London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington in St. Paul's Church-yard, B. Seeley in Buckingham, and T. Hodgkinson at the New Inn at Stowe, 1768

[2], 44 p., vi, [14] leaves of plates , large folding engraved plan as frontispiece. One other large folding plate depicting the front elevation of Stowe and a floor plan. 212x135mm Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked. One folding plan repaired on verso along fold. Very good copy. Views and elevations etched by G.L. Smith after Seeley. Plans of house and garden pavilions drawn by W. Fairchild. Folded plan of grounds etched by John Sebastian Miller.

London B T Batsford 1900

xviii, 224pp, 198 illustrations, including a double-page frontis, 2 indexes, Original green cloth, gilt decorations on spine in the arts and crafts style. Very sl. rubbed on the corners and edges and green cloth a little dull and inner front hing a little cracked else a very good copy of this beautiful book - the first edition of which reveals Mawson's principles in the early part of his career. The book developed through a further four editions and can be used to reveal the development of Mawson's ideas over time. Includes perspectives of gardens by C E Mallows.

University of Pennsylvania Press 1999

448pp with 66 colour and 228 b/w illustrations. Fine, new copy. This is a study of the colourful flowers and blossoming shrubs which adorned the Georgian landscape garden. It focuses on the historical reconstruction of the formal and horticultural characteristics of shrubberies and flowerbeds, but also discusses the transmission of planting lore, and interaction between landscape designer, client, nurseryman, land agent, and gardener in modifying and transforming the geometric layouts of previous generations. Laird offers readers a wealth of visual and literary materials—from contemporary paintings, engravings, poetry, essays, and letters to more prosaic household accounts and nursery bills—to revolutionize our understanding of the English landscape garden as a powerful cultural expression.

Christopher Helm 1988

224pp, 130 b/w ills and 30 colour photographs, Sm 4to. Vg in dw. Produced in association with the tercentenary of the glorious revoluetion. A celebration of the gardens in Britain and Holland at the time. Hard to find.

London The Richards Press Limited 1927

xvi + 368pp. Illustrated with 28 pages of b/w plates and line illustrations. Decorated end papers. Blue gilt decorated cloth. Small quarto. Inner hinges cracked. Slightly rubbed on spine else a very good copy. Excellent account of the life and work of Mawson particularly focusing on his private landscape projects. Scarce. From the office of Prentice Mawson without signatures.

London, Yale University Press 2012

ix + 334pp, illustrated with pictorial endpapers and throughout with coloured and b&w photos. Large 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. Huge study of London Square designs. Traces the history of this key element in the urban form of London, documenting the design trends and designers including Repton and Loudon and other more often associated with the Country estate.

New Haven and London, Yale University Press 2001

xiii +289pp with 253 b/w illustrations, many in colour. Cloth in d/w, very good. A fascinating study, tracing the development of domestic gardening from a necessity to a recreational and aspirational pursuit. The previously overlooked subject of domestic gardens in London compliments recent research into small urban houses.

London Basilisk Press 1976

no 305 0f 515. Folio and oblong 8vo. 4 vols. Limited numbered edition of 515 sets, quarter red morocco gilt over marbled boards, in cloth box, a very good set. A sumptuous facsimile edition, the first published edition thus, of the surviving Red Books; Anthony House, Cornwall; Attingham Park, Shropshire and Sheringham Hall, Norfolk, with an explanatory volume by Edward Mallins containing recent photographs by Eric de Mare. Repton's drawings are meticulously reproduced in collotype and printed on wove paper as close as possible to the original Whatman stock.

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.

London he Hambledon Press 1984

404 pp illustrated with black and white photographs. Boards, Very good dust wrapper. Beresford was highly regarded for his archaeological work, incluidng at Wharram Percy in North Yorkshire. This is a fine set of essays on agrarian history, medieval settlement and urban history.

Taplow, Bucks Published by the firm nd 1951

2pp introduction including long quote from George Sitwell's On Making Gardens + unpaginated section illustrating 74 projects from garden layouts to individual greenhouses. Each project located. 4to. Stapled wrappers with sepia full page landscape illustration on upper wrapper with Humphry Repton quotation.