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The Flora of Dumfriesshire, Including Part of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright

G. F. Scott-Elliot · 1896 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

Dumfries , J. Maxwell and Son, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce botanical study of Dumfriesshire, complete with a large fold-out map. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A charming study of the flora of hi...

Price List of Alpine and Herbaceous Plants 1936-7

1937 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Herts, Clarence Elliott Ltd , 1937. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce catalogue of alpine plants sold at Six Hills nursery, opened by garden writer Clarence Elliot. A vanishingly scarce copy of this work. In the publisher's stapled wraps. This catalogue detai...

Flowers of the Field

C. A. Johns; G. S. Boulger [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, The Sheldon Press, 1925. Cloth. A revised and colourfully illustrated edition of Johns' best-known work, often referred to as "the bible of the amateur botanist". The thirty-fifth edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Previ...

Beeton&Apos;S All About Gardening: A Popular Dictionary of Garden Work

Beeton · 1909 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Ward, Lock and Co Limited , 1909. Cloth. A scarce new edition of this fruitful dictionary of garden work, adorned with illustrations throughout the text. A new and greatly enlarged edition of this popular gardening reference work, profusely illustrated throughout. In t...

A Gardener&Apos;S Year

H. Rider Haggard · 1905 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this guide to a year of gardening from popular Victorian author, H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four plates, of which are folding. Collated comple...

Blumen Aus Dem Heiligen Lande Jerusalem

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Jerusalem, A. Monsohn, c1910. Cloth. A scarce souvenir album from Jerusalem, with individual plates of dried flowers, with notes in German, French, and English. German, French, and English language. Scarce souvenir. Twelve plates of dried flowers local to areas of Jerusalem, i...

Bird Watch in an English Village

Ralph Whitlock · 1982 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Dorset , The Gavin Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this bird watching book. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the front pastedown and title page. This volume is a fascinating guide for the bird watcher as the author takes the reade...

The Fern Garden: How to Make, Keep, and Enjoy It; or, Fern Culture Made Easy

Shirley Hibberd · 1869 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London , Groombridge and Sons , 1869. Cloth. A charming volume on the gardening of ferns illustrated with eight chromolithographic plates. Second edition. A small volume adapted to suit the unskilled and unlearned in fern gardening, covering topics of fern collection, cultivat...

A Celebration of Flowers

Ray Desmond · 1987 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Collingridge Books, Hamlyn, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A lovely work by Ray Desmond celebrating exotic garden and greenhouse plants introduced to the British Isles with stunning colourful and black and white illustrations. The first edition of this work. Celebrating t...

An Essay on the Soils and Composts

Thomas Haynes · 1821 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, J. Harding, 1821. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and informative gardening work, detailing soils and composts for trees, shrubs, and flowers, written by Thomas Haynes. First and only edition, very scarce. An informative work on the soils and composts that are need...

The Old Shrub Roses

Graham Stuart Thomas · 1979 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons , 1979. Cloth. A new revised edition of Graham Stuart Thomas' work on the old "period" roses, with a foreword by Vita Sackville-West. A charming revised edition of this gardening work by Graham S. Thomas regarding the 'old' period roses...

Alpine Flowers and Gardens

G. Flemwell · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, A. & C. Black, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of George Flemwell's delightfully illustrated work on gardening. This work covers spring and summer in the alps, the crocus, alpine plants, autumn in the alps and gardens of the alps. Both writt...

Dans Nos Forets

Hans Meierhofer · 1959 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Zurich, Silva Zurich, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful French exploration of forests and their flora, with tipped-in plates by Pia Roshardt throughout. In the original French language.With delightful tipped-in illustrations throughout by Pia Roshardt. Complete with the ...

The Bamboo Garden

A. B. Freeman-Mitford · 1896 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1896. Cloth. A first edition of Algernon Freeman-Mitford's gardening work on the tending of bamboos, illustrated throughout. A fascinating examination of the cultivation of bamboos. With chapters on soil, uses, species, propagation and those...

British Ferns and Their Allies

Thomas Moore · 1861 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861. Cloth. A fascinating botanical work regarding ferns, illustrated with excellent colour plates. This work is an abridgement of Moore's extremely successful 'The Popular History of British Ferns', and describes ferns, ...

Dutch Bulbs and Gardens

Una Silberrad; Sophie Lyall · 1909 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on the gardens in the Netherlands, illustrated by Mima Nixon, and written by Una Sibberad and Sophie Lyall. The first edition of this work. This work looks at the...

A Supplement to the Flora of Somerset

Edward Shearburn Marshall · 1914 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Taunton, Somersetshire Archaeological Natural History Society, 1914. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of Edward Shearburn Marshall's 'A Supplement to the Flora of Somerset', that provides additions and corrections to Richard Paget Murray&apo...

The Subtropical Garden; or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden

W. Robinson · 1879 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, John Murray, 1879. Cloth. The second edition of Robinson"s richly illustrated challenge to formal Victorian bedding, championing bold, architectural planting with hardy subtropical species. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding, rebacked with the origina...

The Secrets of Many Gardens

Mrs. Philip Martineau [Alice Martineau] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an insightful gardening handbook from a prominent writer in the field, including on advice on rock gardens, alpine plants and Spring beds. The first edition of The Secrets of Many Gardens, an insigh...

The Gardener&Apos;S Assistant

William Watson [ed.]; Sir Frederick W. Keeble [preface] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, 1925 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated complete six volume set of this detailed guide to gardening edited by William Watson, with coloured plates. A complete six volume set.In the publisher's original green cloth bindings.O...