New York: Devlin & Co., 1871. Softcover. Small greenish printed wraps, sewn. 26 pp., (6) pp ads at rear several wood engraved illustrations. Lovely illustrations of idealized features. Worldcat locates 8 copies only. More about The Central Park explained and illustrated in familiar form
Philadelphia: John Bartram Association, 1938. Softcover. Light green stapled wraps. 35 pp. Several bw ills. More about John Bartram, 1699 - 1777: His Garden and His House, William Bartram, 1739 - 1823
New York: Rizzoli, 1999. Hardbound. Red cloth with black lettering on spine; 176 pp. with numerous color photographs. For over a century, Japanese-style gardens have been created on the West Coast and have become an integral part of the region's landscape and culture. This book presents them as distinctly North... More about Japanese-Style Gardens of the Pacific West Coast
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. Hardcover. Olive stamped cloth, color illus. dust jacket, 464 pp., many illus., chiefly in color; weighs 7.5 lbs. "A celebration in words and breathtaking imags of thirty-five landscapes created for private clients by today's preeminent designers." (dj) Probably your only chance to... More about The New Garden Paradise: Great Private Gardens of the World
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Softcover. Color illus. wraps, 378 pp., few BW illus. "Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Ethan Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context." (back cover) In... More about Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture & the National Park Service
Portland, OR: Timber Press, Inc., 2018. Hardcover. Color-illustrated paper over boards, white lettering. 535 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Photography by Michael D. Garber. "In this sweeping, lushly photographed book, historian Linda Chisholm guides you through 100 notable gardens as she tells the story of how landscape design reflects and... More about The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens
Mount Vernon: The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, 1982. Hardcover. Green cloth, white ill. DJ. xi, 116 pp. Numerous color ills. Photographs by Ted Vaughan. This book is both the account of Washington's "little amusement" as he modestly called his passion for gardening and a guide to the... More about The Gardens and Grounds at Mount Vernon: How George Washington Planned and Planted Them
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937. Hardcover. Orange cloth with gilt lettering. 97 pp. + plate pp. 233 bw plates. With additional drawings by Marian Green Barney. Provides practical information as well as illustrations of spectacular gardens. Chapters cover garden plans, permanent plantings, creating accents, garden sculptures, water gardens, rock gardens and roof gardens. More about The Practical Book of Garden Structure and Design
Woodstock: Overlook Press, 1993. Hardcover. Navy boards with gilt spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 240 pp. Color illustrations, maps. More about Landscape Design: An International Survey
[Durham, N.C.]: Duke University, 2006. Hardcover. Light green stamped cloth, green & white and illus. dust jacket, 142 pp., richly illus. in color. "Invites readers to explore the growth and beauty of a North Carolina landmark." -- the Sarah P. Duke Gardens on the campus of Duke University. "Established in... More about The Sarah P. Duke Gardens: A Wonderful Wander
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Hardcover. Forest green cloth, gilt letters on spine, color illus. dust jacket, 178 pp., many color illus. "Chanticleer, a forty-eight-acre garden on Philadelphia's historic Main Line, is many things simultaneously: a lush display of verdant intensity and variety, an irreverent and informal setting for... More about Chanticleer: A Pleasure Garden
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998. Hardcover. Orange boards, orange and color illus. dust jacket. 160 pp. 50 color plates, 75 bw illus. "The first book to concentrate on the history of these structures, locating pergolas, summerhouses, dovecotes, and other outbuildings in the context of their specific period, place... More about Furnishing the Old-Fashioned Garden: Three Centuries of American Summerhouses, Dovecotes,...
Amherst, Mass. University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, ochre & BW illus. dust jacket, 396 pp., 150 BW illus. Chronicles the work of Katharine Smith Reynolds (1880-1923), who planned the layout for "Reynolda," her thousand-acre estate in Winston, North Carolina. "Analyzes the singular convergence... More about A World of Her Own Making: Katharine Smith Reynolds and the Landscape of Reynolda
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999. Hardcover. Green decorated paper boards, blue & color illus. dust jacket, 256 pp., 512 illus., chiefly in color. "The most complete history of garden ornament in America from 1740 to 1940 every published." Chapters look at fountains, statues, urns, furniture, sundials and armillary... More about Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste
New York: Wise & Co. / A. T. De La Mare Company, 1927, 1937. Hardcover. Brown cloth with color illus. laid on front cover, tan paper dust jacket with color illus., in mylar cover, 237 pp., 200+ BW photo repros with green landscape drawings. "Not only do the illustrations cover... More about Foundation Planting
New York: Orange Judd, 1857-8. Hardbound. 3/4 black leather with marbled boards. Volume 17: pp. 1-352 (Issues 1-11 only, of 12). Volume 18: pp. 129-384 (issues 4-12 only, of 12). Profusely illustrated with wonderful woodcuts and wood engravings. A completely engaging periodical that is replete with pertinent and elegant engravings... More about The American Agriculturist. Designed to Improve All Classes Interested in Soil Culture. Including...
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. Hardbound. Dark green-blue cloth with gold lettering and photographically illustrated dj with brown lettering; 428 pp. with copious bw illustrations. In this beautifully illustrated survey, landscape historian Robin Karson traces the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design through an analysis of... More about A Genius for Place: American Landscape of the Country Place Era
Amherst, Mass. University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. Hardbound. Dark green-blue cloth with gold lettering and photographically illustrated dj with brown lettering; 428 pp. with copious bw illustrations. "In this beautifully illustrated survey, landscape historian Robin Karson traces the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design through an analysis... More about A Genius for Place: American Landscape of the Country Place Era
Winchester, Virginia: The Glass-Glen Burnie Museum, Inc., 2003. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 112 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. An in-depth and wonderfully illustrated study of the gardens surrounding the Glen Burnie Historic House. More about The Gardens of Glen Burnie: The History and Legends of a Virginia Legacy
Amherst, Mass. University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. Revised and expanded. Softcover. Forest-green & color illus. wraps, French flaps, xiv. 373 pp., many BW illus., 8 pp. of color plates. An update to the original 1989 edition. "Offers an insightful inquiry into the intellectual and cultural origins of Mount Auburn Cemetery... More about Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardbound. Green cloth gilt embossed covers with blue cloth, gilt embossed spine. Vol. 1: xxii, [2], 464 pp., with 649 bw photographs. ol. 2: xxi, [3], 444 pp., with over 600 bw photographs. The illustrations in Volume 1 are organized by State, with a.... More about Gardens of Colony and State-Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and of the Republic...
New York: Abrams, 2006. Hardcover. Red cloth, light blue & color illus. dust jacket, 248 pp., profusely illus. in color. "While presenting the history of the Garden, [this book] offers a lavishly illustrated tour of the grounds and structures on this remarkable 250-acre site in the heart of New York... More about The New York Botanical Garden
Charlottesville, Va. University of Virginia Press, 2013. Hardcover. Three-quarters goldenrod boards with brown cloth spine, gilt letters on spine, brown & color illus. dust jacket, 285 pp., BW illus. A biography of Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851-1934), "one of the premier figures in landscape writing and design at the turn... More about Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer: A Landscape Critic in the Gilded Age
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1905. First edition, third thousand. Hardcover. Green cloth. xvi, 338 pp. 168 bw engravings and illus. An early how-to book on landscaping the home, first released in 1899. Provides detailed lists of various types of trees, flowers and shrubs, as well as suggestions to... More about Landscape Gardening as Applied to Home Decoration
New York: National Sculpture Society, 1948. Softcover. Goldenrod wraps with black lettering and illus. 4 pp. with no illus. Exhibition in collaboration with the Garden Club of America. List of 38 works, in alphabetical order by artist. Included is the artist's contact information, title of each work, medium and price. More about An Exhibition of Garden Sculpture
