The English Rock-Garden.
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1938. Two volumes, 8vo. 102 plates, signature to fly leaves. Original gilt titled cloth, slight rubbing of spine ends otherwise very good. More
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1938. Two volumes, 8vo. 102 plates, signature to fly leaves. Original gilt titled cloth, slight rubbing of spine ends otherwise very good. More
Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1906. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, xxi, (iii), 487, (1); (iv), 598, (2) pp. Portrait frontispieces, some light foxing to endpapers, inscribed from Ferguson on the fly leaf of volume I. Partly unopened in the original buckram, spines slightly dull and rubbed. More
London: Re-printed by Benjamin Pardon, 1863. Second edition. 8vo. viii, 82, 157, (1) pp. Publisher's blindstamped red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. A little light wear to the edges, a few minor marks, a very good copy overall. First published in 1836. More
London: Collins, 1952. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 496 pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, discreet early owner's book label to the foot of the front pastedown, dust jacket, price clipped. 4 colour and 48 black and white plates plus further maps and drawings. Spine and rear panel..... More
Redditch: Henry Milward & Sons. 8vo, 80 pp. Numerous illustrations. Original wrappers, stapled as issued, slightly darkened and with a small tear to the top of the spine. More
Hull: A. Brown & Sons & Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co., 1931-38. 11 volumes, 8vo, including two issues of "Crepis Biennis..." One photographic plate and a folding map, some damp staining to inner margins, this causing significant damage to "The Old Oak Tree". Original wrappers, stapled as issued, these somewhat..... More
London: William Innys, 1715. Fourth edition, 8vo, (xxii), 484 pp. Mild damp staining to the front and rear blanks only, upper hinge slightly cracked but sound. Contemporary panelled calf, spine with recent subtle repairs to joints and ends, red label, a very good copy. "...one of the most original physicians..... More
Washington, 1883. First edition, 4to, (xii), 144 pp. 54 plates. Original cloth, spine ends and corners worn, some marks. More
London: Collins, 1955. First edition. 8vo. (xx), 266, (2) pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 32 coloured and 24 black and white plates plus 12 maps. A hint of wear at the foot of the jacket spine, two short and almost imperceptible..... More
London: Bloomsbury, (2015). 8vo, (xvi), 349, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, owner's inscription to half title. Paperback, one corner bumped. More
(New York): Harry N. Abrams, (1999). First edition, 4to, 448 pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Cloth, d.w., faint browning to spine. More
London: Richard Groombridge, 1843. Two volumes bound in one, large 8vo, iv, 308, (v-viii), iv, 412, v-(viii) pp. Black and white illustrations in the text, contemporary inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary dark green half calf, gilt and blind decorated spine with red labels, slight bumping of..... More
London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1949. Second impression. 8vo. 223, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. 24 black and white photographic plates plus numerous illustrations in the text. Edge wear with some small losses to the jacket, the spine of which is tanned and..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition, 8vo, x, (ii), 228 pp. 8 plates. Original gilt titled buckram, spine slightly worn and sunned. More
London: Gerald Howe, 1927. Limited edition, no. 132 of 150 copies on handmade paper, 4to, (iv), xx, 303, (3) pp. Black and white illustrations in the text, bookplate. Original gilt titled pigskin, t.e.g., a few minor marks, slight loss of gilt to the spine. More
London: Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636. Second edition, revised. Folio. (xxxviii), 30, 29-30, 29-1630, [1631-32], (46) pp, bound without the front and rear blanks. Eighteenth century blindstamped reversed calf, spine rebacked to style and the original gilt lettered red label preserved, late 19th century book..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by Neill & Co., 1906. 4to. xiv, 123, (1) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. Some wear to the spine ends, else very good. More
London: Collins, 1954. First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 242 pp. 32 colour and 24 black and white plates. Buckram, d.w., not price clipped, with a small tear to the foot of the lower flap, and faint browning to the spine otherwise a remarkably bright copy. New Naturalist series no. 5... More
London: Printed by E. Cotes, for Henry Eversden, 1665. Sole edition, 8vo, (xxx), 184, (16), 92, (4) pp, lacking the half title, and with two leaves of the preliminaries (imprimatur and advertisement) bound at the end. Engraved coat of arms of the Royal Society, title and subsequent leaf with some..... More
Paris: Méquignon-Marvis, 1832. Three parts, 8vo, 33-64, 81-112 pp. 9 hand coloured plates (3 per part), numbered 4-9 and 13-16, several with some soiling to the outer edge of the margin. Uncut in original printed wrappers, sewn as issued, small hole to one upper wrapper. More
Cambridge University Press, 1933. First edition, 4to, (xvi), 259, (1) pp. 58 coloured and 9 black and white plates. Cloth, slightly marked, d.w., spine browned, very minor loss to extremities and a few marks. More
Northwood: Rawlinsons Library. 8vo, xii, 204, 48 pp. Photographic portraits and numerous advertisements. Original coloured paper wrappers, somewhat browned, slight wear to extremities, particularly outer edge of the upper wrapper. More
(London): William Collins, (2014). First edition, 8vo, (xii), 417, (3) pp. 237 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. New Naturalist series no. 127. More
London: James Nisbet and Co,. 1861. Two volumes, second and first editions respectively, 8vo. 12 and 10 plates, some light foxing, both volumes with signature fairly neatly torn from the fly leaf. Original gilt and blind decorated green cloth, some light marking and rubbing. Freeman and Wertheimer 110 & 136b..... More