Verlag: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Inc.
Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Gottscho-Schleisner; Hollrock, George L (illustrator). Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.79.
Verlag: Chicago, J.G. Ferguson Pub. Co., 1969., 1969
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. xi, 403 pp. ; illustrated (partly in color) ; 27 cm ; LCCN: 70-95239 ; OCLC: 24727 ; LC: SB453; Dewey: 635.9 ; "Originally published in 1935 under title: The book of garden magic" ; green boards with gold lettering and designs ; spine torn ; front c over top corner bumped ; slight yellowing of edges ; else FAIR. Book.
Verlag: [Feltham] : Spring Books, 1968, 1963., 1968
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 288 pp. ; illustrated, (including 40 in color), map, plans, portraits ; 33 cm. ; LCCN: 70-395566 ; OCLC: 14230 ; LC: SB465; Dewey: 712/.094 ; Note well: water damage to the front cover has left residue from the dustjacket ; inside of jacket torn, but does not affect illustration on front ; text unaffected ; slight knock ; illustrated end papers ; foxing ; FAIR/FAIR. Book.
Verlag: New York, M. Barrows; distributed by M. Morrow, 1967, 1967
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 182 pages illustrations (some color) 29 cm ; LCCN: 67-19689 ; OCLC: 1187642 ; LC: SB473; Dewey: 712/.6 ; Planting plans by the author. Photos. by Molly Adams except as noted. ; green cloth, in color photographic dustjacket ; spot on front cover ; remainder mark on inside front endpaper ; scuff to back cover ; 199 beautifully composed black and white photos, 52 detailed garden plans, and 4 color photographs ; Contents: Fundamentals -- Planting design -- How to make a planting design -- The approach to the house -- Terrace plantings -- Trees and their associations -- Which place is yours -- Remodeled hillside property -- Windswept by the sea -- Waterfront cottage -- Small house near the ocean -- Weekend cottage -- Contemporary house -- Colonial house -- Small place for enthusiastic gardeners -- Remodeled salt box -- Plant collector's property -- Garden details -- Small gardens and garden rooms -- Garden features -- Groundcovers and paving plants -- Hedges and concealments -- Garden paths -- index ; "This is the first book on landscape design to give detailed working plans along with photographs that show how the plans have worked out in actual practice, in terms of the finished terraces and walks, the planted trees, shrubs, vines and flowers. in every case, the aim is practicality and low up-keep." ; "Alice Recknagel Ireys is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a registered Landscape Architect of New York State. A graduate of the Cambridge School of Architecture (now part of Harvard), she has been in independent practice since 1939. SHe has been a lecturer at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where she designed the Garden of Fragrance for the Blind; she has been a speaker at the Williamsburg Garden Symposium and at Longwood Gardens." ; designs are very forward-looking, anticipating the look of suburban gardens some 20 years into the future ; nicks to dustjacket ; some marks in colored pencil, else VG/G. Book.