London 17 Mount Street W. nd c1910

26pp illustrated with b/w plates of various designed garden ornaments. 5pp introductory text. The remainder illustrates various terra cottas but refers to a much larger catalogue available with over 1000 examples. Last page is a list of clients supplied - mostly gentry. Manifattura di Signa, founded in Signa (Florence), in 1895 by Camillo Bondi. The factory catered to the tastes of those wanting reproductions of sculptural and decorative masterpieces from Etruscan to Greek statuary; from Roman to Renaissance; from Moorish vases to contemporary Liberty creations. Inner wrapper has pencil notes on prices of some pieces. Title page a little dusty else very good. Decorated wrappers, stitched.

Dropmore Press Edition 1949

Limited edition no 599 decorations by John Piper. Very good copy with very good dust wrapper although this is slightly faded on the spine.. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Best illustrated edition. Hard to find in this condition. Originally published by J. Murray in 1909 when Sitwell described the design of Italian gardens, this edition illustrated with three single-page and three double-page colour illustrations by John Piper.

London Jarrold and Sons 1894 2nd edition

134pp + [10]pp period ads. 8vo. Pictorial cloth showing bowling game in progress. Includes material on the history of the game, the English game and anecdotal information about bowls as a sport as well as details of bowling green layout mostly in an appendix which discusses maintenance of the greens.

London HMSO 1963 (1962)

52 pp. B/w photographs and diagrams throughout. Decorated card wrappers. Vg. Deals with location, landscape, treatment, layout and equipment in planning and developing caravan parks. Demonstrates how good results can be achieved to help those responsible for caravan parks to find suitable solutions for themselves. Topics covered include 'Factors in Site Selection', 'Location of Holiday Sites', 'Services', 'Water Supply' and 'Toilet Facilities'.

Oxford, Phaidon 1991

240pp with 100s of colour and b/w photographs and plans. Cloth vg in d/w with slightly torn in four places. Generously illustrated guide to creating a garden that invokes the particular styles, colours, smells and planting patterns of the past, from 1500 to the mid twentieth century.

London Country Life

lxiv, 375pp illustrated with 521 photogravure plates. Folio. Original publisher's cloth backed green buckram boards, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover .. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Spine slightly faded, slight rubbing at head and base of spine else very good. Discusses, fifty two important gardens including Abbotswood, Warley Place, Munstead Wood, Gravetye, Bodnant, Chequers, Hestercombe, Iford, Powis and many more.

Oxford University Press 1966

186pp illus with 20 b/w plates. Vg in very good dust wrapper. On the influences of literature and art on the formation of the English landscape garden and its design. Skilful analysis of the interplay of philosophy, literature and art in relation to landscape gardening.

London Country Life 1927

Second edition, x, 438pp. Illustrated with photographs. Folio. Original green cloth, backed boards. Both text and illustrations were extensively revised from the first edition. Illustrates all kinds of garden ornaments including wood and iron gates, steps, balustrades, urns, vases, courts, paved ways, seats, loggias, orangeries, dovecotes, parterres, sundials, topiary, pergolas, treillage, canals, ponds, water gardens, bridges, fountains. Superb photographs showing these elements in garden settings. Considered to be the best edition.

Taplow, Buckinghamshire Wm Wood & Son Ltd. nd c1928

12pp, illustrated with b/w plates. Long 4to. Lettered wrappers. Inside wrapper has a list of recent projects under the title "Achievements." Wm. Wood and Son was a well known firm of garden designers and contractors by Royal Appointment. Images in this catalogue focuses on small garden houses, some with thatched roofs, greenhouses with a centrefold showing some of their layouts with ponds, rockeries, pergolas etc. Lovely small item.

London Hutchinson 1960

482, [2]; 32 plates showing 48 mostly photographic illustrations, several other illustrations in the text. 8vo. Very good with very good dust wrapper designed by William McLaren. Exceptionally nice copy with lovely decorated dust wrapper. Ownership plate on front paste down. Decorated end papers which are plans of gardens.

Architectural Press (1938)

188pp illus with b/w plates and line ills. incl. designs by Gordon Cullen. Assessses the historical traditions in landscape design as an introduction to contemporary garden design. Really one of the only books to address modern movement garden design. First edition. Good with slightly worn dust wrapper.

Aldershot, Scolar Press, 1993

Oblong small quarto, 290 x 210 mm. 186 pages, 179 illustrations. Very good with slightly worn dust wrapper. George Repton (1786-1858) served as assistant to John Nash. Forth son of Humphry Repton. As well as working with Nash. He also assisted his father. For instance, he assisted his father and brother in the plans for the Royal Pavilion at Brighton.

Witton le Wear, Durham Michaelmus Books 1984

158pp illustrated in b/w. Decorated end paper. 4to. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Limited edition. This copy is number 4. Compliments slip from Michael Tooley laid in with a couple of other small inserts. Armourial bookplate on front end paper. David Hinge's copy.

John Murray 1911

xii + (1) + 148 +(1)pp and c38 illustrations mainly sepia plates. Folio.Grey cloth backed boards, Gilt tiles. Corners slightly bumped. Attractive copy in good order. The definitive record of William Robinson's own house and garden. The manor became the home of this creative, innovative and revolutionary gardener in 1884. Robinson spent his remarkable life as a professional gardener and botanist, but made his fortune through writing about his experiences and ideas on horticulture which enabled him to acquire and develop Gravetye Manor which now is operated as a hotel.

London Longmans, Green and Co 1926

Reissue. of the first edition of 1900. xv + 301pp with 53 illustrations from photographs by the author. 8vo. Decorated lettering in gilt on spine andupper board. Head and base of spine a little worn, corners and edges rubbed. Spine a little faded else good. Initially written after the favourable reception of Jekyll's first book, Wood and Garden. From the collection of Colin Amery with his bookplate