Methuen & Co. Ltd. Used - Acceptable. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1923. 8vo Hardcover. 360pp. B/W plates. Fair book and no dust jacket. Hinges cracked. Owner's name on front endpage. In protective mylar cover. gardens horticulture gardening history Inquire if you need further information. Methuen & Co., Ltd. hardcover
New York: William Farquhar Payson 1931. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7". Not Stated. A remarkable gardening work looking at the flora used in Shakespeare's works with a guide on how to produce a Shakespeare garden. This is a gardening work examining gardening and horticulture during Shakespeare's days. It looks at the history of the Elizabethan garden and the flowers used in Shakespeare's works as well as containing a guide on how to design one's own Shakespeare garden.A new edition with a fresh introduction and bibliography. This work was first published in 1922. Written by Esther Singleton an American author and journalist.Illustrated from photographs and woodcuts. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; some bumping to the head and tail of the spine resulting in slight loss and a few small paint splatters to the front board. Internally firmly bound with a little strain at pages 128 and 129. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good William Farquhar Payson hardcover
London: Cecil Palmer 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. xxv 366 frontispiece and many plates taken from old wood cuts and contemporary photographs. Chapters on The Shakespeare Garden Knotted gardens the Flowers of Shakespeare by season. practical suggestions for small and formal gardens on-the Gateway the Mount Seats Rustic Arches Fountains the Dove-cote vases and tubs the sun-dial the pleached alley hedges potpourri etc. Includes a complete list of Shakespearean flowers with botanical identificaation Elizabethan gardens in Shakespeare's birthplace index and bibliography. Publisher's red cloth gilt dj complete but spine darkened and with some edge wear. No inscriptions etc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> Cecil Palmer hardcover
P.F. Collier & Son New York 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 volume set. New Standard Edition. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Shelf wear. A couple weakened gutters but overall sound. Generally clean. Contents: v.1. From the World's Beginning to B.C. 208; v.2. From B.C. 207 to A.D. 1193; v.3. From A.D. 1194 to A.D. 1492; v.4. From A.D. 1493 to A.D. 1648; v.5. From A.D. 1648 to 1776; v.6. From A.D. 1776 to A.D. 1848; v.7. From A.D. 1848 to A.D. 1899; v.8. From A.D. 1899 to A.D. 1906. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. P.F. Collier & Son, New York hardcover