BARTLETT, M. Gentians. Blandford: 1975 1st ed 160 pp, 9 b/w plates, 21 colour plates and line drawings, classification, table of species, societies, nurseries etc, bibliog. VG+/VG+. A monograph which seeks to de-mystify and promote gentian growing. (Book Ref #18218) £8.00
FARRAR, REGINALD. My Rock Garden. Arnold: 1907 1st ed 303 pp, 16 b/w photos by J.A. Farrar. Blue cloth with gilt titles & flower decoration on front panel, t.e.g. Extremities slightly rubbed with small loss of cloth at spine head. Prelims and page edges foxed, gift inscription and attractive bookplate o/w a clean, tidy copy. (Book Ref #33760) £25.00
FARRER, R. Among the Hills. Waterstone: 1985 p/b 1st thus 326 pp. Spine faded o/w VG. Farrer's 1910 botanical journey around the Graian, Cottian and Maritime Alps. (Book Ref #18676) £8.00
FARRER, R. My Rock-Garden. Arnold: 1930 rep 303 pp, 15 b/w plates. Page edges foxed, last few pages badly opened and torn o/w VG. (Book Ref #11622) £12.00
FARRER, R. My Rock-Garden. Theophrastus: 1971 rep 303 pp, 15 b/w plates. Fine, issued without d/w. A facsimilie edition of the 1911 fourth impression. (Book Ref #27290) £10.00
GREEN, R. Asiatic Primulas. Alpine Garden Society: 1976 1st ed 163 pp, b/w photos and line drawings. VG in torn d/w. This clear guide through a confusing genus is the result of a love born whilst working in the Himalayas and brought back to cultivate primulas in England. (Book Ref #14276) £9.00
GREEN, R. Asiatic Primulas. Alpine Garden Society: 1976 1st ed 163 pp, b/w photos and line drawings. VG+ in unevenly faded d/w. This clear guide through a confusing genus is the result of a love born whilst working in the Himalayas and brought back to cultivate primulas in England. (Book Ref #18201) £12.00
GRIFFITHS, A.N. Collins Guide to Alpines and Rock Garden Plants. Collins: 1972 revised ed 320 pp, 200 colour illustrations by Valerie Finnis, plant sources, bibliog. VG+/VG. 1,900 plants described. (Book Ref #18493) £8.00
GRIMSHAW, DR. J. The Gardener's Atlas. The Origins, Discovery and Cultivation of The World's Most Popular Garden Plants. Little, Brown: 2001 1st ed 224 pp, colour photos throughout. Small mark on half-title page o/w Fine in a VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #31615) £12.00
INGWERSEN, W. Ingwersen's Manual of Alpine Plants. Dunnsprint: 1978 1st ed 445 pp, bibliog. Inscription o/w VG+ in nicked d/w. An alphabetical listing with cultural advice. (Book Ref #17123) £10.00
LESLIE, R. Alpines I Have Grown. Lindsay Drummond: 1940 1st ed 63 pp, 54 wood engravings, introduction by R.Gibbing. Slightly sunned o/w VG in slightly worn d/w. 'I know the work of all the leading wood-engravers in England today'...'not one of them can engrave flowers like Russell Leslie.' - Robert Gibbing. (Book Ref #2725) £9.00
SCHROTER, C. Alpen-Flora. Raustein Verlag: n.d. 1st ed unpaginated, 24 colour plates and 2 b/w plates. VG+ in a lightly edge-worn d/w with a small chip at the top of the spine. A well illustrated guide to alpine flora with text in German, French and English. (Book Ref #30719) £8.00
THOMAS, G.S. The Rock Garden and its Plants. From grotto to Alpine house. Dent: 1989 p/b 1st ed 266 pp, 38 colour plates and 212 b/w illustrations, bibliog. One corner creased o/w VG. A history of the subject as well as sections devoted to the practicalities of building a rock garden and choosing its plants. (Book Ref #22962) £10.00
THOMAS, G.S. The Rock Garden and its Plants. From Grotto to Alpine House. Dent: 1989 1st ed 266 pp, approx 150 b/w illustrations and 32 pages in colour, bibliog. Bookplate o/w F/F. (Book Ref #26057) £20.00
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