William Kent - Landscape Garden Designer. An Assessment and Catalogue of his Designs.
London: A. Zwemmer Ltd, 1987. 4to. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
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Gardens and the Picturesque. Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture.
Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press, 1992. 4to. First edition. Original quarter green cloth, gilt, with paper boards. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Garden and Grove. The Italian Renaissance Garden in the English Imagination: 1600-1750.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1986. 4to. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
The Englishman's Flora. Foreword by Jane Grigson. Introduction by Professor William T. Stearn.
London: The Folio Society, 1987. 4to. First edition thus. First published in 1955. Original quarter green cloth, gilt, with patterned paper boards in slipcase as issued. Illustrated with woodcuts from sixteenth century herbals. Slipcase slightly dust-soiled. Fine.
A History of Garden Art. Edited by Walter P. Wright. Translated from the German by Mrs. Archer-Hind.
London, Toronto & New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited and E. P. Dutton & Co. Ltd, 1928. 4to. 2 volumes, set. First English language edition. First published in Germany in 1913. Original green buckram, gilt. With over 600 illustrations in black and white. Covers rather faded. Two book...
The Garden. An Illustrated History from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1967. 4to. Second impression. First published in 1966. Original green cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. D/w faded on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
The Book of Garden Ornament.
London: J. M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1974. 4to. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. D/w has one very short closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Covering the expected statues, urns, sundials and fountains but...
An English Arcadia 1600-1900. Designs for Gardens and Garden Buildings in the Care of the National Trust 1600-1990.
London: The National Trust, 1992. 4to. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Loudon and the Landscape. From Country Seat to Metropolis, 1783-1843.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988. Royal 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. One section of colour plates. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Very slight wear to the spine ends of the d/w. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Charles Bridgeman and the English Landscape Garden.
London: A. Zwemmer Ltd, 1977. 4to. First edition. Original blue buckram, gilt.. Plate section at rear with 275 half-tone illustrations. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Capability Brown. With an Introduction by Christopher Hussey.
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. 4to. New edition. First published in 1950. Original green cloth, gilt. Illustrated with sections of black and white, and a few colour, photographic plates. Small stamp of the Society of Antiquaries to front pastedown. D/w very slightly rubbed along the top edge. Near fine in...
The Artist and the Country House. A history of country house and garden view painting in Britain 1540-1870.
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1979. 4to. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. D/w very slightly rubbed in places. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. This remains the definitive work on the subject.
Country Chaos.
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1980. 8vo. First edition. One of 600 unnumbered copies from a limited edition of 630. Original ring-bound stiff card covers. Eight front and back views of country figures are split horizontally in three to enable incongruous characters to be formed. The bespectacled old woman in a....
Ode to a highflying Bird.
London: Beat Publications Ltd, [1964]. 12mo. First edition. Original white laminated boards. Black and white author photograph on back cover. Price label of 'Seven Shillings' tipped in but crossed through in pencil with revised price of '2/-'. Illustrated in colour by the author. Covers a bit rubbed and dust-soiled. Near...
Jan's Journal.
London: William Campion, 1949. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Frontispiece and illustrations by Betty Swanwick. Near fine. Collected articles from the Evening Standard, arranged by the seasons, describe a farmer's life in post-war Devon.
The 'Shaggy Dog' Story. Its Origin, Development and Nature (with a few seemly examples).
London: Faber and Faber, 1953. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Illustrated by V. H. Drummond. Tiny nick to the d/w at the tail of the spine. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Self-explanatory (although I could go on).
The Silver Fighting Cocks.
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Jacket design by Richard Kennedy. Very slightly cocked (how appropriate!) D/w slightly toned and faded on the spine with dust-soiling to the back panel. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Set on the coast of County Londonderry in 1807...
The Prodigal Father. Dumas Père et Fils and 'The Lady of the Camellias'.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Jacket and vignette on the title page by Joan Hassall. Portrait plates scattered throughout. Ink ownership on fly. D/w toned and rubbed with a few nicks along the top edge. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
The Spirit of Jem.
London: John Lehmann, 1947. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth, gilt. D/w and illustrations by Keith Vaughan. D/w price-clipped. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. An exceptional copy of a strange, dark, dream-like story for children. Keith Vaughan's illustrations are a perfect match.
The Glass Tower. Poems 1936-43.
London: Nicholson & Watson for Poetry Library, 1944. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter black cloth with illustrated paper boards. Drawings by Lucian Freud. D/w toned to spine and edges with tiny loss to corner tips and a 1cm chip from the head of the spine. Near fine in very good...
A Season in Hell (Une Saison en Enfer). Translated by Norman Cameron and with the original French text.
London: John Lehmann, 1949. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. D/w and eight colour lithographs by Keith Vaughan (printed by The Baynard Press). Neat ink ownership, dated 1952, on fly. D/w very slightly toned, dust-soiled and foxed with light rubbing to top and bottom edges and a nick at...
A Map of Hearts. A Collection of Short Stories.
London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd, 1944. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth. D/w designed by Henry Moore. Light foxing to prelims and edges of text block. D/w slightly rubbed at edges. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A fragile wartime production with Henry Moore's jacket in very good condition.
Town's Eye View. With an Introduction by Sir A. E. Richardson.
London: Hutchinson, 1960. 8vo. First edition. Original tangerine hardcovers. Illustrated with drawings by the author. D/w is tone on the spine and has two tiny nicks to the top edge. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A celebration of English towns through the eyes of an artist and aimed at the...
Orpheus. A Symposium of the Arts.
London: John Lehmann, 1948-9. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original ochre and buff cloth, gilt. D/ws by Keith Vaughan and John Minton. Illustrated throughout both volumes with drawings and black and white photographic plates. Volume 1: Frontispiece and title page browned as usual (cheap paper). D/w rubbed and dust-soiled with a....
Orpheus. A Symposium of the Arts.
London: John Lehmann, 1948-9. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original ochre and buff cloth, gilt. D/ws by Keith Vaughan and John Minton. Illustrated throughout both volumes with drawings and black and white photographic plates. Volume 1: Slight foxing to edges of text block. Frontispiece and title page browned as usual (cheap...