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Rock Garden Books for Sale:
[7902] .
Alpine Flora of Japan in Colours Colour Volume 1. Osaka,
Japan: Hoikusha Publishing Co, 1963. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 170 pages with
many b/w and colour photos. Text in Japanese. $75.95
[7903] . Alpine Flora of Japan in Colours Colour Volumes 1+2. Osaka,
Japan: Hoikusha Publishing Co, 1969. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 170; 114 pages of
text plus with many b/w and colour photos. Text in Japanese. 2 volumes $125.95
[519] Anley, Gwendolyn. Alpine House Culture for Amateurs. London:
Country Life, 1938. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good London, NY 1938. 8vo. 188 pages with 37 b/w photos.
Cloth. Very good. $9.95
[3] Bartrum, Douglas. Rock Gardens. London: 1971. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good London 1971. 8vo.
191 pages with some photos. Cloth with dust jacket. Very good. $6.95
[524] Bartrum, Douglas. Climbing Plants and some Wall Shrubs. London:
Garden Book Club, 1959. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good London 1959. 8vo. 204 pages with 29
photos and 14 diagrams. Cloth. Very good.
$6.95
[4503] Bird, Richard. A Century of Alpines. UK: Alpine Garden Soiety,
1991. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0 9518517 0 5. The Sixth International Rock Garden Plant
Conference Held at Warwick university, 6th-11th April, 1991. UK 1991. 8vo. 246
pages with 66 colour photos. Paperback.
$9.95
[652] Bissland, James H.. Common Sense in the Rock Garden. New York: De
La Mare, 1938. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. NY 1938. 8vo. 217 pages with many b/w photographs
and sketches. Cloth. Very good.
$2.95
[1029] Bissland, James H.. The Rock Garden and What to Grow In It. Hale,
Cushman & Flint, 1939. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- 1st edition. 1939. viii, 128 pages
with 15 b/w photos. Cloth. Very good.
$4.95
[8696] Chmelar, Jindrich. The low-growing salix species suitable fo planting
in rock Gardens - Drobne Druhy Rodu Salix Vhodne Pro Pestovani Na Skalce. Brno,
Czech Republic: 1977. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Sm 8vo. 171 pages with 67b/w photos. Text in Czech
and English. Wrappers. $59.95
[7449] Clay, Sampson. The Present-Day Rock Garden. Being a complementary
volume to Farrer’s English Rock Garden. London: Jack, 1937. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very
Good 1st edition. London 1937. xxvi, 681 pages with 56 b/w photos. Cloth. $22.95
[3675] Elliott, R. C.. The Genus Lewisia. London: 1966. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good+ Reprint from 1966
Alpine Garden Soc. Bul. 8vo. 76 pp with many b/w photos and some diagrams.
Paperback. Edgewear. $4.95
[8676] Elliott, R. C.. The Genus Lewisia. UK: Alpine Garden Society,
1966. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good 76
pages with many b/w photos. X Library.
$5.95
[8608] Emery, Dara E. (editor). Seed Germination of Rock Garden Plants. American
Rock Garden Society, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good- Circa 1980. 46 pages of seed germination charts.
Staple-bound. X Library. $10.95
[7959] Farrer, Reginald. The English Rock Garden. London: T.C. &
E.C. Jack Ltd., 1925. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- 3rd prtg. London 1925. 8vo. 2 vols. lxiv, 504; 533
pages with about 100 b/w photos. Professionally rebound into green cloth. Solid
and clean. X Library. $52.95
[4676] Farrer, Reginald. In a Yorkshire Garden. London: Edward Arnold,
1909. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good 1st ed. London 1909. 8vo. Xi, 316 pages with 16 b/w photos.
Docoratively stamped cloth. Slightly foxed. $74.95
[4762] Fisher, F. H. With Additional Notes By E. H. M. Cox and W. E.
Ingwersen. Reginald Farrer, Author, Traveller, Botanist and Flower Painter. UK:
Alpine Garden Society, 1933. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / . 2nd ed. Alpine Garden Soc., UK 1933. 8vo. 38 pages plus 25 b/w plates. Quarter-cloth. $39.95
[3768] Gabrielson, Ira N.. Western American Alpines. Little Compton,
Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Theophrastus, 1972. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- ISBN:
0879317043. 2nd printing. Sakonnet 1972. 8vo. xviii, 271 pages with about 70
b/w photos. Green cloth. X Horticltural Library. Except for some library
markings in very good condition. $9.95
[8374] Gillett, John M.. The Gentians of Canada Alaska and Greenland. Ottawa.
Ontario: Canada Department Of Agriculture, 1963. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Ottawa 1963. 8vo.
99 pages with many diagrams and maps. Brown cloth. $35.95
[7995] Grey-Wilson, Christopher. Dionysias. The Genus in the Wild and in
Cultivation. London: Alpine Garden Society, 1969. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good
Alpine Garden Soc. UK ca 1972. 8vo. 110 pp with some b/w photos and diagrams.
Paperback. Signed. $15.95
[6398] Grey-Wilson, Christopher. Manual of Alpine and Rock Garden Plants. Portland,
Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 1989. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-88192-146-7.
278 pages with 32 colour photos and many diagrams. Cloth w.dj. $7.90
[7640] Halliwell, Brian. The Propagation of Alpine Plants and Dwarf Bulbs. Portland,
OR: Timber Press, 1992. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-88129-254-4.
Portland 1992. 8vo. 208 pp with 45 line-drawings. Cloth. $14.95
[3547] Harding, Winton. Saxifrages. Working, Surrey: Alpine Garden
Society, 1970. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Paperback. Very Good The Genus Saxifraga in the Wild and in Cultivation. UK
Alpine Garden Soc. 1970. 8vo. 134 pages with many b/w photos. Paperback. $7.95
[704] Hills, Lawrence D.. The Propagation of Alpines. London: Faber and
Faber, 1959. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Good+ 2nd ed. London 1959. 8vo. 484 pages with 46 b/w photos and 96
diagrams. Cloth. X Library $14.95
[2701] Irving, Walter and Reginald A. Malby. Saxifrages or Rockfoils. London:
Headley Brothers, 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good- London circa 1915. 8vo. viii, 147 pages with some b/w
photos. Green cloth. Slightly rubbed. Else very good. $15.95
[156] Jenkins, E.H.. The Rock Garden. London: Country Life, 1939. 3rd
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very
Good / Good. 3rd edition. London 1938. 8vo. xi, 128 pages plus 49 b/w
photographs. Cloth. With many suggestions on the layout and construction of
rock gardens followed by plant and plant grouping suggestions. Very good.
Jenkins wrote from her vast experience as long time editor of the NY Times
garden section. $5.50
[8625] Jermyn, Jim. The Himalayan Garden: Growing Plants from the Roof of
the World. Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 2001. 1st Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good.
ISBN: 0-88192-500-4. 320 pages with many colour photos. Cloth.w.dj. $12.95
[21] Johnson, A. T.. Hardy Heaths and some of Their Nearer Allies. London:
Garden Book Club, 1956. Later Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" -
7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good London 1956. 12mo. 127 pages with
20 black and white photographs. Cloth. Very good. $6.95
[77] Johnson, A.T.. Hardy Heaths. London: Blandford Press, 1956. Revised
Edition. Sm 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good and some of the nearer allies. Revised
edition. London 1956. Sm 8vo.(x) 127 pages with 20 b/w photos. Cloth. Very
Good. $9.95
[5519] Kingdon-Ward, F.. Common Sense Rock Gardening. London: Jonathan
Cape, 1948. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good- 1st edition. London 1948. 8vo. 174 pages with 8
diagrams. Cloth (some fading from sun to head and bottom of spine). $16.95
[22] Klaber, Doretta. Rock Garden Plants. New York: Henry Holt and
Company, 1958. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. New Ways to Use Them Around Your Home. 1st
edition. NY 1958. 8vo, xi, 173 pages with many line illustrations. Extensive
plant descriptions. Cloth with torn dj. Very good/ good. $1.95
[1066] Köhlein, Fritz. Saxifrages and related Genera. Portland, OR:
Timber Press, 1985. 1st American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- / Very Good-. ISBN: 0-88192-008-8.
Portland 1985. 8vo. 220 pages with 80 colour photos. Cloth with dust jacket.
From a botanical garden library.
$11.95
[835] Kolaga, Walter A.. All About Rock Gardens and Plants.. Garden
City: Doubleday and Co., 1966. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Garden City 1966. 8vo. 385 pages with 60 b/w photographs.
Cloth w.dj. Of greatest interest are the very large number of rock garden plant
and variety descriptions. Very good.
$8.95
[6908] Lowe, Duncan. Growing Alpines in Raised Beds, Troughs and Tufa. London:
Batsford, 1999. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-7134-7018-6. London 1991. 8vo. 136
pages with 20 colour photos and 40 diagrams. Cloth w.dj. $25.95
[1568] Macself, A. J.. Simple Rock Gardening. London: 1947. 3rd Edition.
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good /
Good. 3rd revised edition. London 1947. Sm 8vo. 120 pages with 29 b/w photos
and some diagrams. Cloth w.dj. Very good.
$6.95
[8340] McMinn, Howard E.. Ceanothus. Part 1: Ceanothus for Gardens, Parks,
and Roadsides. Part 2: A Systematic Study of Study of the Genus Ceanothus. Santa
Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1942. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Santa Barbara, CA
1942. 8vo. xii, 308 pages with 104 b/w illustrations. Green cloth w.dj. $21.95
[7708] Millard, F. W.. Lewisias at Camla. London: Royal Horticultural
Society, 1935. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Good+ 4 page article in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural
Society 1935. Front cover has small damage from postmark. $4.95
[8683] Payne, Helen E.. Plant Jewels of the High Country: Sempervivums and
Sedums,. Medford, OR: Pine Cone Publishers, 1972. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- / Good+. ISBN:
0912720026. 145 pages with 111 colour photos describing 187 species,
sub-species , varieties and hybrids. Cloth w.dj. Signed by author. From a
horticultural library. $17.95
[562] Phillips, G.A.R.. The Rock Garden and Alpine Plants. London:
Collingridge, 1946. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- London 1946. 8vo. xii, 251 pages with very many
b/w photos. Cloth (cloth tanned around edges). Else very good. Construction,
planting & furnishing rock gardens, including information on ponds. $6.75
[8629] Preece, W.H.A.. North American Rock Plants. New York: MacMillan
Company, 1937. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good-. 204 pages with many b/w photos. Cloth
w.dj. $9.95
[6904] Robinson, Peter. The Practical Rock & Water Garden. A
step-by-step guide from planning and construction to plants and Planting. London
and New York: Hermes House, 2002. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft
Cover. As New ISBN: 1-84309-296-4. London and NY 2002. Lg 4to. 256 pp with very
many colour photos. $5.94
[316] Rolfe, Robert. The Alpine House: Its Plants and Purposes. Portland,
Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 1991. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0881921858. 131
paages with 20 colour photos. Cloth w.dj.
$9.95
[2706] Royal Horticultural Society. (First?) Primula Conference 1913. London:
Royal Horticultural Society, 1913. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good- London 1913. 8vo. 130 pages with
many b/w photos. Wrappers. Slight wear to spine. $75.95
[2784] Sanders, T. W.. Rock Gardens and Alpine Plants. London:
Collingridge, 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good including water, bog, wall and moraine gardens. 1st
edition. London circa 1900. 8vo. 206 pages with many b/w photographs and
diagrams. Blue cloth. $9.95
[528] Smith, George and Duncan Lowe. The Genus Androsace. A Monograph for
gardeners and Botanists. UK: Alpine Garden Society, 1997. 1st Edition. Lg
8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-900048-67-0. UK 1997. Lg 8vo.
208 pp with 95 colour photos and many diagrams. Cloth w.dj. $67.95
[7965] Tatemi Shimizu. Plants in Mountains. Osaka, Japan: Hoikushu Inc,
1974. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
151 pages with illustrations. Text in Japanese. $7.95
[864] Vareschi, Volkmar & Ernst Krause. Mountains In Flower. ill.
Ernst Krause. London: Lindsay Drummond, 1947. 3rd Printing. sm 4to. Hard Cover.
Very Good- 1st edition. London 1939. 4to. 159 pages with 72 photographs. Cloth.
Very good. $5.95
[8604] Webb, D. A.. A Manual of Saxifrages and Their Cultivation. Portland,
Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 1989. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- / Very Good. ISBN: 0-88192-130-0.
Portland 1989. 4to. 307 pages with 51 colour photos, diagrams, maps and line
drawings. Cloth w.dj. From a horticultural library. $19.90
[6405] Webb, D.A.. and R.J. Gornall. A Manual of Saxifrages. Portland,
OR: Timber Press, 1989. 1st American Edition. Lg 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good /
Very Good. ISBN: 0-88192-130-0. Portland 1989. 4to. 307 pages with 51 colour
photos, diagrams, maps and line drawings. Cloth w.dj. $24.95
[2722] Weber, Johann Carl. Die Alpen-Pflanzen Deutschlands und der Schweiz
Alpenpflanzen Alpen Pflanzen. München: Christian Kaiser, 1867. 2nd
Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- in Colorirten Abbildungen Nach der Natur und
in Natürlicher Grösse. (including the supplement). 2nd edition. 4
volumes. 12mo. Munich, [1867]-68, 400 hand coloured engraved plates. Some minor
foxing to endpapers and a few of the plates. Original gilt decorated cloth (a
little fraying to head and foot of spines). Else very good. 2.Auflage 4 Baende. Munchen1867-68. 400 handkolorierte
Stiche. Gering stockfleckig auf den ersten paar Seiten und einigen wenigen
Abbildungen. $425.95
[46] Wilder, Louise Beebe. Pleasures and Problems of a Rock Garden. Garden
City: Garden City Publishing Comp., 1937. 1st Edition. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Everything you need to
know in planning and keeping it - with over 200 photographs and many helpful
reference lists. 4to. 1st edition. NY 1937. xii, 294 pages with 96 black and
white plates. Cloth. The valuable information makes this one of the m ore
sought after book by Wilder. Very good.
$21.95
[260] Wright, Walter P. Alpine Flowers and Rock Gardens. London: Headley
Brothers, 1911. 1st Edition. Lg 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. London 1911.
Lg 8vo. 292 pages with many tipped in colour plates. Decorative cloth. Slightly
rubbed. $45.95