Marbury, Elisabeth
MY CRYSTAL BALL Reminiscences
NY: Boni and Liveright, 1924

Third printing. Octavo. 355 pp; 20 illustrations from photographs. Cloth with dj. VG/VG-. Rare in dj.
Inventory number #000738

Boston, Richard
OSBERT A Portrait of Osbert Lancaster
London: Collins, 1989

First edition. Octavo. 256 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; appendices; notes to the illustrations; index. Cloth with dj. Near Fine/VG+
Inventory number #000688

Weeks, Christopher
PERFECTLY DELIGHTFUL: The Life and Gardens of Harvey Ladew
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999

First edition. Small quarto. ix, 279 pp; 18 color plates & numerous b/w illustrations; notes; index. Cloth with dustjacket. An immensely readable and entertaining account of the founder of the nation's most admired topiary garden at his Baltimore country house. The author uses photo albums, scrapbooks, garden catalogues, an unfinished autobiography, scores of letters, and photographs by Ladew and his friend Horst, to illuminate the story of the man and his gardens.
Inventory number #000631

Rothschild, Miriam, Kate Garton & Lionel De Rothschild
THE ROTHSCHILD GARDENS
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1997

Quarto. viii, 190 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. A fresh, unmarked copy; crisp jacket with no tears. Many members of the Rothschild family have been passionate and knowledgeable gardeners over the last two centuries, creating magnificent parklands and gardens throughout England, Europe, and elsewhere. Featured here are gardens at Waddesdon Manor, Exbury, Ascott, Ashton Wold, and Ramat Hanadiv.
Inventory number #000271

Root, Waverley
THE PARIS EDITION: The Autobiography of Waverley Root 1927-1934
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987

First edition. Octavo. xvi, 208 pp. Cloth with dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #000091

Seebohm, Caroline
NO REGRETS: The Life of Marietta Tree
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997

First edition. Octavo. 447 pp; numerous b/w photographs; source notes; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Marietta Tree (1917-1991) was both political activist and society doyenne. She was among the last of a small, select group of women (which included Pamela Harriman and Slim Keith) who helped define the new standards of American womanhood.
Inventory number #000079