Bisgrove, R. William Robinson. The Wild Gardener.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2008 pp.256 with colour and b/w. photos and illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
Highly recommended. Despite his enormous literary output and position at the centre of a circle of distinguished horticulturists, William Robinson is a surprisingly enigmatic figure. Generous to friends and retainers but ferocious in his attacks on opponents, a populariser rather than a pioneer, he was undoubtedly one of the greatest figures in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century gardening.
£75.00 [ref: 64261]

Bloom, Alan. A Plantsman’s Perspective. Plants, people and places.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1987 pp.154. Large 8vo. With ‘Good wishes, Alan Bloom’ to ffep. Fine hardback in fine dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
Alan Bloom’s book describes a lifetime devoted to plants and gardening. Alan was the founder of Blooms of Bressingham and creator of the famous Bressingham Gardens.
£15.00 [ref: 64384]

Bloom, Alan. Mistress of Melthorpe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Aidan Ellis. 1996 pp.152. 8vo. With ‘Good wishes, Alan Bloom’ to ffep. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. From the library of Peter Seabrook, horticulturalist, gardening writer and broadcaster, authenticated by his daughter, Alison Seabrook-Moore.
‘Throughout his life, Alan Bloom has had the opportunity to work among people and study them. Mistress of Melthorpe is a gentle observation of how people live and love, and will appeal to all gardeners and lovers of romance.’
£10.00 [ref: 64385]

Bowe, P. & Dehart, M.D. Gardens and Plants of the Getty Villa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Getty Publications. 2011 pp.159 with superb colour photos. throughout. 8vo. A fine softback.
An examination of the five villa gardens J. Paul Getty commissioned in California, looking at the ancient Roman garden design which inspired them, and the plants used to create them.
£10.00 [ref: 55103]

Bowles, E.A. A Handbook of Crocus and Colchicum for Gardeners.
Rev. Ed. Pub. The Bodley Head. 1955 pp.222 with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Errata slip attached to half-title. Some light spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in vg. dw.
E.A. Bowles thoroughly revised edition of this classic work, which is based on his fifty years of experience of cultivating and studying these beautiful flowers.
£15.00 [ref: 67724]

Bowles, E.A. My Garden in Autumn and Winter.
Rep. Pub. David & Charles. 1972 pp.xi, 272 with b/w. plates. 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
£19.50 [ref: 70796]

Bowles, E.A. My Garden in Spring.
Fac. Rep. Pub. Theophrastus. 1971 pp.xx, 308 with col. & b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Decorated cloth boards, in same style as the original, nr. fine.
A very nicely produced facsimile of the first edition which was published in 1914.
£20.00 [ref: 70797]

Bowles, E.A. My Garden in Spring.
Rep. Pub. David & Charles. 1972 pp.xxiii, 308 with b/w. plates. 8vo. Signature to ffep. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A very pleasing facsimile of the first edition which was published in 1914.
£19.50 [ref: 70795]

Brennan, G. Easy Roses.
Pub. Chronicle. 1995 pp.108 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in card covers.
£2.00 [ref: 44623]

Brickell, C. Garden Plants. In Association with the RHS.
Pub. BCA. 1995 pp.240 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
£5.00 [ref: 40763]