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1999 Peonies: The Imperial Flower
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
First edition. Illustrated throughout with full-page colour images. Tracing the introduction of peonies from Japan and China to Europe and North America, describing their uses from their Edwardian heyday to the modern day. This work becomes a celebration of the peony's beauty, diversity, and historical significance. Written by Jane Margaret Fearnley-Whittingstall, a writer and garden designer with a diploma in landscape architecture who won two gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show. She is the mother of celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Condition
In the original full paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout.
Near Fine
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