Gardening - Landscaping from Horizon Books

London, Viking, [1992], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine, clean unworn condition, as new. . 4to [27.5 x 21 cm]; [vii], 232 pp, hundreds of illustrations and plates, including many in color, photos, index. . An impressive and very well-illustrated work showing the influence of English gardens, gardeners, landscapers, from the… Read more about this item

Modena, Italy, Milano, Milan, Giardini Zanfi Editori, 1999, First edition. . original pictorial heavy paper wraps, pages 65-80 are bound upside down as apparently in most copies, but complete, else clean and fine. . 4to [27 x 24 cm]; 176 pp, 170 color illustrations from photos, text in English and Italian. . Descriptions of about 76 European gardens, each… Read more about this item

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1931, . . original cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, light wear, interior is clean and fine in very good sound cover. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xiv, 108 pp, colored frontis plate from painting, numerous plates and illustrations from photos and drawings, garden plans, index. . A very informative work with… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, [1970], First edition. . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, dj (not price clipped, tiny tear at edge), fine and clean. . 4to [28 x 22 cm]; 251 pp, color plates and illustrations from photos, including many double-page, some black and white photos, garden plans, bibliog, index. . A beautifully illustrated and produced… Read more about this item

New York, Harper & Row, [1990], First American Edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not clipped), fine and clean. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 256 pp, frontis, numerous illus, color plates from contemporary sources, bibliog, index. . The head gardeners of upper class estates influenced the course of gardening and landscaping but were aided by… Read more about this item

London, Unwin, [1988], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (very lightly used, not price clipped), trace of removed inkstamp on verso title page, book-plate removed, interior is quite clean and unmarked, overall very good. . 4to [29.5 x 20.5 cm]; 127 pp, 48 colored plates and illustrations from photos, numerous illustrations from drawings of statuary,… Read more about this item

London, Journal of Horticulture Office, 1877, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, edges rubbed, internal hinge cracked but firm, lightly foxed on some leaves, very good. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; [vi], v, 131 pp, 15 wood engraved plates, garden plans, including double-page, numerous other illus, with the half title page. .… Read more about this item

London, Macmillan; The Sunday Times, [1988], . . original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, pictorial endpapers, dust jacket, quite fine and clean, unused. . 4to [28.5 x 23.5 cm]; 224 pp, hundreds of color illustrations, including many full page, both from photos and older sources, bibliog, index. . With contributions from such gardening experts as Hugh Johnson, Penelope… Read more about this item

London, Bloomsbury, [1988], First edition. . original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), quite fine, clean and unused. . 4to [27 x 22 cm]; 192 pp; colored frontis, hundreds of illustrations including full-page, many in color, mostly from photos, many garden plans, list of plants and trees by growing needs, shade requirements. . Covering some… Read more about this item

New York, McBride, Nast & Company, 1913, First Edition. . original cloth with gilt title lettering in gilted border on cover and gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, nice chapter head pieces, spine end a bit frayed, near fine, interior is clean and fine. . roy 8vo; xviii, 263 pp, frontis with tissue guard, illus, plates, tinted plans,… Read more about this item

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1978], revised and enlarged edition, the first edition of 1956 had only 270 pages. . original cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (slight wear at upper edge), fine and clean, unmarked. . 8vo [25 x 17 cm]; 340 pp, several hundred illustrations from photos, drwgs, plans, bibliog, index. . The author was a pioneer… Read more about this item

London, Scolar Press, [1979], First edition. . original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, spine slightly faded), else fine. . large 8vo [26 x 19 cm]; 159 pp, 168 illustrations from early sources, bibliog, index. . A well-illustrated and important work showing the development of the French Garden from early Italian influences to attain a… Read more about this item

London, John Murray, 1869, First edition. . original pictorial & blind-stamped cloth, decorated in black & gilt, gilt lettering on spine, Robert Alexander's bookplate on endpaper, light fraying at spine ends, hinge cracked but firm, first two leaves lightly foxed, very good, interior clean. . thick 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxxii, 644 pp, engraved frontis, 48 engraved plates,… Read more about this item

London, Robert Hale, [1979], First edition. . original green cloth with gilt spine title lettering, clean and fine in dj (price clipped, slightly used). . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 256 pp, numerous illustrations including full-page, from photos and early sources, garden plans, gazetteer, bibliog, index. . The author, a respected garden writer who restored his own Georgian garden,… Read more about this item

Toronto, The Copp Clark Company, McBride, Winston & Company, [1911], First edition, Canadian issue, identical to first US edition. . original pictorial cloth with embossed color photo, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, corners a bit rubbed but a clean and fine, unmarked copy, covers bright. . 4to [26 x 19 cm]; [xii], 180 pp, frontis, illustrations… Read more about this item

Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, [1989], First Canadian edition. . original pictorial boards, dj, fine, clean and unmarked. . 4to [29 x 21 cm], 160 pp, hundreds of color illustrations from photos by John Bethell, including full-page, bibliog, index. . A beautifully illustrated work on over 100 examples of fine English gardens, from medieval deer parks to modern formal and floral… Read more about this item

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884, First edition with this title. . original cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover in gilted border, signature on endpaper, 'with complements' and signed by the author on half title page. . small 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; [ii], vi, 295 pp, illustrations especially of architectural devices from drwgs by E. C. Gardner,… Read more about this item

Boston, Toronto, London, Little, Brown and Company, [1992], First edition. . original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, pictorial endpapers, dj (not price clipped), clean, fine and unused condition. . 4to [28.5 x 23 cm]; xix, 342 pp, over 230 colored plates and illustrations, 13 detailed colored garden plans, table, appendices, index. . The veteran landscape architect describes how to… Read more about this item

London, J. Taylor, nd [c 1800], . . orig plain paper wraps (worn, tears, minor fraying, without spine), lightly foxed, title page chipped in margin, leaf with short tear, good complete copy in fine custom made, cloth covered box, with gilt title lettering on spine label, interior marbled p. 8vo [26 x 16 cm]; [ii], engraved title page, 55… Read more about this item

London, John Murray, 1907, . . original cloth-backed boards with original paper label (most letters rubbed), light corner wear, bookplate of John Edwards Darnton on endpaper, very good clean copy. . 8vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; xii, 176 pp, 8 fine plates from wood engravings, index. . Robinson was "the most famous and controversial garden journalists of the nineteenth… Read more about this item