Glover John Etc (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [2nd printing] ; 160 pp. ; color illustrations ; 27 cm. ; ISBN: 0804819750; 9780804819756 ; OCLC: 28682329 ; LC: SB454; Dewey: 615.8515 ; "An Eddison-Sadd edition ; creme colored cloth with gold lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; bumps to top of dustjacket, else FINE/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 160 pp. ; illustrated, mostly in color ; 27 cm. ; ISBN: 0684839652; 9780684839653 LCCN: 97-17129 ; OCLC: 36877403 ; LC: SB455; Dewey: 635/.01/9 ; brown cloth with silver lettering in price-clipped color photographic dustjacket ; " .[A] wide-ranging and deeply involving discussion of the emotional, spiritual and physical effects of a sensuous approach to the graden.[a]lso included is practical information about such sensuous touches as planting night-blooming flowers to perfume the evening garden, using richly textured ground covers to soften the path, creating monochrome flower beds to explore the nuance of color, and experimenting with the sweet and delicate flavors of baby vegetables." ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 160 unnumbered pages ; 27 cm ; ISBN 9780747212119, 0747212112 ; OCLC 60282464 ; red cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; 'The Hanging Garden' is full of ideas to help you create stunning displays of flowers in hanging baskets, window boxes, raised beds and arches. ; SUE FISHER is Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University. She is author of In the Patient's Best Interest: Women and the Politics of Medical Decisions and co-editor of Negotiating the Margins: The Gendered Discourses of Power and Resistance, both published by Rutgers University Press. ; Contents: The evolution of the hanging garden -- the planting displays -- Baskets and boxes: annuals and bedding plants -- Hearty half-hardies: frost-tender perennials -- Anything goes: annuals and bedders in unusual containers -- Small-scale versatility: perennials, alpines and shrubs -- What goes up.: climbers and trailers -- A cook's delight: vegetables, fruits and herbs -- Elegant foliage, cool contrasts: ferns and grasses --Classic favourites: Roses -- The charm of the wild: wildflowers and natives -- Practical matters -- Further reading -- List of suppliers; FINE/FINEFINE/FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 320 pp. ; color illustrations ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0811826562; 9780811826563 LCCN: 2001-267718 ; OCLC: 43639135 ; LC: SB473; Dewey: 712/.6 ; black cloth with silver lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; explores the world's most breathtaking gar dens, examining their signature styles, tracing their history, and demonstrating with real gardens on American soil how their inspiration can be incorporated into one's own garden. Beautifully illustrated with garden plans and . photographs, the book also includes a timeline delineating the origins of gardening's essential principles. ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A collection of 14 pamphlets all from the 1870s on a variety of Subjects, The first five are by W. E. Gladstone; The Berlin Treaty and Anglo-Turkish Convention; Dean Hook; Sclavonic Provinces and the Ottoman Empire; Speech on the Eastern Question; Paths of Honour. Max Muller; On Missions as well as John Glover, The Plimsoll Sensation, A Reply. The rest of the pamphlets are on various religious and agricultural matters with some being printed at St. Ives Cambridgeshire. The covers are separating, missing the backstrip, but the pamphlets are generally sound.