Govanstone (6 results)

Hardback. Tilley Govanstone, Rosenberg Publishing. Alister Clark, Australia's most prodigious rosarian, bred roses to establish new, improved, hardier varieties that would flourish in the Australian climate, and grow better in Australian soils. He aimed to produce roses that would extend their flowering beyond a season: ideally to bear blossoms all year round. This book is a celebration of the sixty-five women to whom the late Alister Clark, chose to dedicate Glenara Seedling roses. There is story behind each rose. The authors are noted for their detective work in finding "lost" Alister Clark roses. With the thread of Alister Clark's forty-year rose-breeding program linking the women together, the book presents biographical sketches of each woman rose name-sake, and provides contemporary rose-grower's notes on each woman's rose. Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Reprint 2010 near fine hardback in a near fine dust wrapper, corners and edges lightly rubbed. No inscription. 288 pages with index. Illustrations. Bibliography.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; reprinted. With illustrations in colour and black & white, gift inscription to previous owners by the authors on the half title page. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. This book is a celebration of the sixty-five women to whom the late Alister Clark, chose to dedicate Glenara Seedling roses. There is story behind each rose. The authors are noted for their detective work in finding "lost" Alister Clark roses. With the thread of Alister Clark's forty-year rose-breeding program linking the women together, the book presents biographical sketches of each woman rose name-sake, and provides contemporary rose-grower's notes on each woman's rose; 250 x 190mm; 288 pages; Signed by All Authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; reprinted. With illustrations in colour and black & white, Signed by Tilley and Andrew Govanstone on the title page. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. This book is a celebration of the sixty-five women to whom the late Alister Clark, chose to dedicate Glenara Seedling roses. There is story behind each rose. The authors are noted for their detective work in finding "lost" Alister Clark roses. With the thread of Alister Clark's forty-year rose-breeding program linking the women together, the book presents biographical sketches of each woman rose name-sake, and provides contemporary rose-grower's notes on each woman's rose. ; 250 x 190mm; 288 pages; Signed by All Authors.

2nd printing hardback with dust jacket As New small quarto 288pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, bibliog., index, Nice copy of a scarce title.

small 4to.pp.288, index, profusely illustrated in colour and blsck & white. original cloth titled in white fine in fine dust wrapper. This book isa celebration of the sixty five women to whom Australias most prodigious rosarian, the late Alister Clark, chose to dedicate Glenara Seedling roses.