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The garden pool
by Perry, Frances
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780715353936
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Youghal, Cork, IRL
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$16.30
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David and Charles, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From the private E library of Gardener Helen Dillon, this is the revised edition of 1971,1st published in 1951 by Francis Perry. The former owners writing is lightly on the front cover, and on inside page, otherwise clean. In very good condition with vg dust jacket.
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Glad Days - Entr'acte - Instrumental Score B. & Co15934
by R.A. Berche
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1912
- Binding
- No Binding
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Bosworth & Co, 1912. No Binding. Good. Glad Days - Entr'acte by R.A. Berche, very rare score in pencil and crayon, some markings B. & Co. 15934 In good condition Item Price
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The Reluctant Gardener
by Ethelind Fearon
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$10.87
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Herbert Jenkins, London,, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5th printing 1955, very good condition with vg dust jacket, small tear on spine, inscribed by owner. Item Price
$10.87
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Everyday Gardening in India
by E. W. Grindal
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1942
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Youghal, Cork, IRL
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$65.21
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D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Rare 1st edition, Very good condition. No dust jacket, very clean. Sturdy strong copy. Inscribed as a gift 3 March 1944. 'To Rosemary With much love from Indumati Princess.' Hints on the planning, preparation and up keep off small gardens in India. Item Price
$65.21
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Chrysanthemums and their Culture (Helen Dillon's copy)
by Edwin Molyneux
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Published
- 1891
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Youghal, Cork, IRL
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$22.82
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E. H. May, London., 1891. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good. Inside cover detached somewhat, original brown gold gilt. 6th edition. Gardener Helen Dillon's copy. A practical treatise on propagating, growing and exhibiting from the cutting to the silver cup. viii, 111pp. illustrated in black and white. Selection of advertisements to the back. Item Price
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The Peat Garden and its Plants (Helen Dillon's copy)
by Evans, Alfred
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780460041133
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Youghal, Cork, IRL
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$32.60
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J M Dent & Sons LTD, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, with dust jacket in good condition, small tear on top front corner. Hardback in very good condition, very clean condition. One of the first books to be entirely to the peat garden. The author was responsible for the expansion and maintenance of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dwarf and Slow Growing Conifers
by Hornibrook, Murray
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780913728017
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- 1
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$35.32
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Theophrastus, 1973. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine condition, Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Second Edition. B/w photos. (Dwarf Conifers, Slow Growing Conifers, Conifers, Trees) Item Price
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MY GARDENS CHOICE (Helen Dillon's Copy)
by STEPHENS, Theo A. & JOHNSON, A.T
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1941
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$38.04
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C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1941. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Published by C. Arthur Pearson, London (1941) 1st ed & 1st Impression. My gardens choice of rock plants, trees and flowering shrubs and herbaceous plants. Containing 24 colour plates and 144 half-tone illustrations from photographs by A. T. Johnson. Binding tight; spine faded, with some foxing on spine With colour… Read more about this item Item Price
$38.04
New gardening encyclopaedia
by Mollie Thompson
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1949
- Binding
- Hardcover
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$10.87
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1949. Hardcover. Good. Good condition of this popular 1940s book, editied by Mollie Thompson. Clean and unmarked.
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Rock & Water Gardens: Their Making & Planting: With Chapters on Wall & Heath Gardening. (Helen Dillon's copy)
by Meyer, F. W.; Cook, E. T.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1910
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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$201.06
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Country Life Library, London., 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition. Inscribed by 'Stella Frost', Christmas 1912', an influential horticulturalist, and well known artist and writer. Gardener Helen Dillon's copy. 725g First edition, hardback, very good condition, some foxing, top corner edges slightly bumped, some light white stains on red cloth hardback. Very study copy of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gardens of Europe
by Hobhouse, Penelope & Patrick Taylor (eds.)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780540012138
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- 1
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G. Philip, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very clean copy. Edited by Penelope Hobhouse & Patrick Taylor. Item Price
$10.87
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The flower garden in England
by Gorer, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780713428582
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- 1
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$5.43
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B. T. Batsford, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In very good condition with VG DJ. With the help of extensive lists of plants culled from contemporary magazines and nurserymen's catalogues, and making use of the published work of the great collectors and hybridists, Richard Gorer has written here the first detailed analysis of the horticultural… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lilies of the World - Their Cultivation and Classification
by Hubert B. Drysdale Woodcock and William Thomas Stearn
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$29.89
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Country Life, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. In a red cloth binding, spine split on one side, otherwise good condition. Gold gilt lettering, sunned spine. Country Life, 1950 431 p. : ill., map. Item Price
$29.89
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The Border in Colour
by T.C. Mansfield
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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William Collins & Co,, London, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Good condition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾", sunned on spine. Inscribed in 1944, some pencil markings. Item Price
$10.87
This Plot Of Earth: A Gardener's Chronicle
by H. J. Massingham
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$27.17
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Collins, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good condition with good condition original Dustjacket, some tears on top corner, top of spine and top back, otherwise intact. Price clipped. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean. Very Good copy from the prolific British writer Harold John Massingham. Item Price
$27.17