Rock garden vintage collection. Three classics. Reginald A. retailer Malby. A. Edwards. Henry Correvon. SEE DESCRIPTIONS. Garden reference. How-to.

These three early-1900s hardcover rock garden references are evocative of dreamy summer days and intoxicating natural beauty. Wonderful illustrations and botanical details!

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"THE STORY OF MY ROCK GARDEN:
by Reginald A. Malby
Third edition, 1913
Headley Brothers, London/Bishopsgate
Hardcover
132 pages
CONDITION: No jacket. Shelf wear and bumped corners. Mild foxing throughout. Some scuffing, light soiling along spine. Book is tight and square. Previous penciled notations erased from upper front free endpaper.
HIGHLIGHTS: Engaging text is told in the first person. retailer This is Malby's own account of creating an alpine rock garden at a villa in the suburb of Woodford in Essex. Beautiful full-color plates and b/w photos.

ROCK GARDENS
by A. Edwards
1929 First Edition hardcover (no jacket)
Ward, Lock and Co., London and Melbourne
320 pages
***CONDITION:*** Sturdy, square and tight. Much foxing/age-toning throughout and on text block. Shelf wear at corners and foot of spine. Mild scuffing to boards. Previous seller's notations in pencil on front free endpaper.
HIGHLIGHTS: Eight lovely tipped-in full color plates and 50 photographs and diagrams. Wonderful tiny, bookseller sticker on lower front endpaper. (J.H. Clarke & Co. Booksellers and Stationers, Chelmsford and Witham.)

ROCK GARDENS AND ALPINE PLANTS
by Henry Correvon
2nd printing, 1930
MacMillan Company, New York
Hardcover, no jacket,
544 pages
***CONDITION:*** No jacket. Book is sturdy and square. Some discoloration to a portion of the textured front cover and spine. A few spots on fore-edge of text block. Previous owner's name and 1934 date in ink on front free end-paper. Faint, erased bookseller notations on upper FFEP. Interior is clean and bright!
HIGHLIGHTS: This book was written by Correvon for his English-speaking audiences; he was Swiss and his many previous books were in French. This edition features eight full-color plates and eight illustrations, including frontispiece of author.

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