Lawrence D Griffith (7 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 4to, 292 pp.

Oversize Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full green cloth boards with pasted dwon illustration and title label. 9 3/8" w x 10 3/4"h. 292 pages. Full of color photographs. 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Barbara Temple Lombardi (photography) (illustrator). 1st Edition. New Haven, CT: Yale, 2008. 1st edition, F/F. Book and dust jacket have very little wear. color photography throughout. Flowers studied: annuals (26 examples), biennials (2), perennials (18); herbs studies: annuals (6), biennials (1), Perennials (4). About 4 pages for each example. Includes general plaanting info, notes and indexes. Nice copy.

265 colour illustrations (illustrator). Quarto, dustwrapper,304 pp.,colour illustrations. Hounds-tongue, Ragged robin, Costmary, and Pennyroyal all-heal. These plants, whose very names conjure up a bygone world, were among the great variety of flowers and herbs grown in America's colonial and early Federal gardens. In this sumptuously illustrated book, a leading historic plant expert brings this botanical heritage back to life. Drawing on years of archival research and field trials in Colonial Williamsburg's gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, Lawrence Griffith documents fifty-six species of flowers and herbs and provides details on how they were cultivated and used. For each plant, an elegant period handcoloured engraving, watercolour, or woodcut is presented along with glorious new photographs by Barbara Temple Lombardi. This book is a dazzling treat for armchair gardeners and for those who have visited and admired the famous gardens of Colonial Williamsburg. It is also an invaluable companion for twenty-first-century gardeners who will appreciate the specific advice of a master gardener on how to plan, choose appropriate species for, and maintain a beautiful, historic flower and herb garden. Also available in paperback [stock id 31361].

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New quarto 304pp., colour & b/w plates, Hounds-tongue, Ragged robin, Costmary, and Pennyroyal all-heal. These plants, whose very names conjure up a bygone world, were among the great variety of flowers and herbs grown in America's colonial and early Federal gardens. In this sumptuously illustrated book, a leading historic plant expert brings this botanical heritage back to life. Still shrink-wrapped.

Hardcover. Condition: New.