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London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 176, a very good copy in dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Woodbridge: Garden Art Press, 1998. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 110, very clean internally, white cloth very slightly age-toned at the edges, the dustwrapper is a little faded and with very slight signs of use and a slight dimple near the spine. Signed by artist on the title page. [The Scots Roses of hedgerows and wild gardens are a characteristic… Read more about this item

Old Bailey & Derby: Bemrose & Sons Ltd Six volumes of this rare series. Each volume has unillustrated text, but is proceeded by pages of advertisements which are illustrated, small square octavo, original printed boards, the contents clean, but the boards rather chipped and frayed; two volumes have detached upper covers. Each volumje has a portrait frontispiece of a notable… Read more about this item

1962. Small octavo, pp 160, age-toned and slightly worn internally, paperback, the covers a little worn and chipped, lacking a small corner, the spine peeling. RARE. [ Currently now called the Europa Rosarium, it is one of the largest rose gardens in the world. Today the garden contains about 75,000 rose bushes representing over 6,300 different rose cultivars, of which… Read more about this item

Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott, 1914. Well illustrated with 96 colour plates, 8 black and white plates, thick square octavo, pp 158, the top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed as issued, slight age-toning, but otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very slightly rubbed, with oval pictorial inlay which is a little scuffed. [The scarce first edition of a classic American… Read more about this item

Paris: Lucien Laveur, 1903. Quarto, pp 130, (6), + 60 colour chromolithograph plates on thick stippled paper, the text pages uncut and unopened, the plates with a facing protective page containing the name (these facing page are a bit aged and browned and fraying at the edges,, the plates are still clean, sound and unmarked), all pages are loose as… Read more about this item

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1990. Revised edition. Well illustrated, tall quarto, pp 455, very clean internally, olive cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is just slightly worn and frayed. A heavy book - extra postage may be needed. [A seminal work from one of the leading rose growers of his time.]. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

London: Francis Westley, 1824. Small slim octavo, pp 189 (+ 3 page publisher's catalogues), edges untrimmed, endpapers a little marked and soiled, just a little age-toned internally but otherwise tight and sound, original pink boards, rubbed and marked, the spine dull, paper title label dull, joints worn but firm. VERY SCARCE. . First Edition. Boards. Good.

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. Well illustrated with photos mostly in colour, octavo, pp 288, hardback in laminated boards, no dustwrapper as issued, the very slightest signs of use. (This is a reprint of the 1993 edition. Parts of this book first appeared in "The Heritage of the Rose" by David Austin, 1988, revised 1990, reprinted 1993).. Pictorial laminated… Read more about this item

London: RHS, 1938. Illustrated, large octavo, pp 207 + Proceedings, fore-edge foxed, title page a little foxed, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, covers a little bruised at the corners, otherwise in good condition. [ Includes A Botanical Study of Rose Stocks; The First Twenty-Five Years of Wisley Garden; Flower Hunting in Cyprus; Plants of Sierra Nevada Spain; Samuel Curtis; The… Read more about this item

Norwich: Jarrolds, 1979. A small 12mo slim booklet, well illustrated, pp (32), paperback, covers slightly age-toned, otherwise a very good copy. SCARCE. [Postage will be greatly reduced]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: West, Newman & Co A List of British Roses. p 67. [TOGETHER WITH] The British Roses (excluding Eu-caninae). pp 141. [TOGETHER WITH] The Subsection Eu-caninae of the Genus Rosa. pp 110. Very slight foxing, otherwise very clean internally. Neatly bound in a simple half calf and patterned cloth, slightly rubbed. {Supplements to Journal of Botany} … Read more about this item

London: Viking, 1986. Well illustrated, quarto, pp 224, a slight suggestion of age-toning around the margins, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. [A huge array of information including the rose in art, history, lore, antiquity, with biographies of breeders, and much practical material as well.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Australia: The Garden Gurus, 2007. Well illustrated, very large quarto, pp xx, 179, a very good copy in dustwrapper. {Very heavy - extra postage will be required if sending abroad.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Macmillan, 1994. [Pan Garden Plants Series]. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 224, paperback, a very good copy showing only the slightest signs of use.. Paperback. Very Good.