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Books about Flower Arranging for Sale:
[643] Averill, Mary. Japanese Flower
Arrangement (Ike-Bana) Applied to Western Needs. New York: John Lane, 1918.
. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good NY
1918. 8vo. 218 pages with 88 line drawings. Tan cloth. $21.95
[642] Averill, Mary. Japanese Flower Arrangement (Ike-Bana) Applied to
Western Needs. New York: John Lane Comp., 1913. 1st Edition. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. NY 1913. 8vo.
218 pages with 88 line drawings. Cloth. Very good. $28.95
[2059] Biddle, Dorothy and Dorothea Blom. Flower Arrangement for Everyone. New
York: M. Barrows & Comp., 1947. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 1st ed. NY 1947. 8vo. 192
pages with 81 b/w photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $4.95
[3573] Black, Penny. The Book of Potpourri : Fragrant Flower Mixes for
Decorating and Scenting the Home. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon &
Schuster, 1989. 3rd Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-671-68210-5. 128 pages anf full of lovely
colour photos. Cloth with dust jacket. Fine. $1.95
[2057] Burke, Emilia. Let's Arrange Roses. Harrisburg, PA: J. Horrace
Mcfarland, 1951. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. Harrisburg (McFarland) 1951. 8vo. 123 pages
with 39 full page b/w photos of arrangements. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $2.95
[1380] Cary, Katherine T. & Merrell, Nellie D.. Arranging Flowers
Throughout the Year.. New York: 1933. 2nd Printing. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 2nd prtg. NY 1933. 4to.
vii, 230 pages with close to 100 b/w photographs. Cloth. Very good. $5.95
[924] Clements, Julia. My Roses. London: Collingridge, 1958. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very
Good / Good. 1st edition. London 1958. 8vo. 88 pages with 56 b/w photographs.
Red cloth with a gilt rose stamped on cover. Very good. Mrs. Clements was a
well known writer who travelled all over the world lecturing on flower
arrangements. Front endpaper missing. $3.95
[280] Colorado Flower Growers Association. Carnations, Elegance in Floral
Arrangements. Denver: Colorado Flower Growers Association, 1970. Hard
Cover. Very Good Denver ca 1970. 4to. 183 pages with many b/w photos and
arrangement building diagrams. Cloth. Very good. $9.95
[1383] Cutler, Katherine. How to Arrange Flowers for all Occasions. Garden
City: Doubleday & Company, 1967. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Garden City 1967. 8vo.
256 pages with some b/w photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $2.74
[812] Cyphers, Emma Hodkinson. Holiday Flower Arrangements. New York:
Hearthside Press, 1965. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Cloth. Very Good / Good. Revised edition. NY 1965. 8vo. 128 pages with 105 b/w
photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good/good. $8.95
[135] Gannon, Ruth. Winter Bouquets with Color. New York and London:
1949. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good
/ Good. The art of arranging dried flowers. NY and London 1949. 8vo. 72 pages
with about 50 b/w photographs. Cloth. With suggestions using a variety of wild
and cultivated materials. Very Good. $1.25
[151] Hamél, Esther Veramae. Creative Designs with Dried Flowers and
Contrived Flowers. New York: 1971. New Methods of Processing and New Trends
for Home and Flower Show. NY 1971. 8vo. 157 pages with 53 b/w photos, 20 colour
designs + 46 line drawings. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $10.95
[3708] Hillier, Malcolm; Hilton, Colin. The Book of Dried Flowers. New
York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 5th Printing. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN:
0-671-61939-x. A complete guide to growing, drying and arranging. 192 pages
with very many photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $4.95
[2174] Hine, Walter R. Mrs.. New Flower Arrangements. New York and
London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾"
- 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. NY and London 1936. 4to. xiii,
159 pages with about 50 full page b/w photographs. Cloth. A well written and
instructive classic. Very good. $2.95
[1389] Ishimoto, Tatsuo. The Art of Flower Arrangement. New York: Crown
Publishers, 1957. 10th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Good 10th printing. NY 1957. Sm 4to. 125 pages with 150 b/w
photographs. Cloth with torn dj. Small, faint water stain along top of spine.
Text fine. Contains 78 easy to follow master flower arrangements. Good. $0.95
[1709] Kincaid, Mrs. Paul. Japanese Garden and Floral Art. New York:
Hearthside Press, 1966. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good NY 1966. Lg 8vo. 189 pages with 99 illustrations. Cloth. Very
good. $4.85
[5490] Low, William. Table Decoration. London: Cahpman & Hall, 1887.
1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good London 1887. 48 pages plus 19 plates with settings. 8vo. Formal table
decorations for tables 8-18 feet in length.Blue cloth. Very good condition.
$155.95
[3080] MacCormick, Alex. Dried Flower Arranger. ill. Collins, Jeanette
(illustrator). Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.: Seven Hills Book Distributors, 1993. 1st
Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good /
Very Good. ISBN: 1-85479-186-9. 144 pages with very many colour photos.
hardcove with dust jacket. Very good/very good. (Weight 2 pounds or 1kg) $14.95
[1391] Massingham, Betty. Flower Arranging on Colour. London: Hamlyn,
1968. 8th Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0 600 01303 0. 8th prtg. London 1968. 4to. 301
pages with hundreds of photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $5.95
[2380] Nelson, Theresa. How to Arrange Florals if you Think you can’t.
A Beginner’s Guide with Silks & Drieds. Little Rock: Leisure
Arts, 1996. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good
ISBN: 1-57486-034-8. Little Rock, Arkansas 1996. 4to. 144 pages with very many
colour photos. Coloured boards. Very good. $4.95
[6946] Nishikawa, Issotei. Floral Art of Japan.. Tokyo: Board of Tourist
Industry, 1938. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 2nd printing. Tokyo 1938 Tourist Library 105 pages
with many b/w photos. Wrappers. $8.95
[6334] Pritchard, Tom and Billy Jarecki. Finding and Arranging Flowers
Naturally. Mädderlake’s Trade Secrets. New York: 1994. 1st
Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good /
Very Good. ISBN: 0-517-59332-7. 1st ed. NY 1994. 4to. 184 pageswith hundreds of
colour photos. Cloth w.dj. $8.94
[3245] Pulleyn, Rob. The Wreath Book. New York: Sterling Publishing Co,
1988. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good.
ISBN: 0-8069-6842-7. 4to. 144 pages with very many colour photos and diagrams.
Cloth w.dj. (Weight 1.5 lbs or 750 gr) $12.95
[8019] Ritchie, Donald and Meredith Weatherby. The Masters’ Book of
Ikebana. Background and Principles of Japanese Flower Arrangement. Tokyo:
Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1966. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good- with lessons from the masters of Japan’s three
foremost schools: Sen’ei Ikenobo (Ikenbo School), Houn Ohara (Ohara
School) and Sofu Teshigahara (Sogetsu School). 1st ed. Tokyo 1966 Folio. 272
pages with very many colour illustrations. Cloth (water line along outside of
back cover but not affecting text). Else very good. $37.95
[2350] Rockwell, F. F. and E. C. Grayson. Flower Arrangement in Color. Wise
and Co., NY 1940. 8vo. xviii, 238 pages with 61 color plates. Cloth with
decorative stamping. Very good. $9.95
[2349] Rockwell, F. F. and Esther C. Grayson. Flower Arrangement. MacMillan,
NY 1939. 8vo. xiv, 137 pages with 30 b/w photos. Blue cloth. Spine sunned,
otherwise very good. $7.95
[420] Rockwell, F.F. and Esther Grayson. The Complete Book of Flower
Arrangement. Doubleday, NY 1947. 8vo. 308 pages with many b/w and colour
photos. Cloth with torn dj. Very good. $9.95
[3724] Rogers, Joyce. Flower Arranging. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1963. 1st
Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good /
Good. 1st edition. London 1963. 4to. 160 pages with very many b/w and colour
photos. Cloth w.dj. $17.95
[2777] Rogers, Matilda. Flower Arrangement, a hobby for all. Woman's
Press, NY 1948. 12mo. 72 pages with 16 b/w photos. Cloth. Fine. $4.95
[972] Rutt, Anna Hong. The Art of Flower and Foliage Arrangement. New
York: MacMillan Company, 1960. 3rd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 3rd printing. NY 1960. 8vo.
248 pages with very many b/w photos. Cloth w.dj. A book for beginners and
advanced practitioners. Very good. $2.95
[3728] Squires, Mabel. New Trends in Dried Arrangements & Decoration. ill.
Richard E Green. New York: Castle Books, 1967. 1st Edition. Sm 8vo. Cloth. Very
Good / Good. NY 1967. 128 pages with 47 b/w photos. Cloth w.dj. $8.95
[973] Starker, Carl. Album of Arrangements. Seattle, WA, U.S.A.:
Chieftain Press, 1954. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 2nd prtg. Seattle 1954. 4to. 258
pages with about 200 b/w photos. Cloth. Photos are accompanied by explanatory
comments. Very good. $7.95
[285] Stevenson, Violet. Flower Decoration for the Home.. London:
Collingridge, 1962. 4th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 4th prtg London, NY 1962. 8vo. 120 pages with 59
b/w photographs. Cloth w.dj. Well known British flower arranger. Very good.
$6.95
[3730] Taylor, Jean. [SIGNED] Practical Flower Arranging. ill. Douglas
Rendell Ron Hayward. London: Hamlyn, 1973. 1st Edition. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very
Good. ISBN: 0 600 36992 7. 4to. 160 pages with very many b/w and colour
illustrations. Cloth w.dj. Singed by author. $16.95
[2778] Thompson, Dorothea Schnibben. Creative Decorations with Dried
Flowers. New York: Hearthside Press, 1965. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good NY 1965. Lg 8vo.
125 pages with 33 b/w photos and 23 line drawings. Cloth. Very good. $4.95
[2186] Thorpe, Patricia. Everlastings. The Complete Book of Dried Flowers.. New
York: Facts of File, 1985. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-8160-1110-9. 1st
edition. NY 1985. Square 8vo. 144 pages with very many beautiful colour line
drawings and some colouor photos. Cloth w.dj. As new. $9.95
[815] Underwood, Raye Miller. The Complete Book of Dried Arrangements. New
York: Bonanza Books, 1952. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. NY 1952. 8vo. 193
pages with some b/w photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good. $2.45
[7915] Verey, Rosemary. The Flower Arranger’s Garden. Toronto,
Canada: Stoddart, 1991. Reprinted edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0-7737-5430-X. Paperback ed. 1991.
144 pages with very many colour photos. Paperback. $5.45
[6127] Waterkeyn, Sarah and Jan Hall. The Art of Flower Arranging. New
York: Smithmark, 1991. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good ISBN: 00-8317-0423-3. NY 1991. 192 pages with hundreds of
detailed colour photos. Very instructional. Cloth w.dj. Very good condition.
$6.95
[3247] Wheeler, Esther and Anabel Combs Lasker. The Complete Book of Flowers
and Plants for Interior Decoration. ill. Janet Porto. New York: Hearthside
Press, 1957. 1st edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth.
Very Good / Good. NY 1957. Lg 4to. 190 pages with a profusion of b/w photos.
Cloth w.dj. BCE. (Weight 2.5 lbs or 1.1 kg) $12.95
[2353] White, Edward A.. The Principles of Flower Arrangement. New York:
De la Mare, 1925. 2nd printing. NY 1925. 8vo. 198 pages with 49 b/w photographs.
Cloth with gilt stamping. Fine. White was professor of floriculture at Cornell.
Very good. $17.95
[3179] Woman's Day Editors. The Great Wreath Book. Des Moines, IA,
U.S.A.: Meredith Books, 1992. 4th Printing. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-696-02363-6. 160 pages
with very many diagrams and colour photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good. Culled from
over 4,000 contest entries Women's Day ended up with 49 prize winning designs
for wreaths. These are not onlychristmas wreaths, but wreaths made from apples,
cranberries, chile peppers, beads, toys, shells and holiday surprises. The
ultimate wreath book with simple to follow instructions. (weight 2 pounds or 1
kg) $10.95