Gardens & Gardening from Ariadne Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. Norman Thelwell. First edition., 1978. Hardback. 160pp.Dust jacket. Norman Thelwell describes, in words and pictures, how he landscaped a cottage garden, dug a pool, created three small islands, built a stone bridge and a boathouse and found himself living beside a a tiny stretch of water which sustained a lively fish and insect… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1926. Thirteenth impression, 1926. (First published 1899). Hardback. xvi, 286pp. No jacket. 71 illustrations from photographs by the author. Book condition: very good. Very minor bumping to corners and some rubbing/wear to extremities of spine. Internally clean and virtually free of spotting.

London: Country Life Ltd/George Newnes, c1910. Undated but c1910. Second edition (first published 1901). Pale green cloth boards with gilt titles to front and to spine. Hardback. xiv, 178pp. Black & white plates. Book condition: good. Spine discoloured with some discolouration to regions of front and back boards. Some rubbing here and there with some wear to… Read more about this item

Hornchurch: Ian Henry Publications, 1977. First published in 1953 by B. T. Batsford. This edition 1977. Hardback. 194pp. Dust jacket. London always has been a city of gardens: this book traces the history of many of them - some new disappeared, but most still giving pleasure to us all. Forty three illustrations of gardens and gardeners, together with many… Read more about this item

London: David & Charles, 1988. Hardback. Very good/Very Good. David & Charles, London, 1988. Book condition: very good. Minor shelf wear only. Light dust soiling to upper edge of text block. Internally very clean and unmarked. Dust jacket: very good. Slight edge wear and a faded spine. Unclipped. In this celebration of the monastery garden the authors trace… Read more about this item