Anthony, J. Joseph Paxton. An Illustrated Life of Sir Joseph Paxton 1803-1865.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shire. 1973 pp.48 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Complete but disbound. VG.
Although best known as the designer of the Crystal Palace, Paxton had an incredibly varied career, including becoming head-gardener to the sixth Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth at the age of only twenty three.
£3.00 [ref: 58582]
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]
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]
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]
Bagust, H. The Gardener’s Dictionary of Horticultural Terms.
Pub. Cassell. 1992 pp.377 informative line drawings throughout. A nr. fine copy in same dw.
A very useful book with over 2,900 entries and 1,200 explanatory diagrams.
£8.00 [ref: 41273]
Bailey, L.H. Hortus Source list. Winter 1992
Pub. L.H. Bailey Hortorium. 1992 pp.xiv, 229 VG. in ring binder.
£10.00 [ref: 42121]