Pavord, Anna. The Tulip. 1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 1999
pp.439 with many colour and b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. Owner’s signature. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
Not a gardening book, but the story of a flower that has made people go mad. Greed, desire, anguish, devotion have all played their part in the development of the Tulip from a wild flower of the Asian steppes to the world wide phenomenon it is today.
£10.00 [Ref: 67599]