Pp. viii+232, full page colour plus black & white text illustrations, index; small cr. 4to; brown boards, lettered and decorated in yellow, fore-corners of boards very slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn and browned; Peerage Books, London, 1985. Revised edition, third printing. *First published by Oxford University Press in..... More
Pp. viii+296, illustrated throughout in colour and (mainly) black & white (several full page), green floral patterned endpapers; tall cr. 4to; cream papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown; Rigby, Adelaide, 1982. More
Pp. xvi+162, coloured frontispiece, plus 48 Plates (8 coloured), references, index of common names; med. 8vo; khaki cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards a trifle rubbed or bruised, tiny damp stain to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the..... More
Pp. 288, coloured illustrations throughout (some full and double page), printed endpapers, selected sources, further reading, index; med. 4to; green boards, spine gilt, lower fore-corner of lower board bruised and worn; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, fore-corners split; small surface graze to pages 6 and 7; Chapmans, London, 1993. First..... More
Pp. 176, coloured illustrations throughout (some full and double page), coloured pictorial endpapers, index; med. 4to; green boards, spine lettered in silver, dust wrapper; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2007. First edition. More
Photography by Andrew Lawson and Christopher Simon Sykes. Pp. 176, illustrated in colour (some full and double page) and black & white, appendices, index; med. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Cassellpaperbacks, London, 2001 First paperback edition. *First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, in 2000. More
Foreword by HRH Prince Philip. Pp. 160, 20 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette and numerous text illustrations (some double page), endpaper plan, index; narrow cr. 4to; green boards, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Michael..... More
Pp. 185, illustrated in colour throughout (many full page), pictorial endpapers, index; roy. 4to; pictorial boards, spine lettered in white, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the top fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper; name in ink at head of half-title page; Treasure Press, London, n.d.[c.198-?]. *Provides a vivid description of..... More
Pp. viii+134, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white, bibliography; wide post 4to; green boards, spine lettered in white, a couple of tiny bruises to fore-edges of boards; dust wrapper; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1988. First edition. *The authors set out to record as many of Edna Walling's..... More
Edited by Margaret Roach, Design by Richard Ferretti. Pp. [viii]+248, illustrated in colour throughout (some full page), patterned endpapers; suggested reading, index; demy 4to; red boards, spine lettered in white, boards slightly canted; dust wrapper, backstrip faded, laminated surface slightly bubbled; Thames & Hudson, London, 1996. First edition. More
Pp. 32, frontispiece portrait, plus 4 full page illustrations, title page vignette printed in green, text decorations, full page facsimile; small cr. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1973. First trade edition. Yes! Capra Chapbook Series, Number Five. Thomas & Brigham 51b. *Durrell's essay about the Provencale..... More
Pp. 64, 12 full page coloured illustrations, indices; small cr. 4to; yellow boards, spine lettered in white, bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised, tiny indentation to lower board; dust wrapper, front flap a trifle foxed at top edge, tiny impression to back panel; Rigby, Adelaide, 1982. *'The author makes a strong..... More
Pp. xiv+234(last 3 publisher's advertisements), illustrated in colour and black & white, glossary, bibliography, index; impl. 8vo; mauve boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, backstrip and portions of panels faded; a few inked and pencilled annotations; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1996. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+202, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the flaps slightly foxed; bookseller's sticker on verso of upper free endpaper, inked gift inscription (dated 1990) on half-title page; Chatto & Windus, London, 1989. First..... More
Photographs by Tony Cenicola, foreword by Rosemary Verey. Pp. 256(last blank), coloured illustrations throughout (some full page), source information, index; sq. cr. 4to; cerise boards, lettered in white, bottom edges slightly worn; dust wrapper, short split in backstrip; gift inscription on upper pastedown; Macdonald Orbis, London, 1989. First edition. More
Pp. 192, illustrated in colour throughout (several double page), indices; square 4to; black boards, lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; New Holland Publishers, Sydney, 2000. First edition thus. *A collection of the author's weekly columns from The Weekend Australian Review. More
Foreword by Frank M. Bowen, Photographs by Ernest Crowson. Pp. xlvi (with black & white illustrations)+96 (coloured plates)+97-192(The Dictionary, last blank); med. 4to; dark red art. leather, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, lower fore-corner of upper board bumped; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly worn, lightly browned, tape marks on..... More
Know your flower - know yourself. Pp. 148, illustrated in colour throughout, index; square 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed and bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, signs of sticker removal from front panel, the backstrip and front panel faded; security sticker at bottom fore-corner of lower pastedown; The Oracle..... More
Photography by Marianne Majerus, Andrew Butler and Andrew Lawson. Introduction by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. Pp. 240, illustrated in colour throughout (many full or double page), pictorial upper endpapers, lower endpaper plan, plant listing, index; wide demy 4to; dark green papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Weidenfeld..... More
Pp. 106, illustrated in colour and black & white, index; impl. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly scuffed, verso foxed; Ure Smith, Sydney, 1973. First edition. More
Photographs by Andrew Lawson, watercolours by Jean Sturgis. Pp. 216, illustrated in colour throughout, index; sq. cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, verso slightly soiled, bottom edge of lower panel creased and slightly split; gift inscription on upper pastedown; Hodder & Stoughton/Hodder Headline Australia, Melbourne, 1985..... More
Photographs by Hugh Palmer. Pp. 224(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, indices; med. 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges lightly browned; gift inscription on upper pastedown, edges of leaves a trifle browned, a little pencilled marginalia; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London..... More
Pp. [ii](limitation page)+x+304, coloured frontispiece plus 8 half-tone plates from photographs (2 tinted), all with lettered tissue guards, title page vignette, 3 garden plans (2 full page), pictorial head & tailpieces, pictorial endpapers printed in dull gilt, the series title and main title page printed in red & black, index;..... More
Photographs by Simon Griffiths. Pp. x+246, coloured illustrations throughout (some full and double page), coloured illustrated endpapers, index; super roy. 4to; cream boards, lettered in gilt, top and bottom portions of boards faded to white; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; some pencilled annotations and underscoring; Viking, Melbourne, 1997. Fourth printing. More
Pp. 160, coloured illustrations (some full page), suggested reading, index; impl. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faded and lightly scuffed, verso lightly browned; upper endpapers slightly marked, some pencilled and inked annotations; Century, London, 1987. First edition. *'Learning from the great gardeners of today' [wrapper blurb]..... More