Dublin W Wilson 1773

11th edition. First Dublin edition with small embossed stamp of F H Cripps Day 1906 to head of title and his signature on the Free end paper. 77pp, 8vo. Limp calf, gilt, a little worn, rebacked. Henry 549, Harris 117. This treatise was conceived as a response to the landscape gardening style of Capability Brown. It was first published in 1772 both in English and French and was especially influential on the Continent. Its publication invoked a response of a satiric and heroic epistle by Mason which is included here. Note in hand writing of Cripps Day listing publications by the same author and also on the front paste down stamp of the Rohamsted Experimental Station.

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.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin 1902

xxiv +770 pages with many photographs, maps, diagrams, and illustrations, and includes 2 large fold out maps of Boston in front and rear pockets. Green gilt lettered cloth. Very good copy. Includes Eliot's letters and professional writings on landscape gardening and chapters on the Trustees of Public Reservations, the Metropolitan Park Commission, the Charles River, Revere Beach, landscape forestry &c.,

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.

London nd c1880

Nicely illustrated promotional leaflet for a small greenhouse for growing grapes through training vines horizontally along the ground. Details and illustrations on this easy to build scheme. Thorough instructions for grape growing in the vinery included. The concept of ground grown grapes dates back to at least the 18th century and the leaflet cites Visper who published in Bath on the subject in 1786. A similar vinery is illustrated in Nicholson's Dictionary of Gardening 1888. Later such vineries were called "curate's vineries", and as such are still in use at the RHS Gardens Wisley. The sole agent for the Wells' Vinery was Benjamin J Edwards, 25 Bishopgate Street, London. Other copies of this ephemeral publication not located.

Jamestown New York Published by the firm 1932

Catalogue no 20 May 1932.58 + [2]pp 8vo. Stiff card wrappers with paste down label. Loosely inserted letter of 1938 announcing discontinuation of making lead statuary. Well known British firm for leadwork who exported then established offices in New York, Montreal etc. Catalogue printed at the Kynoch Press, Birmingham England. Photo images illustrate jardinieres, sundials, statuary etc. Photo images also show the use of their products in English gardens with an emphasis on the arts and crafts tradition in the gardens illustrated.

City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery nd 1980

Facsimile of Blaise Red Book in black and white. Red wrappers. Long 4to. Very good indeed. With accompanying booklet on "Repton in Avon". c8pp.

Exeter, Wheaton 1989

186pp with c.150 b/w plates. Cloth. Very good in similar d/w. This well-illustrated study deals with the development of the cemetery from the eighteenth century, as well as issues concerning the conservation and management of cemeteries today. Also contains a useful gazetteer. With bookplate of Gavin Stamp and his signature on the front end paper. Loosely inserted book reviews clipped from newspapers and a compliments slip from Private Eye with a note from the editor concerning photographs for the book.

Moscow Foreign Languages Publishing House 1939

27pp illustrated with 4 full page b/w plates. 16mo. Lettered wrappers. Slightly rusted at staples else good. Text on the design and facilities of Gorky Park, Moscow, and with a short note on the range of other parks in the Capital and plans for parks beyond. Fascinating insight as it reveals the values of provision spanning culture, education and recreation.

London Hodder and Stoughton 1935

350pp illustrated with b/w plates and line drawings. 8vo cloth a little worn at the head and base of the spine. Two pencil ownership inscriptions to the fep. Still one of the most comprehensive studies of Joseph Paxton. Ex Libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate and signature.

Reading Sutton & Son Seedsmen by special warrants to Her Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 1891

111pp illustrated with 5 full page tissue guarded colour plates and b/w line ills in the text of plants. 4to. Golden chromolithographic wrappers which form the background to vibrant colourful anemones. Chipped at spine. Prices noted and there is a section on tools etc. Beautiful catalogue. Hard to find in this condition.

Reading Sutton & Son Seedsmen by special warrants to Her Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 1907

188pp illustrated with b/w line ills in the text of plants. 4to. Brown card wrappers with royal warrant in gold on upper wrapper Prices noted and there is a section on tools etc. Very good copy.

Reading Sutton & Son Seesmen by special warrants to Her Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 1910

111pp illustrated with 3 full page colour plates and b/w photographs of the produce, Sutton's grounds and events they attended 4to. Rexene covered wrappers with royal warrant on upper cover in gold Prices noted throughout. Superb realist photography enhances this catalogue. Loosely inserted testimonial and promotional letter to customers at the front.

Reading Sutton and Sons nd c1940

Undated all colour booklet illustrating the flowers available from the firm. First image is the gardens at Longford Castle. 8vo. Lettered wrappers which have central oval cut out revealing the image below of Longford Castle Gardens. Promotional material for the firm. Ephemeral and very attractive.

Colchester and London Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co nd c 1910

4th edition. 98 + xiiipp illustrated with b/w plates. 8vo. Wrappers with chromolithographic, colour plates of the gardens on the upper wrapper and lower wrappers. Good copy but spine chipped. Centre fold shows further images of the nursery gardens, the remaining illustrations in back and white show the plants grown and documentary photographs of the processes of growing, their shops, packaging rooms and mail rooms [ very early mail order] show exhibits etc. A history of this firm founded in 1806. Very useful item.