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Digging for Victory

C. H. Middleton · 1942 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this wartime gardening book from British gardener Cecil Henry Middleton, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce work. With the vanishingly scarce original uncli...

Beautiful Leaved Plants; Being a Description of the Most Beautiful Leaved Plants in Cultivation in This Country; to Which Is Added an Extended Catalogue

E. J. Lowe; W. Howard · 1872 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

London, Bell and Daldy , 1872. Cloth. An uncommon study on leaved plants by E. J. Lowe, with stunning colour plates throughout. Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece and fifty-nine chromolithograph plates. Collated, complete. Bound in full cloth. This uncommon wor...

Wild Flowers of Attica

Shirley Clifford Atchley; W. B. Turill [ed.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated horticultural guide to Greek flowers, written by botanist Shirley Clifford Atchley with over twenty vivid colour plates by W. O. Everett. The first edition.  In the uncommon publisher...

The Rock Garden

Reginald Farrer · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, c1912. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this detailed guide to the rock garden from plant collector Reginald John Farrer. First individual edition. Illustrated with eight colour plates. Collated complete. A detailed guide to the rock garden ...

Garden Planning

W. S. Rogers · 1910 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to garden planning from horticulturalist W. S. Rogers. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, nine plates, and over one hundred in-text images and figures. Collated co...

The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for Landowners, Land Agents, and Foresters

John Nisbet · 1905 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1905. Leather. The complete set of John Nisbet's illustrated work on forestry, bound in quarter morocco. A later edition, based on the sixth edition of 'The Forester' published in 1894. Illustrated with many monochrome vig...

The British Ferns Popularly Described, and Illustrated by Engravings of Every Species. Forming a Complete History of the Family As Regards Their Characteristics, Peculiarities, Natural Places of Growth, and the Most Successful Methods of Cultivating Them.

George W. Johnson · 1861 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

London, Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener Office, 1861. Cloth. The fourth edition of this uncommon and beautifully illustrated study on British ferns by George W. Johnson. The fourth edition. Illustrated with forty-nine monochrome engraved plates by the author. Col...

The Flower Book; Being a Procession of Flowers Passing from Meadow and Coppice Through the Hedge to the Garden Pool and Herb Patch

Constance Smedley Armfield · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming book on garden, meadow and coppice flowers, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eighteen colour plates. Collated complete. A charming book aimed at...

Ward, Lock & Co&Apos;S Book of Gardening: An ABC of Garden Management

Ward, Lock & Co · 1927 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. [1927]. First edition. Cloth. Ward, Lock and Co's comprehensive guide to gardening with illustrations throughout. The first edition under this title. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, monochrome vignettes and sixteen monochrome pla...

Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden; More Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden; a Third Pot-Pourri

Mrs. C. W. Earle [Theresa Earle] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1897-1903. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of this complete trilogy containing Theresa Earle's charming collection of notes on nature, gardening, travelling, education and more. First edition. A pleasing set of these three Pot-Pourri...

The Genus Cyclamen

Christopher Grey-Wilson · 1988 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Oregon, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in Association with Christopher Helm and Timber Press, 1988. Cloth. A smart US edition of this illustrated botanical work from The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A Kew Magazine Monograph. Illustrated with twelve colour plates. Collated com...

The Compleat Farmer: A Compendium of Do-It-Yourself, Tried and True Practices for the Farm, Garden & Household

The Main Street Press; Charles van Ravenswaay [intro] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, John Murray, 1976. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this trusty guide to country living, embellished with an array of pleasing illustrations throughout. First edition thus of this uncommon work. Adorned with charming nineteenth-century woodcuts and engra...

The Book of Botany; Being a Popular Introduction to That Delightful Science

1841 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Robert Tyas, 1841. Leather. A smart leather bound copy of this pocket sized introduction to botany, illustrated with twelve beautiful colour plates. In full crushed morocco binding with gilt detailing. The third edition of this uncommon pocket sized botanical work, pu...

Flora Diaetetica: Or, History of Esculent Plants

Charles Bryant · 1783 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, B. White , 1783 . First edition. Leather. An excellent example of the first edition of Charles Bryant's detailed and informative study of edible plants. The scarce first edition of this work.A fascinating study of edible - or esculent - plants, both domestic and f...

Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden

Gertrude Jekyll · 1936 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Country Life, 1936 . Cloth. The eighth edition of Gertrude Jekyll's classic work on the usage of different colour schemes in the English flower garden. The eighth edition of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Gertrude Jekyll&a...

The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small Extent

Frank J. Scott · 1881 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

New York, American Book Exchange, 1881 . Cloth. A smart copy of Frank J. Scott's beautifully illustrated guide to American suburban garden design in the latter half of the nineteenth century. A wonderful work of Americana. An attractive 1881 edition of Frank J. Scott&apos...

English Pleasure Gardens

Rose Standish Nichols · 1902 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the English Pleasure Garden. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ten plans, sixty-five plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed hist...

The Forcing Garden or How to Grow Early Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables

Samuel Wood · 1881 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Crosby Lockwood and Co. 1881. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this detailed guide to growing early fruits, vegetables, and flowers in your garden. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed guide to gardening with plans and estimates showing the ...

The Complete Book of Gardening

John Coutts · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1937 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on gardening by John Coutts, a previous curator of Kew Gardens. Revised, fourth impression of the work, in the publisher's original green cloth binding. First published in 1930. This work was ...

Days and Hours in a Garden

E. V. B [Eleanor Vere Boyle] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Elliot Stock , 1884 . First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this work by artist Eleanor Vere Boyle on her time spent in her garden. The first edition of the work in book form. First published in 'The Gardener's Chronicle&apos. In the publisher's o...