Christopher Helm Timber Press (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 184 pp., index, hardiness maps, ill. with color photos and excellent b&w line drawings by David Henderson. A very useful work presenting creative solutions to maintaining gardens in a number of troubling areas, along with information on selected plants. very good copy in d.j.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback. Large octavo. 151 pp. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations Fine condition in Fine, unclipped dust jacket (now in protective transparent sleeve) . No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket. First North America edition. Kew / Kent / Portland, Oregon: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in association with Christopher Helm and Timber Press, , 1989. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Pages are otherwise crisp, clean and unmarked. Contents: Introduction. 127 pages of text plus 20 color plates amd 16 maps; Hybrids. Alphabetical list of Cultivars. Appendix I: New Taxa. Appendix 2: Dates of publication of Lewisia species and dates of introduction into cultivation in Britain. Appendix 3: Royal Horticulture Society Awards to lewisias. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped gray boards. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Authoritative survey of this attractive genus of mostly alpine plants from western North America beloved particularly by rock gardeners. With [20] color plates, mostly of botanical illustrations by Christabel King, and distribution maps.". First North America edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 151pp. + 20 color plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator). …

148 p., illustrated. Paperback. Cover with signs of use. Unfortunately, deliveries to the USA are not possible at this time.

Condition: Very Good. 1988. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking DJ, cloth covers, tanned pages, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fine book in fresh clean deep plum cloth covers with bright silver gilt titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; copiously illustrated in colour and b/w. The dust jacket is very good+; price clipped; light sunning to spine. A book in the 'Rock Gardener's Library' series.…

large format octavo. 162 pp., bibliography, glossary. ill. with excellent color photos and monochrome botanical line drawings. A thorough work for American and European gardeners. very good copy in d.j.

163 pp., index, appendices, ill. with color photos and b&w line drawings. The best work on the subject to date. very good copy in d.j.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4", 151 pages, 20 colour plates, 16 maps, black and white illustrations, hybrids, cultivars, appendices, bibliography. A valuable addition to the libraries of botanists, alpine gardeners and plantsmen. Hb in price-clipped dw, otherwise fine. King, Christabel (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 1988. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking DJ, cloth covers, tanned pages, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. dj. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover. First North American edition, first printing. Illustrations by Mary Grierson and Judith Gauden (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Mild toning to pages, and light shelving to jacket edges. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition, reprinted. Little used. No inscriptions. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint edition. A comprehensive monograph of hardy Geraniums (not including Pelargonium) with keys, descriptions, collection details and cultivation notes. It includes full details of garden hybrids, with an appendix of interspecific hybrids. In addition to text illustrations there are 44 colour photographs. 192 pp. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.…

Hardcover. Condition: F/F/F. y First Edition. HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1988* Publisher: Timber Press, Helm. * Binding and cover condition: Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. price clipped by publisher and now showing publisher?s own shelf price label at £19.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: 8 colour plates & 32 b/w illustrations.* Pages: 136 pp. text. xvi pp. glossary, appendices & index at rear.* Description: The wealth of variety of shrub in the species of Hebes is looked at in this book including the closely related Parahebes and Chionohebes, viewing them in context of the range of flora of their native New Zealand. Expert advice is given on their cultivation and propagation and there is a section recommending varieties and species for different purposes. They can be used in mixed and shrub borders, rock gardens, for landscape work and even as house or conservatory plants.* A FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with NO VISIBLE FAULTS. *.…

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Owner's bookplate, otherwise as new. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Jacket price-clipped. Owner's signature. x, 149 pp. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.151 with 20 colour photos., line drawings and dist. maps. 8vo. Small owner's label. Some spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. A comprehensive book written for the enthusiast of rock-garden and alpine plants.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Mathew, Brian. The genus lewisia / illustrations by Christabel King. Bromley: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in association with Christopher Helm and Timber Press, 1989. A Kew Magazine Monograph. Hardback, VG, in price-clipped dustjacket with light shelfwear. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong and tight. Gift inscription to ffep. 151pp., colour photographs, plates and b/w illustrations. Contents clean and bright. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. We do not use AI and all images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Christabel King (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers grey cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Signed by Brian Mathew on the title page. ISBN: 0747022178 Pages: 151 Fine in fine dust jacket. Signedes. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. London/ Portland, Christopher Helm/ Timber Press, 1991. Octavo; papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Kew, The Royal Botanic Gardens, in association with Christopher Helm and Timber Press, Portland, 1989. Octavo; papered boards slightly discoloured; an excellent copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper. A Kew Magazine Monograph.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. London and Portland, Christopher Helm and Timber Press, 1990. Small quarto; papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. First English language edition.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.151 with col. photos. & illus., line drawings and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Title page signed by the author, Brian Mathew. A comprehensive book written for the enthusiast of rock-garden and alpine plants. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes. Quarto, 450 pages, index, illustrated. These are heavy books and the postage will be more than the default price given on ABE. Please contact me for a quote.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Kew, The Royal Botanic Gardens, in association with Christopher Helm and Timber Press, 1988. Octavo, 147 pages with 11 maps and numerous illustrations plus 12 colour plates by Mary Grierson and Judith Gauden. Papered boards a little discoloured at the edges; minimal foxing to the top edge and endpapers; an excellent copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper. A Kew Magazine Monograph.…

8vo [24 x 18 cm]; x, 150 pp, 43 color and 23 black & white illus., bibliog, list of genera, glossary, index. original cloth, dj (price clipped, slightly used), else fine and clean. A useful well-illustrated book covering all aspects including how to grow, propagation, biology, origin, ecology and listing numerous varieties of Bromelioideae, Pitcairnioideae and Tillandioidea (Tillandsia) and lesser known genera. A picture of this book is available on request.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A smart US edition of this illustrated botanical work from The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A Kew Magazine Monograph. Illustrated with twelve colour plates. Collated complete. A detailed work on the established species of the Genus Cyclamen, native to parts of Europe and Western Asia as well as North Africa, belonging to the primrose family. Exploring the cultivation and management of these plants for the specialist gardener. Written by Christopher Grey-Wilson, an English botanist, writer, and magazine editor who was a botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for twenty-two years. Illustrated by Mary Anderson Grierson, a Welsh-born Scottish botanical artist and illustrator, and Judith Gauden, a British botanical illustrator. In the original grey cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. Mary Grierson; Judith Gauden (illustrator). book. …

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd edition. Scarcely used. No inscriptions. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.