Adams, W.H. The French Garden 1500-1800.
1st. Pub. Scolar Press. 1979 pp.159 with illus. Fine in dw.
£20.00 [ref: 23141]
Adams, W.H. The French Garden 1500-1800.
Pub. Scolar Press. 1982 pp.159, with many b/w. plates. Very good softback copy with lightly sunned card covers.
£6.00 [ref: 47654]
Allan, Mea. E.A. Bowles and his Garden, at Myddelton House 1865-1954.
1st. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1973 pp.264, with some colour and many b/w. plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
£10.00 [ref: 49630]
Amherst, The Hon. A. A History of Gardening in England.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bernard Quaritch. 1895 pp.xvi, 398 with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Bookplate removed. Paper at internal hinges lifting, binding still very sound. Some spotting to endpapers, ink scribble to ffep., o/w. contents fine. Original cloth with gilt decoration in good condition with fraying to bottom of spine. A very readable copy.
Covers the era from Monastic to Nineteenth Century Gardening.
£37.50 [ref: 66629]
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]
Attlee, H. Charles Latham’s Gardens of Italy. From the archives of Country Life.
1st. Ed. Pub. Aurum Press. 2009 pp.191 with b/w. photographs throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A book of fine, black and white, photographs of historic Italian Gardens, taken by Country Life’s first staff photographer in the early 1900s using a large-format plate camera. Accompanied by an informed commentary by Helena Attlee, a leading authority on garden history.
£35.00 [ref: 68026]
Batey, M. Regency Gardens. Shire Garden History No. 7.
1st. Ed. Pub. Shire Publications. 1995 pp.96 with colour and b/w. illus., throughout. 8vo. Fine softback.
£6.00 [ref: 58580]
Batey, M. & Woudstra, J. The Story of the Privy Garden at Hampton Court.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Barn Elms. 1996 pp.36 with colour, b/w. photos., and illus., throughout. Large 8vo. Fine softback.
The story of the reconstruction of the private garden, which began in 1992, originally created at Hampton Court for William and Mary of Orange.
£5.00 [ref: 59095]
Batsford, H. & Fry, C. Homes and Gardens of England.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 1932 pp.x, 61 with colour frontis., plus 175 b/w. photos. and illus., fold-out map and 30 page publisher’s catalogue. Large 8vo. Some spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards showing some sunning on spine, o/w. thor. vg.
Features superb photographs of the many fine country houses in England.
£45.00 [ref: 60620]
Bazin, Germain. Paradeisos - The Art of the Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell. 1990 pp.263 with many fine plans, paintings and photographs in col. & b/w. 4to. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
The author was one of France’s leading art historians. Drawing on 170 key examples throughout the world, Bazin traces the development of the garden, showing how it fulfilled different functions in different periods, each reflecting the society and culture of the time.
£12.00 [ref: 69051]