Roberts, Mary Fanton, ed.
ARTS & DECORATION, Vol. 46, No. 3, May 1937
NY & Boston: Arts & Decoration Publishing, 1937

Folio (14" x 10"). 48 pp, incl ads; full of b/w photographs. Paperback. VG, moderate wear to spine, light edgewear. Cover from a painting by Frederick C. Frieseke, "Knitting.". Articles by Elsie de Wolfe
Inventory number #010707

Grisel, Laurent
LES JARDINS DE RENE PECHERE
Bruxelles: Archives d'Architecture Modern, 2002

Large quarto. 286 pp; color photographs throughout, plans. Text in French. Silver-lettered gray cloth with dustjacket. NF/NF, attractive 4" x 6" bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, else a crisp, unmarked copy, top of spine gently bumped. Rene Pechere (1908-2002), Belgian landscape architect, became known by the garden of four seasons and the Congolese garden he conceived for the Exhibition of Brussels in 1958. He created gardens for castles or simple houses in Belgium, France, Germany and Holland. The labyrinth and the garden of the heart he drew for Mr and Mrs Van Buuren in Uccle insured him an international fame. Sylvie Desauw photographed the gardens during the different seasons.
Inventory number #010662

Sotheby's
GARDEN, ARCHITECTURAL AND NATURAL HISTORY. Tuesday 23 September 2003
Sussex: Sotheby's, 2003

Quarto. 171 pp; 675 lots, all illustrated in color and black & white. Paperback. VG, covers lightly scuffed, vertical bend to back cover, else a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #010628

MacDougall, Elisabeth B.
JOHN CLAUDIUS LOUDON AND THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY IN GREAT BRITAIN
Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1980

Large octavo. 133 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; list of Loudon's publications. Gilt-lettered green cloth, no jacket as issued. Near Fine, discreet bookplate on front pastedown, else a clean, unmarked copy. Six essays on the life and work of. J.C. Loudon (1783-1843), outstanding landscape gardener and horticultural writer.
Inventory number #009621

Wiebenson, Dora
THE PICTURESQUE GARDEN IN FRANCE
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1978

First edition. Quarto. xiii, 137 pp plus 173 b/w illustrations; extensive bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a small bookplate on front pastedown, else a clean, unmarked copy; light creasing at base of jacket spine. A scholarly work on French picturesque gardens, including Ermenonville, Monceau, Mereville, Chantilly, and others.
Inventory number #009620

Rorschach, Kimerly
THE EARLY GEORGIAN LANDSCAPE GARDEN
New Haven, CT: Yale Center for British Art, 1983

Quarto. 107 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, except for discreet bookplate on inside front cover, a crisp, clean copy. Exhibition catalogue with 85 entries.
Inventory number #009619

Fulton, Marianne, ed.
THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE AND GARDENS
Rochester, NY: Intl Museum of Photography, 1992

Octavo. 81 pp; numerous color & b/w photographs. Dark green cloth with gilt-lettering & border on cover. A near fine, unused copy, white flecks on back cover.
Inventory number #009518

Bush-Brown, Louise
MEN WITH GREEN PENS: Lives of the Great Writers on Plants in Early Times
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1964

Octavo. 161 pp; (12) b/w illustrations; bibliography. Gilt-lettered green cloth in dustjacket. VG/VG, clean, unmarked copy; small chip at top of jacket spine. The author traces the history of plant investigation from Theophrastus (372 B.C.) through the era of the great herbalists of the 16th century. Includes Dioscorides, Albertus Magnus, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Otto Brunfels, Leonhard Fuchs, William Turner, Nicolas Monardes, and John Gerard.
Inventory number #009495

Thurley, Simon
HAMPTON COURT PALACE Souvenir Guide Book
London: No Publisher, 1992

Quarto. Second edition. 47 pp; illustrated throughout with color photographs and images. Paperback. Very good to near fine. This illustrated guidebook by Simon Thurley has a short history of the palace and features 7 self-guided tour routes; The Tudor royal lodgings; the Queen's apartments; the Georgian rooms; the King's apartments; the Wolsey rooms & the Renaissance picture gallery; the Tudor kitchens; and the palace gardens.
Inventory number #009472

O'Gorman, Patricia
PATIOS AND GARDENS OF MEXICO
Stamford, CT: Architectural Book Publishing, 1979

Quarto. xv, 254 pp; over 300 b/w photographs & drawings. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. The photos in this book record a myriad examples of outdoor planning and decoration in gardens representing a wide range of periods of Mexican architecture from the 16th-century colonial through contemporary. Included are gates, entrances and paths, walls, terraces, stairs, water fountains, swimming pools, sculpture, furniture, lighting, balconies, roof gardens, and more.
Inventory number #009390

Woods, May
VISIONS OF ARCADIA: European Gardens from Renaissance to Rococo
London: Aurum, 1996

First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; many color & b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Inventory number #009089

Stevens, David
PERGOLAS, ARBOURS, GAZEBOS, FOLLIES
London: Ward Lock Limited, 1987

Quarto. 128 pp; numerous color photographs, line drawings & plans; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, price-clipped jacket has light wear at top & bottom of spine; 6 pp have ink underlining. An interesting selection of color photos, drawings, and plans illustrate the important role these elements have played in the development of the English garden.
Inventory number #008902

Cecil, Mirabel & David Mlinaric
MLINARIC ON DECORATING
London: Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2008

First edition, first printing. Large Quarto. 320 pp; lavishly illustrated in color, many full-page plates; index; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. A new, unused copy. David Mlinaric's designs are featured in buildings world-wide, including London's National Gallery, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Spencer House, and the Primary Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He's also done embassies in Washington, DC, Paris, and Brussels, and houses for the Rothschilds, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, and other private clients.
Inventory number #008580

MacKay, Sheila
EARLY SCOTTISH GARDENS: A Writer's Odyssey
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2001

Small quarto. 216 pp; 16 color plates & numerous b/w illustrations; map; bibliography; index. Paperback. Near Fine. The author explores early Scottish designed landscapes from the Royal Gardens around 1500 to The Hermitage in 1750, and details the dramatic developments that occurred during this period.
Inventory number #008243

Christie's
The T. Crowther & Son Collection of Architectural Furnishings
London: Christie's, 1992

Quarto. 221 pp; illustrated throughout in color and b/w. Paperback. Very good. Huge sale of 18th to early 20th century architectural elements, garden ornament, interior furnishings, statues, doors & doorways, mantels, columns, fenders, carvings, moldings, and panelled rooms from the British firm of T. Crowther & Son.
Inventory number #008121

Robinson, John Martin
TEMPLES OF DELIGHT: Stowe Landscape Gardens
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.
Inventory number #007961

Connolly, Cyril & Peter Levi
SHADE THOSE LAURELS
NY: Pantheon, 1991

First American edition. Octavo. 174 pp. Cloth backed boards in dustjacket. Jacket has light edgewear and closed tear on top edge of back panel. NF/VG. This literary whodunit, set in postwar Britain and replete with literary and gastronomic allusions, was left unfinished by Connolly at his death in 1974 and was completed by Oxford scholar and poet Peter Levi, to whom he divulged the denouement. An aristocratic cast of suspects has gathered at the country estate of famed author Sir Mortimer Gussage to celebrate his birthday and knighthood. When Sir Mortimer succumbs later that evening to an untimely death, it falls to his young admirer and protege, Stephen Kemble, to piece together the parts of this intriguing puzzle. Kemble makes his way through drawing rooms, greenhouses, and garden mazes to arrive at a genuinely surprising ending. Levi succeeds in bringing Connolly's stylish mystery to a seamless conclusion. [Barbara Love, St. Lawrence College]
Inventory number #007930

Dean, Jan
THE GARDENER'S READING GUIDE
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.
Inventory number #007744

Queant, Olivier, Roger Baschet, J.-Ch. Moreux, Ernest de Ganay, Jacques de Wailly
Demeures et Jardins de France
Paris: Publications de France, 1953

Quarto. 246 pp, profuse color & b/w photo illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Printed fabric cover designed by J. Leleu. VG+, spine darkened. Features all types of country houses - cottages; houses created from an old stable, farmhouses, and mills, large vacation houses, and chateaux. Also examples of paths, entry ways, allees and pavement, lawns & prairies, trees & shrubs, terraces, flowers & plants, pools & swimming pools, and garden furniture.
Inventory number #007253

Fried, Frederick
THE FRIEDA SCHIFF WARBURG MEMORIAL SCULPTURE GARDEN
NY: The Brooklyn Museum, 1966

First printing. Octavo. 31 pp; b/w photographs. Stapled covers. VG.
Inventory number #006380