First Edition from Lansdowne Books

Includes two hundred and eighty photos, engravings from original pictures and maps. Frontispiece : First map of Melbourne, 2 fold-out maps at rear, (22" x 16" folding plan of the old Melbourne Cemetery and a 18" x 15" folding map of Melbourne, showing every Crown Grant and Original Sale of Land in the Business Centre of the City from the… Saber más sobre este artículo

First Edition, orig. cloth-backed boards, rare unopened & uncut pages in the original title-blocked cloth-backed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: Bibliographical Society. Subjects: Bookbinders, London ; Directories. The introduction deals with the sources used in compilation and there is a seventeenth-century price list and a list of the directories consulted.

First Edition thus, with frontispiece, title-vignette, illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, gilt back, a fine copy bound in fully illustrated cloth in publisher's slip-case also in fine condition. Black and white illustrations throughout by Paul Cox and with pictorial cloth covers with drawings by the artist. Hugh Carmody loved Millicent, Lord Emsworth niece,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Folio Society, 2004. First Folio Society Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 279pp. Illustrated cloth in slipcase. With illustrations by Paul Cox. The gardens of Blandings Castle are that original garden from which we are all exiled. All those who know them long to return." ―Evelyn Waugh When Lord Tilbury receives a letter from Galahad Threepwood stating he… Saber más sobre este artículo

1st Edition Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine, unclipped dustwrapper now in protective mylar. Clean, tight and unmarked. Summary: Anyone who has ever created a garden knows that it is a process replete with drama: there's the feverish excitement of drawing up plans and making lists of plants; the bleak depression of realizing that the plans will have to be… Saber más sobre este artículo

1st Edition Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine, unclipped dustwrapper now in protective mylar. Clean, tight and unmarked. B&W illustrations with decorative endpages. When Beverley Nichols first published Garden Open Today in 1963, he was already well known for his "garden adventure" books such as Down the Garden Path and Merry Hall, whose unforgettable characters still live in the imaginations… Saber más sobre este artículo

1st Edition Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Cloth boards. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no inscriptions or marks. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine, unclipped in archival quality removable mylar cover. Illustrated with drawings by Val Biro. Foreword by Roy C. Facsimile of the original edition which… Saber más sobre este artículo

Fine Hardback. No inscriptions or bookplates. Fine slipcase. Introduced by Diana Athill. Bound in Cloth, blocked with design by Neil Gower. Pp. (no inscriptions) THE COUNTRY CHILD is a semi-autobiographical story about a girl growing up in the country. Alison Uttley has drawn on her own youth to produce memories so vivid and nostalgic that you can almost smell the honeysuckle… Saber más sobre este artículo

Fine Hardcover in slipcase. Blue and brown cloth with gilt decorations in a fine brown slipcase. Illustrated Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, a man who will love his grand home as much as he does himself. But the cosy world the two… Saber más sobre este artículo

As new Hardcover. Purple spine with gilt lettering and purple boards and richly illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special Edition. First Folio Society edition in 2009. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. No inscriptions or bookplates. Preface by Peter Kemp. Colour illustrations by Katherine Streeter.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good in mylar. 1st. Ed. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Profusely illustrated throughout.

Condition: As New. 2005. Hardcover. Profiles over 4,000 varieties of this popular and striking plant. Illustrated with over 2,200 colour photographs, each entry includes: a description of the plant and flower colour; notes on hardiness, height and spread, and flowering time; advice on cultivation and proven performers; the name of the parent plants, the raiser and similar varieties. Overall a fine copy.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paper Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine (in mylar). First Edition. Pages tight and very clean and sound with minimal wear. Overall a fine copy. Subjects Mar, M. Elaine, 1966- | Chinese American women -- Biography. | Chinese Americans -- Biography. | Denver (Colo.) -- Biography. | Hong Kong (China) -- Biography.

FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 6 coloured plates; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked in gilt and black, blue endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. This edition follows the text of the first edition of 1922.

FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 6 coloured plates; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked in gilt and black, blue endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. This edition follows the text of the first edition of 1922.

JUSTINE Folio Society. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Folio Society, New York 2008 Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing Justine, first published in 1957, is the first volume in Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet. Justine is one of four interlocking novels which each tell various aspects of a complex story of passion and deception from various points of view. The quartet is set… Saber más sobre este artículo

Condition: Good. 1962. First Edition.. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Clean pages with light tanning. Binding remains firm. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket now in protective mylar.

Condition: V Good. 1954. First Edition. llustrated endpages boards with grey cloth spine and lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Overall a clean, tightly bound , copy in very good condition.

Orig. cloth with Spine gilt. With 16 col. plates, 19 b/w plates, and illust. endpapers. 1st Edition very good hardback with very good unclipped dustwrapper now in protective mylar. This book has chapters on gardens for food and survival; gardening pioneers; gardens for decoration; gardens for show; parks & gardens.