Member: WashingtonAveBooks

I'll go back thru some of my old trip journals--mostly the fun of it--is to go thru the different towns and look up the book stores in the town phone book and visit what's available no particular plan--then you end with some surprising gifts that you didin't know existed--I'm not talking about the big cities--smaller towns along the highways and byways--I hardly travel at any great speed-so usually end up going on the older highways--you know trying not to get in anybody's way who need to get somewhere--small college towns are a great boon for books--Va.,NC.,Kent.,in Greensboro,N.C. there's one particular book dealer that's a disaster as far as order--but hidden goodies are available also good Lebanese restaurant there,can't think of bookshop right off-- have to come back to it unless you visit all--most times I just visit bookstores that are into antiquarian books--and there's usually not that many in each town--if you find more than one or two--gold mine--stay awhile--while in the bookstores don't limit yourself branch out--they all started with a purpose--find out what it was and be surprised--all these older
folks were into something and they'll share--most of the time you'll come out better off than when you went in--Corkster

posted by Corkster at 2:22 pm (EST) on Apr 5, 2009

Not only have I bought books on trips around the U.S. but I have made it one of my purposes in life to find all good book catalogues on gardening--Europe
all points on the globe--go to Raymond M.Sutton,Jr.--Landsman Bookshop LTD.both are pretty heavy duty--others on request--Corkster (internet has made it a little easier)alto-I like to inspect what I'm going to purchase if you haven't been to Williamsburg,Kentucky--it's a trip--lots of books

posted by Corkster at 4:52 pm (EST) on Mar 9, 2009

Books for gardeners and Readers who want to read excellant gardening books:
Siftings from my collection----more later
1.)Woodland plants and Sun Lovers --Bawden
2.)Garden Shrubs and their Histories Alice M. Coats
3.)Rock Gardens and Alpine Plants Henry Correvon
4.)Gardens Friends and Foes Headstrom
5.)Cuttings from A rock Garden H. Lincoln Foster
6.)Grafter's Handbook Garner (only if interested in Grafting)
7.)Penelope Hobhouse, Frances Perry,
8.)Old Time Gardens Alice Morse Earle
9.)Best Borders Tony Lord
10.)Margery Fish (all)
11.)My Garden Comes of Age Julia H. Cummins
12.)Town Gardening Robert Pearson
13.)Norvell Gillespie,Phebe Westcott Humphreys
14.)Reading the landscape May Theilgaard Wafts
15.)Francis Theodora Parson
16.)Beyond your Doorstep Hal Borland
17.)Studies in Gardening A-Clutton Brock
18.)Growing Woodland Plants Clarence and Eleanor Birdseye
19.)A Botanist's Garden John Raven

posted by Corkster at 10:33 pm (EST) on Feb 12, 2009

I appreciate your interest and comments about my books--I've been gardening more or less from a very young age--I started cutting grass when i was eight years old in and around Buckhead in Atlanta--books I collected when I went around the U.S. on vacations--stopping along the highway before I got to the next town checking yellow pages for book stores--of course I had to go see if they had just one more book that I didn't have--I have read them all some I wouldn't read again but I might use for reference--I'll get into your question about memoirs in the next couple of days--Do you know Lovejoy?I love mixing the old books with the new writers that I compare with the old--I talking experienced gardners--Stephen Lacey-Margery Fish-Christopher lloyd-Allen Lacy-Parke Margonelli--I hope you have some of the above don't mean to act like you're a neophyte--But let's make more talk--as you can tell I'm a frustrated book gardener person--appreciate your input Thanks Corkster

posted by Corkster at 7:11 pm (EST) on Feb 11, 2009

Greetings! I just noticed that we share 19 books in our libraries (and probably a good number more, since I have a great many books still to add when I find the time). We also have similar sized libraries so far. Your library though, from what I have viewed, is all gardening and nature and is remarkable in its depth in that field. I am really enjoying perusing your shelves and am envious of a number of books I found there. I am in Nebraska, garden on two acres, and grow a wide variety of plants but focus on irises, peonies, clematis, daylilies and bulbs. I will be back to your library often and am already making a list from your collection that I need to acquire for my own. Thanks so much for allowing me the pleasure of browsing your library.
Gary White (gardenlit), Lincoln Nebraska

posted by GardenLit at 7:34 am (EST) on Oct 2, 2008