Search Results: Titles starting with G from About Books, ABAC

Edmonton: Hurtig, 1975.. 8vo. 256 pp. Illus. Map endpapers. Black boards. A near fine copy in like dustwrapper..

Washington: Smithsonian, 1988.. 4to. 208 pp. Colour plates from watercolors by Lee M. Steadman; photos. Map endpapers. Black cloth. Minor shelfwear, else near fine in like dustwrapper..

London: Poetry & Printer, 1969.. 8vo. [26] pp Wraps. Corners a little bruised, a very good copy..

NY: Bonanza, 1984.. 4to. 128 pp. Illus thoughout. Red boards. A nice clean copy in like dustwrapper..

Walton-on-Thames: Outposts Publications, 1969. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in.. Cr 8vo 20 pp. Stapled into printed card covers. A fine copy with an ALs from Murdoch (to Robert Nye) laid in..

(NY): Cardoza, (1998).. 8vo. 192 pp. Illus. Pictorial card covers. Fine..

NY: Cardoza, 1998.. 8vo. 176 pp. Illus. Pictorial card covers. Fine..

London: Golancz, 1957.. 8vo. 223 pp. 16 pp of illus from photos. Drawings in text. Blue boards. Fading to top edge of spine, else very good in worn dustwrapper with chips removed from top and bottom edge..

N.Y.: Lyle Stuart (1960).. 8vo 96 pp. Grey boards. Some fading at upper edges and cheap paper browned, else very good in like dustwrapper. Testimony of seven Algerian intellectuals tortured by the French. The original 1959 edition of LA GANGRENE was seized by French polic. e and the plates were smashed..

Henley-on-Thames: Aid Ellis (1994). 8vo 128 pp. Ilus from colour photos and line drawings of garden plans. Chapters on cultivation and an A-Z of selected garden alpines. Bloom is the doyen of world famous Bressingham Gardensand knows whereof he speaks. An invaluable book..

(Toronto): Key Porter, (1991).. 4to. 304 pp. Profusely illus. from drawings, engravings photos, etc. Subjects include a world view, history, evolution, design, practice , plants & planting, furniture & ornament. Green boards. Some very light shelf wear, else about fine in lik. e dustwrapper..

Harmondsworth: Penguin (1978) Reprint of 1966 edition.. 4to 388 pp. Illus from 203 plates from photographs, engravings and paintings, some in colour, plus numerous additional illustrations in text. Pictorial card covers. A bit used; top cover has a few creases and a 1 cm tear at top edge. Still a ver. y good copy. Covers the history of Oriental, European and New World gardens from the time of the Pharoahs..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1978),. 4to 232 pp. Profusely illus from photos and drawings in colour and b&w. Olive cloth. Previous owner's blindstamp on ffep, else about fine in very good d/w with some edgewear and a few small tears..

Newton Abbot: David & Charles (1973. 4to 160 pp. Profusely illus from b&w photos. Brown cloth. Corners bumped. A very good copy in like dustwrapper. Gives blow-by-blow descriptions of how to make everything from compost, garden beds to fences, walls, pools, etc..

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang (1991). 8vo 104 pp. Illustrated by the author with lovely colour paintings inspired by illustrations in famous gardening books (the sources of her inspiration are given at rear). Green cloth, lettering gilt, colour painting of irises laid onto top cover in. gilt rules. Decorative endpapers. A fine copy, printed by Mondadori in Verona. Nine essays by some the English language's best garden writers including Russell Page, Louise Beebe Wilder, Allen Lacy, Vita Sackville-West. A lovely book and. a p e r fect gift for any garden lover..

Sydney: Craftsman House, (1998).. 4to. 127 pp. Colour illustrations. Olive boards. A fine copy in like dustwrapper. Paintings of the Melbourne Royal Botanical Gardens..

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, (1989).. Oblong 4to. 120 pp. Illus. from photos and drawings. Pictorial endpapers. Green boards. Minor shelf wear, else about fine in like dustwrapper..

London: Frances Lincoln, 2003. Facsimile of the 1903 Country Life Edition.. Lrg 8vo. 135+16pp postface by Marie-Therese Weal. Illus from photos and woodcuts. Pctorial endpapers. Pictorial bords. Bump to bottom corner of pages, else near fine in like dustwrapper..

Boston: Little Brown (1988). A New York Graphic Society Book.. 4to 168 pp. Richly illus from photos, mostly in colour. Red boards. Bottom corners a bit bruised else about fine in like dustwrapper..

London: Ward Lock, 1999.. Sm. 4to. 127 pp. Illus from photos and drawings. Black boards. Fine in like dustwrapper..