Gardens from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1952. Octavo. 81 pp; b/w photographs of various items. 411 lots. Wraps. VG, minor toning to covers, one corner creased. Sale no. 1353, Wednesday & Thursday May 28-29, 1952.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: English Universities Press, 1951. Fourth impression. Octavo. 328 pp; 4 color, 9 b/w photos, and numerous line drawings. Bright green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, an unmarked copy with scattered faint foxing on front & rear endpapers & edges of text block; price-clipped jacket with light edgewear, inside of jacket with faint foxing.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London/NY: Country Life/Scribners Sons n.d. Volume Two. Folio. xli + 284 pp; is illustrated by b/w photos by Charles Latham; many of the header illustrations are by Arthur Rackham. Gray pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. VG, . Hard Cover. Very Good.

London/NY: Country Life/Scribners Sons n.d. Volume 1, 3rd edition. Folio. xxiv + 298 pp; the featured estates are illustrated with b/w photographs by Charles Latham; many of the header illustrations are by Arthur Rackham. Green pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. VG, small loss at base of spine, head of spine & corners rubbed, bottom edges of cover lightly rubbed, binding… Read more about this item

Boston: W.A. Wilde Co., 1936. Octavo. 124 pp; illustrated by b/w photographs; appendix on wild flower preservation. Dark blue cloth, no jacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, spine gilt dulled. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: National Trust / George Philip, 1990. First edition. Octavo. 176 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine; a clean, unmarked copy in price-clipped jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Facts on File, 1993. First edition. Octavo. 250 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This is the first popular bibliography of gardening literature. More than 3000 annotated entries describe all types of gardening books, from gardening anthologies and personal narratives to the vast array of how-to titles.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

NY: McGraw Hill, 1954. First edition. Quarto. 96 pp; profuse color & b/w photographs; list of flowering cactus, with common & botanical names, growing range, and best months for flowers. Cloth with dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1959. Octavo. 72 pp; b/w photographs of various items. 311 lots. Stapled wraps. VG, minor soiling to covers. Sale no. 1907, Wednesday & Thursday May 27 and 28, 1958. Lead, wrought & cast iron, sculptured and cast stone, bronze and other ornaments. Japanese granite bronze and other garden ornaments belonging to various owners including New Jersey, New… Read more about this item

Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1971. Second edition. Octavo. 60 pp; numerous photos and illustrations in color and b/w. Paperback. VG/VG minor soiling to covers. Historical data used to restore the gardens of Monticello to its original plan, includes a list of plants grown by Jefferson and a bibliography.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1959. First edition. Octavo. 200 pp; color frontispiece & 48 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket, map on endpapers. Jacket lightly soiled and price clipped. The author tells the stories of the four royal parks that make up "London Green", and attempts to show why each park with its own character, has attracted a particular kind… Read more about this item

NY: American Life Foundation, 1977. Octavo. 274 pp; 55 illus. + 31 plates. Paperback. VG. A reprint of the 1870 edition, entitled: The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small Extent.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: Garden Book Club, 1947. Book Club edition,Twelvemo. 344 pp plus 16 b/w photographs. Green clothwith gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. Good+/Good, an unmarked copy, three sections of toned pp; foxing to some fore edges; jacket has small loss to spine ends, corners lightly chipped, lightly foxed. A useful reference for fruits, vegetables, herbs, roses, lilies, bulbs, water plants, ferns, trees… Read more about this item

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons for The Garden Club of America, 1931. Two volumes, 1931-34. Folio. xxii, 464 pp; xxi, 444 pp; profusely illustrated with hundreds of b/w photographs and plans. Two-tone cloth with gilt-stamped titles. VG. Vol. 1 covers the Northeast and Midwest, Vol. 2 covers the South plus California. A major reference work on landscape architecture--still considered to be… Read more about this item

NY: W. W. Norton, 1984. Square quarto. Unpaginated, color drawings by the author. Green illustrated boards, no dj, as issued. Top & bottom of spine and edges of covers rubbed. A series of paintings of parks and other green spots in London, many relatively unknown.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Cambridge: University Press, 1924. First edition. Oblong 12mo. 79 pp; 61 descriptive labels written by the author, the director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Rebound in orange cloth with original orange printed cover pasted on front cover. VG+, a bright, unmarked copy; original paper cover gently soiled. Originally a paperback, this book was re-bound with heavy orange buckram and… Read more about this item

Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1987. First American edition. Quarto. 223 pp; illustrated with approximately 100 color & b/w; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. Near fine/VG. An A-Z reference book covering all aspects of the rose, from the serious botanical point to the lore and legends.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

P. F. Collier & Sons, 1922. Octavo. 32 pp; color photos. Paperback. VG. Scarce pamphlet from one of the great horticulturists of the early 20th century. A wonderful little guide designed as a "sampler" for the full library of Burbank books published by Collier.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Boston: Le Roy Phillips n.d. c.1910. Twelvemo. Unpaginated; Writings on the subject of gardens by various authors and poets on an assortment of tan and white hand-made laid paper bearing the Ingres and pmf watermarks; 8 color illustrations by Mary G. W. Wilson tipped in on gray laid paper. The pages are cut to various lengths and have assorted edge… Read more about this item

Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1990. Quarto. 196 pp; illustrated with color photographs; appendices; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. This book gives a detailed insight into the development of fuchsias and into today's wide range of cultivars. Includes the systematic presentation of the numerous varieties, and the description of how to cultivate decorative forms.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.