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The Curious Gardener

Jason Hill · 1932 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Faber and Faber, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated gardening work, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with five plates and two vignettes. ...

Old Wives&Apos; Lore for Gardeners

Maureen Boland; Bridget Boland · 1976 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, The Bodley Head, 1976. Cloth. A very smart reprint of this charming collection of old wives' tales related to gardening, with illustrations. Reprinted the same year as the first edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of old wives' tales or superstitiou...

Flora of Jersey

Frances Le Sueur · 1984 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Jersey, Societe Jersiaise, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this scarce work from Le Sueur on the flora of Jersey. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated highly throughout with frontispiece, seventeen colour plates, eighteen black and white illustrati...

The Tulip

Anna Pavord · 1999 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Bloomsbury, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Anna Pavord's best selling horticultural work. First edition of The Tulip by Anna Pavord in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. A fine copy of this New York Times b...

Kalendarium Universale: Or, the Gardiner&Apos;S Universal Calendar

Benjamin Whitmill · 1726 · Rooke Books

£1,495.00 (€1,792.25 | $1,975.44 | ¥315,489)

London, James Lacy, 1726 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Benjamin Whitmill's early eighteenth century guide to gardening. The very scarce first edition of this work, very scarce in all editions.Benjamin Whitmill's guide offers information o...

Mexico&Apos;S Ancient and Native Remedies

Evelyne Winter · 1972 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Mexico, Editorial Fournier, 1972. Paperback. A scarce work on the ancient and natural remedied used in Mexico. Second impression. Originally published 1968. Scarce work. Illustrated with in-text drawings of plants and flowers. A handbook of ancient remedies for general ailment...

Souvenir Book About the Bazaar and Garden Fete in Braggchurch, Yeovil

None · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Yeovil, Western Gazette & Co. Ltd, 1901. Cloth. A very scarce souvenir book from the Braggchurch garden fete and bazaar. Scarce work. A souvenir book from the Braggchurch Bazaar and Garden Fate, dated 26th and 27th June, 1901. Includes information, illustrations, and advertise...

Permanent and Temporary Pastures

Martin J. Sutton; Martin H. F. Sutton; John Percival · 1929 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

London , Simpkin Marshall, 1929. Cloth. A very smart and beautifully illustrated copy of Permanent and Temporary Pastures. This is a ninth edition copy of Permanent and Temporary Pastures, by Martin J. Sutton, which has been revised and extended by his son, Martin H. F. Sutton...

The Cottage Gardener; or, Amateur and Cottager&Apos;S Guide to out-Door Gardening and Spade Cultivation

George W. Johnson · 1849 · Rooke Books

£670.00 (€803.22 | $885.31 | ¥141,390)

London, Wm S Orr and Co. 1849. Cloth. Seventeen volumes of George W. Johnson's sweeping and detailed gardening guide, with illustrations. A guide to outdoor gardening by George W. Johnson, British writer on gardening. Weekly periodical devoted to the advancement and devel...

Our Flower Garden, How We Made the Most of It; with Instructions As to the Construction of Miniature Ruins, Etc. , for Fern Cases

Henry Allnutt · 1875 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Estates Gazette Office , [1875]. Cloth. Scarce second edition of this pocket sized gardening work by Henry Allnutt, with illustrations. Second edition of this work. Little gardening book by Henry Allnutt, author of numerous gardening volumes. Concerning the growing of ...

Green Grows the City: The Story of a London Garden

Beverley Nichols · 1939 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London and Toronto, Jonathan Cape, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of Beverley Nichol's account of his beautiful garden, illustrated and presented in a smart dust wrapper. This work details the author's modern house and garden, located close to ...

The New Garden

Richard Sudell · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The English Universities Press Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Richard Sudell's gardening work with illustrations by Bip Pares, complete with the scarce dust wrapper. This work contains chapters on soils, the garden plan, lawns, plants, vegetab...

A Handbook of the British Lichens

Annie Lorrain Smith · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Order of the Trustees, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this important exploration into lichens by a British expert, complete with illustrations. This guide to lichens functioned as a key to known British lichens, and held a firm place as a classic...

Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the British Museum (Natural History). The Cretaceous Flora.

Marie C. Stopes · 1913 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1913-15. Cloth. A two volume set of works written by Marie C. Stopes. An interesting work of British botanical history, illustrated with a folding plate to volume I. Two volumes. Part V and VI of the Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants In The Departm...

A Synoptic Guide to the Genus Primula

G. K. Fenderson · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Lawrence, Allen Press, Inc. 1986. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of G. K. Fenderson's 'Synoptic Guide to the Genus Primula&apos. A comprehensive and fascinating reference work to the genus 'Primula' that contains mainly herbaceous floweri...

British Botanical and Horticultural Literature 1800 Comprising a History and Bibliography of Botanical and Horticultural Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the Earliest Times Until 1800

Blanche Henrey · 1975 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Oxford University Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating work of horticultural and botanical history by the eminent writer, Blanche Henrey. A handsome set, complete in three volume and held in a slipcase Complete in three volumes. Held in the original slipcas...

Popular Names of Flowers, Fruits &C,. As Used in the County of Somerset and the Adjacent Parts of Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire

A. S. Macmillan · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Yeovil, Western Gazette, 1922. Cloth. An interesting look at the popular colloquial names of flowers in Southern England from the early twentieth century. This is an interesting work looking at the local names of flowers and fruits, focused on Southern England in Somerset, Dev...

Ikebana with roses.

Sparnon, Norman J. & Teshigahara, Kasumi · 1973 · Aucott & Thomas

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Almark Publishing Co Ltd, 1973. First British Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0855241349. Text in English and Japanese. Clean, landscape format, tightly bound paperback original, spine uncreased, card covers rubbed at the edges, remains of a label on the front cover but no inscripti...

Sogetsu School, with, Ikenobo School. Best of Ikebana.

Teshigahara, Sofu and Ikenobo, Senei · 1962 · Aucott & Thomas

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Japan: Shufunotomo Publishing Co. Ltd. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 hardbacks, colour and black & white photos plus illustrations in the text. Sogetsu: tightly bound hardback book, some damp staining to back board and final 6 pages, with remains of a label and name on the...

The works of Keibi. Ikebana seeking unrestrained expressions of beauty.

Nishisaka, Keibi · 1990 · Aucott & Thomas

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Japan: , 1990. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 4763631632. Text in Japapnese and English. Clean, large format, tightly bound paperback with no inscriptions in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. Unpaginated, colour and black & white photos in the text. Heavy ...