Gardening from Harry E Bagley Books Ltd

Washington, DC: Island Press, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. cloth, dust jacket, pp. xiv, 305 pages, first edition, ink name inside front cover, else fine."It's the pesticide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it's in the air we breathe, our water, our soil, and even found increasingly in our own… Read more about this item

London, New York: J.M. Dent; E.P. Dutton & Co., 1912. Book. Illus. by A. R. Quinton. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. green pictorial cloth, cover and spine, xiii, 184 pages illustrations, 52 full colour mounted plates, 19 line illustrations by A.R. Quinto.in fine condition.

Portland, Cambridge: Timber Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. blue cloth, gilt spine,407 p. : illustrations,Bibliography. p. [397]. . Index, some minor shelf wear to dust jacket, else a very good copy.The core of this encyclopedia is a fully illustrated collection of the world's finest hostas handpicked by leading specialist Diana… Read more about this item

Rochelle,IL: Q & Z Nursery, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. illustrated hard cover,1125 pages : color illustrations ; spine of dust jacket faded, else, a very good copy.CONTENTS; Introduction. Materials & methods ; Developing new hostas ; How hostas are named ; Plant patents, plant breeder's rights, and trademarks ; Hosta… Read more about this item

Kowloon, Hong Kong: [Arts of Asia Publications], , 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. magazine. march- April 1984 issue, in very good cond. contains 7 pp article "Moutan ( Tree Peony) by Sir Peter Smithers, one of the Twentieth Centuries Greatest Gardners. Smithers a war-time friend of Ian Flemming claimed by some to… Read more about this item

Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's.Educational.Services. Publishing, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. printed covers with full color paste-down, 64 pages :patterned endpapers, color illustrations ; Reprint of "The gardener's manual" 1843, in pocket, a fine copy This unusual book presents modern advice on gardening, food preservation, and cooking, all based on Shaker doctrine and… Read more about this item

Granville Ferry. Nova Scotia: Moose House Publications, 2021. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paperback, 247 pages : illustrations (some color), Pleasant Valley Nurseries in Antigonish Nova Scotia was noted by Canadian Gardening magazine as one of the top 20 garden centeres in Canada. This book tells a vital chapter in the horticultural… Read more about this item

London: T.N. Foulis, 1911. Book. Illus. by Watercolor drawings by Beatrice Parsons. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. green pictorial cloth, gilt decorated spine,t.e.g., 112 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of tipped-in plates : illustrations, CONTENTS: I. An Essex garden / Robert Southey --II. The pleasure of a garden / Joseph Addison -- III. Of… Read more about this item

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. cloth, dust jacket,viii, 304 pages : illustrations, Includes the text in facsimile of: Catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees, flowering shrubs, garden seeds and green-house plants, bulbous roots & flower seeds / by William W. Custead. "Reproducing a rare 1827… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne,, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. brown cloth, gilt spine,191 pages : illustrations,Includes index. first edition, in protective mylar jacket, Collection of 200 lesser known illustrations for adults, One of the collections of Beatrix Potter's art is held by a trust in the Armitt Libary in Ambleside, Cumbria. The collection… Read more about this item

Beijing: China Esperanto Press, 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 4 to., (27 Cm). blue buckram, gilt cover & spine, 161 pages : color illustrations throughout, map, a very good copy..

West Grove, Pa: The Dingee & Conard Co, 1895. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 4 to.,. full color, pict.paepr wraps, 34pp., illustrated throughout, very light wear at edges else, very good, in the late 19th C the largest nursery for rose culture in the United States, founded in 1868 by Charles Dingee and Alfred Conard as a commercial grower of fruit… Read more about this item

Floral Park, N.Y: John Lewis Childs, 1894. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 4 to.,. full color dec. wraps, 188 pages : illustrations (some color) includes index, chipping and wear along spine , a very presentable copy, a beautiful example of 19th C commercail printing, profusely illustrated with descriptions in detail. Childs was the founder of the first mail order seed catalog… Read more about this item

Toronto: Steele, Briggs Seed Co., 1933. Book. Fair. Paperbound. 4 to.,. full color, pict. covers, 80 pages, illustrated, orig. order form present, covers disbound,moisture marks throughout, moisture has been present for some time and has stabilized, the staples at spine show rust. it remains a good reading copy of a scarce catalog..

London: New Burlington Books, 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio. green cloth,dust jacket, 144 pages : color illustrations very good copy, CONTENTS: On the ground in woodlands, or associated with trees -- On the ground in grasslands or open spaces -- On trees, stumps or woody debris -- In wet situations, such as bogs and marshlands -- On burnt ground… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh PA: J Wilkinson Elliott, 1924. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 4 to.,. pict. paper covers, stapled at spine, 46 pages : illustrations, cover title, printed in duo-tone, The firm of J. Wilkinson Elliott was a large and prominent nursery and seed business located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The proprietor of the firm, J. (James) Wilkinson Elliott, was an important horticulturist… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Tropical Flowerland, 1953. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 4 to., (28 cm). pict. paper covers, 263 pages : illustrations, a very good copy.

Port Burwell, Ont: McConnell Nursery Co., 1952. Book. Fine. Paperbound. 8 vo,. (15 cm). full color paper wraps, staples at spine, 68 pages,4 pp full color center-spread, order envelope tipped-in, with original mailing envelope in very good condition..

Southwick,MA: [Edward Gillett], 1913. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 8vo,.. pict. paper wraps, 80 pages, illustrated, in very good condition with order envelope laid-in, a well illustrated and informative catalog..

Rutland ,VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1998. Book. Illus. by Photographs By Ohashi Haruzo. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Reprint. blue dec. cloth, xiii, 184 pages, illustrated, (some col.), 2 pp blibliography, index, a clean, bright copy. An excellent book on the subject, including it history, with drawings by the author. Size: Oblong 4to.,(23 x 28 cm.).