Gardening & Botany

PUBLISHERThe British Library.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a little wear to edges of boards, slight bumping to corners. Printed pages and images are clear with very few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETA little wear and creasing to very edges. A few faint scratches to gloss surface.

A still very practical and friendly guide to gardening, written in the authors' extremely personal and graceful style.

Vita Sackville-West continues her individual but practical gardening advice. "I set out modestly with the idea of giving some suggestions to the amateur gardener about some unusual plants he might grow... I have written only of plants I know from personal experience. I have tried to cater for all tastes, for the small garden and the not so small, bearing in mind that costs and facilities are not what they used to be."

One of the "Haddon Hall Library" series. A charming guide to gardening,  with practical advice mingled with history and poetry,

Contains 22 short histories of pioneers of soil science. Examining how and why plants grow and methods of improving soil to increase their health and yield. Written shortly after WWII, when the necessity of "digging for victory" made an understanding of how to overcome the difficulties of different soil types especially urgent. Written in a charming and non-academic style accompanied by many light-hearted illustrations.

Beautifully illustrated descriptions of some 45 trees and shrubs mentioned in the Bible, with a short chapter on each. Written by a former Keeper of the Botanic Gardens at Edinburgh, and Professor of Medicine and Botany.

A history of the garden annexed to New Place, owned and occupied by Shakespeare as his success and prosperity grew; and how it has been restored to the date of this volume's publication.

"A cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the Honeybee."

A beautifully illustrated edition of the classic work on the history of botanical illustration, with a newly extended chapter on the twentieth century.

A scholarly and interesting guide to a previously neglected part of British natural history.

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PUBLISHERRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, London.
BINDINGPictorial boards.
BOOK CONDITIONIntact, but in worn condition commensurate with age. The front hinge is partially detached and weak. Otherwise...

A practical gardening guide, with a focus on getting the maximum amount of pleasure from a small garden; whilst conscious of wartime limitations.

A book especially written for country house hostesses... arranged in calendar form to make the most of fresh seasonal produce from the kitchen garden.

A fascinating account of the language and behaviour of bees, written in a charmingly simple style by the German scientist.

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PUBLISHERSimpkin and Co. London.
BINDINGHalf bound leather spine and corners and brown cloth boards. Red title patch and gilt lettering and decoration.
BOOK CONDITIONIn generally...

A charmingly illustrated guide to the lush gardens of the Portuguese island.

Subtitled Practical instructions on the formation, stocking, and management in all seasons, of collections of river animals and plants.

PUBLISHERGerald Howe, London.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, corners bumped. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Some browning, light foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Otherwise printed pages remain largely clear and little marked. Some pencilled notes.