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71087 GARDENS AT HAMPTON COURT
by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan Superbly atmospheric photos accompany this history of Hampton Court Palace which focuses particularly on the gardens and estate. A royal residence only after Henry VIII seized it from the disgraced Wolsey in 1528, the site
goes back to the Bronze Age and in medieval times was occupied by the Knights Hospitallers. Henry VIII introduced a tennis court and tiltyard for jousting, and the gardens were developed by William and Mary. Although Capability Brown also made a few improvements their formal character was retained. The Clock and Fountain Courts were sympathetically adapted by Hawksmoor to provide William III with modern apartments and are now among the palace’s greatest architectural beauties. In 1838 Queen Victoria opened the palace to the public. The photos include shots of the spectacular topiary, the gnarled branches and exotic blooms of the celebrated great wisteria and beautiful studies of the gracious architecture, particularly from the classical West Terrace, the Broad Walk, the replanted Lime Walks, the view of Elizabethan chimneys from the Pond Gardens with their vivid tulips, and the grandiose baroque Great Fountain Garden. The approach from the west front has changed over the years but Wolsey’s Great Gatehouse remains an iconic view. Following a fire in 1986, extensive restoration work has been done. 208pp, stunning photography on most pages.
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68749 THE ENGLISH GARDEN by Iona Baird et al
An inspiring guide and essential work of reference to 100 gardens from the 1590 Sir Edward Phelips Montacute House design to the best work of horticulture’s pioneers and innovators, such as William Kent, Capability Brown and Vita Sackville-West, Manyard Colchester’s Westbury Court garden (1705), Harewood House (1844) and the delicate herbaceous borders of the early 20th century to architectural Modernist gardens and contemporary masterpieces by today’s practitioners. All types of garden are featured including the formal parterre, the cottage garden, botanical gardens, rockeries and water gardens, the romantic gardens of Sissinghurst (1948) to the Arts and Crafts garden of Wightwick Manor (1887). Organised chronologically. 112 very large pages in glorious colour with directory. £17.95 NOW £6.50
69314 101 IDEAS: GARDENS by Rob Cassy Divided into three sections, these 101 creative ideas start with The Big Picture: take a long cool look at your garden to assess what needs to be done and what you personally can manage. We have advice for installing decking, drainage, grass substitutes, fences, seating, decorative lights and much else. Ideas for the scented garden include a list of all-time fragrant greats, while evergreens, topiary, hanging baskets, ponds and barbecues are also covered. The final section deals with the mundane business of tools, pruning and storage. 120pp, colour photography. £14.99 NOW £2.50
69339 GOOD GARDENS GUIDE
edited by Peter King and Katherine Lambert
Subtitled The Essential Independent Guide to the 1200 Best Gardens, Parks and Green Spaces in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands. This volume selects only gardens of real merit, vividly detailing their main characteristics and special qualities, with detailed info and
coloured maps enabling outings to be planned easily and reliably. This 19th edition includes 1,260 gardens ranging from the world-famous, such as Sissinghurst Castle, Kent to the relatively unknown Townley Park, Lancashire and 45 gardens which appear in the guide for the first time. A thick 565 paperback pages illustrated by over 240 colour photos and a wealth of maps. £15.99 NOW £2.50
69372 RHS TREASURY OF FLOWERS: Writers
and Artists in the Garden edited by Charles Elliott
In this beautiful Royal Horticultural Society book, a stunning print or painting of a flower is matched on each double page spread by poetry or prose celebrating it. Thomas Hardy laments the fact that the chrysanthemum blooms too late to be appreciated, even though the summer sun “called to each frond and whirl”. Sunflowers are celebrated by Swinburne, “ranged in royal rank” and Betjeman admires the rhododendrons which grace the “Italianate mansion and turreted stable” in a suburb of Sheffield. 144pp, over 60 extracts, illus. £12.99 NOW £5
70460 CONCISE GUIDE TO ROSES: Species,
Care and Garden Design by Sandra Lindner
The enchanting photos by the internationally renowned garden photographer Juergen Becker enhance this comprehensive text and reveal roses in all their beauty. Rose lovers will find here fact sheets on the origin, flowering, growth and care of each species and, indeed, everything that they need to know about the classification, maintenance, location and characteristics as well as planting conditions of these blooms without which no garden would be complete. From 30,000 species worldwide, the author has selected 300 of those whose qualities have won them particular praise from rose experts. With tips on how to choose ones which suit our own particular tastes. 256 pages in glorious colour with list of useful addresses. £5.99 NOW £2.75
69998 COMPLETE GUIDE TO ORCHIDS by Fern Marshall Bradley et al
Spice up your home, patio or garden with exotic blooms and delicious fragrances. Growing orchids may seem like a challenge, but with the Miracle-Grow complete guide, you gain from the experience and insight of the nation’s foremost orchid experts. Lavish photography shows how to display orchids where they will thrive. Easy to follow step-by-step directions show how to grow healthy orchids. There are hundreds of encyclopedia entries to help you choose the ideal orchid for you and your home. Large softback, colour photos. 224pp. $19.95 NOW £4
70228 MACHIAVELLI’S LAWN: The Great
Writers’ Garden Companion by Mark Crick 12 great authors have temporarily put down their pens to pick up their spades and offer botanically accurate tips. You will enjoy weeding by hand with Emile Zola, caring for heather with Alan Bennett, pruning the roses with Pablo Neruda and repotting a house plant with Martin Amis. Not only these but many other tedious gardening jobs will become of passionate interest when helped along by the wit and wisdom of renowned writers. 109 appealing pages with paintings, cartoons, colour photos and line drawings, each in the style of a famous artist, from David Hockney to Gustav Klimt. £10.99 NOW £4.50
69903 75 EXCEPTIONAL
HERBS FOR YOUR GARDEN by Jack Staub
Written in an old-fashioned style reminiscent of a traditional Herbal, this informative and elegant book will transport the reader into that bygone age when people had the leisure to cultivate their gardens and knew all the Latin names. Basil is one of the most popular herbs nowadays, possibly deriving its name from the mythical monster the
Basilisk. The plant was immortalised by the medieval writer Boccaccio in the story of the “Pot of Basil” and its gruesome contents. Garlic, still recognised to have antibiotic properties, originally came from the area north of Afghanistan and in ancient Egypt was recommended for a total of 22 different ailments. 239pp, beautiful pen and colourwash drawings. £11.99 NOW £4
70448 BEST OF EXPERTS by Dr. D. G. Hessayon
In 1958 a young botanist had the idea of a new type of gardening book. Be Your Own Gardening Expert by Dr. D. G. Hessayon appeared, a 36 page staple-bound ‘flattie’ with coloured charts, annotated diagrams and an array of small blocks of down-to-earth information, modestly priced. In a now modernised layout, these bright, well designed pages feature colour diagrams, potted histories, practical advice on repairing concrete or fixing a trellis, rose black spot, quizzes to Name that Shrub, tying tips, caring for your orchid, the anatomy of a bird-friendly garden and that is just in the first four pages of this attractively designed large paperback. 128pp in large softback. £7.99 NOW £4
70647 GARDENERS’ WORLD MAGAZINE 201
IDEAS FOR GROWING FRUIT AND VEG by Laura Higginson
All the advice stems from seasoned experts at Gardeners’ World Magazine and the book contains top tips for making the most of your crops, whether you aim to grow your own produce in small spaces, such as containers or a window box, or in a larger allotment or a suburban garden. From simple steps for absolute beginners to more advanced projects for experienced home growers, here are 201 new ideas. From fresh salads and summertime fruit to hardy herbs and veg for the winter pot, home-grown crops have a flavour that no shop- bought produce can match, so get digging and sowing! 192 paperback pages 19cm x 25cm illus in colour. £12.99 NOW £4.50
GREAT BRITAIN
70563 CREAM TEAS, TRAFFIC JAMS AND SUNBURN: The Great British
Holiday by Brian Viner The British on holiday. Four simple words which instantly conjure up a maelstrom of torment: raw sunburn and driving rain, interminable traffic jams on motorways and country lanes, ripped windbreaks and punctured lilos, “English Pub” signs at Mediterranean resorts, blocked
chemical toilets and flight cancellations - why do we bring this agony upon ourselves? Who knows, but we most certainly do, with holidaying Brits being among the world’s biggest spenders. In this extremely funny and acutely observed social history Brian Viner celebrates our quite possibly unique attitudes toward our all-important trips away each year. The first half of the book addresses the phenomenon of Brits who holiday only in Britain, which amazingly accounts for 20 million of us, around a third of the population. Looks at the British holidaymaker abroad - passport paranoia, obsessive suntanning, a resolute refusal to speak any foreign tongue and romantic diversions, to mention but a few of our curiosities. Packed with delicious anecdotes (except for a description of the worst Full English ever offered), the ideal holiday read. 308pp paperback. £12.99 NOW £3.50
71093 LONDON: A Short
History by A. N. Wilson New Troy or Roman London? Norman London, Chaucer’s London, Tudor and Stuart London, Restoration, Georgian, the Industrial Revolution and the Metropolis of Nash, Victorian London, 1900-1939, Wartime London, Post-War, The End of the Bowler Hat, London Cosmopolis and Silly London are the 15 chapters before a chronology of
our great capital city. From Chaucer to Churchill, Pepys to Dickens, the great figures from London’s past make all
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their appearances in A. N. Wilson’s affectionate and passionate account of London. Here are the Great Fire to the Blitz, the Peasants’ Revolt to Mosley’s fascist rallies. Plus the elegant squares and pleasure gardens of the 18th century, the prodigious expansion of the 19th century and the Railway Age, the Blitz to the Big Bang of the 1980s, celebrating the cosmopolitan nature of modern London. Slightly dated. 166pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £3.50
71033 CITY SECRETS: London edited by Robert Kahn and Tim Adams Visit the 1858 Wilton’s Music Hall in Whitechapel, discover the Japanese Gardens near Holland Park, the Turkish and Russian bath at Queensway, the remarkable art deco space of the former Daily Express building, the Gandhi memorial and the hat factory, the Cabinet War Rooms or a day in Epping Forest, Parliament Hill Café and two secrets at Earls Court as you take a walk to the famous Brompton Cemetery. Organised from Trafalgar Square through Bloomsbury and Islington to the City, the South Bank, the East End and beyond, a barrister takes you to the wine merchant who supplies claret to the Queen, art historians describe memorable museums, a celebrated writer directs you to Oscar Wilde’s favourite restaurant and an illustrious designer divulges his luxurious ‘connoisseur’s afternoon’. 272pp, scarlet cloth bound, with space for your own notes, useful map. £9.99 NOW £4
68995 WHITEHALL: The Street that Shaped a Nation by Colin Brown
Whitehall is built on top of a Tudor palace whose ruins were uncovered during the building of the present Ministry of Defence in 1939. It was here that Henry VIII had his wine cellar and kept fit on the tennis court and Charles I was executed at Inigo Jones’s newly built Banqueting House - an event witnessed by Samuel Pepys who played truant from school. Churchill laid his strategy for countering a possible invasion here, building the network of tunnels under Whitehall which were later developed into a nuclear bunker. 388pp, colour and b/w photos.
£17.99 NOW £5 69101 ASPECTS OF BLACKBURN -
DISCOVERING LOCAL HISTORY edited by Alan Duckworth
In the 1801 census Blackburn had an astonishing 7,000 cotton handlooms yet as the handloom was superseded by the power loom, many workers were laid off and the town became a centre for the revolutionary workers’ Chartist movement. Mike Clarke tells the story of the local boatyards in their heyday and their gradual decline as motorised transport came in. “Workers’ Playtime” tells the story of holidays in Morecambe and trips to the Lyceum Theatre. 192pp, paperback, b/w photos. £9.99 NOW £2.50
69177 DISCOVER LANDSCAPES: Peak District Villages by Simon Kirwan
Kirwan does justice to some of the most beautiful countryside scenes in the region from Alport three miles south of Bakewell on the edge of the Peak District National Park to Youlgreave on the banks of the River Bradford by way of Rowsley, Monyash and Chapel-en- le-Frith. This is the area taking in Peveril Castle, Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall. Charming colour photos, 32 page large softback. £6.99 NOW £2
69179 DISCOVER TIMES PAST: The Lake District by Jerome Monahan
Windermere and Ambleside, Kendal and the Langdales, here is the poetry of the Lakes captured in really beautiful monochrome photographs from the Hulton Getty Picture Library. Traditional sports of Cumbria are celebrated, including the senior race at Grasmere 1912. Water-skiing on Ullswater, wartime in the Lakes and down on the farm, all captured in large, clear monochrome stills. 32pp, softback. £6.99 NOW £2
69182 DISCOVER WEST MIDLANDS FROM
ABOVE by Adrian Warren and Dae Sasitorn Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Greater Birmingham (now known as the West Midlands), Staffordshire and Warwickshire are dominated by industry. Warwick has the most spectacular medieval castles, including the extraordinary ruin at Kenilworth and, of course, Stratford-upon-Avon. Cannock Chase with its wildlife, grouse, foxes, badgers, deer and red squirrel and the Cotswolds, the Severn Valley Railway and the historic Malvern Hills are all seen from a bird’s eye view. Colour, softback of 32pp. £6.99 NOW £1.50
69446 THE WESTMINSTER
CIRCLE by David Sullivan The City of Westminster today is home to the monarch, government and all associated offices of both for the entire nation, not to mention Westminster Abbey, St James’s Park, Trafalgar Square and Belgravia. The book includes the original settlement around the abbey and royal palace, the district of
Charing and Old Strand, the former “Convent Garden” and the market garden area of Aldwych, the district known today as Soho, all of which formed the Manor of Westminster, and the districts now known as Hyde Park, Belgravia, Mayfair and Pimlico which made up the adjacent Manor of Eye. Three colour maps and 20 colour and b/w plates, 432 heavyweight pages, 7½”×10". £25 NOW £5
69264 GLASTONBURY THROUGH TIME by Steve Wallis
Glastonbury is one of Britain’s most attractive historical towns. Its many ancient buildings are set in a stunning landscape and with its legendary connections with King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathea, the magnificent ruined abbey and, of course, the Tor. Here, 180 “then and now” photos show the many ways that Glastonbury has changed and developed over the 20th century. We visit some of the town’s notable curiosities including Wick Hollow, a Galilee, The Tribunal and other views of the town. Explains points of interest and relevant dates. 94pp softback.
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69271 TORQUAY THROUGH TIME by Leslie Retallick
This wonderful selection of over 180 colour and b/w “then and now” photos traces the way in which Torquay has changed over the 20th century such as the natural
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arch London Bridge, the Imperial Hotel, Maidencombe Beach, Lucius Street, Howzat! And the oldest building in the village, Cockington Forge, plus tea rooms, parks and gardens, churches and a bird’s eye view. Many of the original photos came from the golden age of the picture postcard, the late Victorian era to the start of the Great War. With fact, observation and whimsy. 96pp softback. £12.99 NOW £4
69508 UNDERGROUND ENGLAND: Travels Beneath Our Cities and Countryside by Stephen Smith
Here is an underground odyssey from Newcastle to Brighton, from the Welsh Marches to the Suffolk coast. Smith uncovers smugglers’ tunnels and drowned cities, underground waterfalls, burial mounds and investigates the errant nuns and secret societies, 18th century rakes and troglodytes, communities who have made the netherworld their home. There is even a lengthy section on the life of Frankie Howerd and some personal anecdotes mixed in this rather odd book. 306pp in paperback. £10.99 NOW £4
69606 LIVERPOOL 800: Character, Culture
and History edited by John Belchem A warts-and-all portrait of the city, elegantly designed with 300 illustrations, many in colour. From obscure medieval beginnings, Liverpool rose to become one of the world’s greatest sea ports, partly as a result of the infamous slave trade. By 1907 Liverpool was proclaimed the proud second city of empire, at the pinnacle of fame and fortune, as its rich cultural heritage attests. Thereafter, events took a sharp turn for the worse and Liverpool came to be stigmatised. After a brief Merseybeat florescence in the 1960s, the city enjoyed a renaissance in the early years of the 21st century and has been recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. 532 large heavy pages. £16.50 NOW £6
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ALFRED WAINWRIGHT Landscape of the Lakes
71080 COAST TO COAST
WITH WAINWRIGHT by A. Wainwright
St. Bees Head at Whitehaven is the starting point for the Coast to Coast Walk created by fell-walker Alfred Wainwright; the destination is Robin Hood’s Bay on Yorkshire’s east coast. The 190-mile route takes the walker via Grasmere,
Shap, Kirkby Stephen and Richmond, linking existing rights of way. Although Wainwright is always associated with the Lakeland area he felt that eastwards was the right way round to do the walk because the prevailing weather is from the west and a following wind is more agreeable than battling into a storm. This guidebook to the route features stunning photos by Derry Brabbs, starting with the stacked cliffs of Fleswick Bay, where St. Bega landed in 650 A.D. and founded St Bees Priory. Many of the photos are panoramic double spreads including magnificent studies of Great Gable, a wide view of Steeple and Scoat Fell from Ennerdale Water, and a gorgeous picture of the Black Sail youth hostel in the middle of nowhere. From Shap the landscape changes and east of the M6 is an area rich in antiquarian and archaeological material such as the Giants’ Graves in Smardale, where the Settle-Carlisle railway crosses the head of the valley. Keld is the half-way point, and further east Marrick Priory in the plain of York is followed by elegant Richmond before the last push over the North York moors. Finally on Sleights Moor the weary walker glimpses the dramatic cliffs and red roofs of Robin Hood’s Bay. 270pp, amazing photography on most pages, sketch maps. £25 NOW £10
71090 LAKELAND SKETCHBOOK VOLUME
1 by A. Wainwright 80 meticulously drawn views of magnificent mountain scenery. In this first sketchbook Wainwright bemoans the demise of hand-
produced books, undermined first by the invention of the printing press and then by the camera. Scafell Pike and Bow Fell are massive presences in the landscape, while Napes Needle on Great Gable, Pillar Rock on Pillar Fell or the Memorial Cairn on Birkett Fell are among the landmarks you can only reach after a stiff limb. Sinen Gill is among the region’s spectacular waterfalls, and lakeside scenes include Bassenthwaite Lake, the Buttermere Valley and Mirklin Cove in Ennerdale. Buildings featured include Kendal Castle and the ruins of a Roman Villa at Ravenglass. Each sketch is accompanied on the facing page with a sketch map and brief note about the landmark itself, whether of contemporary or historic significance. 162pp, 80 full page ink sketches. £15.99 NOW £6
71091 LAKELAND SKETCHBOOK VOLUME 2 by A. Wainwright
Following the success of his first collection of sketches, Wainwright provided his delighted public with a second volume of beautifully crafted, minutely detailed studies of his beloved Lakeland. Originally published in 1970, this reissue is still a superb collection of atmospheric evocations of the magnificent landscape. Doddick Gill is the toughest route up Blencathra and this sketch of a precipitous stream looks daunting enough for the most determined climber. Deer Bield Buttress, Easedale, is another tough climb, while the head of Piers Gill is a challenging route into the Scafells which richly rewards the walker with spectacular viewpoints. The stone circle at Kinniside near Ennerdale Bridge had been removed at the time of the last Ordnance Survey but has since been restored, waiting to surprise the next mapping team. The view of Great Gable from Lingmells features all the tricky sections including Great Hell Gate. The landscape sketches are matched by studies of buildings, for instance Calder Abbey and the Tudor Castle Dairy, Kendal. Each full-page drawing has historical or landscape notes together with a sketch map on the facing page. 162 pp, 80 full-page drawings.
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