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Richard Jefferies - His life and Work

by Thomas, Edward

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London: Hutchinson & Co. First edition [1909]. Portrait frontispiece (foxed), 12mo, pp 352, a little age-toned internally, red cloth slightly worn & faded, the spine more faded. [A newspaper cutting announcing Thomas' death in action is pasted to the front endpaper.] {or Edward Thomas, Richard Jefferies (1848-87) was more than a nature writer: he was a guiding spirit… Read more about this item
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Merry Hall

by Nichols, Beverley

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1955
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. Fourth impression. Octavo, pp 317, with decorations by William McLaren, very slightly worn internally, yellow and pink cloth, in a slightly worn and frayed dustwrapper which has small pieces missing at the corners and a 12mm piece missing fron the head of the spine.. Cloth. Good/A little worn and frayed. Illus. by William McLaren.
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Gardens of a Golden Afternoon - the story of a partnership : Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll

Gardens of a Golden Afternoon - the story of a partnership : Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll

by Brown, Jane

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1982
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9780713914405
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London: Allen Lane, 1982. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 208, a faint indentation to the half-title and title page otherwise very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, a bright copy in a dustwrapper with just slight signs of use. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.
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John Raven, by his friends

John Raven, by his friends

by Lipscomb, John & David, R.W. (editors)

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Published
1981
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9780950734507
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Faith Raven, Docwra's Manor: Privately published, 1981. With five illustrations, octavo, pp x, 96, top edge foxed, a good copy in a slightly age-toned dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn.
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Remembrance - an autobiography
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Remembrance - an autobiography

by Massingham, H.J.

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1941
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London & Malvern Wells: B.T. Batsford, 1941. First edition. Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 152, slight foxing to the fore-edge, otherwise very clean internally, cream cloth very slightly marked, endpapers very slightly marked, an owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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William Kent, Landscape Garden Designer - an assessment and catalogue of his designs

William Kent, Landscape Garden Designer - an assessment and catalogue of his designs

by Hunt, John Dixon

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1987
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London: Zwemmer, 1987. Well illustrated, lge horizontal quarto, pp 176, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.
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John Clare - a Life

John Clare - a Life

by Tibble, J.W. & Anne

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1932
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London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1932. Five illustrations, octavo, pp 468, scattered foxing, cloth slightly faded, a good copy. [Esther Meynell's copy with her signature, and a long manuscript quote on the rear endpaper.] . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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John Clare - a Life

John Clare - a Life

by Tibble, J.W. & Anne

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1932
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London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1932. Five illustrations, octavo, pp 468, cloth faded and slightly worn, a slight tear at the spine head, a clean duplicate from Epsom College Library with bookplate and stamp on the front endpaper, and stamps on the top, bottom and fore-edges. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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John Clare - a Life

John Clare - a Life

by Tibble, J.W. & Anne

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1932
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London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1932. Five illustrations, octavo, pp 468, slightly used internally, cloth faded and slightly bowed, the spine slightly marked. [With the armorial bookplate and signature of Philip Langton-Lockton]. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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Huntia.  Volume 4 number 3, Volume 5 numbers  1 & 2, Vol ume 6 number 2.
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Huntia. Volume 4 number 3, Volume 5 numbers 1 & 2, Vol ume 6 number 2.

by Kiger, Robert; Brindle, John V. & Bridson, Gavin D.R. (editors)

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1982
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Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1982. 1982 - 1986., A few illustrations, large slender octavo, paperback, very good copies. Includes two copies of the last number. [One issue is completely devoted to Stieber's "Register of Plant Collectors' Field Notes Held in North American institutions. Also included are Woodger's biography of Wilson Popenoe with an inventory of his papers;… Read more about this item
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The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare. A thesis for Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southampton
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The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare. A thesis for Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southampton

by Grainger, Margaret

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Published
1980
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Southampton, 1980. Two volumes, thick quarto, pp [16], xlix, 701, printed on one side only throughout, very clean internally, paper covers with cloth spines, one lower cover with a tear, otherwise very good. Extremely heavy - extra postage may be needed.. First Edition thus. Paperback. Very Good.
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Adrian Hardy Haworth, 1768 - 1833 : botanist, entomologist and gardener: his life and publications.

Adrian Hardy Haworth, 1768 - 1833 : botanist, entomologist and gardener: his life and publications.

by Stearn, William T.

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1965
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Gregg Press, 1965. Portrait frontispiece, small slim octavo, pp 80, paperback, a very faint tiny dimple on the upper cover and first few pages, otherwise a very good copy, paperback in plain unlettered covers. SCARCE. [This is a seperate offprint from the rare five-volume Gregg Press reprint of the collected works. This little publication includes an account of Haworth's… Read more about this item
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The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare
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The Natural History Prose Writings of John Clare

by Grainger, Margaret

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1983
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9780198185178
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. Illustrated with seven plates and five maps, pp lxii, 397, octavo, very clean internally, black cloth stretched a little and very slightly faded, in a slightly worn dustwrapper. [From the library of the Cambridge botanist David Coombe, with various manuscript notes inserted.] … Read more about this item
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Clare - the Critical Heritage (Richard Fitter's copy)

Clare - the Critical Heritage (Richard Fitter's copy)

by Storey, Mark (editor)

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1973
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9780710073891
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London & Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. Not illustrated, octavo, pp xviii, 452, top edge a little foxed, the endpapers and the foldover flaps of the dustwrapper are slightly foxed, otherwise exceptionally clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is price-clipped. [From the library of the naturalist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]… Read more about this item
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William Curtis, 1746 - 1799, Fellow of the Linnean Society, botanist & entomologist;  with some notes on his son-in-law Samuel Curtis, F.L.S.

William Curtis, 1746 - 1799, Fellow of the Linnean Society, botanist & entomologist; with some notes on his son-in-law Samuel Curtis, F.L.S.

by Curtis, W. Hugh

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Published
1941
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Winchester: Warren & Son Ltd, 1941. Illustrated, octavo, pp xviii, 142, edges untrimmed, a folding genealogical chart, very clean internally, cloth very slightly worn, but really a very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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Lugard: The Years of Adventure 1858-1898. The First Part of the Life of Frederick Dealtry Lugard, Later Lord Lugard of Abinger
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Lugard: The Years of Adventure 1858-1898. The First Part of the Life of Frederick Dealtry Lugard, Later Lord Lugard of Abinger

by Perham, Margery

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1956
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London: Collins, 1956. illustrated, thick octavo, pp xvi, 750, a slight blemish to the corner of the frontispiece, otherwise a very clean ex-library copy with a tiny number on the verso of the title page, and the usual labels oin the front endpaper; stoutly bound in blue library cloth with a shelf letter on the spine, slightly rubbed and… Read more about this item
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker - Traveller and Plant Collector

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker - Traveller and Plant Collector

by Desmond, Ray & Hepper, F. Nigel

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Published
1999
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9781851493050
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Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 286, green cloth, a very good copy in a dustwrapper showing the very slightest signs of wear. . [Sir Joseph Hooker is remembered as an eminent Victorian botanist and one of Charles Darwin's closest collaborators. Many gardeners and lovers of rhododendrons know of his plant collecting expedition in the Himalayas,… Read more about this item
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A Century of Kew Plantsmen - a Celebration of the Kew Guild [Signed copy]

A Century of Kew Plantsmen - a Celebration of the Kew Guild [Signed copy]

by Desmond, Ray & Hepper, F. Nigel

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Published
1993
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Hardcover
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9780950414911
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The Kew Guild, 1993. Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 188, a very good copy in a dustwrapper with the very slightest signs of use. [Signed by both authors on the title page.] . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.
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The Journal of Beatrix Potter, from 1881 to 1897, transcribed from her code writing

The Journal of Beatrix Potter, from 1881 to 1897, transcribed from her code writing

by Linder, Leslie (transcriber); H.L. Cox (appreciation)

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Published
1966
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London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1966. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xxx, 448, very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, the spine has a gentle crease. [From the library of Alan Roger of Dundonnell house and garden, with his signature on the front endpaper.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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The Life of John Clare

The Life of John Clare

by Martin, Frederick

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1964
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London: Frank Cass & Co., 1964. Second edition, with introduction and notes by Eric Robinson and Geoffrey Summerfield. Illustrated with ten plates and two maps, octavo, pp xxxii, 319, very clean internally, blue cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is marked on the lower cover and slightly worn and torn. . Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and torn.
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