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Martineau, Mrs. Philip (Alice)
The Secrets of Many Gardens
The Secrets of Many Gardens
With illustrations and inscription on the fly: "Edith Wharton With love from one gardener to another Alice Martineau March 1924." Wharton provided the Introduction to another of Martineau's works, Gardening in Sunny Lands (Cobden-Sanderson, 1924).
Jekyll, Gertrude
Lilies for English Gardens
Lilies for English Gardens
"A Guide for Amateurs," published through the Country Life library series. With numerous illustrations and photographs.
The volume has been marked in several places by Wharton, who has also added an annotation ("June") to p. 30.
The volume has been marked in several places by Wharton, who has also added an annotation ("June") to p. 30.
Robinson, W.
The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds
The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds
Eighth edition. Contains many engraved wooden illustrations. One image is of a magazine picture of the garden of a Californian home; inscribed above is '10.C.10'. Contains gardening ideas for design and arrangement.
Robinson, W.
The English Flower Garden and Home Ground
8th ed. Note at the top of the second page (possible bookseller's mark): “10. C. 10.” Illustration / frontispiece in black and white, showing a rustic home with vegetation surrounding it. The caption to the illustration reads, “An ideal winter home…
Robinson, W.
The Wild Garden
3rd ed. With illustrations by Alfred Parsons, including a frontispiece by him (black and white painting of a natural garden, with Parsons’s signature on the bottom right corner of the illustration along with the date “1880”). The caption to the…
Parsons, Frances Theodora
According to Season
According to Season
The book describes wilds flowers and plants, in order of their appearance each year in springtime woods. With color plates illustrated by Elsie Louise Shaw.
Dykes, W.R.
A Handbook of Garden Irises
A Handbook of Garden Irises
Contains inscription that reads: "To Edith Wharton from Alice Martineau June 1924"
Cook, E.T.
Gardening for Beginners
Gardening for Beginners
From "The Country Life Library" series.
Preface by Gertrude Jekyll; illustrated.
Preface by Gertrude Jekyll; illustrated.
Caetani, Roffredo
Hypatia
Hypatia
Message on title page (in French) to Wharton: "To Mrs. Edith Wharton in remembrance of her beautiful garden at Hyéres R. Caetani"; in wrappers.
McDonald, Alexander
Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening
Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening
Printed for George Kearsley; volume 2 (of 2), with 60 hand-colored engravings by Sydenham Edwards, and other engraved plates. Full calf, gilt lettering on spine, deckled edges, and red and black morocco labels on spine. This volume contains fragments…
Amherst, The Hon. Alicia A History of Gardening in England
Second Edition. Contains illustrations. Decorative gilt cloth. Octavo.