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.