Leighton Mackenzie (4 results)

Condition: Good. shelf wear, paperback Used - Good 2022 All purchases support Project HOME - ending homelessness in Philadelphia.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Leighton, John (illustrator). New edition. Heavy wear to spine with loss to top and tail, cover split at spine edge, staining to covers, fray to edges, corners rubbed to card, foxing to 1st and last page gatherings. ; Text block mainly clean, binding firm. ; Engraving; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; viii, 252pp. pages; Dedication to Ellen Beaumont in ink on ffep reverse dated 1883. Decorative monochrome borders, ribbed cloth (originally white) with gilt lettering to spine, gilt borders with blue arabesques to covers, bevelled boards, all edges gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st US edition, 1st printing ; 168 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm ; ISBN: 0316101095; 9780316101097 LCCN: 89-45828 ; LC: SB473; Dewey: 712/.6 ; OCLC: 21343686 ; beige cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Planning and designing -- The Use of the garden -- Design limitations -- Garden style -- Creating the framework -- The Gardens -- The Plants -- Trees and shrubs -- Hedges -- Climbing plants -- Plants for beds and containers ; designers: Mackenzie Bell, Gilles Clement, Duane Paul, Ryan Gainey, Albert Glucina, Isabelle Green, Perry Guillot, Bertil Hansson, Madame Ulrike Klages, Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Camille Muller, Piet Oudolf, Nagao Sakurai, Richard Tan, Thomasina Tarling, Klaud Wettergren, jjosephine Zeitlin, Andre van Wassenhove ; "Caroline Boisset is an experienced horticulturist with a special interest in the history and design of gardens in towns and cities. Formerly assistant editor of The Garden, the journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, and of The Plantsman, she has co-edited an anthology of garden writing, Leaves fromt he Garden, and is author of the acclaimed Vertical Gardening" ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Leighton, Clare (illustrator). First Edition. 56 Pages. Features: Cover photo of FDR and Molotov; One-page color ad for Commercial Travelers insurance; Nice one-page ad for Harriet Hubbard Ayer's Luxuria products; First-Hand Report on the German Soldier - photo-illustrated article by correspondent who questioned German prisoners fresh from the front; Photos of the "Big Three" meeting at Yalta between Stalin, FDR and Churchill; Poland - Country of the Missing - article and depressing photos; "People Must Speak to People' - article on freedom of communication to prevent misunderstandings; Notes of War Nurse Lt. Doris Schwartz - photo-illustrated article; Photo-illustrated article on France and how it must cleanse the faults which led to her betrayal by some of her citizens; Bold color one-page Celanese ad features red chain; Porto Rico Line ad; The House Washington Loved; Lovely color-photo one-page fashion ad for Tegra Labtex fabric; How Long Should a Movie Be?; Photo-illustrated article on Congressional freshmen Emily Taft Douglas and Helen Gahagan Douglas, "The Douglas Girls"; Coty has sponsored a classy one page announcement of the American Fashion Critics' Award for 1944; The Bull Cook - wonderful article on this camp job; Article on Black Market in Babies; San Benito Champagne ad; Nice one-page ad for Thor washing machines; West Point goes in for skiing - article with photos; Rinso ad features the Dietz twins, Merrie and Eiileen, of Flushing, Long Island; Meatless recipes; Parent and Child - Freedom from Prejudice against those of other races; Two pages of lovely fashion photos for spring; Nice one-page color-photo ad forDuo-Byrds reversible raincoats; Nice one-page ad for Shalimar; Nice color ad on back cover for Decca Records features Bing Crosby. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue.