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BOOKS ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE OR COLOUR PLATES

1. Alder, J. Birds and Flowers of the Castle of Mey and Balmoral. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumbria University Press, 2003. 1st ed. 34.0 x 23.5 cms. 50 fine colour plates after watercolours by James Alder. Owner's inscription on front free end paper but excellent copy in similar dust wrapper. £40.00

2. Anon. Rose Leaves. London, Ernest Nister, [1904]. 20.0 x 16.0 cms. 22pp. printed in black and gold on art paper with chromolithograph decorations, mostly of roses, all edges gilt, decorative cloth with rose design over padded boards. Owner's inscription pasted on to front pastedown, slight soiling of end papers and binding. £15.00

3. Arader, G. The Redoute Album. London, Blossom, 1991. 1st ed. thus. 34.0 x 26.0 cms. 162 fullpage facsimile plates after Redoute including 84 bouquets never before published and a selection from the Lilies. Fine copy in similar dust wrapper. £40.00

4. Bicknell, C. Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Riviera. London, Trubner & Co., 1885. 8vo. 1st ed. 27.0 X 18.0 cm. 82 colour-printed litho plates, all edges gilt, 1/4 morocco with gilt lettering. Extremities slightly rubbed, sporadic foxing including slight spotting on many plates, but never obtrusive, owner's details on dedication leaf. £375.00

5. Blunt, W. Tulips & Tulipomania. London, Basilisk Press, 1977. 1st ed. 28.4 x 20.5 cms. Limited ed. of 515 copies, signed by the author. With 13 black and white reproductions of earlier illustrations and 16 tipped-in colour plates after paintings by Rory McEwen. Bound in 1/4 pressed morocco with patterned cloth covered boards, cloth covered slipcase. Very slight yellowing of the tipped-in colour plates but otherwise a fine copy. £160.00

Apologies for my poor photography. Please note difference in shade across the top of the image is a shadow!

6. Britten, J. European Ferns. London, Cassell & Co. no date c.1880. 1st ed in book form. 27.0 x 21.0 cms. 30 chromolithograph plates, other illustrations. Ex library copy, with library boards and amateur spine, usual library stamps but plates not stamped although some with slight marginal soiling. A complete working copy competitively priced. £50.00

7. Burbidge, F.W. The Narcissus: Its History and Culture. London, L.Reeve & Co. 1875. 8vo. 1st ed 25.0 x 16.5 cms. 48 hand-coloured litho plates. With a scientific review of the whole species by J.G.Baker. Original gilt and blindstamped cloth. Spine faded with ends and inner hinges repaired, slight darkening of paper from edges plates clean and bright with all tissue guards present. Owner's inscription on front free end paper, fore corners rubbed. A decent copy of a scarce book. £800.00

8. [Catlow, M.E.] as "E.M.C." Popular Geography of Plants. London, Lovell Reeve, 1855. 1st ed. 16.0 x 12.0 cms. Edited by Charles Daubeny. 20 colour plates printed by Vincent Bookes, gilt and blindstamped cloth. Extremities slightly rubbed, inner hinges repaired, slight darkening of pages from outer edges. £45.00

9. [Cooper, S.F.] but published anonymously. Rural Hours. New York, Putnam, 1851. 4th ed. 21.0 x 15.0 cms. 21 hand-coloured tissue-guarded plates including titlepage vignette, full morocco with gilt and darker brown stamping, all edges gilt. Sporadic foxing, occasional light staining, corners slightly rubbed, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, owner's inscription on front free end paper, small section cut out of top of front free end paper, but a pleasing copy. £70.00

10. Cowles, F. The Life and Times of the Rose. London, Chapmans, 1991. 1st Ed. 20.0 x 18.0 cms. Coloured illustrations by the author with other coloured photographic illustrations. Without dust wrapper as issued. Owner's inscription on front free end paper. £6.00

11. Curtis, W. The Botanical Magazine Volumes 1 - 14. London, printed by Stephen Couchman for the author, 1793- 99. 1st ed. 20.5 x 12.5 cms. Volumes 1 - 14 bound in 7, 504 hand coloured plates. Contemporary full calf with gilt lettering to spine. Some rubbing and some splitting to spine ends and hinges, but stitching in all volumes intact, upper board of vol 1 detached. Occasional offsetting, a few plates lightly marked. £5850.00

12. Deakin, R.: Florigraphia Britannica. Volumes 1 - 3. London, Groombridge, 1857. Rep. Volumes 1 - 3 (excluding cryptograms which were in vol 4). 260 hand-coloured plates (figures 1-1567). Contemporary 1/4 morocco with gilt lettering to spines, all edges gilt. Extremities rubbed, slight bubbling of cloth, slight sporadic foxing, many plates marked by owner with date and place of finding the plants, owner's name on front free end paper of vol 1. £175.00

13. Dykes, W.R. The Genus Iris. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1913. 1st ed. 44.0 x 28.5 cms. 48 tissue-guarded colour plates, original 1/4 morocco with cloth covered boards and gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Corners slightly rubbed, lower board scratched, some browning of paper towards edges, owner's bookplate on pastedown. An excellent copy of the scarce 1st edition. £800.00

14. Dykes, W.R. The Genus Iris. Atlas of Plates. London, Wheldon & Wesley, 1952. Reprint. 44.0 x 28.0 cms. 48 colour plates well reproduced form the 1st edition, original cloth with gilt lettering. Some foxing on end papers but plates clean. Unlike later reprints, reproduced full size. £150.00

15. Ehret, G.D. Ehret's Flowering Plants. London, Webb & Bower, 1987. 1st ed. thus. 24.5 x 19.0 cms. 40 fine reproductions of Ehret's colour plates, laminated boards. £7.00

16. Felsko, E. Portraits of Wild Flowers. Oxford, Bruno Cassirer, 1959. 1st ed. 24.0 x 16.0 cms. 140 colour plates after watercolours by the author. Preface by C.D.Darlington, notes edited by Hermia Clokie. Excellent copy in slightly worn dust wrapper. £30.00

17. Freeling, A. Flowers: Their Use and Beauty, Language and Sentiment. London, Darton & Co. 1851. 1st ed. 16.0 x 10.0 cms. 8 hand-coloured litho plates including additional litho titlepage, other vignette engravings and decorations, all edges gilt, gilt and blind stamped cloth. Corners slightly rubbed, owner's inscription on front free end paper, ms affectionate address on v. of frontis, front inner hinge cracked, one plate stained in upper margin. The 1st edition is scarce. £60.00

18. Gathorne-Hardy, R. Garden Flowers from Plates by Jane Loudon. London, Batsford, 1948. 1st ed. 23.0 x 18.0 cms. 16 excellent litho reproductions of Jane Loudon's plates. Paper-covered boards slightly faded and bumped, dust wrapper slightly darkened and frayed. Times Book Club stamp on rear end papers, end papers darkened. £8.00

19. Heathcote, E.D. Flowers of the Engadine. Winchester, Warren & Son 1891. Royal 8vo. 27.5 x 18.0 cms. 224 hand coloured plates, gilt and green stamped cloth, all edges gilt. Spine faded, extremities slightly rubbed, small tear to outer lower hinge, owner's book label on front pastedown. Plates bright and clean quite scarce in coloured form. £450.00

20. Hedrick, U.P. The Pears of New York. Albany, State of New York Dept. of Agriculture, 1921. 1st ed. 30.0 x 23.0cms. 80 colour plates, original cloth, gilt stamped lettering. Extremities slightly rubbed, some faint foxing, some pages have been loose and have been slightly frayed before being rebound in place, rear inner hinge neatly repaired. £110.00

21. Hibberd, S. Familiar Garden Flowers. London, Cassells, no date c. 1884. Early edition. 185mm x 125mm. Series 1 and 2 complete. 40 chromolithograph plates by F.E.Hulme with tissue guards. In contemporary 1/2 calf with gilt lettering. Extremities slightly rubbed, some foxing but plates unaffected, one tissue guard torn with slight loss. Owner's inscription dated 1884. £40.00

22. Jamain, H. & Forney, E. Les Roses; Histoire - Culture - Description. Paris, J.Rothschild, 1873. 8vo. 2nd ed. 26.5 x 16.5 cms. 60 chromolithograph plates of roses, mostly with hand finishing, all tissue-guarded and some printed on tinted paper, many text wood engravings, contemporary full morocco with gilt lettering and decoration, all edges gilt. Corners very slightly rubbed, sporadic foxing not affecting plates which are bright and clean and finely coloured. Owner's book label on front pastedown and blind stamp on titlepage. £1250.00

23. Johnson, C. British Poisonous Plants. London, John E.Sowerby, 1856. 1st ed. 19.0 x 12.0 cms. 28 hand coloured plates taken from "English Botany", 1/2 calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Extremities rather rubbed with spine ends frayed, some offsetting, slight foxing but plates generally clean. £60.00

24. Lindley, J. Rosarum Monographia; or, A Botanical History of Roses. London, printed for James Ridgway, 1820. 1st ed. 25.5 x 15.5 cms. 18 hand coloured and one other plate by the author, original boards, later spine with recent paper label. Fore corners rubbed, owner's details on upper board and front free end paper, slight foxing and offsetting but pages uncut with resulting wide margins. £950.00

25. Lowe, E.J. Our Native Ferns. London, G.Bell & Sons, 1874. 8vo. 3rd ed. 25.0 x 16.0 cms. 2 vols. 79 colour-printed plates by Fawcett of Driffield, original gilt and blindstamped cloth. Owner's details on first blank of each vol, spine ends frayed, corners slightly rubbed, a little light foxing, a few pencil annotations. £140.00

26. Lowis, L. Familiar Indian Flowers. London, Reeve & Co., [1878]. 1st ed. 29.0 x 20.5 cms. 30 chromolithograph plates, original gilt stamped cloth, all edges gilt. Corners slightly rubbed, spine ends repaired, sporadic foxing but plates little affected. £350.00

27. M'Alpine, D. The Botanical Atlas. Edinburgh, W. & A.K.Johnston, 1883. 1st ed. 35.5 x 27.5 cms. 54 chromolithograph plates, original pictorial cloth, all edges tinted. Corners slightly rubbed, sporadic foxing but plates clean, inscription on front free end paper of vol 1 "with the author's compliments". £100.00

28. Mallary, P. and F. A Redoute Treasury. 468 Watercolours from Les Liliacees. London, Dent, 1986. 1st ed. thus. 31.0 x 22.0 cms. 468 colour illustrations from Redoute. Excellent copy with slightly frayed dust wrapper. £20.00

29. Mathew, B. P.J.Redoute Lilies and related Flowers. London, Michael Joseph, 1982. 4to. 1st ed. 31.0 x 22.5cms. A selection of 109 colour illustrations from Redoute's Lilies, dust wrapper. Accompanying text by Brian Mathew with contributions from W.T.Stearn and W.P.Watson. £12.00

30. Maw, G. A Monograph on the Genus Crocus. Atlas volume. London, Dulau, 1886. 1st ed. 4to. 32.5 x 26.0 cms. Atlas volume only, comprising 3 folding charts and 81 hand coloured litho plates, unbound as issued but contained in purpose made cloth folder. The 3 charts are torn at the folds, one is sellotape marked where a repair has been attempted. The colour plates are clean and bright with a few slight crease marks at some corners. The containing folder has one small tear and is slightly rubbed at corners. Newspaper cuttings and a letter form Barr & Sons seedsmen are pasted in to front pastedown of cover. £900.00

31. Meikle, D. Wild Flowers of Cyprus. London, Phillimore, 1973. 1st ed. 43.0 x 28.0 cms. 40 fine colour plates after paintings by Elektra Megaw, original binding of simulated morocco with gilt lettering. Excellent copy but with head of spine bumped. With it foxed and creased copy of the prospectus. £150.00

32. Meredith, L.A. Some of my Bush Friends in Tasmania. London, Day & Son, 1860. 1st ed. 36.6 x 26.5 cms. Additional chromolithograph title and decorations, 12 chromolithograph plates, original cloth with gilt decorations and lettering, all edges gilt. Some rubbing, slight soiling of contents, small tear in margin of extra titlepage, slight dampstaining at foot front end papers. £250.00

33. Meredith, L.A. Some of my Bush Friends in Tasmania. London, Day & Son, 1860. 1st ed. 36.6 x 26.5 cms. Additional chromolithograph title and decorations, 12 chromolithograph plates, contemporary 1/2 morocco with gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt. Some rubbing, slight soiling of contents, slight dampstaining on top edge of some plates. £250.00

34. Meredith, L.A. Bush Friends in Tasmania. London, Day & Son, 1891. 1st ed. 37.06 x 27.0 cms. Limited edition, 176/700, signed by the author. Additional chromolithograph title and decorations, 12 chromolithograph plates, original cloth with gilt decorations and lettering, all edges gilt. Some rubbing, spine relaid, slight soiling of contents, margins of two plates torn and reinforced, slight dampstaining of these two plates, new end papers, owner's inscription on limitation page. £375.00

35. Moggridge, J.T. Contributions to the Flora of Mentone. London, Lovell Reeve & Co. 1874. 3rd ed. 25.0 x 15.0 cms. 99 hand-coloured litho plates, original giltstamped cloth. Extremities slightly rubbed, inner hinges and spine ends neatly repaired. Sporadic foxing but plates scarcely affected, old bookseller's catalogue entries pasted in on rear end paper. £800.00

36. Moreton, C.O. The Auricula its History and Character. London, Ariel Press, 1964. 1st trade ed. 40.5 x 30.0 cms. 17 colour plates after paintings by Rory McEwen. Card covers, dust wrapper soiled and frayed, glassine outer wrapper in tatters. Contents clean and tidy. [An ex libary copy also available, in library hardback binding, with usual stamps but contents clean and plates unmarked. £45.00]. £60.00

37. Nash, J. English Garden Flowers. London, Duckworth, 1948. 4to. 1st ed. 28.00 x 21.00cms. 12 coloured litho prints by the author, cloth spine, paper-covered boards with design by John Nash, similar dust wrapper. Dust wrapper price-clipped and rather foxed, some light foxing of contents but not obtrusive, owner's inscription on front free end paper. £10.00

38. Paxton, J. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, volumes 1 - 6. London, Orr and Smith, 1834-39. 1st Ed. 23.0 x 15.5 cms. 6 volumes. 266 hand-coloured plates, 266 fine hand-coloured plates including some folding, contemporary gilt and blindstamped calf but with recent spines in keeping with the period. Edges of boards slightly rubbed, occasional light foxing. Plates bright and clean with tissue guards present. A good set of the first 6 volumes. £3500.00

39. Paxton, J. and Lindley J. Paxton's Flower Garden. London, Cassell, 1882. 2nd Ed. 3 vols. 27.5 x 21.0 cms. 108 hand-coloured litho plates, original giltstamped decorative cloth. 2 plates have closed tears, 6 plates have small marginal dampstains which are not obtrusive, 1 plate is detached, extremities slightly rubbed, with spine ends slightly frayed, inner hinges starting to crack, owner's name on 1/2 title of each volume. £950.00

40. Paxton, Sir J. and Lindley, J. Paxton's Flower Garden. London, Bradbury and Evans, 1853. 1st ed. 26.0 x 18.5 cms. 3 vols. 108 hand-coloured litho plates, recent 1/4 morocco with cloth covered boards. Ex library with usual stamps including stamps on virtually every plate, some leaves becoming loose with resulting fraying at some edges. £650.00

41. Plues, M. Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers. London, Journal of Horticulture, 1863. 1st ed. 19.0 x 12.0 cms. 18 hand-coloured plates, original giltstamped cloth. Corners very slightly rubbed but an excellent copy. The 1st edition is not common and has better quality colouring. £75.00

42. Price, S. Illustrations of the Fungi of our Fields and Woods. London, Lovell Reeve & Co. 1865. 1st ed. Second Series only. 20 hand-coloured litho plates, original gilt and blindstamped cloth, later matching spine, inner hinges repaired, owner's bookplate on front pastedown. £300.00

43. Prior, W.D. Roses and Their Culture. London, Routledge, [1878]. 1st ed. 16.0 x 10.0 cms. 8 chromolithograph plates, text illustrations. Gilt and blackstamped decorative cloth with embossed coloured rose on upper board, all edges gilt. Slightly rubbed, front inner hinge cracked and with sellotape mark where repair has been attempted. £50.00

44. Putnam, C. Flowers and Trees of Tudor England. London, Hugh Evelyn, 1972. 1st ed. 33.5 x 23.0 cms. 32 colour plates from the Ms Ashmole dated 1504. Fine copy in dust wrapper. £7.00

45. Puydt, E.de. Les Orchidees. Paris, J.Rothschild, 1880. 1st ed. 26.5 x 17.0 cms. 50 chromolithograph plates, original 1/4 red morocco with gilt orchid flower decoration and gilt lettering to spine, matching red cloth boards, all edges gilt. Slightly rubbed, occasional light foxing or browning of paper but an excellent copy. £1000.00

46. Reneaulme, P. de. Specimen Historiae Plantarum. Plantae Aeneis Expressae. Paris, H.Beys, 1611. 1st ed. 24.0 x 17.5 cms. 25 fullpage etchings, contemporary vellum, with later but not recent red leather lettering piece to spine. Minor paper repairs in two page margins, some browning of paper, some darkening of vellum, contemporary ms notes quoting Galen, Hippocrates etc on first blank, Sydney Cockerell's copy with his signature. Front free end paper is probably later. This copy is without the five poems by J.A.de Thou which are often present as Part II of this book although with separate tilepage and pagination. Blunt praises the etchings ".. of the highest quality..." [Plesch 639] £1900.00

47. Rhind, W. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom. Glasgow, Blackie, no date c.1860. Rep. 25.5 x 16.0 cms. 22 hand coloured plates, 20 steel engravings. In 6 paperback divisions with cloth spines. Some fraying and discolouration but a complete copy of the first re-issue with colour plates. Scarce in original parts. £80.00

48. Robinson, W. (Editor). The Garden. London, The Garden, 1894-6. 1st ed. Volumes 45, 46, 49 and 50. 104 chromolithograph plates, original giltstamped cloth. Cloth spotted, inner hinges cracking. Plates and contents bright and clean. £500.00

49. Robinson, W. (editor). Flora and Sylva. London, published for the author, 1903-1905. 1st ed. vols 1-3 (all published), 32.0 x 24.0 cms. 66 colour plates, many other illustrations, original blue cloth with gilt lettering, top edges gilt. Cloth very slightly marked and rubbed, slight browning of edges, some foxing but mostly restricted to tissue guards, one tissue guard torn, inner hinges cracked. A nice clean set. £650.00

50. Schubert, Prof. Dr. G.H. von. Naturgeschichte des Pflanzenreichs. Esslingen, J.F.Schreiber, 1876. 3rd ed. 32.5 x 20.5 cms. 53 double page colour printed plates. New spine, some darkening of paper. £50.00

51. Sitwell, S. Old Fashioned Flowers. London, Country Life, 1939. 1st ed. 24.5 x 180 cms. 11 coloured litho plates, coloured litho titlepage, uncoloured text illustrations and coloured dust wrapper all by John Farleigh. Occasional internal foxing but plates un-affected, dust wrapper frayed and rather grubby, owner's verse inscription on front free end paper. £25.00

52. Smith, Sir J.E. and Sowerby, J. English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants. London, for C.E.Sowerby, 1849 - 1854. 8vo. 22.5 x 13.0 cms. Mixed edition, vol 1 undated but stated 2nd ed., vols 2 to 7 1849-1854 3rd Ed. 1st issue (complete in itself containing only flowering plants, see Freeman 3455). 1618 hand-coloured engraved plates including some folding, rebound in black 1/2 calf with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, marbled boards, original cloth covers bound in to vol 1, new end papers. Some general light browning of paper, sporadic light foxing, a few pages of text and illustrations misbound, titlepage of vol 7 torn and repaired without loss, a few other marginal closed tears, some plates in vol 6 bound with stitch hole at foredge, boards slightly rubbed. £850.00

53. Stern, F.C. A Study of the Genus Paeonia. London, RHS, 1946. Fo. 1st ed. 36.5 x 28.0cms. 15 colour plates by Lilian Snelling, drawings by Stella Ross-Craig and Lilian Snelling, original cloth with gilt decoration and lettering, top edge gilt. Bookplate on pastedown. £225.00

54. Swan, C. The Clutius Botanical Watercolors. New York, Abrams, 1998. 1st ed. 31.5 x 23.0 cms. Fine colour reproductions of 142 of the original watercolours. Excellent copy in dust wrapper. £15.00

55. Thomas, G.S. The Complete Flower Paintings and Drawings of G.S.Thomas. London, Thames & Hudson, 1987. 4to. 1st ed. 30.5 x 25.0 cms. 58 colour and 112 other illustrations. Fine copy in very slightly marked dust wrapper. £17.50

56. Thornton, R.J. Temple of Flora. London, Collins, 1972. 4to. rep. 29.5 x 21.0cms. 12 colour plates and 24 others, dust wrapper frayed, owner's name on front free end paper. A 4to reproduction of the Fo. ed of 1952. £12.00

57. Van Houtte, L. and Lemaire, C. (editors). Flore des Serres et des Jardins de L'Europe. Ghent, published for the editors, c.1862. 1st ed. 24.0 x 17.0 cms. 67 chromolithograph plates, some heightened by hand, (24 folding, 43 single page). Bound without titlpage in contemporary textured cloth with gilt title on spine "Book of Flowers". Slight damp marks on upper board, end papers darkened and with slight fault in paper, frontis with 1/2inch tear along one fold, slight darkening of text pages, slight foxing and/or offsetting on tissue guards. Plates bright and clean £620.00

58. W[ard], H.C. Wild Flowers of Switzerland. London, Sampson Low, 1883. Fo. 1st ed. 38.5 x 29.5 cms. 16 chromolithograph plates with tissue guards, recent 1/2 morocco with gilt lettering and decoration. A little light spotting but a near fine copy. £600.00

59. Walton, E. and Bonney, T.G. Flowers from the Upper Alps. London, W.M.Thompson, 1882. 5th Ed. 33.0 x 23.5 cms. 12 mounted chromolithograph plates of alpine flowers, original blue cloth binding heavily decorated in gilt with central white rondel, all edges gilt. Corners slightly rubbed, slight foxing but actual images not affected. £175.00

60. Waterfield, M. (illustrator). Corners of Grey Old Gardens. Edinburgh, T.N.Foulis, 1922. New imp. 18.5 x 13.0cms. 8 tipped-in colour plates of gardens by Margaret Waterfield. Decorative paper-covered boards by Jessie King. Lacking front free end paper, spine ends slightly frayed. £25.00

61. Waterfield, M.H. (illustrator). A Book of Gardens. London, T.N.Foulis, 1920. Rep. 16.0 x 11.0 cms. 8 tipped-in colour plates by Margaret Waterfield, decorations by A.W.Graham Brown. Paper-covered, decorated boards. Spine slightly faded, boards slightly bowed, end papers darkened, owner's details on front free end paper, corners slightly rubbed. With it remains of dust wrapper. £8.00

62. Weisz, J. Blumen der Alpen. Koningstein, Langwiesche, 1954. 1st ed. 26.5 x 19.0 cms. 48 fine colour plates, card covers, dust wrapper. Fine copy. £8.00

63. Wooster, D. Alpine Plants. London, George Bell & Sons, 1874. 2nd ed. 250mm x 173mm. 54 chromolithograph plates by Fawcett of Driffield. 1st series only, with original gilt and blind stamped blue cloth. Corners slightly rubbed, spine ends slightly frayed. Internally a clean copy with very little foxing except on one plate. £95.00

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64. Allan, M. Darwin and his Flowers. London, Faber, 1977. 1st ed. 22.0 x 15.5 cms. Coloured and other illustrations, dust wrapper slightly frayed. £10.00

65. Barrett, J.H. Field studies Vol 3 No. 4. London, Field Studies Council, London, 1972. 1st ed. 24.5 x 17.5 cms. Paperback. Includes study of vegetation of Dartmoor by S.D.W ard, A.D.Jones and M.Manton with coloured folding map. £15.00

66. Blunt, W. The Compleat Naturalist. A Life of Linnaeus. London, Collins, 1971. 1st ed. 25.0 x 19.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £6.00

67. Church, A.H. Introduction to the Plant-Life of the Oxford District. London, Humphrey Milford and Oxford University Press, 1922-25. 8vo. 1st ed. 26.0 x 16.0 cms. Parts 1 to 3 complete in original paper covers, illustrated. Covers darkened and slightly frayed. £15.00

68. Correvon, H. Fleurs de Champs et des Bois des Haies et des Murs. Geneve, Kundig, 1911. 1st ed. 20.5 x 15.0 cms. Pp. 225, 100 colour plates, pictorial covers. Some browning of paper, a few pencil annotations, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, extremities rubbed. £10.00

69. Cribb, P.J. and others. The Genus Pleione. (Curtis's Botanical Magazine Vol 184, Part 3). Kew, Bentham-Moxon Trust, [1980]. 1st ed. 25.5 x 16.0 cms. colour and other plates, paper covers as issued. £8.00

70. Curtis, W. Botanical Magazine. London, Royal Horticultural Society, 1952. 1st ed. 24.0 x 15.8 cms. Unbound number in original wraps, Vol 169 Part 2. with fine colour plates and text illustrations. Internally clean but binding poor. £5.00

71. Darwin, C. The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. London, Murray, 1882. 8vo. 3th thousand. 18.5 x 12.0 cms. Text illustrations, publisher's green cloth. Full contemporary calf binding by Bickers with marbled edges and marbled end papers, contrasting label and gilt decoration to spine. Extremities rubbed, gilt decoration rubbed off top compartment of spine, owner's signature on front free end paper. [Freeman 839]. £100.00

72. Delile, A.R. Flore D'Egypte. Text volume. Paris, L"Imprimerie Imperiale, 1813. 1st ed. 39.5 x 25.5 cms. Text volume only, unbound, with it, by the same author, a later edition comprising 34pp and being Florae Aegyptiacae. Some slight browning of paper but generally clean in excellent solander case with leather label to spine. £50.00

73. Dickson, V. The Wild Flowers of Kuwait and Bahrain. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1955. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Maps, illustrations and 2 colour plates. Excellent copy in slightly frayed and darkened dust wrapper. £30.00

74. Godfrey, M.J. Monograph and Iconograph of Native British Orchidaceae. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1933. 1st ed. 31.0x 24.5 cms. 57 colour plates after watercolours by Hilda M. Godfrey, original cloth, top edge gilt. Dust wrapper darkened and slightly torn without major loss. £390.00

75. Gourlie, N.: The Prince of Botanists, Carl Linnaeus. London, Witherby, 1953. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated, errata slip inserted, dust wrapper. End papers slightly marked. £15.00

76. Grey-Wilson, C. (editor). The Kew Magazine. Oxford, Blackwells for the Royal Botanic Garden, 1984. 8vo. 1st ed. 24.0 x 15.5cms. Vol 1 part2. Colour plates and text drawings, thick paper covers. Excellent condition. £5.00

77. Grey-Wilson, C. (editor). The Kew Magazine. Oxford, Blackwells for the Royal Botanic Garden, 1991. 1st ed. 24.0 x 15.5cms. Vol 8 parts 1-4. Colour plates and text drawings, thick paper covers. Excellent condition. £10.00

78. Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. Flora of Bhutan. Vol 1, Part 1. Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden, 1983. 1st ed. 20-.0 x 14.5 cms. Maps, many line drawings, card covers. Excellent copy. £10.00

79. Guinea Lopez, E. and Ceballos Jimenez, A. Elenco de la Flora Vascular Espanola (Peninsula y Baleares). Madrid, Icona, 1974, 1st ed. 29.5 x 20.0 cms. Gilt stamped cloth. Spine faded. Stamped with compliments of the author. Text in Spanish. £30.00

80. Hepper, F.N. Pharaoh's Flowers. The Botanical Treasures of Tutankhamun. London, HMSO, 1990. 1st ed. 24.5 x 19.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, card covers. £12.00

81. Hind, W.M. The Flora of Suffolk. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1889. 1st ed. 18.0 x 11.0 cms. 2page coloured map. Ex library in stout library binding with usual marks and stamps, a few stamps on text pages. Apart from library markings a sound clean copy. £40.00

82. Holttum, R.E. Plant Life in Malaya. London, Longmans, 1969. 1st paperback ed. 21.5 x 14.0 cms. Line drawings. Card covers slightly creased. £6.00

83. Huxley, A. and Taylor, W.: Flowers of Greece and the Aegean. London, Chatto & Windus, 1977. 8vo. 1st ed. 20.4 x 13.5 cms Pp. vi + 180. Maps, coloured and a few other illustrations, dust wrapper. Excellent copy. £12.00

84. Huxley, A.J. Flowers in Greece an Outline of the Flora. London, RHS, 1969 Rev. ed. 22.2 x 14.2 cms. Pp. 44 with 6pp colour plates, paper covers faded. £5.00

85. Kent, D.H. List of Vascular Plants of the British Isles. London, Botanical Society of British Isles, 1992. 8vo. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Paper covers, excellent copy. £8.00

86. Kredel, F. (illustrator). Glass Flowers from the Ware Collection. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1940. 1st ed. 21.5 x 14.0 cms. 16 colour plates by Fritz Kredel, paper-covered boards. Dust wrapper slightly frayed, owner's details on front free end paper. £8.00

87. Lenz, L.W. Hybridization and Speciation in Pacific Coast Irises. Aliso, 1959. Offprint, 23.5 x 15.5 cms. 72pp illustrated booklet with paper covers. Covers creased and a little grubby. £15.00

88. Lenz, L.W. Iris Tenuis S. Watts. A New transfer to the Subsection Evansia. Aliso, 1959. Offprint from June 1959, 23.5 x 14.5 cms. 10pp illustrated booklet, paper covers, a little grubby. £6.00

89. Lenz, L.W. A Revision of the Pacific Coast Irises. Aliso, 1958. Offprint, 23.5 x 15.5 cms. 72pp illustrated booklet with paper covers. Covers creased and a little grubby. Inscribed by the author on upper cover. £8.00

90. Levy, R. Wild Flowers of Japan. A Field Guide. Tokyo, Kodansha International, 1995. 1st ed. 19.0 x 13.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, card covers. Excellent copy. £15.00

91. Lindley, J. and Moore, T. The Treasury of Botany. London, Longmans, 1866. 1st ed. 16.5 x 10.0 cms. 2 vols. 20 full page engravings, many text illustrations, original cloth with gilt and blind stamping. An excellent set. £35.00

92. Martineau, R.A.S. Rhodesian Wild Flowers. London, Longmans, 1953. 1st ed. 4to. 25.0 x18.0 cms. 35 coloured plates by Margaret H. Phear. Extremities slightly rubbed, dust wrapper torn with some loss, card from donor of book sellotaped to front free end paper, end papers darkened. £7.50

93. Mathew, B. Offprints from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1970-1975. Kew, RHS, 1970-1975. Rep. 25.0 x 15.5 cms. Offprints from the magazine, Vol 178, Part 1 (Hellebore Argutifolius), Vol 180, part 1 (Rigidella Orthantha, Iridaceae), Vol 180, part 1 (Iris Afghanica, Iridaceae), Vol 180, part 1, (Crocus Baytopiorum, Iridaceae), Vol 180, part 2, (Crocus Cyprius, Iridaceae), Vol 180, part 2, (Tigrida Selerana, Iridaceae), Vol 180, part 3, (Crocus Alatavicus, Iridaceae), Vol 180, part 4, ( Crocus Gargaricus, Iridaceae), Vol 180, part 4, Romulea Atrandra, Iridaceae). Each 2-3 pages of text with one colour plate, stapled paper covers, some a little creased. £20.00

94. Polunin, O. Flowers of Greece and the Balkans: A Field Guide. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1987. 8vo. 1st paperback ed. 216mm x 140mm. Many colour and some other illustrations, maps, card covers. £30.00

95. Polunin, O. and Smythies, B.E. Flowers of South-West Europe. A Field Guide. London, OUP, 1973. 8vo. 1st Ed, 21.5 X 14.0cms. Many coloured and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £30.00

96. Polunin, O. and Walters, M. A Guide to the Vegetation of Britain and Europe. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1985. 4to. 1st ed. 26.5 x 21.5 cms. Colour plates, maps and text drawings. Exlibrary with usual stamps but a little read copy in excellent dust wrapper. £7.50

97. Ross-Craig, S. Drawings of British Plants. London, Bell & Sons, 1948-74. 1st ed. 24.0 x 15.0 cms. 8 vols and Index, line drawings throughout, original publisher's cloth. An excellent set. £200.00

98. Ross-Craig, S. Drawings of British Plants. [Odd parts] London, G.Bell & Sons, 1948-1974. 8vo. 1st ed. 24.0 x 15.0cms. Line drawings throughout by the author. Parts 1 to 12, 15-17, 19, 21-27, 29, 30 and index. Original parts in paper binding as issued,usually some wear, index in publisher's cloth with dust wrapper but ex library with usual markings. To be sold in individual parts, priced according to condition and scarcity. From… £3.00

99. Simpson, F.W. Flora of Suffolk. Ipswich, Suffolk Naturalist's Soc, 1982. 1st Ed. 21.4 x 15.0 cms. Pp. xiv + 535. Many colour and a few other illustrations, dust wrapper. Fine copy. £45.00

100. Stace, C. New Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991. 1st ed. 21.3 x 13.2 cms. Pp. xxx + 1226. Illustrated. Limp plastic covers, small tears at inner hinges otherwise an excellent copy. £18.00

101. Step, E. Wild flowers Month by Month in Their Natural Haunts. Darlington, North of England Newspapers, c.1908. Rep. but first ed. by this publisher, 21.0 x 14.0 cms. 4 colour plates, other illustrations. Extremities slightly worn, cloth slightly soiled, owner's name on pastedown. £7.50

102. Taylor, G. Farnham Mires: A Notable Botanical Locality. Arbroath, T.Buncle, 1944. Rep. 21.5 x 14.0 cms. 4pp offprint from North Western Naturalist of 1944, paper covers rather creased. £5.00

103. Turrill, W.B. and Sealy, J.R. Hooker's Icones Plantarum, Volume XXXIX, Parts 1 and 2. Studies in the Genus Fritillaria (Liliaceae). Kew, Bentham-Moxon Trustees, 1980. 8vo. 1st ed. 248mm x 155mm. Plates numbers 3801 to 3850 by Stella Ross-Craig, slightly faded paper covers as issued. £40.00

104. Walden, B.M. Wild Flowers of Hong Kong around the Year. Hong Kong, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University and Chung Chi College, 1977. 4to. 1st ed. 26.5 x 20.5 cms. Coloured frontis and 83 colour plates after paintings by Beryl M. Walden. Excellent copy in tidy dust wrapper. £15.00

105. Willett, W. British Wild Flowers and Their Garden Varieties. London, Ward Lock, no date c.1937. 1st ed. 18.5 x 12.0 cms. Number 2, Primroses, Cowslips, Pansies and Peas; number 4, Cornfield Flowers; number 6, Roses, Pinks and Bellflowers. All in pictorial card covers, number 6 rather worn, each with coloured illustrations by Amy D.Webb. £10.00

106. Worsdell, W.C. The Principles of Plant-Teratology. London, Ray Society, 1915-16. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.0 cms. 2 vols. Many plates, text illustrations. Ex library, in stout library binding of 1/4 morocco, usual library marks, unobtrusive blind stamps on plates. £25.00

FERNS AND FUNGI

107. Ahmadjian, V. and Hale, M.E. (editors). The Lichens. New York, Academic Press, 1973. 1st ed. 23.0 x 15.0 cms. Illustrated. Corners slightly rubbed, owner's signature on front free end paper and price on pastedown, dust wrapper protected but creased, rubbed and frayed with slight loss. £75.00

108. [Bosanquet, E.] (editor). A Plain and Easy Account of the British Ferns. London, Robert Hardwicke, [1855]. 2nd ed. 16.0 x 10.0 cms. 9 uncoloured engraved plates, original blindstamped cloth on card covers with gilt lettering and all edges gilt, slightly faded and with slightly worn extremities. Owner's details on front free end paper. £15.00

109. Brightman, F.H. The Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1974. Rep. 24.0 x 17.5 cms. Pp. viii, 208. Many colour plates. Dust wrapper price-clipped. £10.00

110. Brown, D.H., Hawksworth, D.L. and Bailey, R.H. (editors). Lichenology: Progress and Problems. London, Academic Press, 1976. 1st ed. 23.0 x 14.5 cms. Illustrated. Excellent copy in slightly worn dust wrapper. £15.00

111. Clark, M.C. A Fungus Flora of Warwickshire. London, British Mycological Society, 1980. 1st ed. 23.5 x 16.0 cms. Paper covers faded and slightly worn. £8.00

112. Dalby, D.H., Hawksworth, D.L. and Jury, S.L. (editors). Horizons in Lichenology. London, Academic Press, 1988. Reprinted from Botanical Journal of Linnean Society. 25.5 x 18.0 cms. Illustrated and with maps, thick paper covers. £6.00

113. Duncan, J.B. A Census Catalogue of British Mosses. Berwick-on-Tweed, Britsh Bryological Society, 1926. 2nd ed. 21.0 x 14.0 cms. 66 paperback, fine copy. £15.00

114. Dyer, A.F. and Page, C.N. Biology of Pteridophytes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol 86. Edinburgh, Royal Society of Ediburgh, 1985. 1st . 25.0 x 17.0 cms. Paperback, a few text diagrams, slight wear. £8.00

115. Fitter, R. and A. Collins Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe. London, Collins, 1992. Rep. 19.0 x 11.5 cms. Colour illustrations, card covers. £9.00

116. Galloway, D.J. Flora of New Zealand Lichens. Wellington, Hasselberg, 1985. 1st ed. 20.5 x 14.0 cms. 8 colour plates, end paper maps, dust wrappers. £10.00

117. Gardiner, W. Twenty Lessons on British Mosses. Second Series. London, Longmans, 1849. 1st ed. 18.0 x 10.5 cms. 25 specimens of dried mosses stuck on pp., gilt and blindstamped cloth. Cloth lightly spotted but a pretty good copy with all specimens intact. The second series is scarce. £60.00

118. Hansen, E.S. Greenland Lichens. Copenhagen, Rhodos, 1995. 1st ed. 21.0 x 14.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, card covers. £12.00

119. Heath, F.G. The Fern World. London, Sampson Low, 1877. 1st ed. 20.0 x 13.5 cms. Photographic frontis,12 colour printed plates, 3 fullpage engravings, other illustrations, pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. Owner's details on front free end, slight foxing and soiling of cloth but a crisp bright copy of the scarce 1st ed. £35.00

120. Hibberd, S. The Fern Garden. London, Groombridge, 1875. 8vo. 5th ed. 18.0 x 11.5cms. 8 colour printed plates, other illustrations, gilt and black stamped cloth, all edges gilt. Owner's details on pastedown, extremities very slightly rubbed but an excellent bright copy. £15.00

121. Moore, T. A Popular History of British Ferns and Allied Plants. London, Routledge 1859. 3rd Ed. 16.0 x 12.0 cms. 20 hand coloured plates, gilt and blind stamped cloth. Occasional light foxing but clean bright copy. £20.00

122. Newman, E. A History of British Ferns. London, Swan Sonnenschein, no date c.1880. 3rd Ed. 22.0 x 13.5 cms. xvi, 344pp. Many text illustrations. Original gilt and blindstamped cloth. Extremities slightly rubbed, spine ends slightly frayed, inner hinges repaired, owner's details on 1/2 title with inscription dated 1882, slight foxing of first and last few leaves. £15.00

123. Pegler, D.N. Agaric Flora of the Lesser Antilles. London, H.M.Stationery Office, 1983. 1st ed. 24.5 x 15.5 cms. Line drawings. Card covers slightly creased. £20.00

124. Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., and James, P.W. Checklist of Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. London, British Lichen Society, 1993. 1st ed. 25.0 x 16.0 cms. 75pp paperback supplement to Bulletin no. 72. £6.00

125. Rea, C. British Basidiomycetae. A Handbook to the larger British Fungi. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1922. 1st ed. 22.0 x 14.0 cms. Extremities slightly rubbed, many pencil annotations, inner hinges cracked, owner's details on front free end paper. £12.00

126. Rickard, M. Garden Ferns. Newwton Abbot, David & Charles, 2002. 1st paperback ed. 26.0 x 19.5 cms. Many colour illustrations, card covers. £6.00

127. Seaward, M.R.D. Lichen Flora of the West Yorkshire Conurbation. Leeds, Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, 1974. Rep. from Proceedings. 24.5 x 17.0 cms. Card covers. £6.00

128. Seaward, M.R.D. A Lichen Checklist of the West Riding Conurbation. Leeds, Trinity and All Saints' Colleges, 1972. 1st ed. 25.0 x 20.0 cms. 14pp card covered pamphlet. £6.00

129. Seaward, M.R.D. A Checklist of Yorkshire Lichens. Leeds, Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, 1994. Rep. from Proceedings of the Society. 24.5 x 17.0 cms. Card covers. £6.00

130. Seaward, M.R.D. and Hitch, C.J.B. Atlas of the Lichens of British Isles. Volume 1. Cambridge, Institute of Terrestial Ecology, 1982. 1st ed. 29.5 x 20.5 cms. 176 maps, card covers. £12.00

131. Smith, A.J.E. Provisional Atlas of the Bryophytes of the British Isles. Huntingdon, Institute of Terrestial Ecology, 1978. 1st ed. 30.0 x 21.0 cms. 105 maps, card covers with ring binding. £10.00

132. Stark, R.M. A Popular History of British Mosses. London, Routledge [1860] 2nd Ed. 165.0 x 12.0 cms. 20 hand coloured plates, gilt and blindstamped cloth. Occasional foxing, extremities slightly rubbed, owner's bookplate on pastedown and signature on titlepage, 1 +plate torn and repaired without loss. £20.00

ALPINES AND ROCK PLANTS

133. Anon. Report of the Second International Rock Garden Conference. Bedford, Rush and Warwick, 1951. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.0 cms. Illustrated, hard covers. Owner's name on pastedown. £6.00

134. Anon. Alpines of the Americas. Report of the First Interim International Rock Garden Conference. Seattle, American Rock Garden Society, 1976. 1st ed. 21.0 x 14.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, card covers. £8.00

135. Bird, R. (editor). Alpine Gardening. A run. Cranbrook, Alpine Garden Society, 1986-1990. 1st ed. 21.0 x 14.5 cms. Numbers 1 to 9, illustrated and in paper covers, clean set. £10.00

136. Bird, R. (editor). A Century of Alpines. Sixth International Rock Garden Conference. Warwick, Rock Garden Conference, 1991. 1st ed. 22.5 x 15.0 cms. Colour illustrations, card covers. £8.00

137. Bothmam, S. The Alpine House. Bedford, Rush & Warwick, 1938. 1st ed. 18.5 x 12.0 cms. Illustrated. Spine faded, end papers darkened, owner's name on front pastedown. £6.00

138. Charlesworth, G.B. The Opinionated Gardener, Random Offshoots from an Alpine Garden. Boston (Mass.), Godine, 1988. 1st ed. 23.0 x 14.5 cms. Illustrated with drawings by L.L.Foster. Dust wrapper slightly torn. £6.00

139. Clark, W.A. Alpine Plants. London, Upcott Gill, 1907. 2nd ed. 18.5 x 12.0 cms. Frontis, folding chart, original giltstamped cloth. Some foxing on end papers, slight darkening of paper. £8.00

140. Correvon, H. and Robert, P. The Alpine Flora. London, Methuen, no date c.1911. 8vo. Edition not known. 21.0 x 14.0cms. Uncoloured frontis and 100 colour plates, original cloth. Dust wrapper torn with slight loss, owner's blind address stamp on 1/2 title. £10.00

141. Corsar, K.C. and others (editors). Journal of the Scottish Rock Garden Club, Vol 1, No 1 to Vol 25 part 4. Edinburgh, Scottish Rock Garden Club, 1950-1998. Nos 1 to 6 reprint, Nos 7 onwards 1st ed. 21.0 x 13.5 cms. But lacking nos. 9-16 inclusive. With 3 index vols 1-19, 20- 69 and 70-93. Many illustrations, some in colour. All in original paper covers, some early numbers faded and slightly frayed but generally in good condition. £225.00

142. Corsar, K.C. and others (editors). Journal of the Scottish Rock Garden Club, Vol 1, No 1 to Vol 28 part 1. Edinburgh, Scottish Rock Garden Club, 1950-2003. Nos 1 to 6 reprint, Nos 7 onwards 1st ed. 21.0 x 13.5 cms. With 3 index vols 1-19, 20- 69 and 70-93. Many illustrations, some in colour. All in original paper covers, some early numbers faded and slightly frayed but generally in good condition. £250.00

143. Edwards, A. Rock Gardens. How to Plan and Plant them. London, Ward Lock, 1949. New ed. 20.5 x 14.5 cms. 8 colour plates and many other illustrations and diagrams, dust wrapper price-clipped and slightly worn. Presentation letter and inscription from donor to owner on pastedown and front free end paper. £6.00

144. Elliott, J. Alpines in the Open Garden. London, Christopher Helm, 1991. 1st ed. 23.0 x 15.0 cms. Colour plates and line drawings by Duncan Lowe, price-clipped dust wrapper. £8.00

145. Elliott, R.C. (editor). The World of Rock Plants. report of the 4th International Rock Garden Conference. Woking, Alpine Garden Society, 1971. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated, card covers. £5.00

146. Evans, A. Alpines '81 Report of the 5th International Rock Garden Plant Conference. Nottingham, Alpine Garden Society, 1981. 1st ed. 21.5 x 14.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, card covers. £8.00

147. Farrer, R. The Rock Garden. London, Jack, no date c.1911. 21.0 x 15.0 cm. 8 colour plates. Extremities rubbed, lower board soiled in one corner. Number 15 in Present Day Gardening Series. £6.00

148. Foster, H.L and L.L. Cuttings from a Rock Garden. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. 1st ed. 23.0 x 15.5 cms. Drawings by L.L.Foster, dust wrapper partly faded. £8.00

149. Heath, F.G. Garden Rockery How to Make, Plant and Manage it. London, Routledge, 1908. 1st ed. 18.0 x 12.0 cms. Illustrated. Cloth slightly faded. £9.00

150. Heath, R.E. Alpine Plants under Glass. London, John Gifford, 1951. 1st ed. 19.5 x 12.5 cms. Illustrated. Spine and part boards faded, owner's name on front pastedown. £6.00

151. Hills, L.D. The Propagation of Alpines. London, Faber 1950. 8vo. 1st Ed. 22.0 x 13.5 cms. Coloured frontis and many other illustrations. Dust wrapper darkened and slightly frayed, owner's details on front pastedown. £12.00

152. Ingwersen, W. Manual of Alpine Plants. London, Cassell, 1994. Rep. 23.5 x 15.5 cms. Card covers. £6.00

153. Irving, W. and others (editor). Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society. Numbers 1- 291. Alpine Garden Society, 1930- 2003. 1st ed. 19.5 x 12.0 cms. (with some slight variation). Illustrated, latterly with colour. Vols 1 - 7 uniformly bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and with original covers and adverts bound in, vols 8-14 uniformly bound in slightly darker green cloth with gilt lettering but without the original covers and adverts, (the heads of the spine of this part of the run mostly have small tears ) vols 15-71 number 1 in original paper covers, slight wear but generally clean and tidy. Four hardback index vols covering vols 1-50, (one with cloth spotted). [Some duplicate hardback index volumes and vol 3 of Bulletin also available]. £250.00

154. Irving, W. and others (editor). Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society. Numbers 1- 288. Alpine Garden Society, 1930- 2002. 1st ed. 19.5 x 12.0 cms. (with some slight variation). Illustrated, latterly with colour. All in original paper covers, some wear and soiling to some of the earlier numbers but generally clean and tidy. Four hardback index vols covering vols 1-50, (one with cloth spotted). £100.00

155. Jenkins, E.H. The Rock Garden. London, Country Life, 1920. 8vo. Rev. enlarged ed. Coloured frontis, many other illustrations. Binding faded, corners slightly rubbed. £8.00

156. Jenkins, E.H. The Small Rock Garden. London, Country Life, 1913. 8vo. 1st Ed. Coloured frontis, many other illustrations. Spine faded and with head of spine torn. £6.00

157. Jenkins, E.H. and Sanders, T.W (editor). Rock Gardens and Alpine Plants. London, Collingridge, no date, c.1912. Ed. not known, 18.5 x 12.0 cms. Well illustrated. £6.00

158. Malby, R.A. The Story of my Rock Garden. London, Headley Bros. [1912]. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. 4 tipped-in colour and many other plates, original cloth. Spine ends slightly frayed, some browning of paper, owner's details on front pastedown. £8.00

159. Maynard, C. An Alpine Meadow. Edinburgh, printed by Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier for the author, [1912]. 2nd imp. 18.5 x 12.0 cms. 14 tipped-in colour plates including one on upper board. Extremities rubbed, slight browning of end papers. £8.00

160. Mitchell, P.J. The Sempervium & Jovibarba Handbook. Burgess Hill, Sempervivum Society, 1973. 1st ed. 30.0 x 21.0 cms. 12 tipped-in colour plates, 44pp, ring bound, printed on card and with card covers. Covers slightly grubby. With it F.W.A.Burch's catalogue of Sempervivums for 1983. £12.00

161. Robertson, F.W and McElvie, A. Scottish Rock Gardening in the 20th Century. Comrie, Scottish Rock gardening Club, 200. 1st ed. 22.5 x 15.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, card covers. £6.00

162. Schroter, L. Taschenflora des Alpen-Wanderers. Zurich, Albert Rausten, no date c.1893. 8vo. 4th Ed. 20.5 x 13.0 cms. 18 colour printed plates, pictorial cloth. Slight wear, some browning of paper, a few light pencil markings. £8.00

163. Sutton, A.M. and others (editor). American Rock Garden Society Bulletin. A broken run. New Jersey, American Rock Garden Society, 1966-1999. 1st ed. 23.0 x 15.0 cms. Numbers from Vol 24 No. 1 to Vol 57 no. 2 but lacking vol 40 no. 4. with Index covering vols 1-50 and the History by Marnie Flook for the years 1934-1995. All in original paper covers and in clean condition. £50.00

164. Takeda, H. Alpine Flowers of Japan. Tokyo, Sanseido Company, 1938. 1st ed. 19.0 x 12.5 cms. Many illustrations, original cloth. Three previous owner's details on front pastedown. £25.00

165. Thomas, G.S. The Rock Garden and its Plants. From Grotto to Alpine House. London, Dent, 1989. 1st ed. 26.0 x 19.0 cms. A few colour and many other illustrations, dust wrapper. £10.00

166. Thomas, G.S. The Rock Garden and its Plants. London, Dent, 1898. 1st ed. 26.0 x 19.5 cms. Many colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £12.00

167. Thonger, C. The Book of Rock and Water Gardens. London, John Lane, [1907]. 1st ed. 19.0 x 12.5 cms. Original pictorial cloth. End papers browned, blindstamped "Review Copy" on titlepage. £6.00

168. Various. Alpine Garden Society Booklets. London, Alpine Garden Society, various dates. Various booklets viz. Alpines in Pots, Silver-foliaged Plants, Bulbs under Glass, Ericaceous and Peat Loving Plants, A Gardener's Guide to Sedums, Handbook of Rock Gardening, Portraits of Alpine Plants, Alpines in Sinks and Troughs, The Genus Lewisiana, Saxifrages, and Catalogue to the Alpine Garden Society's Library. All in card or paper covers and in sound condition. Each... £2.00

169. Wright, W.P. Alpine Flowers and Rock Gardens. London, Headley Bros, [1910]. 1st Ed. 22.5 x 16.0 cms. 40 tipped-in colour plates, other illustrations, pictorial cloth. An excellent good bright copy of the 1st ed. £25.00

170. Wright, W.P. Alpine Flowers and Rock Gardens. London, Headley Bros, 1913. New Ed. 22.5 x 16.0 cms. 40 tipped-in colour plates, other illustrations, pictorial cloth. Extremities rubbed and cloth slightly soiled but inscribed by Walter Ingwersen. £10.00

HERBS, HERBALS AND PLANT LORE.

171. Allardyce, P. A-Z of Companion Planting. London, Cassell, 1993. 1st ed. 26.0 x 18.5 cms. Many colour illustrations by Sue Ninham, dust wrapper. £10.00

172. Anon. Iris, Calamus and Sedges. no publisher or date stated, c1920. 21.0 x 13.0 cms. 22pp paperback booklet on medicinal and culinary qualities of the plants, without covers (probably as issued), last page consists of advert for Dandelion Tea etc with "A special line in Poultry Herbs for producing large quantities of eggs". Not in Copac. £25.00

173. Barton, B.J. and Castle, T. The British Flora Medica. A History of Medicinal Plants in Great Britain. London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. 8vo. 2nd ed. 22.0 x 14.0cms. 48 colour-printed plates, original cloth. Spine faded, extremities slightly rubbed, spine ends slightly frayed, inner hinges beginning to crack. This edition revised by J.R.Jackson. £120.00

174. Chomel, N. Dictionaire Oeconomique: or The Family Dictionary. London, printed for D.Midwinter, 1725. 1st ed. 32.0 x 19.0cms. 2 vols. Translated from the French 2nd ed. Vol 1 [viii], 482, vol 2 [ii], 556pp. titlepages printed in red and black, numerous woodcuts in text, full contemporary calf with gilt decoration to spines which have raised bands and contrasting labels. Spines relaid, corners repaired, boards slightly scratched, owner's bookplates on pastedowns. A very pleasing set. The work covers inter alia, medical remedies, gardening, husbandry and cookery but also manufacture, weights and measures etc. £950.00

175. Crow, W.B. The Occult Properties of Herbs. London, Aquarian Press, 1971. 2nd imp. 18.5 x 11.5 cms. Dust wrapper slightly frayed and price-clipped. £10.00

176. Culpeper, N. Complete Herbal. London, Thomas Kelly, 1828. Rep. 4to 27.0 x 20.0cms. 40 hand coloured plates, full contemporary calf, later but not recent spine with gilt lettering, fore corners repaired. Portrait frontis. Some finger soiling and small repairs of text and plates, but a decent copy of the more desirable 40 plate edition. £180.00

177. Culpepper, N. The British Herbal and Family Physician. Halifax, Nicholson, no date c.1820 Rep. 20.0 x 12.0 cms. 52 hand coloured herb plates, 7 sepia anatomical plates. Two works in one, the Herbal [ii], 421pp, the Physician, 317pp. Professionally rebound in 1/2 calf with marbled paper-covered boards, gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Paper rather darkened, titlepage and p1/2 repaired at edge, offsetting on some plates, some finger soiling. An interesting copy that has been well restored. £300.00

178. de Bray, L. Fantastic Garlands. An Anthology of Flowers and Plants from Shakespeare. Poole, Blandford Press, 1982. 1st ed. 24.5 x 18.5 cms. Many colour illustrations by the author, dust wrapper. £7.00

179. Duncan, A. The Edinburgh New Dispensatory. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute, 1810. 5th Ed. 21.0 x 12.5 cms. 6 engraved plates, contemporary full calf with gilt decoration and lettering. Occasional slight foxing, binding slightly rubbed. A pleasing copy. £80.00

180. Folkard, R. Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics. London, Sampson Low, 1884. 8vo. 1st ed. 226mm x 145mm. 6 plates, text illustrations, blackstamped cloth. Spine relaid, slightly rubbed, ex school library but marks only on front end papers, some foxing on end papers, but a good copy of a scarce and important work. [Freeman 1223] £140.00

181. Franck, G. Companion Planting. Wellingborough, Thorsons, 1983. 8vo. 6th thous. 21.5 x 15.5 cms. Illustrated, card covers. £8.00

182. Friend, H. Flowers and Flower Lore. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1886. 8vo. 3rd ed. in one volume. 21.0 x 14.0cms. Text engravings, original giltstamped cloth, top edge gilt. Titlepage foxed, spine ends slightly frayed, owner's details on front free end paper, front inner hinge crudely repaired but a robust working copy. £15.00

183. Gerard, J. Gerard's Herbal. The Essence thereof Distilled. London, Minerva, 1974. 2nd ed. 2nd imp. 26.0 x 18.5 cms. Illustrated, dust wrapper. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown. £20.00

184. Grieve, Mrs M. A Modern Herbal. London, Tiger Books, 1992 Rep. 23.5 x 15.0 cms. Illustrated, dust wrapper slightly creased. £12.00

185. Hampton, F.A. The Scent of Flowers and Leaves. London, Dulau, 1925. 8vo. 1st ed. 18.5 x 12.5CmS. Cloth spine with paper label, paper-covered boards. Slight wear to head of spine. £20.00

186. Hatfield, G. Country Remedies. Traditional East Anglian Plant Remedies in C20th. Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 1994. 1st ed. 23.5 x 15.0 cms. Text illustrations, price-clipped dust wrapper. £8.00

187. Hill, Sir J. The Family Herbal. Bungay, C.Brightly, 1812 Rep. 21.0 x 12.5cms. 54 hand coloured plates, full contemporary marbled calf with gilt decoration and contrasting label to spine. Spine relaid with new leather lower board, fore corners rubbed, slight sporadic foxing and some browning and finger soiling of paper. Not a bad copy of a book which is usually rather well worn. [Henrey 828]. £185.00

188. Holman, H.J. A Survey of Insecticide Materials of Vegetable Origin. London, Imperial Institute, 1940. 1st ed. 24.5 x 15.0 cms. Cloth spine with paper-covered boards. Binding slightly worn and soiled, owner's details on front free end paper. £15.00

189. Hooper, M. Herbs and Medicinal Plants. London, Kingfisher, 1984. 1st ed. 19.0 x 12.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, laminated boards, without dust wrapper as issued. £6.00

190. Jordan, M. A Guide to Wild Plants. The Edible and Poisonous Species of the Northern Hemisphere. London, Millington, 1976. 1st ed. many colour illustrations, dust wrapper slightly creased. £8.00

191. Launert, E. The Hamlyn Guide to Edible & Medicinal Plants of Britain and Northern Europe. London, Hamlyn, 1989. 4th imp. 19.0 x 11.5 cms. Many colour illustrations, card covers in plastic wallet. £6.00

192. Leyel, Mrs C.F. Compassionate Herbs. London, Faber, 1946. 1st ed. 22.0 x 13.0 cms. Illustrated by Mildred E. Eldridge. Dust wrapper torn with slight loss and discoloured. £10.00

193. Leyel, Mrs C.F. The Magic of Herbs. London, Cape, 1938. Rep. 20.0 x 13.0 cms. Dust wrapper frayed, darkened and price-clipped, extremities slightly faded and rubbed, top edge dusty. The titlepage states "With a frontispiece", but this edition was published without one. £15.00

194. Leyel, Mrs C.F. Elixirs of Life. London, Faber, 1948. 8vo. 1st Ed. 22.0 x 13.0 cms. Drawings by Mildred E.Eldridge. Owner's inscription on front free pastedown. £6.00

195. Maple, E.: The Secret Lore of Plants and Flowers. London, Robert Hale, 1980. 1st ed. 23.0 x 15.0 cms. Illustrations by Valerie Croker, price-clipped dust wrapper. £6.00

196. Meyrick, W. The New Family Herbal. Birmingham, Thomas Pearson, 1790. 1st ed. 20.5 x 12.5 cms. 14 hand-coloured plates, 1/2 calf with marbled paper-covered boards, later but not recent calf spine with contrasting label. Extremities rubbed, some browning of paper. [Henrey 1092 containing leaf with two unnumbered pages consisting of a publisher's advertisement and a list of errata]. £450.00

197. Miller, J. Botanicum Officinale; Or a Compendious Herbal. London, printed for E.Bell etc, 1722. 1st ed. 19.0 x 12.0 cms. Recent 1/2 calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Titlepage supplied in facsimile, Hh1 torn with loss loss of paper but no loss of text, fore edge of first few leaves dampstained. [Henrey 1095. The author Joseph Miller was an apothecary of note and for some years "Praefectus Horti and Demonstrator of Plants" at the Chelsea physic garden]. £200.00

198. Sharpe, S. Liontooth. The Story of a Garden. London, Beautiful Books, 2006. 1st ed. 25.0 x 19.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper. £7.00

199. Storck, A. A Second Essay on the Medicinal Virtues of Hemlock. London, printed for T.Becket etc, 1761. 1st ed. 23.0 x 14.0 cms. Modern professional rebind in paper-covered boards, pages uncut with some dust at edges. Lacking 4th leaf of prelims. Scarce, more commonly found as part 2 of a larger work published in 1762. £200.00

200. Taylor, G. Saints and their Flowers. London, Mowbray, 1956. 1st ed. 20.0 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated. Spine slightly faded, end papers spotted. £8.00

201. Thornton, J. A Family Herbal. London, printed for R. and R.Crosby, 1814. 2nd ed. 23.0 x 13.0 cms. 262 wood engravings by Thomas Bewick after drawings by Henderson (The titlepage calls for 258 illustrations), 64 of these are coloured in all or part with contemporary colouring. Rebound in 1/2 calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Titlepage and frontis supplied in facsimile, dedication leaf repaired, some pages of index and dedication leaf are darkened. Three hand coloured small flower engravings from another work are pasted in to first blank. £250.00

202. Tobyn, G. Culpeper's Medecine. A Practice of Western Holistic Medecine. Shaftesbury, Element, 1997. 1st ed. 23.0 x 15.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £12.00

203. Turner, R. Botanologia. The British Physician: or The Nature and Vertues of English Plants. London, printed for Obadiah Blagrave, 1687. 2nd ed. 16.0 x 10.0 cms. [viii], 363, [29]. But lacking frontispiece and pp. 3-14 inclusive, rebound at a later date but not recently with crude leather spine and paper covered boards, rubbed and worn. [Henrey 363] £75.00

204. Walker, W. All the Plants of the Bible. London, Lutterworth Press, 1959. 8vo. 1st ed. 23.5 x 15.0 cms. Coloured frontis and 114 other plates. Dust wrapper frayed and discoloured, front end papers spotted. £8.00

PLANT HUNTING

205. Bor, E. Adventures of a Botanist's Wife. London, Hurst & Blackett, 1952. 1st ed. 21.0 x 13.5cm. Illustrated, map end papers. Clean copy. £6.00

206. Briggs, R.W. 'Chinese' Wilson. A Life of Ernest H.Wilson 1876-1930. London, HMSO, 1993. 4to. 1st ed. 188mm x 244mm. Coloured and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £20.00

207. Cooper, R.E. et al. George Forrest, V.M.H. Edinburgh, Scottish Rock Garden Club, 1973. Reprint. 23.0 x 165cms. Illustrated. Spine slightly faded. £20.00

208. Cox, E.H.M. Plant-Hunting in China. London, Collins, 1945. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5cms. Coloured frontis, other plates. Cloth rather soiled. [book club edition and ex library copy also available]. £8.00

209. Fletcher, H.R. A Quest for Flowers. The Plant Explorations of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1976. Rep. 23.5 x 15.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, maps. Clean copy on slightly frayed dust wrapper. Inscribed by Sir George Taylor. £40.00

210. Fletcher, H.R. A Quest for Flowers. The Plant Explorations of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1976. 1st ed. 23.5 x 15.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, maps. Dust wrapper slightly frayed. £50.00

211. Fortune, R. A Residence among the Chinese. London, Murray, 1857. 8vo. 1st ed. 22.0 x 14.0cms. Frontis and 4 tissue-guarded plates, original blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Corners rubbed, spine ends frayed, inner hinges cracked, small split to lower outer hinge, owner's name on r. of frontis, slight darkening at edges of pp but a clean copy internally in worn but original binding. £350.00

212. Fortune, R. A Journey to the Tea Countries. London, Mildmay, 1987. Facsimile rep. of 1st ed. Map, litho plates and text illustrations, paperback, excellent condition. £17.50

213. Fortune, R. Three Year's Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. London, Mildmay Books, 1987. Facsimile rep. of 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Frontis and two litho plates, paperback. Very slight signs of wear. £14.00

214. Fortune, R. Three Year's Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China. London, Murray, 1847. 1st ed. 21.0 x 13.0 cms. Frontis and two litho plates, contemporary gilt and blindstamped cloth. Spine relaid, owner's bookplates on front free end paper and pastedown, "Cawthorn's ...Public Library" label affixed to upper board and front pastedown, some light foxing. £240.00

215. Handel-Mazzetti, H. A Botanical Pioneer in South-West China. Brentwood, David Winstanley, 1996. 1st UK ed. 29.5 x 20.5 cms. Illustrated, paper covers. £15.00

216. Hutchinson, J. A Botanist in Southern Africa. London, P.R.Gawthorn, 1946. 1st ed. 24.0 x 15.0 cms. Coloured frontis, many other illustrations, maps. Original cloth rather rubbed and a little slack. £20.00

217. Illingworth, J. & Routh, J. (editors). Reginald Farrer. Dalesman, planthunter, gardener. Lancaster, University of Lancaster, 1991. 1st ed. 24.0 x 18.0 cms. Illustrated, card covers. £8.00

218. Kingdon Ward, F. Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World. London, Cadogan Books, 1985. Rep. 21.0 x 14.5cms. Map. Paper covers. Excellent copy. £7.00

219. Kingdon Ward, F. The Land of the Blue Poppy. London, Cadogan, 1986. Rep. 21.0 x 15.0 cms. Illustrated and with maps, paperback. Excellent copy. £15.00

220. Kingdon Ward, F. The Mystery Rivers of Tibet. London, Cadogan Books, 1986. Rep. 21.0 x 14.5 cms. Maps, paperback. Excellent copy. £7.00

221. Kingdon Ward, F. Pilgrimage for Plants. London, Harrap, 1960. 8vo. 1st Ed. 21.0 x 13.5cms. Illustrated, end paper plans. Spine faded. Includes useful bibliography of Kingdon Ward's works. £8.00

222. Lancaster, R. Plant Hunting in Nepal. London, Croom Helm, 1981. 1st ed. 23.0 x 15.0 cms. Coloured and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £7.00

223. Lancaster, R. In Search of the Wild Asparagus. London, Michael Joseph, 1983. 1st ed. 24.0 x 18.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £6.00

224. Lyte, C. The Plant Hunters. London, Orbis, 1983. 8vo. 1st ed. 232mm x 150mm. Colour illustrations, dust wrapper. £10.00

225. McLean, B. A Pioneering Plantsman. AK Bulley and the Great Plant Hunters. London, H.M.Stationery Office, 1997. 1st ed. 24.5 x 18.5 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £20.00

226. Stearn, W.T (editor). John Lindley 1799-1865. Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. 1st Ed. 25.0 x 17.0 cms. Many coloured and a few other illustrations, dust wrapper. Fine copy. £10.00

227. Swinson, A. Frederick Sander: The Orchid King. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1970. 1st Ed. 23.5 x 15.5 cms. Illustrated. Dust wrapper faded. £10.00

228. Wilson, E.H. A Naturalist in Western China. London, Cadogan Books, 1986. Rep. 21.0 x 14.5 cms. 2 vols in one, map, paperback. Excellent copy. £12.00

GARDEN DESIGN AND HISTORY

229. Alexander, R. & Pasley, A. du G. The English School of gardening. London, Joseph, 1987. 1st ed. 26.0 x 18.5 cms .Many colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £6.00

230. Allan, M. Tom's Weeds. The Story of Rochford's and Their House Plants. London, Faber, 1970. 8vo. 1st Ed. 210 x 13.5 cms. Colour frontis, other illustrations. Dust wrapper slightly frayed and grubby. £6.00

231. Anon. Garden Carpentry. London, Evans, n.d. c.1950 1st ed.24.5 x 18.0 cms. 46pp illustrated paperback booklet. Some darkening of paper and signs of use. £8.00

232. Balston, M. The Well-Furnished Garden. London, Mitchell Beazley, 1990. 1st paperback ed. 25.5 x 25.5 cms. Colour and other illustrations, covers slightly creased. £12.00

233. Bennett, A. (translator). Roses for an Empress. London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983. 1st ed. 26.0 x 20.0 cms. Many colour illustrations after Redoute and others. Dust wrapper price-clipped and slightly frayed. £7.00

234. Bisgrove, R. The National Trust Book of the English Garden. London, Penguin, 1992. 1st paperback ed. 24.5 x 19.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations. Excellent copy. £12.00

235. Bisgrove, R. The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll. London, Frances Lincoln, 1992. 3rd imp. 25.0 x 25.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper. £10.00

236. Brown, J. Beatrix. The Gardening Life of Beatrix Jones Farrand 1872-1959. London, Viking 1995. 1st ed. 28.0 x 21.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £10.00

237. Cecil, Hon. Mrs E. (Mrs Amherst). A History of Gardening in England. London, Murray, 1910. 8vo. 3rd ed. 22.5 x 14.5cms. Well illustrated, original giltstamped cloth. An excellent copy of the best edition of this classic work. £60.00

238. Clark, H.F. The English Landscape Garden. London, Pleiades, 1948. 1st Ed. 21.0 x 16.5 cms. Illustrated, dust wrapper torn and slightly foxed. £9.00

239. Clarke, E. Water Features for Small gardens. London, Ward Lock, 1998. 1st ed. 26.0 x 20.5 cms. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper. £6.00

240. Connolly, S. and Dillon, H. (editors). In an Irish Garden. London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1986. 1st paperback ed. 28.0 x 22.5 cms. Colour and other illustrations, card covers. £6.00

241. Cooke, D. and McNicol, P. A History of Flower Arranging. Oxford, Heinemann in association with National Flower Arranging Association, 1989. 1st ed. 27.5 x 21.5 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £18.00

242. Cory, R. The Horticultural Record. London, J. & A. Churchill, 1914. 1st ed. 29.0 x 22.5 cms. 117 colour and 71 photographic illustrations, original cloth, leather label to spine with gilt lettering. Corners rubbed, cloth slightly patchy, free end papers creased, inner hinges splitting. Described as "consisting of coloured and half-tone reproductions of the most interesting and valuable Flowers, Plants, Shrubs, Groups and Rock Gardens exhibited at the Royal International Horticultural Exhibition 1912 accompanied by contributions on the progress of horticulture since....1866. £320.00

243. Crisp, Sir F. Medaeval Gardens. New York, Hacker Books, 1966. Rep. 28.0 x 21.0 cms. 2 vols in one. Well illustrated. Pencil inscription on front free end paper, slight foxing on spine. £75.00

244. Dartington Hall Ltd (publishers). Gardens Catalogue. Totnes, Dartington Hall Ltd, no date c.1930. 18.0 x 24.0 cms. 224pp catalogue, card covers, many attractive illustrations in either scraperboard or wood engraving by unknown artist but with monogram possibly OILLY. Booklet on landscape gardening in rear pocket which contains coloured illustrations in style of John Nash. In poor condition with considerable dampstaining but with spare copy of the booklet. An attractive and unusual catalogue. £25.00

245. Druitt, L. and Shoup, G.M. Landscaping with Antique Roses. Newtown (US), Taunton Press, 1992. 1st ed. 27.5 x 21.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, laminated boards. £10.00

246. Druse, K. The Collector's Garden. Designing with Extraordinary Plants. London, Thames & Hudson, 1996. 1st ed. 28.0 x 21.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper. £12.00

247. [Falconer, W.] (ascribed to). An Historical View of the Taste for Gardening and Laying-out of Grounds among the Nations of Antiquity. London, printed for C.Dilly, 1783. 8vo. 1st ed. 20.5 x 12.5 cms. [4], 67, [1]. Published anonymously but ascribed to William Falconer (1744-1824). Contemporary 1/2 calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Some unsightly foxing, extremities rubbed with some loss at spine ends. This copy belonged to Henrietta Falconer, the author's wife and is signed by her. Scarce. £250.00

248. Fearnley-Whittingstall, J. Rose Gardens. Their History and Design. London, Chatto & Windus, 1989. 1st ed. 27.5 x 21.5 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. £7.00

249. Flemer, W. III. Nature's Guide to Successful Gardening and Landscaping. Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, no date (1988). 8vo. rep. 23.0 x 15.0 cms. Illustrated, paperback. Excellent copy. A useful American publication not readily available in UK. £6.00

250. Fletcher, H.R. The Story of The Royal Horticultural Society 1804-1968. Oxford, Oxford University Press for RHS, 1969. 8vo. 1st ed. 23.5 x 15.0 cms. 4 colour and 24 other plates. Dust wrapper frayed and rubbed. £10.00

251. Genders, R. Growing Old-Fashioned Flowers. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1975. 8vo. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. 4 colour plates by Mary McMurtrie and 27 others, dust wrapper. £10.00

252. Genders, R. Collecting Antique Plants. London, Pelham Books, 1971. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated, dust wrapper slightly rubbed and price-clipped. £6.00

253. Green, A.R. Sundials, Incised Dials or Mass-Clocks. London, SPCK, 1926. 8vo. 1st ed. 135mm x 215mm. 16 plates and some text diagrams, original cloth. Sporadic light foxing, club stamp on front fee end paper but an excellent copy. £50.00

254. Grigson, G. Gardenage or the Plants of Ninhursaga. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1952. 8vo. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated. Dust wrapper frayed and darkened. £6.00

255. Hadfield, M, Harling, R. and Highton, L.: British Gardeners. A Biographical Dictionary. London, Zwemmer and Conde Nast, 1980. 4to. 1st ed. 30.0 x 22.0 cms. Many colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper slightly worn, edges of cloth faded. £20.00

256. Hadfield, M. Pioneers in Gardening. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1955. 8vo. 1st ed. 20. 5 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated by the author. Cloth faded, dust wrapper faded and frayed. £6.00

257. Hanmer, Sir Thomas, The Garden Book of Sir Thomas Hanmer. London, Gerald Howe, 1933. 1st ed. printed from the original ms. of 1659. 23.0 x 17.0 cms. Limited ed. of 900 copies. Colour frontis, two other illustrations. Intro. by E.S.Rohde. Original cloth, top edge gilt, dust wrapper slightly frayed and darkened, owner's inscription on front free end paper. £75.00

258. Harris, J. Gardens of Delight. The Rococo English Landscapes of Thomas Robins the Elder. London, Basilisk Press, 1978. 1st ed. 2 vols. Text vol 29.0 x 42.0 cms. Plate vol 43.0 x 57.5 cms. Limited ed. 179/515. Colour plates and illustrations in both volumes. Text volume is in fine condition, plate volume is slightly dampstained on cloth only of fore lower corners, the 15 fine colour plates in this volume are mounted on thick paper and this has resulted in slight bubbling. Both volumes are in separate slipcases which show slight signs of wear, the slipcase of the plate volume also being dampstained in one corner. £450.00

259. Harvey, J. Early Nurserymen. London, Phillimore, 1974. 8vo. 1st Ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated, dust wrapper slightly worn. £20.00

260. Harvey, J. Early Gardening Catalogues. London, Phillimore, 1972. 8vo. 1st ed. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Plates and facsimiles of catalogues. Dust wrapper slightly worn. £25.00

261. Hobhouse, H. Seeds of Change. Five Plants that Transformed Mankind. London, Sidgwick Jackson, 1985. 8vo. 1st ed. 23.0 x 15.0 cms. A few illustrations, dust wrapper. Excellent copy. £9.00

262. Howe, B. Lady with Green Fingers. London, Country Life, 1961. 8vo. 1st Ed. 21.0 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated. front free end paper removed but otherwise clean copy. £8.00

263. Hunt, J.D. and Willis, P. The Genius of the Place. The English Landscape Garden 1620-1820. London, Paul Elek, 1975. 1st ed. 24.0 x 16.5 cms. Many illustrations. Ex library copy with usual marks but with protected dust wrapper. £15.00

264. Huxley, A. (editor).: The Financial Times Book of Garden Design. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1975. 1st ed. 24.5 x 23.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations. Dust wrapper very slightly worn. £6.00

265. Jackson, A. Garden Furniture Design & Construction. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1988. 1st ed. 27.5 x 21.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author. £10.00

266. Jekyll, G. Flower Decoration in your House. Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1982. Rep. 21.0 x 13.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, slight wear to dust wrapper. £10.00

267. Jekyll, G. and Weaver, L. Gardens for Small Country Houses. London, Macmillan, 1983. Rep. in paperback of the 1981 edition published by the Antique Collectors Club. 27.0 x 21.0 cms. Illustrated. Crease in upper card cover. £15.00

268. Johnson, K. Gardener's City. A History of the Letchworth Allotments & Horticultural Association 1906-1996. Letchworth, Letchworth Allotments & Horticultural Association, 1966. 1st ed. 21.0 x 14.5 cms. Illustrated, dust wrapper.Fine copy, inscribed by the author. £12.00

269. Kamm, J. Joseph Paxton & The Crystal Palace. London, Methuen, 1967. 8vo. 1st ed. 18.45 x 12.0 cm. Text illustrations by Faith Jacques, price-clipped dust wrapper. £8.00

270. Leighton, A. American Gardens in C18th. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 8vo. 1st ed. 22.5 x 15.0 cms. Illustrated. Dust wrapper slightly grubby and frayed. £15.00

271. Leighton, A. Early English Gardens in New England. London, Cassell, 1970. 1st UK ed. 22.5 x 15.0 cms. Illustrated, decorative end papers. Dust wrapper slightly soiled and frayed. £10.00

272. Lewis, C. (editor). The Making of a Garden. Gertrude Jekyll Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1984. 4to. 1st in this form. 27.0 x 21.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. An anthology of Gertrude Jekyll's writings, illustrated with her own photographs and drawings and watercolours by contemporary artists. £8.00

273. Lycett-Green, C. and Sykes, C. The Front Garden. London, Elm Tree Books, 1981. 4to. 1st ed. 21.0 x 18.0 cms. Colour illustrations throughout, price-clipped dust wrapper. £6.00

274. Mabey, R. The Flowering of Kew. 350 Years of Flower paintings from...[Kew]. London, Century, 1988. 4to. 1st ed. 26.0 x 19.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper. £10.00

275. MacLeod, D. The Gardener's London. London, Duckworth, 1972. 8vo. 1st ed. 23.0 x 17.0 cms. Coloured frontis, other illustrations, dust wrapper slightly frayed and soiled. £6.00

276. Massingham, B. Turn on the Fountains. The Life of Dean Hole. London, Gollancz, 1974. 8vo. 1st ed. 225mm x 150mm. Colour frontis., other illustrations, dust wrapper price-clipped and slightly frayed, owner's signature on front free end paper. £6.00

277. Mawson, T.H. The Art and Craft of Garden Making. London, Batsford, 1912. 5th ed. revised and enlarged. 35.5 x 24.0 cms. Colour frontis, many illustrations, original gilt and green stamped cloth, top edge tinted green. Slight dampstaining on lower margin of inner rear cover and similar place on last 40 pages but neither text nor illustration affected, dust wrapper present but tattered. £360.00

278. Maxwell, Sir H. Scottish Gardens. London, Arnold, 1911. 8vo. new ed. 22.5 x 17.0 cms. 32 colour plates by Mary G.W.Wilson, original decorative cloth slightly rubbed, soiled and spotted, lacking front free end paper. £12.50

279. Mercer, F.A. & Hay, R. Gardens and Gardening. The Studio Garden Annual Volume 4, Rock, Wall & Water. London, Studio, no date c.1953. 1st ed. 24.5 x 15.0 cms. Illustrated. Dust wrapper frayed, owner's label on pastedown. £6.00

280. Mercer, F.A. & Hay, R. (editors). Gardens and Gardening. The Studio Garden Annual Volume 5, Labour-Saving Planning & Planting. London, Studio, 1954. 1st ed. 24.5 x 15.0 cms. Illustrated. Boards slightly marked, owner's ink annotation on front free end paper. £6.00

281. Needham. J. Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 6: Biology and Biological Technology. Part I: Botany. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. 1st ed. 24.5 x 19.0 cms. ppxxxii,718 + 89 illustrations & 2 tables. Excellent copy in slightly worn dust wrapper. £80.00

282. Perry, M.H. So You Want to Plan your Garden. London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1947. 1st ed. 18.5 x 12.0 cms. Illustrations and plans. Extremities slightly rubbed, dust wrapper torn. £6.00

283. Phillips, R. and Foy, N. A Photographic Garden History. London, Macmillan, 1997. 1st paperback ed. 29.0 x 21.5 cms. Coloured illustrations, card covers. £15.00

284. Plumptre, G. The Garden Makers. The Great Tradition of Garden Design from 1600 to the Present Day. London, Pavilion, 1993. 1st ed. 25.0 x 22.0 cms. Colour illustrations. Corner of upper board bent, same corner of dust wrapper torn and creased. £10.00

285. Poole, S.J.: The Housing Estate Garden. London, Collingridge, 1953. 1st ed. 18.5 x 12.0 cms. Text illustrations, dust wrapper slightly soiled and frayed. £10.00

286. Pugh, S. Garden Nature Language. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1988. 1st ed. in paperback. 21.5 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated, card covers. £20.00

287. Rankin, Major, R. The Royal Ordering of Gardens. London, Nelson, no date c.1909. 1st ed. 19.0 x 13.0 cms. Folding coloured plan, original cloth with gilt lettering. Owner's details at head of titlepage. £10.00

288. Rix, M. The Art of the Botanist. Guildford & London, Lutterworth Press, 1981. Fo. 1st ed. 33.5 x 23.5 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper price-clipped and slightly frayed. £15.00

289. Russell, S. The Stapeley Book of Water Gardens. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1985. 1st ed. 24.5 x 19.5 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper. Inscribed "To Bob Pearson with the Compliments of the Directors of Stapeley Water Gardens". £6.00

290. Sieveking, A.F. The Praise of Gardens. A Prose Cento, collected and in part Englished. London, Elliott Stock, 1885. 8vo. 1st Ed. 17.5 x 10.5 cms. Original giltstamped cloth. A commonplace book of garden literature with an introduction by E.V.B. Corners slightly rubbed, spine faded and slightly skewed, some darkening of paper. £10.00

291. Simmonds, A. A Horticultural Who was Who. London, RHS, 1948. 8vo. 1st ed. 21.0 x 13.5 cms. Illustrated. Dust wrapper price-clipped, grubby and slightly frayed. £6.00

292. Sitwell, S. and Blunt, W. Great Flower Books 1700-1900. London, Witherbys, 1990. Rep. 30.0 x 22.5 cms. Colour illustrations, dust wrapper. Excellent copy. £25.00

293. Strong, Sir R. Creating Small Gardens. London, Conran, 1986. 4to. 1st Ed. 24.0 x 23.0 cms. Coloured illustrations throughout. Excellent dust wrapper, slight shelf wear. £8.00

294. Stuart, C.M. Villiers. Gardens of the Great Mughals. London, A. & C. Black, 1913. 1st ed. 21.5 x 14.0 cms. 16 colour plates after water colours by the author, 24 other plates, 10 garden plans printed in text, publisher's decorative blue and yellow cloth. Slightly rubbed, slight foredge foxing, small split in inner front hinge, otherwise a clean bright copy. £60.00

295. Swindells, P. The Master Book of the Water Garden. London, Salamander Books, 1999. Rep. 29.5 x 21.5 cms. Many colour illustrations, laminated boards. £8.00

296. Tankard, J.B. and Wood, M.A. Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood. Stroud, Sutton Publishing, 1996. 1st ed. 24.0 x 17.0 cms. A few colour and many other illustrations, dust wrapper. £7.50

297. Taylor, G. The Victorian Flower Garden. London, Skeffington, 1952. 8vo. 1st Ed. 18.0 x 12.0 cms. 2 colour and 9 other plates. Dust wrapper slightly frayed and soiled. £6.00

298. Taylor, P. Planting in Patterns. London, Pavilion books, 1989. 1st ed. 23.0 x 23.0 cms. many colour illustrations, dust wrapper slightly creased and frayed. £6.00

299. Thacker, C. The Genius of Gardening. The History of Gardens in Britain and Ireland. London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1994. 1st ed. 23.0 x 16.0 cms. Colour illustrations, dust wrapper. Excellent copy. £9.00

300. Thomas, G.S. The Art of Planting or The Planter's Handbook. London, Dent, 1984. 1st ed. 23.5 x 16.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper. £12.00

301. Thonger, C. The Book of Garden Design. London, John Lane, 1915. 8vo. 1st ed. 18.5 x 12.5 cms. Illustrated. A little light foxing. £8.00

302. Triggs, H.I. Formal Gardens in England and Scotland. London, Batsford, 1902. 1st ed. 42.5 x 32.0 cms. 72 plates from drawings by the author and 53 photographic plates, original 1/2 morocco with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Ex library, shelf number at foot of spine, small stamp on verso of titlepage, no other library marks. Extremities rubbed, end papers stained, a little light staining on top margin of some pages but no text or images affected, outer edge of one plate darkened and repaired where it has at one time been loose from binding. £175.00

303. Whiten, F. and G. Chinese Garden Style. London, Unwin Hyman, 1988 1st ed. 28.5 x 20.0 cms. Colour and other illustrations, dust wrapper £7.00

304. Williams, R. Planning Your Garden. Maidenhead, Sampson Low, 1978. 1st ed. 21.5 x 17.0 cms. Many tinted drawings and diagrams, dust wrapper. £6.00

305. Wood, D. Practical Garden Design. London, Dent, 1976. 1st ed. 25.0 x 15.0 cms. Illustrations and plans, dust wrapper very slightly creased. £6.00

306. Wroth, W. The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century. London, Macmillan, 1896. 1st ed. 21.5 x 14.0 cms. Colour frontis, 3 other colour plates, 15 black and white or tinted plates, plan and many other text illustrations, original cloth. some foxing but a good bright copy. Not all copies have the colour plates. £100.00

GENERAL FLOWER GARDENING

307. Abercrombie, J. The Gardener's Pocket Dictionary. London, printed for Lockyer Davis, 1786. 1st ed. 12mo. 12.0 x 10.5 cms. 3 vols. vol 1, [iv], 264. vol 2, [ii], 389, [1]. vol 3, [ii], 284, [32]. Full contemporary mottled calf with contrasting labels, gilt lettering. Binding rubbed, end papers slightly darkened, occasional slight foxing, but still a pleasing unrestored set. [Henrey 392. Collation differs slightly probably owing to omission of 1/2 titles and publishers adverts]. £250.00

308. Adams, C.R., Bamford, K.M. and Early, M.P. Principles of Horticulture. London, Heinemann, 1984. 1st ed. 24.5 x 18.5 cms. Illustrated, card covers. £10.00

309. Allan, M. The Gardener's Book of Weeds. London, Macdonald & Jane's, 1978. 8vo. 1st Ed. 21.0 x 15.0cms Photographic illustrations and line drawings by Victoria Matthews, dust wrapper. Excellent copy. £8.00

310. Anderton, E. and Park, R. Growing Gladioli. London, Christopher Helm, 1989. 1st ed. 23.5 x 15.5 cms. Colour and other illustrations. Excellent copy but spine of dust wrapper slightly faded. £7.50

311. Anon Classified List and International Register of Daffodil Names. London, RHS, 1958 1st Ed. 20.0 x 9.0cms. 318pp list, cloth spine paper-covered boards. A complete but worn copy. £8.00

312. Anon. Hand-List of Hardy Monocotyledons cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens . London, H.M.Stationery Office, 1924. 3rd ed. 18.0 x 12.0cms. Contents clean but binding badly repaired, reading copy only. £6.00

313. Austin, D. English Roses. London, Conran Octopus, 1993. 4to. rep. 27.5 x 23.5 cms. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper slightly frayed. £6.00

314. Bailey, L.H. The Garden of Bellflowers of North America. New York, Macmillan, 1953. 1st ed. 23.5 x 15.0 cms. Colour frontis and well illustrated from drawings by Elizabeth Burckmyer. dust wrapper price-clipped, slightly frayed and a little grubby. £10.00

315. Bassity, M.A.R. The Magic World of Roses. New York, Hearthside Press, 1966. 1st ed. 23.5 x 17.0 cms. 53 colour and many other illustrations. Dust wrapper price-clipped, grubby and torn with slight loss. £10.00

316. Bath, T. and Jones, J. The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hardy Geraniums. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1994. 1st ed. 24.0 x 18.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper. Excellent copy. £6.00

317. Beales, P. Classic Roses. London, Collins Harvill, 1985. 1st ed. 26.5 x 19.0 cms. Many colour illustrations, dust wrapper. £12.00

318. Beck, C. Fritillaries. London, Faber, 1953. 1st Ed. 25.0 x 15.5 cms. 4 coloured and some other plates. A nice clean copy but dust wrapper torn with some loss. £65.00

319. Beckett, K.A. and others (editors). Bulletin of the Hardy Plant Society. Hardy Plant Sciety 1975 - 1993. 1st ed. 21.5 x 14.0cms. Odd unbound numbers of the Society's Bulletins from Vol 5 no. 1 (1975) to Vol 15 No. 2 (1993). 9 numbers in all. Paper or card covers, black and white and coloured illustrations. Each £0.50

320. Bell, M.G.K. A Garden Timepiece. London, Hutchinson, no date c.1925. 1st ed. 21.5 x 14.0 cms. Illustrated. Spine slightly faded, foredges foxed, end papers slightly darkened. £6.00

321. Bird, R. The Propagation of Hardy Perennials. London, Batsford, 1993. 1st ed. 23.0 x 15.5 cms. Colour illustrations and a few line drawings in text, dust wrapper. Owner's five word note on front free end paper. £6.00

322. Bisgrove, R.: Making the Most of your Garden. <