Les Jardins, ou L'Art d'Embellir les Paysages by de Lille, l'Abbe - 1782

Paris: Cazin, 1791. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Leather binding; worn and torn spine; gilt borders on covers; marble inside covers; gilt edges; front cover almost detached; gilt decoration on spine; internally fair. Endpapers dampstained and almost detached with the cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,150grams, ISBN:

Paris: Bleuet Pere, 1785. 336 S. (1 Bl.); neue Ausgabe mit Anmerkungen u. Varianten; rundum Sprenkelschnitt; Ecken gering gestaucht. Leinen. Gut. 15,6 cm.

A Paris et Rheims, chez Valade et Cazin, 1782.. 1 feuillet. VIII. 141 pages. (22x14,5cm). Plein veau marbré de l'époque. Dos lisse orné de dorures. Pièce de titre. Filets dorés aux plats. Tranches dorées. Défauts à coiffes et coins. Charnières partiellement fendues. Rares rousseurs. Pages de garde un peu brunies. Très bon état général. Vignette en page de titre et frontispice gravés par Laurent d'après Cochin. Exemplaire bien relié à l'époque, excellent état intérieur.

Paris / Rheims: Valade / Cazin, 1782. Hardcover. Very Good+. Contemporary half speckled calf and marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label, ornately gilt-stamped spine; 32mo; pp. [i]-x, [11]-143, [1], plus engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title-page. Front board loose; corners gently bumped; some browning to endpapers. Handsome woodcut bookplate on front paste-down. A handsomel little book.

LondonA. Dulau apparently contemporary full calf binding, front board and endpaper detached, spine in five panels gilt-decorated in French style, corners bumped, wear to leather panels, illustrated by frontispiece and four portraits of French Royals, all much foxed around edges, small piece (previous owner's name, presumably), clipped from top edge of title page, text block otherwise sound and clean in this large-paper production with generous margins. The author (1738 - 1813) was at one time considered the French Virgil, and was much praised by Voltaire, but his poetic reputation fell considerably in later times. He composed this work during the reign of Robespierre, and completed it while abroad in exile. It was published in France after his return in 1802 as 'La Piti', but according to the notes in this edition, had been severely tampered with by the censors of the Consulate. De Lille sold the manuscript to the present editors, who published this first complete edition in London, with… Read More

Paris, , 1791. . 12,5x7,5 cm. . Chez Cazin, Libraire, Frontispicio grabado, Portada enmarcada con viñeta, 143 páginas. Encuadernación en plena piel de la época con hierros dorados en el lomo, cortes dorados. Buen estado.

Chatwin Books, 2021. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New. New! 'I know from my own experience that an evening spent tending my garden, after another incomprehensible day, brings a strength and calmness that no other activity can match. Is it the qualities associated with gardening, such as nurturing and the hard work of hands and heart, that are deficient in our culture? Much good writing has been done about the garden as a special place.' Madeleine Wilde's woodland garden on the south slope of Seattle's Queen Anne Hill was more than a "special place." It was her Sanctuary, her prism through which she explored the world and accomplished "much good writing." For two decades, starting in the early 1990s, Madeleine's "Notes from the Garden" delighted readers of the Queen Anne & Magnolia News in Seattle. Here, in luminous prose, is the best of her work from those years, ranging from hands-on advice for gardeners and would-be gardeners to poetically charged, often wry, insights into life in the tradition… Read More

Dana Estes & Company, Boston, circa 1900, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 424 pages, 5.25" x 7.5", top edge gilt, ownership inscription on ffep, otherwise tight and clean.

Grant Richards, London, 1902, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 134 pages, 5" x 7.5", a clean and tight copy

Lime green cloth folio (31 x 25mm) with a paste-down floral watercolor image on the cover. The slightest sign of a dampstain exists under that image, floral endpapers inside. Text in ITALIAN with many full page watercolors. The chapters headings are months of the year. This is a collection of articles written by Vita between 1947 and 1961 for the Observer.

Krauss, Ruth: The Carrot Seed. Illustrated by Crockett Johnson, author, illustrator of the Harold and the Purple Crayon series. 1945, Harper & Brothers FIRST EDITION. States 1945 on the title page. Beige Boards. USED. Good Condition/ no dust jacket is included. A nice solid copy. 6 X 8 ¼. "Ruth Krauss's book about a little boy who stands his ground and grows a carrot in the face of doubt from his parents brings up themes of individuality, standing one's ground, and what it is to know something, or the basis of knowledge"

The Adventure: Ghosts of the Petit Trianon (2014 reprint, White Rabbit Press) By C. Moberly. Used. Very Good Condition. Paperback. By C. Moberly, L. Jourdain, and Tony Walker. MARIE ANTOINETTE. TIMESLIP, PARANORMAL. Summary: On 10 August, 1901, two English women walked into the past. During a visit to the Palace of Versailles, on the anniversary of the French Revolution, two ordinary women saw the French Queen, Marie Antionette sitting in the gardens in front of them, along with nobles, gardeners, houses, bridges and stones that when they went back were no longer there. Their timeslip experience has become known as the Ghosts of the Petit Trianon. Previously out of print, this is a new edition with additional timeslip type experiences at Versailles. A hard to find item.

Ruth Krauss. The Carrot Seed. Illustrated by Crockett Johnson, author, illustrator of the Harold and the Purple Crayon series. 1945, Harper & Brothers First Edition. States 1945 on the title page. QUITE RARE. EXLIB. Good Condition/ no dust jacket is included. A nice solid copy. "Ruth Krauss's book about a little boy who stands his ground and grows a carrot in the face of doubt from his parents brings up themes of individuality, standing one's ground, and what it is to know something (the basis of knowledge)" Not an easy find.

New York: Orange Judd, 1890. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth, gilt front cover design bright. Very good. 516 pages. 18.5 x 13 cm. Illustrated with 190 text figures. Two indices: General Index & Index To The Different Fruits. Fruit descriptions note State origins of the various fruits. Very firm fresh copy, interior bright and clean. beveled edges.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. First American edition. Although the Czech writer Karel Capek (1890-1938) was best known for his early science fiction stories, in The Gardener's Year he writes with wit about his passion of gardening, With illustrations by his brother, Josef. 12mo. Green pictorial paper boards, 159 p., illus.; dust jacket. A VG+ copy with toning to board edges in a VG, unclipped ($1.75), dust jacket, which is also toned and has one mark of soiling.

Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new.
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The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly 1000 years ago, making it the oldest work on Japanese gardening; in fact, the oldest book on gardening in the world! In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work; and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. A Japanese court noble wrote the Sakuteiki during the Heian period (794-1184). During this critical era in Japanese history cultural influences on poetry, clothing-and gardening-that had been imported from China and Korea over the previous centuries were reexamined and reinterpreted into their unique Japanese forms. The Sakuteiki contains the first systematic record of this new… Read More