Gardening & Botany

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.

PUBLISHERCassell and Company.
BINDINGDark green cloth boards with gilt lettering and attractive embossed border and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some wear at edges, corners and ends of spine are bumped. Binding secure. Browning and some foxing affecting mostly block edges, outer leaves and margins. Text and images are...

PUBLISHEREyre and Spottiswoode, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONAlthough the boards of each have some wear, they are in good condition for age. Some discolouration and a few foxing spots, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked. Ex library with book...

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.

PUBLISHERThe Macmillan Co. New York and London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and black and white decoration.
BOOK CONDITIONFront hinge is completely split and binding is mostly detached from the spine. First few leaves loose, but present, and others weak. Boards are generally worn and discoloured, commensurate...

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

PUBLISHERA.T, De La Mare Printing and Publishing Company Ltd, New York.
BINDINGQuarter bound blue and cream cloth boards Gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are in  generally worn condition commensurate with age. Scuffing and some fraying at edges and corners, discolouration and mainly small spot marks. Hinges a...

PUBLISHERBradbury, Agnew, & Co. London.
BINDINGHalf bound brown patterned boards with red leather spine and corners. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and the leather is extensively scuffed. Binding feels tight and secure. Leaves are a little browned and discoloured. but printed pages...

PUBLISHERA. T. De La Mare Company, Inc. New York.
BINDINGGreen clothe boards with gilt and green lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONGood for age, some general shelf wear especially to ends of spine. Browning and foxing affecting outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little...

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

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

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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...

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

PUBLISHERFrances Lincoln Limited, London.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONJust a little shelf wear to very edges of boards. Printed pages and images are clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSlight creasing to edges, a few faint scratches to gloss surface. Ottakars bookshop "signed copy" sticker.
EDITION1999.

PUBLISHERWilliams and Norgate, London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards. Sketch maps on endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn with scuffing and some fraying to edges and spine, corners bumped. Some dents and patches of discolouration. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. A little browning and foxing affecting mainly outer...

PUBLISHEROxford University Press.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONA little wear to edges of boards, ends of spine bumped. Otherwise good, Printed pages and images are clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSome creasing to edges and top of spine, which is faded. Faint...

PUBLISHEROffices of "The Studio", London.
BINDINGSoft cover. 
BOOK CONDITIONGeneral wear and tear. Cover creased with some small tears to edges and spine but otherwise intact. Pages show some marks and discolouration due to age, including some foxing and ink marks, although text and images remain clear. Marks from...