William Thompson Esq. The Walton Grange Gardens Stone Staffordshire 1898

22pp, 6 colour litho plates. Tall 4to. Lettered wrappers. Warappers a little worn. Staples slightly rusted else good. Sale conduced by Potheroe & Morris, Horticultural Auctioneers and Valuers. May 11th and 12th 1898. Lewis Castle, in his book on "Orchids, Their structure, history and culture" lists Thompson in his inventory of the principal amateur ochardists in Britain 1886. One or two red ink notes on prices on the first illustration.

Cambridge Mass. and London Yale University Press, Paul Mellon Studies for British Art

440pp, 300 colour and 100 b/w plates.Winner of the 2013 David R. Coffin Publication Grant, given by the Foundation for Landscape Studies. Inspired by the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White, who viewed natural history as the common study of cultural and natural communities. Mark Laird is a historic landscape consultant and garden conservator and teaches landscape history at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.

Chichester, Phillimore 1990

262pp illustrated with b/w plates. Fine in dust wrapper. Readable account of the estate and mansion drawing on contemporary accounts and archival material. Extensive material on the work of the Bridgewater - the Canal Duke - with a chapter on the gardens and park including details of the work of Repton. Brown is responsible for the "golden valley" at Ashridge, made in a narrow dry valley edged with curving woodland at its edges. Useful overview on the history of the estate.

London E. Lloyd and Son 1829

Second edition revised. Volume I, xilvii + 333 pages Volume 2 viii + 423pp + full index. Quarter calf, marbled boards. Missing title label on volume 1. Tooled spines. Henry Phillips (1775?-1838) was both a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, and the Linnaean Society. Popular writer on horticulture.

St Louis and University of Missouri Press 1986

304pp with over 250 b/w photographs, maps and plans throughout. Cloth vg indeed in dw, similar with very light shelf-wear in protective glassine. Founded in the 1870s, the park was the site of the 1904 World's Fair, and played host to festivals and concerts throughout the 20th century. This is a beautifully illustrated account of its history, showing how this important civic landscape has been shaped by time and the needs of the city, combining conservation and innovation. Dedication copy signed by both authors.

London Ernest Benn Ltd 1927

248 pp., beautifullly illustrated with b/w photographs and plans. Large 4to. Open weave cloth spine with paste down label, blue sugar paper covered boards. Very good copy. Massive study on the principles of garden design with useful material on Versailles and André le Nôtre, Italian gardens and the English style. Hard to find in this edition.

Glasgow Garden Festival 1988

160pp illus with colour and b/w plates and including period ads. 4to. Decorated wrappers featuring Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. Key source for the pavilions, gardens, outdoor sculpture and spaces. Loosely inserted press releases and photocopies relating to the event. Loosely inserted are two copies of one leaflet advertising the Gateshead festival to be held in 1990.

Milano Electa 1988

360pp illus with b/w and colour plates with illustrations drawn also from period maps and plans. Square 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. With nice slipcase. Individual contributors, each an expert in their field docujment individual gardens in the area. Superbly produced book. Text in Italian.

London, Thames and Hudson 2006

192pp with colour illustrations throughout. Cloth in d/w, new copy, still in plastic wrapping. A survey of modern Brazilian garden design, divided into chapters on water features, planting features, abstraction features and sculpture features, each showcasing the work of a number of designers. Lovely illustrations. In print at 29.95.

8pp illustrated with b/w plates. Pencil prices given for some lots which made up the small estate. Large colour fold out plan at the end showing the extent of the estate for sale at the time

Journal of Garden History Volume 8 no 2 and 3 1989

Special double issue edited by Joh Dixon Hunt. Parallel texts in English and Dutch. 16pp colour plates + 100s of b/w plates. Long 4to. Decorated wrappers. Produced in association with the major exhibition on gardens of these period hosted by Christies and also held at Het Loo.

London B T Batsford (1900) Revised fourth edition 1912

x + 404+ pp. index, with 432 figures including more than 400 b&w plates (from photos, plans and drawings of gardens), also including 5 full page colour plates from watercolours by E.A. Rowe and E.A. Chadwick; photographic end-papers' Folio. Green gilt decorated cloth. lCoth slightly browned on spine else a very good copy indeed. A desirable edition recording the projects and setting out the principles of landscape design as interpreted by one of the most influential garden designers of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Dedication copy from Thomas Mawson to his pupil J. Grant Brown signed and dated Thomas Mawson 24th December 1912.

London The Architectural Press 1973

136pp illustrated with b/w photographs. small 4to cloth boards in illustrated dust wrapper, chipped at the top edge, preserved in plastic sleeve. Pioneering book, looks at the changing nature + scale of the urban garden due to the scarcity + increasing expense of urban space. Includes sections on courtyards, the outdoor room, entrances/pathways, roofs etc.

Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press 1988 (1975)

216pp illustrated in b/w. Wraps, lightly creased, else good. Applies Kevin Lynch's 'perceptual analysis' of urban space to the rural landscape, exploring how people move through it and identify with landmarks etc. In the second section of the book he explores the implications of this for the historically layered Japanese landscape. Translated by Charles Terry. From the library of the Landscape Design Trust, with small stamp on fep.

Edinburgh & London William Blackwood 1893

136pp with some text ills as line drawings, 24pp catalogue of books on rural affairs. Green gilt lettered cloth with rabbit in gilt on upper board. Very good. On how to set up a warren for commercial ends, the book represents a revival in estate management of breeding rabbits for commercial purposes. Fascinating period item for those interested in the history of estate management and landscape design of large parkland landscapes as well as those closely interested in the rabbit.