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A History of Gardening in England

Alicia Amherst · 1896 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1896. Cloth. A second edition of Alicia Amherst's important gardening history, illustrated throughout. This work was instantly successful, with the second edition contracted within a month of the first; it was the first thorough examination of th...

Gardening for the Ignorant

Mrs C.W. Earle; Ethel Case · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1912. Cloth. A bright copy of this very scarce twentieth-century work on gardening for beginners by Mrs C.W. Earle and Ethel Case. A very interesting early twentieth-century work on gardening for beginners, organised into chapters by months of the yea...

British Vegetable Galls: An Introduction to Their Study

Edward T. Connold · 1901 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1901. First edition. Cloth. An extensive study of British vegetable galls, the first edition. The first edition of this work by Edward T. Connold. An extensive study of galls for amateur gardeners, looking into the swelling growth of external tissues o...

The Formal Garden in England

Reginald Blomfield; F. Inigo Thomas · 1892 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this volume illustrating some formal gardening in England. The first edition of this work, providing an account of the formal garden in England, looking at its history, general character, and separation...

The Orchard Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees and the Forcing Pit

Charles McIntosh [Charles M'Intosh] · 1839 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Wm S Orr and Co, 1839. First edition. Leather. A scarce, beautifully illustrated, Victorian work on orchard management. This work details the technique of forcing fruit trees as well as their general management. With a hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured title pa...

The Orchardist: Or, a System of Close Pruning and Medication, for Establishing the Science of Orcharding, As Patronized by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce

Thomas Skip Dyot Bucknall · 1805 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, William Bulmer and Co, 1805. Leather. A smartly rebound copy of the scarce second edition of Thomas Bucknall's work on orchids. A scarce work. The second edition of this work. This work is a guide to the pruning and medication of orchids, a diverse family of colou...

The Acacia Tree, Robinia Pseudo Acacia: Its Growth, Qualities, and Uses, with Observations on Planting, Manuring, and Pruning More Facts Relative to the Culture, Qualities, and Uses of the Acacia, Being a Supplement to Mr. Withers&Apos;S Work on That Valuable Tree

William Withers · 1842 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.70 | $336.95 | ¥53,813)

London; Ipswich, Longman, Orme, Rees, Brown, and Longmans; James Shalders, 1842-3. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these two works by William Withers on the Acacia tree, an influential work that encouraged the timber trade in England. Two volumes in one. The first e...

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

Sampson Clay · 1937 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, LTD. 1937. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work on the best plants to be used in rock gardens, written by Sampson Clay. The first edition of this work. This work looks at the many plants that can be used within the landscaping of a rock...

Perpetual Carnations a Complete Manual, with All Details of Cultivation

Laurence J. Cook · 1912 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1912. Leather. A charming illustrated volume about carnations, offering advice on the growing of carnations in England. This book is a helpful guide to growing carnations in England, at a time where a lot of available texts on growing carnation...

Hand-List of Herbaceous Plants (Excluding Rock Garden Plants and Hardy Monocotyledons) Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens. (Third Edition)

Unamed · 1925 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1925. Paperback. A informative volume, ideal for a plant enthusiast, documenting the herbaceous plants found at the famous Kew Gardens in London. Third edition. A very scarce work. A charming volume documenting the variety of species grown at Kew...

Flora Europaea Check-List and Chromosome Index

D. M. Moore · 1982 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition volume exploring the biology of plant life throughout Europe. Held in the original clipped dustwrapper, this is a lovely example of this useful botanical work. First Edition. A fascinating insig...

An Introduction to Landscape Design and Garden Architecture

J. Cheal and Sons [Joseph Cheal] · 0 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

Crawley, Sussex, J. Cheal and Sons, c1900. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce booklet offering landscaping tips by a successful Edwardian designer influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. An Introduction to Landscape Design and Garden Architecture, a very scarce bookle...

Plant Physiology

Meirion Thomas · 1956 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J. & A. Churchill Ltd. 1956. Cloth. A smart, informative title, illustrated throughout, and in very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A smart copy of this detailed scientific title, first published in 1935.This copy features the very scarce original unclipped dus...

A Catalogue of the Fruits Cultivated in the Garden of the Horticultural Society of London

Horticultural Society of London · 1842 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London, Horticultural Society of London, W Nicol, Longman and Co et al. 1842. Leather. A catalogue of fruit trees in the Horticultural Society Garden, London. This is the third edition of this work. The catalogue was mostly by Mr Richard Thompson, an English pomologist. Thomps...

Systematic List of the Trees, Shrubs and Woody-Climbers of the Bombay Presidency

William Alexander Talbot · 1894 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Government Central Press, 1894. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition of this comprehensive compendium of Bombay plants, in a presentation binding inscribed by the author Inscription to front free-endpaper reads: 'To J. B. D. Adams Esq from W. A. Talbot&apos....

O More Than Happy Countryman

H E Bates · 1943 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Country Life, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of H E Bates' O More Than Happy Countryman. With 10 plates. An English writer who mainly authored novels, H E Bates also compiled many non-fiction essays focusing on the outdoors and countryside. In a clot...

Days and Hours in a Garden

Eleanor Vere Boyle · 1884 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

London , Elliot Stock, 1884. Cloth. An uncommmon copy of Days and Hours in a Garden by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Fifty large paper copies of Days and Hours in a Garden have been printed on handmade paper, with wide margin and uncut edges, for presentation, price One Guinea each. Sti...

An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture

J. C. Loudon · 1835 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown et al, 1835 . Hardback. The third edition of J. C. Loudon's highly informative, impressively illustrated encyclopaedia of agricultural theory and practices. An enormously detailed work. The third edition of this work, first published in ...

A Tour Round My Garden

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1855 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, G. Routledge and Co. 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of Jean-Baptise Alphonse Karr's charming nature novel, decorated with many vignettes. The first English edition. First published by SocieÃOeteÃOe Belge de Libraire in 1844 under the ori...

Wall and Water Gardens

Gertrude Jekyll · 0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Country Life; George Newnes, c1905. Cloth. The third edition of Gertrude Jekyll"s classic guide to water and wall gardens, richly illustrated, offering practical advice for amateur gardeners on creating beautiful English country gardens. In the publisher's origina...