Victoria & Albert Museum
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1966

Octavo. 32 pp text plus 100 b/w plates. Paperback. VG. All pieces identified by maker, with dimensions.
Inventory number #001601

Phillips, Duncan
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION CATALOGUE A Museum of Modern Art and Its Sources
Washington, DC: The Phillips Collection, n.d.

Quarto; x, 148 pp; color and b&w plates and color frontispiece; index. Original cream cloth with gilt-lettered spine and cover with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, cloth bright & clean, jacket lightly worn with a few closed tears, small loss to spine ends.
Inventory number #001561

Stevens, Michael
V. SACKVILLE-WEST A Critical Biography
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974

First edition. Octavo. xvi, 192 pp; b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj "a perceptive study of the relationship between V. Sackville- West's life and her work, in which [is explored] her poems 'The Land' and 'The Garden', biographies, novels, shorter poetry, and all her writings, published and unpublished." [dj]
Inventory number #001558

Shirley, Andrew
SOUTH FROM TOULOUSE
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959

First edition. Octavo. xvii, 255 pp; 12 pages of b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. Journeys in southwestern France.
Inventory number #001522

Shirley, Andrew
THE LION AND THE LILY A Journey through Some Former English Provinces in Western France
London: Putnam, 1956

First edition. Octavo. ix, 252 pp; frontis & 14 b/w illustrations. Cloth with dj, maps on endpapers. VG/VG-, jagged tear on rear panel of dj, else a clean, tight copy.
Inventory number #001521

Townsend, George Alfred
THE ENTAILED HAT or Patty Cannon's Times. A Romance
Cambridge, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1969

Third printing of new illustrated edition (1955). Octavo. xvii, 565 pp; 14 b/w illustrations. Map on endpapers. Blue cloth with gilt image of man wearing hat on cover and spine, gilt lettered-spine, in dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket - spine faded, corners & spine ends lightly chipped, folds lightly rubbed. This is the fictionalized tale of Martha "Patty" Cannon (circa 1760-1829), the leader of a gang in the early 19th century that kidnapped slaves and free blacks from the Delmarva Peninsula and transported and sold them to plantation owners located further south.
Inventory number #001492

Hobhouse, Penelope
COLOR IN YOUR GARDEN
Boston: Little, Brown, 1989

Fifth printing. Quarto. 239 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs; appendix; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #001484

Henn, P
AHN'S FIRST GERMAN BOOK Being the First Division of Ahn's Rudiments of the German Language
NY: E. Steiger & Co., 1873

Twelvemo, 64 pp + 2 pp adverts; illustrated with numerous examples. Publisher's decorated boards and cloth spine. G+, edges rubbed, covers have moderate soiling (more so on back), spine wearing but firm and intact, thin dampstain down gutter from top edge, affecting margins to about 1/3 of the way down, noticed mostly in the prelims.
Inventory number #001478

Cescinsky, Herbert
THE OLD-WORLD HOUSE Its Furniture and Decoration
London: A.& C. Black, 1924

Two volumes. First edition, quarto; v1: xi, 307 pp; v2: iii, 371 pp; numerous illustrations and photos; index. Publisher's half leather binding with red pebbled boards; red morocco spine with raised bands & gilt tooling; marbled endpapers. T.E.G.G+ Spines have a fair amount of rubbing, on vol 1 the spine is darkened. Inside, the books are quite nice, volume 1 is just a tad loose, nothing serious.
Inventory number #001476

St. John, Christopher, Ed.
ELLEN TERRY AND BERNARD SHAW : A Correspondence
NY: The Fountain Press, 1931

Limited edition of 3000 copies. Octavo. xl, 370 pp. Green cloth with gilt decoration & border on cover and gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt & deckle fore edges. Spine sunned, a few marks on covers, else a clean, tight copy. #1968/3000, printed by The Merrymount Press.
Inventory number #001472

Fisher, John
THE COMPANION TO ROSES
Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1987

First American edition. Quarto. 223 pp; illustrated with approximately 100 color & b/w; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. Near fine/VG. An A-Z reference book covering all aspects of the rose, from the serious botanical point to the lore and legends.
Inventory number #001463

Welsh, Stanley L.
FLOWERS OF THE CANYON COUNTRY
Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1986

Quarto. xvii, 85 pp; numerous color photographs; index. Paperback. VG.
Inventory number #001434

Sheehan, Tom & Marion
ORCHID GENERA ILLUSTRATED
NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979

First edition. Quarto. 207 pp; 61 pages of color illustrations of 61 orchid genera; extensive illustrated glossary describes more than 200 terms; index. Green cloth with dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #001432

Bean, W.J.
ORNAMENTAL TREES FOR AMATEURS
London: Country Life, Ltd., 1925

First edition. Octavo. vi, 121 pp; frontis & 14 b/w photographs; index. Green cloth. Scattered foxing on a few pages, small hole bored in edge of spine, else VG.
Inventory number #001421

Rix, Martyn
THE ART OF THE PLANT WORLD : The Great Botanical Illustrators and Their Work
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1981

First American edition. Folio. 224 pp; many color plates & b/w illustrations; references; index. Cloth with dj. Small tears along top of dj, masking tape repairs to inside of dustjacket, else VG/VG. Details the development of the science of botany, world explorations resulting in the discovery of many new species, and the work of Ehret, Redoute, Catesby, Besler, Durer, da Vinci, and many other great artists from Medieval times into the 20th century.
Inventory number #001413

Chittenden, F.J., ed.
ROCK GARDENS AND ROCK PLANTS Report of the Conference Held By the Royal Horticultural Society and the Alpine Garden Society
London: The Royal Horticultural Society, 1948

Second impression. Octavo. 171 pp; 36 b/w photographs; list of awards; index. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. VG. The conference was held at the Greycoat Street Hall, May 5, 6, 7, 1936.
Inventory number #001408

Dallimore, W.
THE PRUNING OF TREES AND SHRUBS Being a Description of the Methods Practised in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Oxford: Dulau, 1947

Sixth impression. Twelvemo. 99 pp; 13 b/w photographs. Gilt-lettered green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows light soil. First published 1926.
Inventory number #001405

Kennedy, Mrs. Alexander & Paolo Mantegazza
THE LEGENDS OF FLOWERS
London: T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1930

Octavo. viii, 199 pp; color frontispiece & 22 decorative headpieces by A. Gatlish. Blue cloth with color illustration of iris pasted to front cover, in dustjacket with same color image pasted on. VG/VG. Translated from the Italian - Leggende de Flori - by Mrs. Kennedy
Inventory number #001403

de Mille, Agnes
AND PROMENADE HOME
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958

Fifth printing. Octavo. 301 pp; b/w photographs. Cloth with dj. VG/VG-, dj has a couple of small chips at edges. Hand-written note to Edith Oliver of The New Yorker laid in.
Inventory number #001393

Girouard, Mark
THE ENGLISH TOWN : A History of Urban Life
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990

Quarto. 330 pp; 415 color & b/w illustrations; notes; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Review copy, with press release & reviews from English publications laid in.
Inventory number #001390