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Garden City, NY: The American Garden Guild and Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. 242 pp. A complete guide to growing African Violets, including propagation, growing conditions, trouble-shooting, collecting, greenhouses, species and varieties. Includes glossary and index. Light staining to front, light wear to extremities. Foxing to endpapers.. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Des Moines: Meredith Publishing Company, 1964. No edition stated. Green cloth binding, gold decoration and titles. Photographic endpapers. 208 pp. heavily illustrated with color and black and white photographs of famous gardens. Guide to historic homes and gardens, manual of landscaping and planting ideas, handbook of regional flowers, tree and shrubs, catalog of special gardens (topiary, perennials), collection of excellent gardening photography. Dustjacket has chip in rear and some edgewear. Very good in ... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1998. oblong 4to. 192 pp., heavily illustrated. Heirloom vegetables are old-time varieties that nature alone has produced, untouched by genetic scientists and modern technology. Author Roger Yepsen paints a picture in words and watercolors of scores of these living antiques in all their glory. 60 recipes. 50 color illustrations. Small neat remainder mark on bottom of pages, else fine in fine dustjacket, protected by mylar cover. . First Edition ... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1998. oblong 4to. 192 pp., heavily illustrated. Heirloom vegetables are old-time varieties that nature alone has produced, untouched by genetic scientists and modern technology. Author Roger Yepsen paints a picture in words and watercolors of scores of these living antiques in all their glory. 60 recipes. 50 color illustrations. Small neat remainder mark on bottom of pages, else fine in fine dustjacket, protected by mylar cover. . First Editio ... more information

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Minnetonka, MN: National Home Gardening Club, 2001. Reprint. 4 vols. Illustrated throughout in color. 176 pp. approximately each. Fine, unmarked, mostly unread.. Reprint. Pastedown Over Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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San Francisco, CA: Paul Elder & Co., 1904. San Francisco: Elder, 1904. First edition. Green cloth binding with enthusiastic vinelike plant in green blindstamp, gilt titles and additional decoration. Decorated endpapers in green on laid paper. Rough-cut pp. Thick, laid paper. Each page is decorated with a title in green and a framework of design in art nouveau showing people tending a garden. Each page has multiple garden-related quotations from well-known authors. Lacking rear free endpaper, a couple o ... more information

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Pownal, VT, U.S.A.: Storey Books, 1972. Very good in wrappers.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Columbia, New York, U.S.A.: Konemann, 2000. First edition. Folio. Cloth binding, 493 pp. Illustrated throughout in color. Lushly illustrated with nearly 500 color photographs, this book offers a thorough account of how the art of garden design developed since antiquity, discussing its most important periods and theories with numerous examples. The cultural history of gardens is closely tied to human aspiration. According to most of the world's creation stories, the human race began in an enclosed garden wit ... more information

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New York: M. Barrows & Company, 1949. 249 pp. Evolution of flower arrangement; six simple steps; qualities of foliage and flowers; drama in design; building color rhythm; arranging the florist's dozen, a few viewpoint on tables; make your own corsage; flowers for the church; methods of judging; flower arrangement as a folk art; promenade of the months. Good in a very good dustjacket, plastic library cover.. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

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Alexandria, Va.: Time Life Books, 1977. Seventh printing. 1977. Pictorial hard cover. 4to. 160 pp. Over 125 delicate, precise, watercolors, by noted illustrator, Allinora Rosse. The author is the late and very talented James Crockett, of "Crockett's Victory Garden", seen on PBS. Pictorial cover features full-color photograph of three African violets. Must have for indoor gardeners. Very good condition.. Reprint. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Allinora Rosse. 4to - over 9¾" - 12& ... more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1964. Two-tone green cloth binding with leaf decoration, green on chartreuse titles. 270 pp. A guide to the establishing of lawns, shrubs, flowers and trees in all regions and all seasons. Shelfwear to dustjacket extremities. Near fine in very good dustjacket, protected with mylar cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939. 309 pp. Beige linen decorated with stamped red and green design, green titles. Four-color illustrated frontispiece, [SEE PHOTOGRAPH] plus additional black-and-white cartoon-style illustrations. A combination of period humor and flower arrangement advice. Boards soiled, endpapers foxed. Very good in decorated cloth.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Warmuth, Jay. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: Macmillan, 1976. Choosing a site; construction; maintaining climate; using the newest horticultural techniques; selecting plants. With charts and photographs. 301 pp. Heavily illustrated with photographs. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with mylar cover. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: Hearthside Press, 1958. 220 pp. How to get twice as much value for the same money and effort by selecting a plant with a dual purpose: for landscaping and for cutting. Recommendations are based on distinction, fragrance, variety of form and color, availability during otherwise barren seasons, easy upkeep, and lasting quality when cut. Covers landscape designs, small flowering trees, evergreens, shrubs, vines, annuals, perennials, bulbs, herbs, fruits and vegetables. Major sections on forcing, cond ... more information

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Burlington, VT, USA: Gardens for All, Inc., 1980. 36 pp., heavily illustrated. Covers all the basics of growing lettuce and greens, including harvesting and storage, and a selection of favorite recipes. Front cover scuffed. Hard to find. Near fine iin wrappers.. Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Sears, Elayne and Lynn Severance. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Charlotte, VT, USA: Garden Way Publishing, 1973. 121 pp. Oblong 12mo. Front cover foxed. A few pencil notes inside. Good in wrappers.. Trade Paperback. Good. Illus. by Vogel, Robert. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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New York: Macmillan, 1976. First edition, stated first printing. Cloth binding, 1290 pp. Contemporary articles from newspapers about book pasted in to front endpapers. Planting zones endpapers. Illustrated in black and white. Massive, detailed listings of plants available in North American horiculture, including description and correct botanical name, synonyms, common names, notes on uses, methods of propagation and culture, hardiness zones, diagnostic illustrations and general articles. Focuses on continen ... more information

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New York: Crown Publishers, 1975. 245 pp. Notes by previous owner on a few pages. Ownership name inside.. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. 350 pp.Green cloth boards with blindstamped tree and leaf design. Gold titles. Another very interesting and well-written book by Thalassa Cruso. Covers: three gardens, outdoor living areas; soil; compost; lawns and grass; weeds and mulch; boundary hedges; flowering shrub borders; ground covers; bulbs; flowers and vegetables; work areas; with plant list and index. The story of gardens owned by Cruso in New England. Spine and edges of boards faded. Very good in interesting cl ... more information

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New York: Quadrangle Books/The New York Times, 1975. Reprint. 8vo. First edition, later printing. Half cloth with paper-covered boards, green endpapers. 282 pp. including index. Beautifully illustrated in color. Light shelfwear to dustjacket, spine sunned, a few small chips to top. Near fine in very good plus dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover.. Reprint. Half-Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Rosse, Allianora. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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