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Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1995. Wraps. Very Good. 4to, 267 pp., color photos. Signed by the author. LIght edge and corner wear to wrappers.

London: Country Life, 1899. Cloth. Very Good/No dust jacket. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9 " - 12" tall. Large 4to. Quarto white cloth with colour printed illustration on cover, similar and coloured lettering to spine, all edges gilt, 610 pp, iv, index, photographic paper throughout. Profusely illustrated from photographs.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1938. Cloth. Good. Small 4to, 225 pp., color frontis., b/w plates throughout. Covers a bit dustsoiled, worn at edges with minor fraying at extremities, small tear at heel of front joint; front hinge tender; name erased from front pastedown; faint top edge dampstain lightly affecting rear endpapers and last few page margins.

London: Nonesuch, 1932. First edition. Paper covered boards. Good/No dust jacket. 8vo. 112pp. Paper covered hardback. "This edition of Evelyn's Directions for the Gardiner, now for the first time published, consists of 625 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press and 175 copies for sale in the United States of America by Random House. It has been designed by Francis Meynell & printed in the types of Fanson on Van Gelder paper by Ernest Ingham at the Fanfare Press. This is number 91.

New York: C.M. Saxton, 1850. Early printing. Illustrated Cloth. Fair/No dust jacket. 8vo., 216pp.,Illus., 25 b&w figures. Cloth hardcover with gold impressing. Exterior (front & rear) damaged by damp stains. 2" split to cloth at bottom of spine. Occasional foxing. 20 pages of publisher's advertising at rear. "Containing Plain and Accurate Descriptions of all the Different Species and Varieties of Culinary Vegetables; With Their Botanical, English, French, and German Names, Alphabetically Arranged, and the Best Mode of cultivating Them, in the Garden or Under Glass; With a Description of Implements and Medicinal Herbs in Gerneral Use. Also, Descriptions and Characters of the Most Select Fruits, Their Management, Propagation, Etc. Illustrated with Twenty-Five Engravings.

Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 1985. First edition. Boards. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo, 210 pp., illus. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped, light edge and corner wear to jacket.

London: John Murray, 1907. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good. 8vo, 176 pp., eight wood-engraved plates. Boards handled, worn at edges and corners, with faint dampstain at heel of rear; spine labels stained and chipped; front hinge starting; page edges tanned, discoloration to endpapers, small amount of foxing to interior.

Boston: Tuttle, 2000. Boards. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Small 4to, 125 pp., color illus. Based on the Sakuteiki by Tachibana no Toshitsuna. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped, gift inscription on front free endpaper. Jacket edgeworn with a couple of small closed tears.

New York: Henry Holt, 1997. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Wide 8vo, 192 pp., color photos throughout. Light edgewear to jacket.

New York: Review of Reviews, 1910. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No dust jacket. 18mo. 218pp. illus. b&w illus. later printing. Red cloth. One of the Stories of the Universe series.

New York: Abrams, 1990. First edition. Cloth. Very Good in Fine DJ. 4to, 136 pp., color throughout. Faint staining to lower portions of boards, not affecting interior; gift inscription, otherwise unmarked, corner of front free endpaper creased.

New York: Abrams, 1990. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. square quarto, 136 pp., index, notes, color photos by John Miller as well as some older photos of the garden being developed. Superbly written and produced work capturing the personality of Sissinghurst and its noted owners. Gift inscription on verso of front flyleaf.

Ascot, UK: Rododendron Society, 1947. Second edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No dust jacket. 860pp. Illus. Neat Gift Inscription at top of front flyleaf. In orginal blue cloth with gold stamping.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Former owner's name and info. in pencil on front flyleaf.

New York: George Robertson, 1832. Second edition. Paper-covered Boards. Good/No dust jacket. 12mo. Original boards, cloth spine, printed cover label. 164pp. Printed spine label wanting, general soiling and running marginal stain, still a a good, sound copy in original state. Second edition, enlarged. The first edition (Brooklyn 1829) is quite a rare book, this second still very rare. This edition contains a new preface, wth interesting information on the horticultural trade. Spine damaged at the front hinge. Photos available.