Giardinaggio

Plant Life in Alpine Switzerland

E. A. Newell Arber · 1910 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, John Murray, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition account of the natural history of alpine plants in Switzerland. A first edition of this work, in original publisher's cloth binding. This works explores different plant life in Switzerland, incl...

Alpine Flowers and Gardens

G. Fleming · 1910 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.32 | $88.53 | ¥14,139)

London, A. & C. Black, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated description of Alpine flowers and gardens. This is the first edition of the work on Alpine Flowers and Gardens, in original publisher's green cloth binding with floral motif to front. This decora...

Wild Flowers: Botanising in Britain

John Gilmour; Max Walters · 1954 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Collins, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this botanical study of Britain for the beginner. First edition. Illustrated with forty-five colour plates, twenty-seven black and white plates, and three line drawings. Collated complete. ...

The Garden Bluebook: A Manual of the Perennial Garden

Leicester Bodine Holland · 1916 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, The Field & Queen Ltd, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated work on gardening, with fold-out plates. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with two folding plates to the front, and many in-text photographs and diagrams. Co...

The Book of the Garden: Structural and Cultural

Charles M'Intosh · 1853 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853-1855. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes on constructing and cultivating gardens in the mid-19th century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this two volume set in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated wit...

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening

J. C. Loudon · 1826 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London , Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green , 1826. Leather. A fourth edition copy of this extensive encyclopaedia on gardening. A fourth edition copy. J. C. Loudon was a Scottish botanist, garden designer and author and was the first to use the term arboretum to refer to a...

Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening

John Arthur Hughes · 1866 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1866. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening, with illustrations. A first edition copy. Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening illustrates the architectural embellishment of gardens, with...

Planting and Rural Ornament

William Marshall · 1796 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, G. Nicol, 1796. Leather. The second edition of this two volume set on late 18th century planting and gardening for landed estates, in full calf bindings. The second edition two volume set in a full calf binding, with the binder's label to the front paste downs. Bo...

The Present Day Rock Garden Being a Complementary Volume to Farrer&Apos;S "English Rock-Garden

Sampson Clay · 1937 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London and Edinburgh , T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this wonderful volume on rock gardens, with illustrations throughout. A first edition copy of The Present Day Rock Garden, which is a Complementary Volume to Farrer's "En...

Flowers: Rock Plants

Henry de Montherlant · 1939 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, The Hyperion Press, 1939. Cloth. A bright copy of this beautifully and colourfully illustrated volume of rock plants, enclosed in the original pictorial dust wrapper. A delightful volume on rock plants and flowers, in particular various species of cacti. The first Eng...

Colour Planning of the Garden

George F. Tinley · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London and Edinburgh, T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd. 1929. Cloth. An early edition of this beautifully illustrated book of gardening with colour plates. First edition of Colour Planning of the Garden by George F. Tinley in the original publisher's cloth binding. Illustrated wi...

Garden History: The Journal of the Garden History Society

Christopher Thacker [ed.]; Various · 1972 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Not Stated , The Garden History Society, 1972-9. First edition. Paperback. A scarce collection of the first seven consecutive volumes of the Journal of the Garden History Society in the original issues. A group of twenty-three consecutive numbers of the journal of the Garden H...

Modern Eden: Or the Gardener&Apos;S Universal Guide

John Rutter; Daniel Carter · 1769 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, J. Cooke, 1769. Leather. An excellent copy of the very scarce second edition of Rutter and Carter's impressive guide to garden management. The very scarce second edition of this work, very scarce in all editions. First published in 1767.A substantial guide to gard...

On Planting and Rural Ornament

Mr. Marshall [William Marshall] · 1803 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, W. Bulmer and Co, 1803. Leather. The two volume third edition of farmer and land agent William Marshall's guide to planting, first published in 1795. The work was intended as a practical guide for those in possession of large estates on the establishment and maint...

Botany for Matriculation

F. Cavers · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, University Tutorial Press, 1919 . Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this educational botanical book for university students in the early twentieth century. Very scarce edition, sixth impression, in original publisher's cloth binding of this educational botany ...

Ants, Bees, and Wasps

John Lubbock · 1888 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co. 1888 . Cloth. A smart copy of this nineteenth century entomological study. In the original publisher's cloth binding of this study from the late nineteenth century by John Lubbock. Contents include the formation and maintenance of nests,...

A Text-Book of Botany

J. M. Lowson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, University Tutorial Press, 1919. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this botany guidebook which is the tenth impression. Tenth impression, fifth edition, of this early twentieth century study and guidebook to botany by J. M. Lowson, in original publisher's clot...

Gardening for Amateurs: A Simple, Complete, and Practical Guide for Garden Lovers

H. H. Thomas · 1915 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne , Cassell and Company, Limited, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the second volume of this gardening guide for beginners. The first edition of the second volume of Gardening for Amateurs by Harry Higgott Thomas, in blue clo...

Handbook of Crocus and Colchicum for Gardeners

E. A. Bowles · 1924 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Martin Hopkinson, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the first edition of this botanical work concerning crocus and colchicum, with numerous illustrations, and featuring two letters inscribed and signed by the author tipped in. A very scarce first editio...

The Gardener&Apos;S Album

Miles Hadfield [ed.] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Hulton Press, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A charming and brightly illustrated first edition collection of poems and essays in celebration of gardening, with original contributions from leading twentieth century horticulturalists, including Vita Sackville-West. The fir...