9780906671641 - Cottage Flora by Morter, Peter (10 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Good condition hard cover, with fair condition jacket, some wear to cover and spine, internally clean and tidy and in a good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Peter Morter (illustrator). ## A Cottage FLORA by David MacFadyen 1982 ## ## THIS BOOK: is classified as FINE. The 1982 edition. The cover is full colour. The book is spotless inside: as is the dust jacket, with no rips or tears, just some light shelf wear. ## ## A Cottage Flora recounts the traditions and practical advice derived from centuries of contact between the cottager and the flowers in his garden. How digitalis from the foxglove was an essential ingredient in witches' flying ointment, how the scream of an uprooted peony might kill a man, how the lavender became scented when they spread the swaddling clothes of the Holy Child to dry on a lavender bush. Rue, it appears, was strewn on prison floors to prevent gaol-fever (typhus) and is still carried in posies by judges at assizes. ## ## Peter Morter's delicate and highly accomplished watercolours and David MacFadyen's text, in the words of Arthur Marshall, 'instruct and delight all garden flower and herb lovers.' Helping to keep cottage flowers in their traditional place in our present-day gardens. ## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch with me for a shipping quotation. ####. No Author signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 2nd class tracked post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Peter Mortimer (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good olive boards in clipped DJ. Owner name inside. Colour plates. Common and Latin names and myth and folk lore concerning the plants. Index/contents. Foreword by Arthur Marshall (H31).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Free shipping. Dispatch on all orders before 3pm same day. | SHOP & WAREHOUSE OVERSTOCK - LOWEST PRICE ONLINE! This book is in As New condition. | Publication Date: 1982-08-23 00:00:00 | Language: english | Pages: 112 | Format: Hardcover | Weight: 0.75 pounds | ISBN: 0906671647 | Seller SKU: U1-S-EY-uln_NGIHJQMRWE.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Peter Morter (illustrator). First Edition. Hardback. Foreword by Arthur Marshall. This book recounts the traditions and practical advice that derive from centuries of contact between the cottager and the flowers in his garden. How difitalis from the foxgloce was an important ingredient in witches' flying ointment, how the scream of an uprooted peony might kill a man, how the lavender became scented when the swaddling clothes of the Holy Child were spread to dry on a lavender bush. Rue, it appeats, was strenwn on prison floors to prevent goal-fever (typhus) and iis still carried in posies by judges at assizes. Peter Morter's delicate and highly accomplished watercoloours and David MacFadyen's text, in the words of Arthur Marshall, 'instruct and delight all garden flower and herb lovers', and help to keep cottage flowers in their traditional place in our present-day gardens. Illustrated. 112 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Edition. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The price clipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. This unique book recounts the traditions and practical advice that derive from centuries of contact between the cottager and the flowers in his garden. The joy of this book is due in the main to the accomplished watercolour botanical drawings that were especially commissioned for this publication Ref N4.