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David Bateman Limited, New Zealand, Auckland, New, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. A very special gardening collaboration has produced a design source book of fresh and innovative ideas for New Zealand gardeners. The combined experience of garden photographer Gil Handy and garden Author Diana Anthony has brought together a superb collection of photographs and a lively and authoritative text. A huge range of garden styles is presented and the extended captions describe each garden and the plants within it in practical detail. Whatever the location and theme of your garden, big or small, city or country, this book will inspire and delight. Rare garden book.

John Gifford, London., 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Uk edition of the classic book from the important Pewter collector and expert Christopher A.Peal

Timber Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. New and in cover. 950 pages. The text reflects the passions of the author and gives full details of the plants, from the latest nomenclatural changes to revisionist thinking on the ever-expanding limits of cold hardiness. Mike Dirr is a legend in the horticultural world, widely acknowledged as a leading expert on trees and shrubs for landscapes. Add to that more than 3500 color photographs, and indispensable backmatter lists for choosing exactly the right plant for the right purpose, and you have an unsurpassed resource for tree and shrub identification and selection, one that will be embraced by garden designers, landscape architects, urban foresters, park managers, nursery professionals---anyone who values hardiness, disease resistance, and beauty in their woody plants.

Theophrastus, 1973. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine condition, Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Second Edition. B/w photos. (Dwarf Conifers, Slow Growing Conifers, Conifers, Trees)

CONRAN OCTOPUS LTD, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good condition, signed by Author Helen Dillon. Original owners name in pen on inside cover, otherwise clean book throughout. A Practical Guide to Planning & Planting. The pleasures and practicalities of making a flower garden are explained in this book. The author gives guidance on planning the garden and on good planting for colour, harmony and year-round interest. Detailed planting plans for different situations are included.

Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fruits of a Century tells the story of the establishment of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society. An Illustrated Centenary History 1894-1994 Illustrated. 210x290 Original imitation leather covered boards, ruled and lettered gilt, with dust jacket. Near fine Condition, with good dust jacket, slight shelf wear, a slight scratch on Dust Jacket. Rare and hard to find book.

Macmillan New York 1948, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition, very rare in very good condition, 2 vol set, 1948. FURNITURE TREASURY (MOSTLY OF AMERICAN ORIGIN). Two volumes. New York: Macmillan, 1948. 4to. Blue Cloth. Very well maintained.

Kyle Books, 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. As New, Alex Mitchell's Gardening on a Shoestring is full of inventive ways to achieve the garden you want on a budget, whether you are creating one from scratch or improving what you already have.

G. Philip, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very clean copy. Edited by Penelope Hobhouse & Patrick Taylor.

C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1941. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Published by C. Arthur Pearson, London (1941) 1st ed & 1st Impression. My gardens choice of rock plants, trees and flowering shrubs and herbaceous plants. Containing 24 colour plates and 144 half-tone illustrations from photographs by A. T. Johnson. Binding tight; spine faded, with some foxing on spine With colour & B&W illustrations. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Inscribed by owner in 1941, this copy belonged to gardener Helen Dillon.

Architectural Book Publishing, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good condition, 1st edition, hardcover. Rare. Some shelf wear on dust jacket. Small slight tear on bottom corner of DJ. Good clean copy of this rare and collectible book. 50 measured drawings and 150 photographs. Beautifully maintained book from Lestor Margon. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

distributed by Doulton, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition, 1st edition, signed by co-author Richard Dennis with a 'thank you' message to the owners . Dust jacket, good condition, some shelf wear. Slight fading by sun on top and bottom of front cover. Fantastic and hard to to get book, from two of the leading experts on Royal Doulton Figures.

2016. Soft cover. New. New book. Signed by the Author. 'A Tale of Two Gardens' Norah Burgess & Danae Kindness. A very beautiful book, highlighted in The Irish Times by Fionnuala Fallon in August 2016 "In 1999, the friendship between these two passionate Irish gardeners became the subject matter of a weekly gardening column in the Limerick Leader, in the shape of a series of conversational letters in which Kindness and Burgess exchanged their observations and opinions on everything from the workings of the compost heap to the merits of fresh figs. The column was suffused with their love of plants as well as the obvious deep affection the two women had for each other. Dear Norah, I thoroughly enjoyed the tour of your iris collection . . . what a great aperitif to the luxuriant summer borders soon to follow . . . Dear Danae, I must begin by telling you my solution to the problem of slugs and snails in the garden . . . Dear Norah, I was awe- struck by your fascinating discovery that lightening storms… Read More

Sunflower Books, Mayflower Books Inc., 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good condition, with very good dust jacket.

David and Charles, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From the private E library of Gardener Helen Dillon, this is the revised edition of 1971,1st published in 1951 by Francis Perry. The former owners writing is lightly on the front cover, and on inside page, otherwise clean. In very good condition with vg dust jacket.