Thomas Graham Stuart Ed (6 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint edition of the 1956 original. 182 pages, index, black and white photographs. Green cloth boards, marbled endpapers. The jacket has light edge wear, small pen point sized hole on the lower front panel, not clipped. Binding is firm, text clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Near Fine. First American Edition; First Printing. Brownish green covers with gilt lettering on spine. Some sunning on bottom edge. Also, it appears that at some time part of the dustjacket was pasted to the front and rear pastedowns since parts of the surface have been scarred. The jacket itself is unaffected. Finally, there is a light, earthy odor from storage. The jacket appears to be almost pristine. Overall, at first glance this book and jacket seem near fine. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 192 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Boston: David R. Godine, 1985. 192pp. ills., photos. Individual chapters by well-known gardeners discuss the planning and specific elements of period gardens; history; design; lawns; plant selection; topiaries; kitchen gardens; water features; gates, walls and boundaries; paths and steps: ornaments; furniture: buildings: creating period mood. Former owner's blindstamp on front end sheet. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Royal octavo in grey color-illus jacket; xxiii, 286 pages, 35 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 23 cm. " "Wood and Garden is Gertrude Jekyll's warm and vigorous description of her work throughout the garden year." ? Publisher Contents: Introductory -- January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December -- Large and small gardens -- Beginning and learning -- The flower-border and pergola -- The primrose garden -- Colours of flowers -- The scents of the gardens -- The worship of false gods -- Novelty and variety -- Weeds and pests -- The bedding fashion and its influence -- Masters and men. Flower gardening. Landscape gardening -- England. Flower gardening -- England. Gardens -- Design. Floriculture. Jardins -- Architecture. Floriculture. Jardins -- Architecture -- Angleterre. Floriculture -- Angleterre. landscape gardening. floriculture. Gardens -- Design Floriculture Flower gardening Landscape gardening: England Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932. Fine in near fine jacket in archival mylar.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A highly illustrated two volume set of works on gardening and horticulture. A lovely two volume set of gardening.Including:(1990) By Pen & By Spade: An Anthology of Garden Writing from HortusEdited by David Wheeler. With a foreword by Sir Roy Strong. The first edition. In publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated in text throughout. With sections from a variety of authors such as 'gardens in fiction', 'a glance at Chinese gardens' and 'daisy chains'.(1998) Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood: Writing, Horticulture, Photography, HomebuildingBy Judith B. Tankard and Martin A. Wood, with a foreword by Graham Stuart Thomas. A later edition, first published in 1996. In the original hardback binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 5 double sided coloured plates, and in text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. A work on Gertrude Jekyll, a Britishhorticulturist,garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist who created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1000 articles for magazines. In publisher's original cloth and hardback bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrappers are very smart, with just minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…