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Bailey, L.H. Garden-Making: Suggestions For The Utilizing Of Home Grounds
Chicago Vaughan's Seed Store 1902 Hard Cover Very Good + No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Very-good+, clean copy of this 100+ years old hardback. Green boards are clean and show only slight wear. 417 pages plus ads in back of book. NO foxing - Pages show light tanning. Nicely illustrated throughout. ONLY writing inside of book is previous owner's name stamp in several places on endpapers (Ollie D. Brown - Jacksonville, Illinois). On the front endpaper, previous owner used an old stickpin to attach a small clipping "A Little Chrysanthemum Calendar". NO tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages.
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Buchanan, Rita;Buchanan, Steve A Weaver's Garden
Loveland, Colorado, U.S.A. Interweave Press, Inc. 1987 0934026289 / 9780934026284 Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Buchanan, Steve
A photo of this book is available. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Very-nicely illustrated. NO tears inside book. ONLY writing/mark inside book is a small "x" in upper right-hand corner of first page (blank) in book front. 230 pages.
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5.78 USD
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Cook, Ferris The Garden Trellis: Designs to Build and Vines to Cultivate
New York, New York, U.S.A. Artisan 1996 1885183186 / 9781885183187 First Edition Half-Leather Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Cook, Ferris
Like-new copy. Appears unread. Stated First Printing. NO remainder marks or price clippings. price inside dustcover: $15.95. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages.
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4.94 USD
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Cusick, Dawn Dried Flower Crafts: Capturing the Best of Your Garden to Decorate Your Home
New York, New York, U.S.A. Sterling Pub Co Inc 1996 0806961201 / 9780806961200 Hard Cover Fine Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 96 pages. Synopsis "...attractive projects for dried flowers, together with easy-to-create designs...outlines in delicately colored illustrations show step-by-step techniques and procedures. A color photograph accompanies each completed wreath, centerpiece, topiary, garland, and gift item....Many easy designs...along with more interesting and complex although not very difficult swags and container arrangements."
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4.28 USD
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Editors of North Light Books Painters Quick Reference: Flowers & Blooms
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. North Light Books 2005 1581807600 / 9781581807608 Hard Cover Fine No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Like-new condition. Appears unread. Over-sised hardback. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. 128 pages. Product Description This third installment in the Painter's Quick Reference series combines the ideas and inspiration found in "swipe file" books with the simple instruction of step-by-step demonstrations. Painters of all skill levels can dive into 52 flower-painting demos displaying a variety of techniques. The guide has: -Quick ideas for any painting project -An intuitive, see-it do-it layout: short captions, labels, tips and sidebars -Streamlined demos averaging four to eight steps Contributions from more than two dozen top artists will appeal to painters in a range of styles and cover watercolor, acrylics and oils.
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Farris, Jerri; Creative Publishing International; Himsel, Tim; Trandem, Bryan The Complete Guide to Creative Landscapes: Designing, Building, and Decorating Your Outdoor Home: Black & Decker
Chanhassen, Minnesota, U.S.A. Creative Pub Intl 2000 0865735794 / 9780865735798 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Near-fine copy of this over-sized book. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout with color photos. Covers are bright and clean (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 320 pages. Synopsis The Complete Guide to Creative Landscapes represents a new, innovative way to look at the yard and landscape. Up until now, landscapes have been considered mostly ornamental, and average homeowners were thought to be incapable of designing and creating a great landscape. This book will change all that. In refreshingly simple and practical language, The Complete Guide to Creative Landscapes teaches the seven secrets of good landscape design, shows how to plan a stylish landscape that meets practical family needs, and teaches readers how to build a functional, beautiful landscape. With this innovative method, readers will learn how to create a new or "remodeled" landscape consisting of outdoor "rooms" dedicated to various lifestyle activities. A landscape built using this method will be attractive and stylish-but more important, it will provide practical outdoor living space. In addition, readers will learn how to put the finishing touches on a new landscape, thanks to comprehensive plans and directions for more than 20 beautiful and ingenious garden ornaments-ranging from simple cedar planter boxes to elegant copper archways and trellises. Highlights: * Includes more than 60 how-to projects that can be built with ordinary materials available at any home center. Each project includes complete directions and step-by-step photography. * Includes a wide range of projects, from the very simple (creating a planting bed) to major hardscape features (building a retaining wall). * Refreshingly simple and practical approach to the principles of landscape design-a book that is useful, not intimidating. * The only "big book" of landscaping that includes a section onbuilding garden ornaments. * Innovative book design features an exciting blend of state-of-the-art color photography and elegant, hand-crafted illustrations. * Contains a reference appendix, that includes helpful web sites, manufacturers, and an additional reading list. Also includes a complete index. Biography Bryan Trandem & Jerri Farris have written and edited more than fifty home improvement and gardening books. Jerri Farris is the author of Building Garden Ornaments, and co-author of Building Your Outdoor Home. Bryan Trandem is the author of Landscape Design & Construction, and Designing Your Outdoor Home.
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Fisher, Louise B. An Eighteenth-Century Garland: The Flower and Fruit Arrangements of Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia Colonial Williamsburg 1951 Hard Cover Near-Fine No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Williams, Thomas (Photograph) Signed by Author
Near-fine copy of this 1951 hardback. SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED by author. NO other writing or marks inside book. Dark-green boards with gilt lettering and decoration (clean and bright). Decorative endpapers. Illustrated (Including photographs by Thomas Williams). NO tears. Tight spine. Light page-tanning. NO remainder marks or clippings.
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6.78 USD
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Fizzell, James A. Illinois Gardener's Guide
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Cool Springs Pr 2002 1888608994 / 9781888608991 Trade Paperback Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Like-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. Stated REVISED EDITION. 272 pages. Synopsis Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening and the increase in their home's property value. The Illinois Gardener's Guide: Revised Edition is written by the popular gardening expert James Fizzell. It contains easy-to-use advice on the top landscape plant choices (more than 190 entries) for Illinois. It also recommends specific varieties, and provides advice on how to plant, how to grow and how to care for Illinois' best plants. It is a must read for every Illinois gardener.
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Fowler, Veronica Lorson; Beyer, Jamie Ortho's All About Garden Pools and Fountains
Ortho Books 1999 0897214315 / 9780897214315 Trade Paperback Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Fine condition. Over-sized book. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 96 pages. Synopsis How to site, install, and maintain waterfalls, ponds, fountains and streams. Designing fountains and waterfalls to blend with the existing yard. Instructions for planting in and around the pond. Comprehensive resource list for water garden supplies. Detailed instructions and illustrations. Tips from professionals.
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3.78 USD
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Goldsmith, Margaret Olthof Friday-to-Monday Gardening
Whittlesey House 1937 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good, clean copy of this 1937 hardback. Stated First Edition. Green boards with black lettering. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Decorative/map endpapers. 200 pages. Illustrated throughout with photos. Gidt inscription in book front: "Francis from Winthrop - July 1937" NO other writing, marks or tears inside book. Very-light page-tanning.
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9.50 USD
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Grundell, Herb Herb Grundell's Complete Guide to Rocky Mountain Gardening
Dallas, Texas Taylor Pub Co 1985 0878333851 / 9780878333851 Hard Cover Very Good + Very Good + Ex-Library 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-nice, clean copy of this ex-libris gardening book. Fewer than usual library markings - ONLY 1 page inside book, has library markings - NO other writing or marks throughout book. NO tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated throughout with drawings and color photos - 407 pages - NO remainder marks or price clippings -
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Hale, Gill Zen and the Art of Gardening
Naperville, Illinois, U.S.A. Sourcebooks Inc 2001 1570716862 / 9781570716867 Hard Cover Fine Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. 320 pages. Synopsis Zen and the Art of Gardening is a new approach to enjoying both the aesthetic and hands-on aspects of gardening, with practical and personal advice to inspire both garden novices and devotees. Applying Zen thinking to the way we manage our gardens can make the simple act a deeper and more satisfying experience. This delightful volume of insightful meditations will reconnect you with the earth, the water, the wildlife and natural forces of the seasons, to create harmony and tranquility within you and your garden.
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Halpin, Anne; Bartolomei, Robert; Long, Gregory (Foreword) Rock Gardens: The New York Botanical Garden
New York, New York, U.S.A. Clarkson Potter Publishers 1997 0609800876 / 9780609800874 First Edition Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new copy. Appears unread. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. 192 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Product Description A master gardener relates the history of rock gardening in Europe and America; discusses the classic definitions of rock gardens, alpine gardens, and rockeries; and provides practical and aesthetic information on arranging and moving boulders, rocks and earth. 150 full-color photos.
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Innes, Clive; Glass, Charles Cacti: Over 1200 Species Illustrated And Identified
Portland House 1991 051705650X / 9780517056509 Hard Cover Fine Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-new copy of this over-sized / heavy hardback. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. beautiful illustrations throughout. 320 pages. Product Description In their many forms, cacti flower profusely and often fragrantly. This work gives explanations of how to cultivate and how to propagate cacti by seed, cuttings and offsets, and how to control pests and diseases. There is advice on watering, light and temperature requirements and the preparation of suitable composts. Included is a directory of epiphytic and desert cacti for easy identification and notes on characteristics and origins. It details shape, flower colour and special features of a variety of cacti, all suitable for cultivation by the ordinary gardener or the collector
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Jacobs, Betty E.; Clarkson, Sarah M. (editor) Flowers That Last Forever : Growing, Harvesting, and Preserving
Pownal, VT, U.S.A. Storey Publishing, LLC 1988 0882665405 / 9780882665405 Hard Cover Fine Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Want to preserve flowers or ornamental grasses for pleasure or profit? This book will make a welcome addition to your shelf. Jacobs, whose previous books have dealt with herbs, divides her latest into three sections. The first offers species descriptions of 31 everlasting plants, many unfamiliar to the average gardener, and provides details on preferred soil and location, propagation, care and harvesting. The second discusses techniques for preservation: air drying; drying in microwave ovens; using dessicants and glycerine. The final section suggests uses of dried plant materialsfrom flower arrangements, wreaths and corsages to framed ``pictures'' and bookmarks. Jacobs also suggests ways to turn a hobby into a profit-making venture. Her occasionally personal touch is welcome in an otherwise straightforward compilation of facts. Illustrations
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Kellaway, Deborah (Editor) The Virago Book of Women Gardeners
London Virago Press 1995 1853818186 / 9781853818189 Hardcover Fine Condition Near-fine Condition 8vo
Very-nice, clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Dustcover is clean and bright - shows 1 small, closed tear along back dustcover flap hinge. Blue boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright). 274 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis: From diggers and weeders to artists and colorists, from writers and dreamers to trend-setters, and from plantswomen to landscape designers, women have contributed much to the world of gardening and gardens. Here Deborah Kellaway, author of The Making of an English Country Garden and Favourite Flowers, has collected extracts from the 18th century to the present day, to create a book that is replete with anecdotes and good-humored advice. Colette, Margery Fish, Germaine Greer, Eleanor Sinclair Rohde, Vita Sackville-West, Rosemary Verey, Edith Wharton, and Dorothy Wordsworth are some of the writers represented in this book. The Sunday Times: Beautifully edited… the equivalent of a well–planted border with not a gap of bare earth.
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Latymer, Hugo The Mediterranean Gardener
Barrons 1990 0812061837 / 9780812061833 Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Grassi, Niccolo (photographs)
A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean copy of this over-sized hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $35.00. Dustcover shows light wear and one small, closed tear). Very-nicely illustrated throughout. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing or tears inside book. 160 pages.
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6.78 USD
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