TALES OF THE ROSE TREE; Ravishing Rhododendrons and Their Travels Around the World
London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. Photos of roses. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Tall 8vo, olive green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with colorful Rhododendrons by Marjorie Cockburn, illustrated with 8 pages of glossy photos of Rhododendrons & maps, pictorial rose endpapers, xi, [xii] + 308 pages. Near Fine / Fine. Item #6967
ISBN: 9780007129959
The illustrated story of the Rhododendron, and how it was brought from its habitat in the Himalayas to Britain by greedy collectors.
Apart from four pages with very small unfolded dog-ears, this is a Fine copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket.
Price: $22.00