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Landscape Design & Gardens

14796. Bligh, Beatrice: DOWN TO EARTH. 4to., 1st.ed.; pp.69. ill.plts & line drgs.; ill. cl.boards, plans of the garden on eps., a good copy in prot. d/w , Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1968.
The story of the author's transformation of an unformed and neglected country garden at "Pejar Park" into a prize-winning and famous garden without professional assistance and with little expenditure. Scarce. .
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$165

22538. Crittenden, Victor: THE FRONT GARDEN. The Story of the Cottage Garden in Australia. 8vo., pp.50. a few line drawings; paperback, v. good, Mulini Press, Canberra, 1979.
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$25

20448. Cuffley, Peter: COTTAGE GARDENS IN AUSTRALIA. Sq.4to., 1st.Ed.; pp.248. well ill.; v.good ex-library in d/w, The Five Mile Press, Melbourne, 1983.
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$40

22543. Fabos, Milde & Weinmayr, Julius Gy, Gordon & V. Michael,: FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, Sr.. Founder of Landscape Architecture in America. sq. 4to., 2nd rev. ed.; pp.114. 2 fold-out plates as well as a wealth of b/w figures, including original drawings; hardcover, v.good in d/w, The University of Massachusetts Press, 1970 (1968).
A survey of the pioneering achievements of Frederick Law Olmsted, presented as a fascinating pictorial survey of his major works in urban, state and national park design; community and regional planning; and campus and estate design..
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$60

21907.: GARDEN ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE 1450-1800. From the villa garden of the Italian Renaissance to the English landscape garden. 4to, pp.236. profusely ill., mostly colour; paperback, new, Taschen, Cologne, 1990.
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$40

22453. Jekyll Gertrude: GARDEN ORNAMENT. large 4to, reprint; xii, pp.460. 690 ills, mostly photos, other text ills.; v.good, Antique Collectors Club, London, 1984.
A classic title..
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$185

15599. King, Ronald: THE QUEST FOR PARADISE. A History of the World's Gardens. 4to., pp.288. Prof.ill., much col.; Good , Mayflower Books, New York, n.d.(1980).
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$35

14664. Thacker, Christopher: THE HISTORY OF GARDENS. Sm.4to., pp.288. Pict.eps. & t.pp., profusely ill. incl.55 col.plates; hardcover, v.good in sd/w, A.H.& A.W.Reed, Sydney & N.Z., 1979.
A scholarly work, covering gardens of the East and West in an entertaining way, whether discussing garden philosophers and designers or the invention of the lawn mower in the 1830s. Splendidly illustrated, comprehensive bibliography..
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$70