List 2: Alpines, other flora and general gardening
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| Book no. | No. bids | Top bid | Book cover _________________ | Summary | Publication | Tags | Media | List Price | Weight | Size | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 |  | A Century of Alpines by Richard (editor) Bird (1991) | Sixth International Rock Garden Plant Conference (1991), Edition: First Edition, 247 pages | alpines | Paperback | ||||||
| 86 |  | A Gardener’s Guide to Alpines by Michael Upward (1988) | Salamander Books (1988), Edition: New edition, 160 pages | alpines | Hardback | £3.95 | |||||
| 87 | | A Manual of Alpine and Rock Garden Plants (Rock Gardeners’ Library) by Christopher Grey-Wilson (1989) | Chrysalis Books (1989), 288 pages | alpines | Hardback | 1.68 pounds | 9.29 x 6.22 x 1.02 inches | ||||
| 88 | | Alpine garden plants (Blandford colour series) by Will Ingwersen (1981) | Distributed by Sterling (1981), 153 pages | alpines | Hardback | ||||||
| 89 | | Alpine gardening by Roy Elliott (1988) | AGS: (1988), Edition: Reprint | alpines | Hardback | ||||||
| 90 |  | ALPINE HOUSE: Its Plants and Purposes (Rock gardener’s library) by Robert Rolfe (1991) | Batsford Ltd (1991), 144 pages | alpines | Hardback | £14.99 | |||||
| 91 | | Alpines and Rock Plants (Gardening Time) by Howard Drury (1988) | BOXTREE LTD (1988) | alpines | Hardback | £1.75 | 0.6 pounds | 8.2 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches | |||
| 92 |  | Alpines by Lionel Bacon (1973) | David & Charles PLC (1973), 252 pages | alpines | Hardback | ||||||
| 93 | | Alpines in pots by Kath Dryden (1988) | ALPINE GARDEN SOCIETY (1988), Edition: First Edition, 56 pages | alpines | Paperback | ||||||
| 94 | | Alpines in Sinks and Troughs by Joe Elliott (1974) | Alpine Garden Society (1974), 36 pages | alpines | Paperback | 1.11 pounds | |||||
| 95 |  | ALPINES IN THE OPEN GARDEN by Jack Elliott (1991) | Batsford Ltd (1991), Edition: 1st Edition., 160 pages | alpines | Hardback | £15.99 | |||||
| 96 | | Alpines the Easy Way (Wisley) by Joe Elliott (1987) | Cassell Illustrated (1987), 64 pages | alpines | Paperback | ||||||
| 97 | | ALPINES. by Will Ingwersen (1991) | John Murray (1991), 292 pages | alpines | Hardback | ||||||
| 98 | | Collins guide to alpines and rock garden plants by Anna N. Griffith (1985) | Chancellor Press (1985), 352 pages | alpines | Hardback | ||||||
| 99 | | Encyclopaedia of Alpines: Volume One (A-K) by Kenneth Beckett (1993) | AGS Publications (1993), 709 pages | alpines | Hardback | ||||||
| 100 | | Encyclopaedia of Alpines: Volume Two (L-Z) by Kenneth Beckett (1994) | AGS Publications (1994), 704 pages | alpines | Paper Book | ||||||
| 101 | 1 | £2.00 |  | Growing Alpines in Raised Beds, Thoughs and Tufa (Rock Gardener’s Library) by Duncan Lowe (1818) | B T Batsford Ltd (1818), Edition: First Edition | alpines | Hardback | £17.99 | |||
| 102 | | Guide to Garden Plants: Alpines Bk. 7 (Cotman-color) by Adrian Bloom (1983) | JARROLD PUBLISHING (1983), Edition: Rev Ed, 32 pages | alpines | Paperback | ||||||
| 103 | | Ingwersen’s manual of alpine plants by Will Ingwersen (1978) | Eastbourne, England : W. Ingwersen and Dunnsprint Ltd., 1978. | alpines | Paper Book | 22 cm | |||||
| 104 | | Rock Gardener’s Handbook by Alan Titchmarsh (1983) | Croom Helm (1983), Edition: First British Edition, 208 pages | alpines | Hardback | 1.74 pounds | |||||
| 105 | | Rock Gardening: A Guide to Growing Alpines and Other Wildflowers in the American Garden by H. Lincoln Foster (1982) | Timber Pr (1982), Edition: 2, 466 pages | alpines | Paperback | £17.99 | 1.3 pounds | 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches | |||
| 106 | | Rock gardens, how to plan and plant them, with sections on the wall, paved, marsh, and water gardens by Alexander Edwards (1929) | London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & co., limited, 1929. | alpines | Paper Book | 22 cm | |||||
| 107 |  | Scottish Rock Gardening in the 20th Century by Forbes W. Robertson (2000) | Scottish Rock Garden Club (2000), 340 pages | alpines | Hardback | £9.50 | |||||
| 108 | | The Complete Book of Alpine Gardening by Richard Bird (1992) | Ward Lock Ltd (1992), 239 pages | alpines | Hardback | £20.00 | |||||
| 109 | | The Macdonald Encyclopedia of Alpine Flowers (Macdonald Encyclopedias) by Guido Moggi (1985) | Little, Brown (1985), 384 pages | alpines | Hardback | ||||||
| 110 | | The Rock Garden and its Plants: From Grotto to Alpine House by Graham Stuart Thomas (1989) | J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd (1989), Edition: First Edition, 266 pages | alpines | Hardback | 2.38 pounds | |||||
| 111 | | The Rock Garden Month-By-Month by Michael Jefferson-Brown (1996) | David & Charles UK (1996), 144 pages | alpines | Hardback | ||||||
| 112 | | The Alpine Flowers of Britain and Europe by Christopher Grey-Wilson (1992) | Collins (1992), Edition: First Edition, 384 pages | alpines, Europe | Paperback | £12.99 | 0.95 pounds | 7.4 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches | |||
| 113 | 1 | £5.00 | | Propagation of Alpine Plants (An Alpine Garden Society Guide) by J. K. Hulme (1982) | AGS Publications Ltd (1982), Edition: 2nd Revised edition | alpines, propagation | Paperback | ||||
| 114 | | Red Centre Pocket Guide by David Kirkland (2000) | Hema Maps Pty.Ltd (2000), 160 pages | Australia | Paperback | ||||||
| 115 |  | Australian Wildflowers by Leonard Cronin (2003) | Gardners Books (2003), Edition: 2nd, 224 pages | Australia, wildflowers | Paperback | £15.00 | |||||
| 116 | 1 | £2.00 |  | Plant folklore (Pocket reference digest) (1999) | Geddes & Grosset (1999), 188 pages | folklore | Paper Book | £1.99 | |||
| 117 | | Fuchsias in Color by Brian & Valerie Proudley (1899) | Sterling Pub Co Inc (1899), Edition: First Edition, 206 pages | Fuchsia | Hardback | £9.99 | 0.75 pounds | 7.01 x 4.88 x 0.79 inches | |||
| 118 | | ‘Reader’s Digest’ encyclopaedia of garden plants and flowers by Roy Hay (1975) | London : Reader’s Digest Association, 1975. | gardening | Paper Book | 4.67 pounds | 27 x 8.03 x 2.2 cm | ||||
| 119 | | Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden: Pruning and Training: 17 (How to Garden, 17) by Alan Titchmarsh (2009) | BBC Books (2009), 144 pages | gardening | Paperback | £10.99 | 1.01 pounds | 9.13 x 7.32 x 0.47 inches | |||
| 120 | | Companion plants & how to use them by Helen Louise Porter Philbrick (1966) | Old Greenwich, Ct. : Devin-Adair, 1974, c1966. | gardening | Paper Book | 21 cm | |||||
| 121 | | Flower Arranging (Hamlyn all-colour paperbacks) by Violet Stevenson (1969) | Littlehampton Book Services Ltd (1969), Edition: 1st Paperback Edition, 160 pages | gardening | Paperback | ||||||
| 122 | | Friend and Foe in the Garden by Joy Griffith-Jones (1977) | Soil Association (1977), 24 pages | gardening | Paperback | ||||||
| 123 | | Garden Terms (“Amateur Gardening” Pocket Reference) by Michael Pilcher (1995) | Hamlyn Publ Group Ltd (1995), 196 pages | gardening | Paperback | £1.99 | |||||
| 124 | | How to enjoy your weeds by Audrey Wynne Hatfield (1969) | Muller (1969), Edition: 1st Ed., 116 pages | gardening | Hardback | ||||||
| 125 |  | Miniature shrubs by Royton E Heath (1978) | Barrie & Jenkins (1978), Edition: 1st.ed., 181 pages | gardening | Hardback | ||||||
| 126 |  | Percy Thrower’s Encyclopaedia of Gardening (Encyclopedia) by Percy Thrower (1970) | Littlehampton Book Services Ltd (1970), 160 pages | gardening | Hardback | ||||||
| 127 |  | Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants by Keith Harris (1981) | Collins (1981), 512 pages | gardening | Hardback | £14.99 | 1.54 pounds | 8.35 x 5.75 x 1.5 inches | |||
| 128 |  | Royal Gardeners by Alan Titchmarsh (2003) | BBC Books (2003), Edition: First Edition, 192 pages | gardening | Hardback | £25.00 | |||||
| 129 | | The Gardener’s Atlas: The Origins, Discovery and Cultivation of the World’s Most Popular Garden Plants by Dr. John Grimshaw (2003) | Firefly Books (2003), Edition: First Edition, 224 pages | gardening | Hardback | 2.55 pounds | 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| 130 | | The Good Gardens Guide 1999 by Peter King (1999) | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd (1999), 320 pages | gardening | Paperback | £7.99 | |||||
| 131 | | The Macdonald Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers (Macdonald Encyclopedias) by Frances Perry (1991) | Time Warner Books UK (1991) | gardening | Paperback | £10.99 | |||||
| 132 | | The Peat Garden (Wisley) by Alfred Evans (1983) | Cassell Illustrated (1983), Edition: 1st, 140 pages | gardening | Paperback | £1.15 | |||||
| 133 |  | The Power of Plants by Brendan Lehane (1977) | McGraw-Hill (1977), 288 pages | gardening | Hardback | 3.65 pounds | 11.1 x 9.5 x 1.4 inches | ||||
| 134 | | The Seed Search by Karen Platt (1996) | Karen Platt (1996), Edition: 2, 272 pages | gardening | Paperback | £8.99 | |||||
| 135 | | The Value of Weeds by Joy Griffith-Jones (1975) | Soil Assn. (1975), Edition: 2Rev e., 22 pages | gardening | Paperback | ||||||
| 136 |  | The Vanishing Garden by Christopher Brickell (1986) | Timber Press (1986), Edition: First Edition, 261 pages | gardening | Hardback | £15.00 | 1.9 pounds | 9.8 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches | |||
| 137 | | The Woodland Garden A Guide to Shade Loving plants by Jack Elliott (1998) | AGS Publications (1998), Edition: First Edition | gardening | Paperback | ||||||
| 138 | | Practical Conservatory Gardening by Yvonne Rees (1993) | Crowood Pr (1993), 64 pages | gardening, conservatory | Paperback | £3.99 | |||||
| 139 |   | Creative Propagation: A Grower’s Guide by Dr. Peter Thompson (1989) | Batsford (1989), Edition: First Edition | gardening, propagation | Hardback | £15.95 | |||||
| 140 | | “Ground Force” Water Garden Workbook by Charlie Dimmock (1999) | BBC Books (1999), 96 pages | gardening, water gardening | Paperback | £9.99 | 0.62 pounds | 9.61 x 7.32 x 0.31 inches | |||
| 141 |  | Culpeper’s complete herbal by Nicholas Culpeper | London : Foulsham, [n.d.] | herbs | Paper Book | £9.99 | 1.15 pounds | 7.01 x 5.12 x 1.5 inches | |||
| 142 | | Reader’s Digest Pocket Guide to Herbs by Beckett Kenneth & Stobart Tom (1971) | Reader’s Digest (1971), Edition: First Edition, 72 pages | herbs | Paperback | 0.1322773572 pounds | 5.35 x 4.49 x 0.24 inches | ||||
| 143 |  | Kew, gardens for science & pleasure by F. Nigel (editor) Hepper (1982) | HMSO (1982), Edition: First Edition | Kew | Hardback | ||||||
| 144 | | The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : souvenir guide. by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens (1979) | H.M.S.O. (1979), Edition: Second Edition | Kew | Paperback | ||||||
| 145 | | Weather Forecasting: The Country Way (A Country Way Book) by Robin Page (1979) | Summit Books (1979), Edition: First Edition, 56 pages | nature | Hardback | ||||||
| 146 | | National Plant Collections Directory by . (1998) | National Council for the Conservation of Plants & Gardens (1998), 192 pages | NCCPG, National Plant Collections | Paperback | ||||||
| 147 | | GUIDE TO WISLEY GARDEN by C. D. [et al.] Brickell (1985) | Royal Horticultural Society (1985), 64 pages | RHS, Wisley | Paperback | ||||||
| 148 | 1 | £5.00 |  | Seed germination, theory and practice by N. C. Deno (1993) | State College, Pa. The Author, 1993. | seeds, germination, physiology | Paper Book | 28 cm | |||
| 149 |  | The Wild Flowers Book by Eliška Tomanová (1987) | Gallery Books (1987) | wildflowers | Hardback | ||||||
| 150 | | Mountain Flowers Of Europe by Anthony Huxley (1986) | Blandford Press (1986), 432 pages | wildflowers, alpines, Europe | Hardback | £14.95 | |||||
| 151 | 1 | £5.00 |  | Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World by F. Kingdon Ward (1985) | Cadogen Books (1985), Edition: New edition, 383 pages | wildflowers, Asia | Paperback | 1.35 pounds | 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches | ||
| 152 |  | Discovering Australian Wildflowers by Steve Parish (2005) | (2005) | wildflowers, Australia | Paperback | ||||||
| 153 |  | Grassland Plants of South-Eastern Australia: A Field Guide by Neil Marriott (1998) | Bloomings Books Pty Ltd (1998), 200 pages | wildflowers, Australia | Paperback | £14.99 | |||||
| 154 | | A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe by Schauer (1982) | Viking Press (1982), 464 pages | wildflowers, Europe | Paperback | £7.95 | |||||
| 155 |  | Bob Press’s field guide to the wild flowers of Britain and Europe by J. R. Press (1993) | London : New Holland, c1993. | wildflowers, Europe | Paper Book | 21 cm | |||||
| 156 | | Canadian Wildflowers 1993 by Mary Ferguson (1992) | Firefly Books Ltd., Willowdale, Ontario | wildflowers, North America | Paperback | ||||||
| 157 |  | Grand Canyon Wildflowers by Arthur M. Phillips (1990) | Grand Canyon Assn (1990), Edition: Revised, 145 pages | wildflowers, North America | Paperback | ||||||
| 158 |  | Wildflowers of the Western Cascades by Robert A. Ross (1993) | Timber Pr (1993), Edition: 4th printing edition., 204 pages | wildflowers, North America | Paperback | £14.99 | 1.02 pounds | 9.04 x 5.99 x 0.61 inches |