described and beautifully illustrated in water colour paintings. There are others, but those selected are ones that the gardener or commercial grower in this day and age is most likely to come across in the gardens and orchards of Great Britain.
£10.00 [ref: 59639]

Armitage, A.M. Armitage’s Garden Perennials. A Colour Encyclopedia.
Pub. Timber Press. 2000 pp.323 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
£12.00 [ref: 40759]

Armitage, J. et al. (Eds.). RHS Plant Finder 2016. 72,000 plants and where to find them.
30th. Ed. Pub. RHS. 2016 pp.950. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
This edition includes contact details for nearly five hundred nurseries, and a new section on RHS Award of Garden Merit vegetables and Perfect for Pollinators plants.
£9.00 [ref: 56928]

Ashberry, A. Bottle Gardens and Fern Cases. With Illustrations by N. Creina Glegg.
Pub. Hodder & Stoughton. 1964 pp. 120 with b/w. plates and drawings. VG. in discoloured & worn dw.
£2.00 [ref: 22379]

Ashberry, Anne. Bottle Gardens and Fern Cases.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hodder and Stoughton. 1964 pp.120 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A thor. vg. hdbk. in vg. dw.
£6.00 [ref: 53608]

August, Ian. The Making of Alnwick Garden. with foreword by The Duchess of Northumberland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pavilion. 2006 pp.320 with colour photographs throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. In-print at £25.00.
‘The Making of the Alnwick Garden’ is the story, as told by Ian August, the man who has been at the Duchess's side since the beginning, of one woman's stubborn battle to create her dream. Told in a mixture of letters, anecdotes and memoirs, August captures the dramas, the dilemmas and the victories of the long battle.
£15.00 [ref: 59008]

Avray Tipping, H. English Gardens.
Pub. Country Life. 1925 pp.lxiv, 375 profusely illustrated with over 500 photographs and drawings. Spine ends showing wear and boards blemished in places. AEG. Contents in fine condition. Folio.
‘This volume illustrates and describes fifty-two English gardens as they are in our own times. Some of them are new creations, but many have links more or less strong with the past, so that, despite alterations arising from passage of time and change of taste, we can get, through them, a glimpse of what Tudor, Stuart and Hanoverian gardening was like.’.
£175.00 [ref: 38283]

Bacon, L. Alpines.
Pub. Garden Book Club. 1973 pp.246 with a few b/w. photographs. A very good copy in same dw.
£4.00 [ref: 42680]

Bagenal, N.B. (Ed.). Fruit Growing. Modern Cultural Methods.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Ward, Lock & Co. 1945 pp.416 with 8 colour plates, 60 b/w. photos. and many illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw., with small tear on rear cover.
£15.00 [ref: 56048]