Thames hudson pub (30 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Dust Jacket. First Edition American. Copyright Date: 1966 Square Sm Quarto, 1996, PP.112. Color Illustration Photos (illustrateur).

Paperback. Etat : New In shrink Wrap. First Editioin As Such. Copyright Date: 2003 Sm Quarto, 2005, PP.256, Informs, Educates And Connects Theory And Practice Across Time And Place. 213 Illustrations, 121 In Color (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Dust Jacket (c). First American Edition. Copyright Date: 1992 Square Sm Quarto, , PP.159. Color Photo Illustrations (illustrateur).

Paperback. Etat : As New. First Paperback Edition. Copyright Date: 1979 Sm Quarto, Pictorial Softbound, 1998, PP.240, A Coherent and detailed history of the English Garden. B & W Illustrations (illustrateur).

Paperback. Etat : New In Original Shrink Wrap. First Editioin As Such. Copyright Date: 2003 Sm Quarto, 2005, PP.256, Informs, Educates And Connects Theory And Practice Across Time And Place. 213 Illustrations, 121 In Color (illustrateur).

NF WRAPS. LITERARY LIVES SERIES WITH 141 ILLUSTRATIONS BOOK IS ABOUT FINE BUT FOR A SCRATCH ON THE REAR PANEL. A VERY NICE COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is PAPERBACK.

Hardcover. First American Edition. Copyright Date: 1993 Square Sm Quarto, 1993, PP.298, Very Good, Attractive Owners Bookplate At Fep. Color And B & W Photos By Hugh Palmer (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Copyright Date: 2006 Square Octavo, PP.264. Color Illustrations (illustrateur).

FINE IN WRAPS. FIRST EDITION. Binding is PAPERBACK.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. English Language Edition, Copyright Date: 1957 Sm Octavo, Tables, 338 Text Figures, 32 Are In Color, PP.127, Commercially Available And Wild Plants Very Good In Slightly Soiled Jacket. Tables, 338 Text Figures, 32 Are IN Color (illustrateur).

HARDCOVER. Etat : FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION. 125 ILLUSTRATIONS, 5 MAPS BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS ABOUT FINE WITH A VERTICAL WRINKLE DOWN MIDDLE OF THE REAR PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Copyright Date: 1992 Quarto, 1992, PP.240, Demonstrates How Historic Gardens Were Originally Conceived and How They Have Changed. B & W And Color Illustrations, Decorated End Papers, Photos By Hugh Palmer (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.112. Fully illustrated in col. and b/w. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. with a hint of sunning to the spine. A survey of the chronology of the sunflower in art, amply demonstrating that its representation doesn't begin and end with Van Gogh. The final chapter shows the continuing relevance of the flower for artists into the late twentieth century.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.208 with col. and b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Illustrates grand and small water gardens from around the world including Granada and Kashmir and the tranquil gardens of Kyoto. Considers gardens by the likes of Geoffrey Jellicoe and Roberto Burle Marx. Contains an important section on the small gardens and listings of the major water gardens worldwide. …

Soft cover. pp.139 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Proof copy. Affectionate inscription to half-title. Spotting to fore-edges of text block, title pages and occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Card covers thor. vg. with some darkening to spine. The story of how the author and his wife turned a three acre ruined and neglected garden in Devonshire into 'something worth looking at'.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.200 with col. & b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. The first fully comprehensive book on the Mughul gardens of India, tracing their origins in Persia.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.256 with col. & b/w. photos. throughout. Large 4to. Neat dedication (dated 1990) to ffep. o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. A thoroughly well illustrated history of ornamental garden objects from the grand formal gardens of Italy to the more intimate examples of contemporary design.…

Soft cover. pp.256 with photographs and other illus. Fine pbk. copy. 0.0.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.192 with many colour photos. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. The international garden festival of Chamount-sur-Loire, set in the beautiful Loire valley in France, has been a showcase for cutting-edge garden design since its first year in 1992. This book presents a stunning selection of entries to the festival with plans, colour photographs and plants listed.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.144 with colour and b/w. photos., throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Derek Jarman created his own garden in the flat, bleak expanse of shingle that faces the nuclear power station in Dungeness, Kent. Here he produced a landscape which mixed flint, shells and driftwood with sculptures, indigenous plants, and shrubs and flowers he introduced.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.367 with 76 illus., 20 in colour plus b/w. maps. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £19.95. One hundred and fifty years ago, the young naturalists Alfred Wallace, Henry Walter Bates, and Richard Spruce were on a journey. Their destination, Amazonia the world's largest tropical forest with the greatest river system and richest ecosystem was then an almost-undiscovered environment to Western explorers and scientists. Amazon expert John Hemming weaves the riveting stories of these three men's experiences in the Amazon and assesses their valuable research that drastically changed our conception of the natural world.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.222 with 207 col. photos. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. This is an important reference work for beginners and the experienced alike. The book is enhanced by a comphrehensive listing of drought-tolerant plants, which offers valuable information for gardeners keen to preserve the beauty of their gardens throughout the dry summer.…

Hardcover. pp.256 with colour photos. throughout. Royal 8vo. Fine hardback. Illustrated with stunning photography that explores this rich artform, past and present. 'Taxidermy' is the most comprehensive and beautiful survey of the subject ever produced (Antiques Info).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.320 with b/w. photos., plans & illus. 4to. Signature of Robin Whalley (the well-known authority on Victorian and Edwardian gardens) to ffep. Cords a little stretched in a few places, so a vg. hardback in vg. dw. The fruit of many years research, a very well illustrated, in-depth, account of the development of French formal gardens in the 17th & 18th centuries.…

Hardcover. pp.687 with col. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback. In-print at £64.99. William Jones's 'Icones' contains finely delineated paintings of more than 760 species of Lepidoptera, many of which it described for the first time, marking a critical moment in the study of natural history. Jones painted the butterfly and moth species between the early 1780s and 1800, drawing from his own collection and the collections of Joseph Banks, Dru Drury, Sir James Edward Smith, John Francillon, the British Museum and the Linnean Society. For every specimen painting he provided a species name, the collection from which it was taken and the geographical location in which it was found. With Iconotypes Jones's seminal work is published for the first time, accompanied by expert commentary and contextual essays, and featuring annotated maps showing the location of each species.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.240 with 52 colour plates depicting 150 plants. Folio. A little minor spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw. William Stearn introduces this work with an absorbing account of the John Tradescants, the remarkable father and son gardeners and plant hunters. In artwork commissioned for this book, Mary Grierson illustrates 150 of the plants that the Tradescants knew, grew and in some cases, introduced to 17th Century England. Christopher Brickell supports this with extensive notes describing the plates and setting the plants in their botanical and horticultural context.…

pp.543 with colour and b/w. photos., garden plans and illus. throughout. 4to. Nr. fine softback. A chronological series of essays from over sixty specialists, of various nationalities, giving an overview of significant historical research into the development of garden design.

Fortieth edition - A ready reference book of chemical and physical data - India paper - texte en Anglais - Forte reliure 19 cm, cuir fauve, pièce de titre rouge, sur papier bible - Couverture très peu frottée - Cachet de bibliothèque, sans marques extérieures - Additional postage due to language may apply, please inquire XXII,3455 pages, 19 cm, relié. Bon état.…

Hardcover. pp.320 with 181 fine colour and b/w. illus. Folio. Fine hardback. The preferred folio edition - the work was later reprinted in a smaller format. Loosely inserted is Alecto's advert advising interested people on how they could purchase an individual Alecto print. Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage round the world from 1768 to 1771. He collected over 1,300 plant species and on his return commissioned over 700 superlative engravings known collectively as Banks' Florilegium. Never published in his lifetime, it was only in 1990 that a complete set in colour was issued under the direction of the British Museum. It is from these prints that the present selection is made.…

pp.240 with b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Roy Strong's own copy with his bookplate to inside front cover. Thor. vg. softback. Roy Strong evokes the great formal gardens of the Tudors and Stuarts, all swept away by the end of the 18th Century, by considering the people and ideas that led to the creation of these gardens. He includes surviving visual material in the form of plans, diagrams, views and engravings.…