Search Results: Garden History from Mike Park Ltd

Brooklyn, New York: The Women's Auxiliary, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1937. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a reproduction of the original title page, small octavo, pp (36), 148, (12), edges untrimmed, endpapers slightly age-toned otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth slightly faded, a leather title label on the spine [slightly rubbed). [A new printing rather than a facsimile, but using an elegant type-face and designed by Richard Ellis, printed at The Haddon Craftsmen, Camden, New Jersey in an edition of 1000 copies.]. First Edition thus. Cloth. Very Good.

Gregg Press, 1965. Portrait frontispiece, small slim octavo, pp 80, paperback, a very good copy, paperback in plain unlettered covers. SCARCE. [This is a seperate offprint from the rare five-volume Gregg Press reprint of the collected works. This little publication includes an account of Haworth's correspondence, some contemporary obituary notices, an appraisal of Haworth's cultivation of Mesembryanthemaceae, and a facsimile reprint of his first publication "Essay on the Rhus toxicodendron".]. Paperback. Very Good.

Gregg Press, 1965. Portrait frontispiece, small slim octavo, pp 80, paperback, a very faint tiny dimple on the upper cover and first few pages, otherwise a very good copy, paperback in plain unlettered covers. SCARCE. [This is a seperate offprint from the rare five-volume Gregg Press reprint of the collected works. This little publication includes an account of Haworth's correspondence, some contemporary obituary notices, an appraisal of Haworth's cultivation of Mesembryanthemaceae, and a facsimile reprint of his first publication "Essay on the Rhus toxicodendron".]. Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Harper Collins, 2011. Illustrated, thick square octavo, pp xviii, 439, there is a bruised damage to the top of the spine which affects both the cloth and the dustwrapper, otherwise this is a very good copy. [Garden designer and historian Wade Graham offers a unique vision of the story of America in this riveting exploration of the nation’s gardens and the visionaries behind them, from Thomas Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to Michelle Obama’s vegetable garden, Fredrick Law Olmsted’s expansive Central Park to Martha Stewart’s how-to landscaping guides. In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky, Simon Schama, and Michael Pollan, Graham delivers a sweeping social history that examines the American nation’s history from an overlooked vantage point, illuminating anew the living drama of American self-creation.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good.

Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1977. Illustrated, large horizontal octavo, pp 155, green cloth, a very good copy. [Muskau Park is a landscape park in the Upper Lusatia region of Germany and Poland. It is the largest and one of the most famous English gardens in Central Europe, stretching along both sides of the German-Polish border on the Lusatian Neisse. The park was laid out from 1815 onwards at the behest of Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785-1871), centered on his Schloss Muskau residence. The park covers 3.5 square kilometers (1.4 sq mi) of land in Poland and 2.1 km2 (0.81 sq mi) in Germany. It extends on both sides of the Neisse, which constitutes the border between the countries. The 17.9 km2 (6.9 sq mi) buffer zone around the park encompassed the German town Bad Muskau in the West and Leknica in the East. While Muskau Castle is situated west of the river, the heart of the park is the partially wooded raised areas on the east bank called The Park on Terraces. In 2003 a… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers, 1962. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 176, slightly age-toned, fore-edge a little foxed, an old remainder mark on the bottom edge, the title page a little more foxed and slightly marked in the gutter margin, cream cloth very slightly aged, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but is chipped, creased and frayed, with a piece missing from the top of the upper cover. [Andre Le Notre (12 March 1613 – 15 September 1700), originally rendered as Andre Le Nostre, was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France. Most notably, he was the landscape architect who designed the park of the Palace of Versailles, and his work represents the height of the French formal garden style, or jardin a la française. Prior to working on Versailles, Le Notre collaborated with Louis Le Vau and Charles Le Brun on the park at Vaux-le-Vicomte. His other works include the design of gardens and parks at Chantilly, Fontainebleau, Saint-Cloud and… Read More

Stroud, Gloucestershire.: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2000. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xiv, 210, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper which is slightly faded around the spine. [The scarce hardback edition]. [Fred Whitsey's copy with his bookplate. He was the gardening correspondent of the Sunday and Daily Telegraph for a total of 45 years. A quiet unassuming man, a pacifist, a notable amateur violin player and a great gardener.] . Cloth. Very Good/Slightly rubbed.

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1974. Illustrated, small octavo, pp 93, paperback, a very good copy. [Postage will be reduced].. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Leningrad: Editions d'Art Aurora, 1984. French text. Very well illustrated, tall quarto, pp 148, very clean internally, grey cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is a little worn and frayed with two internal sellotape repairs. [Arkhangelskoye is a historical estate in Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located around 20 km to the west of Moscow and 2 km southwest of Krasnogorsk. From 1703 to 1810, Arkhangelskoye belonged to the Golitsyns. In 1810, Prince Nikolai Yusupov bought the estate, which stayed in the Yusupov family until the Russian Revolution. In 1917, the Yusupovs' property was nationalized by the Bolsheviks. Today, Arkhangelskoye is a state museum. The estate is built in a neoclassical style by Jacob Guerne, with the prominent palace facing the Moscow river and a regular terraced park decorated with many antique statues. Other structures of note include a small palace named the Caprice, monuments to Catherine the Great and Alexander Pushkin and an 18th-century… Read More

Norwood; Stationers' Hall Court, London: The Author; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd Quarto, illustrated with 22 plates, pp (4], 116, deckle-edged, top edge gilt, endpapers a bit foxed and age-toned, the ten sepia plates are foxed on their versos but the plates thenselves show only very faint traces, the blank pages facing the plates have a little offsetting, there is a marginal tear to the plate facing page 37, green cloth slightly scuffed, the corners rubbed, the spine slightly pulled at head and tail. Overall though still a very presentable copy. SCARCE. {The book contains 22 leaves of plates. Ten of these are etched views of gardens or features of garden scenery, one of them named as a view of Keszthely. The other ten are lithographed plans, two (facing each other between pp. 54 and 55) uncoloured, and eight (including two double-page spreads mounted on stubs) with beige and green tint. Among these are plans of the Buxton Pavilion grounds, Stoke Cemetery, Keszthely, and… Read More

New York: F.W. Dodge Corporation, 1956. Illustrated, large octavo, pp 278, slightly used internally, bound in a later library green cloth, slightly worn. [With the neat owner's stamp of the botanist Ralph Earl Ecklund. the blindstamp of Andrew Collier Durham - possibly the architect ? - and the blindstamp of the University of Delaware]. A good working copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair.

London: Pavilion Books Ltd, 1997. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 208, very clean internally, red cloth, the bottom edge slightly shelf-rubbed, the upper corners slightly bruised, otherwise a very good copy in a similar dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Garden Art Press, 2009. Very well illustrated, large 8vo, pp 174, a very good NEW copy, in dustwrapper, and still in the publisher's shrink-wrap. [Originally published at £19.95, but now very scarce.]. {This delightful book presents the history and development of the Auricula to both the casual reader and enthusiast. It sets out both traditional and more recent methods of cultivation, how to exhibit the plants, how they are judged, breeding new varieties and how to deal with pests and diseases. More than 200 varieties both old and new are discussed in some detail and numerous coloured illustrations are included. In writing the book, Allan Guest has drawn on over thirty years experience of growing, showing, breeding and judging the plants. Having known and exchanged views with many of the leading personalities of the time, he is able to provide insights into both plants and breeders.}. First Edition. Cloth. New/New.

Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons & Company, 1892. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an allegorical plate and a facsimile letter from Victor Hugo, small octavo, pp xii, 200, (11), rather age-toned but otherwise very clean and tight, original maroon pebble cloth, slightly worn and rubbed. SCARCE. [The title is about as direct as the rest of the book. The ramblings of this "crazy Frenchman at Albany" shed very little light on the actual events of his life but give an incredible sense of the energetic character of Louis Menand. There are exuberant paeans to his wife Adelaide (whom he calls "Phanerogyne," meaning "remarkable woman," who died in 1890. There are rambling thoughts on the various revolutions and republics in France, a scathing appraisal of his arrival in a free land "where slavery was flourishing as carnations," and tales of intrigues at flower exhibitions, all told in the least linear style imaginable. He was the son of a gardener in Burgundy,… Read More

Garden History Society, 1988. Small slim octavo, pp 88, paperback, a slight crease or wrinkle to the upper cover, otherwise a very good copy. Surprisingly scarce. [Of particular value for the dates of introduction, many of which are earlier than those previously published up to that time.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Sagaponack, New York: Sagapress Inc, 1985. Illustrated, large octavo, pp viii, 215, top edge and fore-edge foxed, lower corners damp-wrinkled, the pages generally a little "waved", paperback, the rear cover and the last few pages bruised; still a good usabel working copy. . Paperback. Fair.

Edinburgh, 2009. Well illustrated, large slim 8vo, pp 40, paperback, a very good copy. [The story of the reconstruction of the Victorian fernery in the wonderful Highland garden of Benmore, with much on ferns generally and on the Victorian fern craze.] Postage will be reduced.. First Edition. Paperback. New.

Raynes Park, London: Carters Tested Seeds, 1932. Very well illustrated, octavo, pp 402, very slightly age-toned, blue boards with gilt lettering, the spine a bit worn and beginniung to split at the joints but still firm. [A very comprehensive listing of flowers and vegetable seeds, with a few sundries.]. First Edition thus. Boards. Good.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1974. Very well illustrated, large quarto, pp xxii, 298, very clean internally, green cloth with a very slight bruise to the lower corners, the dustwrapper is very slightly worn. [With the bookplate of the nurseryman Will Ingwersen, and a presentation inscription from Lady Rhoda Birley of Charleston Manor, together with her typed letter, signed.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

New York: Chanticleer Press, for the Garden Club of orange & Dutchess Counties, 1963. Illustrated with three portrait plates, many simple line drawings, quarto, pp 205, very clean internally, hessian cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly worn, and a little frayed along the top edge. VERY SCARCE. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES. [Jane Colden was an American botanist, described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country" by Asa Gray in 1843. Although not acknowledged in contemporary botanical publications, she wrote a number of letters resulting in botanist John Ellis writing to Carl Linnaeus of her work applying the Linnaean system of plant identification to American flora, for which Peter Collinson stated "she deserves to be celebrated". Colden was respected by many prominent botanists including John Bartram, Peter Collinson, Alexander Garden, and Carl Linnaeus. She is most famous for this manuscript, housed in the British Museum, in which she… Read More