Swimberghe, Piet
FLANDERS: The Art of Living
NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1995

First edition. Square quarto. 231 pp; profusely illustrated with photographs by Jan Verlinde. Cloth with dj. Near Fine/Near Fine. An inside look at the art, decoration and architecture behind the ornate interiors and magnificent gardens of Flanders. Over 200 photographs explore homes and castles rich with history, as well as the living spaces of contemporary designers, architects collectors and artisans.
Inventory number #001368

Stuart, Malcolm
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERBS AND HERBALISM
NY: Crescent Books, 1990

Quarto. 304 pp; numerous color and b&w illustrations and photos. Cloth with gilt spine titles and unclipped dj. VG/VG, touch of foxing to half title.
Inventory number #001360

Bacon, Sir Francis
SELECTED ESSAYS OF SIR FRANCIS BACON
London: Zodiac Books, 1943

Small octavo. 63 pp; facsimile of 1612 title page. Decorated paper-covered boards. VG- moderate soiling to covers, light foxing to prelims. A collection of 23 of Bacon's sixty essays.
Inventory number #001347

Waggerl, Karl Heinrich
DAS WIESENBUCH Mit 16 Scherenschnitten des Verfassers. (Insel Bucherei Nr. 426)
Leipzig: Insel Verlag, n.d.

c.1934. Small octavo, 79 pp; 16 "shear-cuts" (silhouettes) by the author. Gothic German text. Decorated paper covered boards. VG. Book number 426. Rough translation = The meadow book with 16 shear cuts by the author. Island Books No. 426.
Inventory number #001335

Kammner, Walter
DEUTSCHE WALDBAUME
Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1934

Small octavo. 74 pp; high contrast b/w illustrations for the identification of trees, each listed tree has descriptive text, a silhouette of the tree and a plate of leaf and fruit details. Text in gothic German. Paper covered boards with inked titles, spine sunned, pages sl yellow. VG-
Inventory number #001330

Wilson, Mary G. W.
GARDEN MEMORIES With Illustrations in Color by Mary G.W. Wilson
Boston: Le Roy Phillips, n.d.

n.d. c.1910. Twelvemo. Unpaginated; Writings on the subject of gardens by various authors and poets on an assortment of tan and white hand-made laid paper bearing the Ingres and pmf watermarks; 8 color illustrations by Mary G. W. Wilson tipped in on gray laid paper. The pages are cut to various lengths and have assorted edge styles: cut, rough, & deckle. Top edge is flush-cut and gilt. Original green laid paper covered boards with ink title on face and gilt title on spine. Ribbon bookmark. G+, spine sunned and edges of boards sunned. An acceptable copy of a scarce book.
Inventory number #001328

Burbank, Luther
HALF-HOUR EXPERIMENTS WITH PLANTS
: P. F. Collier & Sons, 1922

Octavo. 32 pp; color photos. Paperback. VG. Scarce pamphlet from one of the great horticulturists of the early 20th century. A wonderful little guide designed as a "sampler" for the full library of Burbank books published by Collier.
Inventory number #001318

Anderson, Frank J.
AN ILLUSTRATED TREASURY OF CULTIVATED FLOWERS
NY: Abbeville Press, 1979

Quarto. 156 pp; illustrated with 73 color engravings by the masters of botanical art. Cloth with dj. VG/VG
Inventory number #001313

Gere, Charlotte
AMERICAN & EUROPEAN JEWELRY 1830-1914
NY: Crown Publishers, 1975

Quarto. 240 pp; 227 illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Edges of pages age toned, else very good in very good jacket.
Inventory number #001294

Shewell-Cooper, W.E.
THE GARDENERS' STANDBY
London: Garden Book Club, 1947

Book Club edition,Twelvemo. 344 pp plus 16 b/w photographs. Green clothwith gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. Good+/Good, an unmarked copy, three sections of toned pp; foxing to some fore edges; jacket has small loss to spine ends, corners lightly chipped, lightly foxed. A useful reference for fruits, vegetables, herbs, roses, lilies, bulbs, water plants, ferns, trees & shrubs, alpine or rock plants, lawns, and greenhouses.
Inventory number #001283

Rockwell, F.F. & Wm. G. Breitenbucher
GARDENING WITH PEAT MOSS A Guide to Easier Methods in Growing More Beautiful Flowers, Shrubs and Trees and Making More Permanent Lawns
NY: Atkins & Durbrow, 1928

Twelvemo. 72 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations. Brown pebbled cloth with dj.
Inventory number #001277

Towne, Charles Hanson
AMBLING THROUGH ACADIA
NY: The Century Co., 1923

First edition. Octavo. 250 pp; drawings by W. Emerton Heitland. Pictorial green cloth. VG+, bright, clean covers & spine with no visible wear. Only defect is occasional faint spotting on covers; no markings inside the book.
Inventory number #001274

Gilbert-Carter, Humphrey
DESCRIPTIVE LABELS FOR BOTANIC GARDENS
Cambridge: University Press, 1924

First edition. Oblong 12mo. 79 pp; 61 descriptive labels written by the author, the director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Rebound in orange cloth with original orange printed cover pasted on front cover. VG+, a bright, unmarked copy; original paper cover gently soiled. Originally a paperback, this book was re-bound with heavy orange buckram and the original orange cover was trimmed and glued onto the new binding. Humphrey Gilbert-Carter (1884-1969), botanist, philologist, author, and lecturer, was an Economic Botanist with the Botanical Survey of India from 1913 to 1921. He then became the first Academic Director of the Botanic Garden in Cambridge from 1921 to 1950.
Inventory number #001267

Stanley, Louis T.
THIS IS PUTTING
NY: The Citadel Press, 1957

Octavo. 191 pp; over 180 b/w photographs by the author. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering in dj. VG/VG. This is the author's companion volume to his best-selling This is Golf.
Inventory number #001249

Selz, Jean
XIXTH CENTURY DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLORS
NY: Crown Publishers, n.d.

Small folio. 238 pp; 100 color & 80 duotone plates; index of artists and illustrations. Linen cloth with dj. VG/VG-, edges of dj lightly chipped. A well-illustrated and well-researched study of 19th century drawings and watercolors by a major art critic. The artists include those who are better known as painters and those who are known primarily for their mastery of drawing -- Blake, Bonnard, Cassatt, Cezanne, Degas, Gauguin, Goya, Picasso, Sargent, Whistler, and many others.
Inventory number #001247

Downes, Olin
TEN OPERATIC MASTERPIECES
NY: Broadcast Music Inc / Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952

Large quarto. 569 pp; illustrated with more 80 drawings by Alberta Sordini. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, no dustjacket. VG. The book was designed by Merle Armitage.
Inventory number #001245

Paul, Anthony & Yvonne Rees
THE GARDEN DESIGN BOOK
London: Collins, 1988

First edition. Quarto. 256 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs & b/w drawings; appendices; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG, dj price clipped. Inspiration and instruction for designing all types of gardens and garden features; includes the work of some of today's best designers -- Beth Chatto, Oehme & Van Sweden, Jacques Wirtz, Roberto Burle Marx, and many others.
Inventory number #001199

Gardiner, Juliet
THE BRONTES AT HAWORTH : The World Within
NY: Clarkson Potter, 1993

Oblong quarto. 160 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations; index; the sources. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Inventory number #001165

Cheneviere, Antoine
ANTOINE CHENEVIERE FINE ARTS
London: Antoine Cheneviere, 2002

Quarto. 26 objects - tables, chairs, mirrors, marble obelisks, commodes, armoire, etc, illustrated in color. Hardcover. VG+, corners a bit bumped, else Near Fine. Catalogue of Italian, Russian, Austrian, German furniture and objets d'art offered by this London antiques dealer.
Inventory number #001101

Joyce, Michael
EDINBURGH : The Golden Age 1769-1832
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1951

First edition. Octavo. 199 pp; color frontispiece from an aquatint by W.L. Leitch; notes; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. The book presents a brilliant picture of the social life and personalities of Edinburgh from 1769 to 1832, a period known as that city's "Golden Age." Some of the men portrayed -- David Hume, Adam Smith, Henry Mackenzie, Robert Burns, Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Raeburn, Sir Walter Scott and others.
Inventory number #001087