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London: "The Feathered World" Part I, 205; Part II, 304, bothwith black and white line drawings, matching dark green cloth with gilt tiles to spine and front cover. Cloth darkened, some browning to eps and bruising of corners. Bookplate of naturalist/anthropologist Desmond Morris on both fpd's. Owner signature on ffep of Part II. No date, c. 1920's.. Hard Cover. Good.… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hardwicke, 1866. xi, 412, plate showing organography of the fern, with numerous woodcuts throughout the text; publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt fern to front cover. Bookplate of naturalist/anthropologist Desmond Morris on fpd, with his autograph name above and what appears to be an examination queestion, also in his hand, in pencil on the… Read more about this item

London: Cecil Palmer, 1932. xxv, 366, frontispiece and many plates taken from old wood cuts and contemporary photographs. Chapters on The Shakespeare Garden, Knotted gardens, the Flowers of Shakespeare (by season). practical suggestions for small and formal gardens on-the Gateway, the Mount, Seats, Rustic Arches, Fountains, the Dove-cote, vases and tubs, the sun-dial, the pleached alley, hedges, potpourri etc. Includes… Read more about this item

London: Constable, 1938. 166, 26 illustrations taken from Victorian publications to accompany essays on The House, The Garden, The interior of the Home, The Family, Dining and Wining, Evenings at Home. Publisher's yellow clot with brown title to spine and front cover. Covers slightly darkened at margins.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾".

Museum of Garden History 40, 5 plates and several other illustrations, introductory text and descriptive catalogue. Covers with slight wear at edges, inked date on title page.. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd, 1927. xv, 198, 33 colour plates, publisher's brown cloth, black titles, owner inscription on ffep, boards a bit grubby. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Good. Illus. by G.A. Wathen, Haldar Joo Walli. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1942. x, 293, 56 ill.-an account of the countries of Central America with particular reference to their agricultural produce. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, Spine slightly faded. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Book.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1896. xii, 44, 49 figs. 2 pages adverts for Sutton's seeds. Preface taken from lectures printed in the Journal of Horticulture for October 31 1895. The main text is a reprint of Sutton's lecture to the Royal Horticultural Society [1896]. Printed card covers inscribed "Reference Library, Countess of Warwick's Technical School", probably either… Read more about this item

Sacramento: State Department of Agriculture, 1941. 491, 343 figs. numerous colour plates after Lena Scott Harris. Orange pictorial boards, hinges weak; an ex-library copy from the US Department of Agriculture Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887. vi, 533, 32 pp publisher's catalogue, publisher's turquoise gilt cloth, chocolate eps. Formerly in The Forest Library Oxford with stamp and cancellation on title page only. Top of spine frayed with some other marks probably from removal of classification details. The work was prepared as a monograph to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee… Read more about this item

S.Paulo: Instituto De Cacao Da Bahia, 1938. 205, 55 figs, folding map. A comprehensive description of cocoa growing and preparation in Bahia with details of history, consumption, cultivation, suitable geology, preparation etc. Utilitarian binding with cloth spine, silver titles. Owner signature on title page. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Near New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.… Read more about this item

Port of Spain, Trinidad: The "Mirror" Office, 1900. vi, 115, publisher's illustrated paper wrappers, errata slip, 7 figs (plus 1); lower part of the spine strip lost, name on front cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Second Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London & New York: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, 1954. vol. 1 part 1, 2nd edition, frontispiece of Baobab tree, viii, folding map, 112 figs. 295 (includes invoice to T.W. Tinsley then of the Cocao Research Institute, Tofo, Gold Coast, with his signature on front cover and owner stamp on half title; vol. 1 part 2 (1958), 2nd… Read more about this item

Stanford: Food Research Institute of Stanford University, 1951. xiii, 497, maps on eps, publishers green cloth, dj with tape marks. One of a group of studies on Food, Agriculture and World War II. Ex-library copy with stamps etc but in good order otherwise. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: The Westminster Gazette Ltd 407 with nearly three hundred and fifty illustrations from original photographs by the author and four plates from photographs in full colour. Dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind stamped titles to front cover, Near fine but for some sun-fading a short tear to head of spine. No inscriptions etc.. Hardcover. Near… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1953. xvi, 421, 53 black and white plates, blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Essays on Persia's relationship with the ancient world,Byzantium, the Arabs, India, etc with chapters on religion, literature, language, carpets, gardens (by Vita-Sackville West}, European knowledge of Persia etc. Newspaper review tipped-in at the back, inscription dated "Baghdad 1953" on ffep. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

London: Country Life and Scribners, 1913. Coloured frontispiece, tissue guard, red and black title page, xvi, 214 pp., 10 pp. adverts. for Country Life books. Green cloth with white titles to front cover and gilt and green titles to spine, green card endpapers. 205 illustrations, mostly black and white photographs, with 25 chapters on dry-walling and rock gardens, stream gardens… Read more about this item