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The Century Book of Gardening

E. T. Cook · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London; New York, Published at the Offices of "Country Life"; George Newnes Ltd.; Charles Scribner's Sons, c1900. Cloth. Wonderfully illustrated essay collection on gardening to celebrate the turn of the twentieth century. In publisher's original decorative cloth bin...

Hortus Cantabrigiensis

James Donn · 1811 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, W Metcalfe, 1811. Leather. 'Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or a Catalogue of Plants, Indigenous and Exotic&apos. Written by James Donn (1758–1813), an English botanist. He was Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, from 1790 until his death. His...

In a Yorkshire Garden

Reginald Farrer · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Edward Arnold, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated study that passionately describes the author's own garden in Clapham, Yorkshire. In the publisher's original cloth binding with a decorative botanical illustration to the fr...

Alpine Plants of Europe Together with Cultural Hints

Harold Stuart Thompson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [1911]. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this profusely illustrated botanical work on Alpine flowers by Harold Stuart Thompson, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated with coloure...

Royal Gardens

Cyril Ward · 1912 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated work by Cyril Ward on the beauty of royal gardens. The first edition.A charming study on the beauties of the gardens at Royal palaces across Britain, "from daffodils at Win...

The Concise Household Encyclopedia: A Practical Guide Written by the Leading Experts in All Branches of Homecraft

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, The Amalgamated Press Limited, c1931. Cloth. A very scarce early 20th-century domestic encyclopedia, richly illustrated with monochrome and colour plate illustrations, capturing the skills and interests of the period home. In the publisher's original brown cloth b...

Garden Rubbish and Other Country Bumps

W. C. Sellar; R. J. Yeatman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this humorous and entertaining look at British gardening, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A humorous guide to British gardening, with extracts which were origin...

The Story of the Garden & Gardens of Delight

Eleanour Sinclair Rohde · 1933 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, The Medici Society, Ltd. 1933-1934. First edition. Cloth. Two smart gardening books from British gardener and garden designer Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, with colour images. Two volumes. Written by Eleanour Sophie Sinclair Rohde, a British gardener, garden designer, and h...

Our Garden Friends and Foes

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1864 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1864. First edition. Leather. A leatherbound first edition of this illustrated gardening book from English natural history writer John George Wood, bound by Bickers & Son. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates to the front of the t...

The Small Garden Beautiful and How to Make It So

A. C. Curtis · 1906 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce gardening manual by A. C. Curtis, with many plates. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixteen monochrome plates, monochrome plans, and a folding plan to the ...

The Grasses of Great Britain; Described, with Observations on Their Natural History and Uses

Charles Johnson · 1861 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Robert Hardwick, [1861]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study on British grasses by Charles Johnson, with numerous hand coloured plates by John E. Sowerby. The first edition. Beautifully illustrated by John Edward Sowerby with ...

The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies the Club Mosses, Horsetails, &C.

Anne Pratt · 1899 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.37 | $713.54 | ¥113,956)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1899-1900. Leather. A beautifully illustrated series of works exploring the flowering plants of Great Britain, from leading Victorian botanical illustrator, Anne Pratt. A new edition of this richly illustrated series, complete in four volumes.Un...

An Almanac of Botanical Trivia

Richard A. Howard · 1996 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

None stated, Richard A. Howard , 1996. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce and interesting collection of botanical trivia by Richard A. Howard. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covers with an illustration of an &apos...

The Passing Show: A Garden Diary by an Amateur Gardener

Captain W. E. Johns · 1937 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, My Garden, 1937. Cloth. A smart first edition, second impression of this illustrated garden diary from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. First edition, second impression. Illustrated throughout. A brilliantly amusing book about gardening from an experienced...

The Hand-Book for Modelling Wax Flowers

John Mintorn; Horatio Mintorn · 1850 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Routledge & Co , 1850 . Cloth. An uncommon, early edition of this charming work on the creation of wax flowers, by John and Horatio Mintorn. Fourth edition. First published in 1844. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth with gilt coat of arms to the f...

The Garden in the Plains

Agnes W. Harler · 1943 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London; Madras, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1943. Cloth. The author's own copy of this interesting manual on gardening in India, with her annotations to the text and tipped-in reviews for the previous edition. The author's own copy, with her signature t...

The Book of the Garden

Charles M'Intosh · 1853 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated set on constructing and cultivating gardens. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A comprehensive high Victorian gardening book with specific reference to creating structur...

Royal Palace & Gardens

Mima Nixon · 1916 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , A & C Black , 1916 . First edition. Cloth. An illustrated guide to various royal palaces and gardens, with colour plates. A first edition copy. A wonderful travel volume exploring Royal Palaces and their gardens around Europe including England, Spain and France. With...

In a City Garden

J. R, Aitken · 1913 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.55 | $56.82 | ¥9,074)

London and Edinburgh , T. N. Foulis, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of In a City Garden, with colour plates. In a City Garden explores the changing seasons through the lens of a city garden. A charming volume by the author of My Garden of the Red, Red Rose ...

Handy Book of the Flower-Garden

David Thomson · 1887 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

1887, William Blackwood, 1887. Cloth. David Thomson's practical guide to planting a flower gardening. With eleven plates, including eight folding plates. The fourth edition of David Thomson's practical guide to planting a flower gardening. With eleven plates, includi...