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Bazin, G. Paradeisos- The Art of the Garden.
1st. Pub. Cassell. 1990 pp.263 with many fine plans, paintings and photographs. A fine copy in sl. chipped dw. with one small closed tear.
The author is France’s leading art historian and considers the garden as a major form of artistic expression. From the beginnings, in the East and West alike, the garden has provided an image of a lost golden age, when mankind lived in innocent harmony with nature.

£25.00 [ref: 36692]

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Bazin, G. Paradeisos. The Art of the Garden.
1st. Pub. Cassell. 1990 pp. 263 with very many fine photographs. Fine in dw.
Drawing on 170 key examples throughout the world, the author traces the development of the garden, showing how it fulfilled different functions in different periods, each reflecting the society and culture of the time.

£30.00 [ref: 25248]

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The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species. Bechtel, H. et al. The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species.
Pub. Blandford Press. 1986 pp.444 with 720 coloured plates. Large 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This is a comprehensive cultivation guide, and represents the result of years of painstaking research and development.

£35.00 [ref: 34192]

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Bechtel, H., Cribb, P. and Launert, E. The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species.
1st. Ed. Pub. Blandford Press. 1981 pp.444 with 720 coloured photographs. A vg. copy in similar dustwrapper.
£20.00 [ref: 43461]

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Beck, C. Fritillaries. A Gardener’s Introduction to the Genus Fritillaria.
1st. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1953 pp.96 with 4 colour illus and 40 b/w. photos. A fine hardback in vg. dw. showing just a little loss extremities.
One of the few books on this group of plants.

£60.00 [ref: 28927]

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Vegetables for Home and Exhibition. Beckett, E. Vegetables for Home and Exhibition.
1st. Ed. Pub. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1908 pp.[viii], 398 with b/w. photos., plus 20 pages of relevant adverts bound to front and rear. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original green cloth boards in vg. condition, showing a little wear.
A detailed work. Chapters on soil preparation, crop rotation, tools, preparing and exhibiting vegetables, herbs and salads, diseases and enemies. Also a monthly calendar of kitchen garden work.

£15.00 [ref: 55845]

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Encyclopaedia of Alpines. Beckett, K. Encyclopaedia of Alpines.
1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Society. 1993 Two volume set with 543 colour photographic plates, and line drawings. 8vo. Hardbacks. A very nr. fine set.
Still the definitive work on Alpines, giving the uses and culture of each genus and a description of the species therein.

£250.00 [ref: 41344]

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The Beeton Book of Garden Management. Beeton, Mrs. The Beeton Book of Garden Management.
Fasc. Ed. Pub. Omega Books. 1985 pp.vii, 844 with b/w. illus., throughout. 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw.
A faithful facsimile of the 1890’s ‘considerably enlarged and entirely remodelled, re-arranged and re-constructed’ edition of this comprehensive guide for gardeners, fruit and vegetable growers of the period.

£35.00 [ref: 59091]

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The Queen’s Hidden Gardens. Bellamy, David. The Queen’s Hidden Gardens. Buckingham Palace’s Treasury of Wild Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1984 pp.224 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Botanical paintings by Marjorie Lyon. 4to. A fine hardback in good dw.
£10.00 [ref: 56089]

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Bentley, Dr. M. Commercial Hydroponics. Facts and Figures.
Pub. Bendon Books. 1959 pp.xvii, 750 with colour and b/w. plates. Some cockling to contents more so at front of book. Top corner of the first 70 pages showing some creasing and light bumping otherwise contents bright and clean. Binding in vg. condition. Scarce.Limited to 1000 copies of which this no. 690.
Written more so as an encyclopaedia style text rather than a simple facts and figures book. Interesting.

£30.00 [ref: 41636]

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