WILDFLOWERS ACROSS AMERICA; Photographs Selected by Les Line
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers / National Wildlife Research Center, 1988. Photos color; maps;. First Edition [no number line: presumed first printing]. Pictorial cloth. SIGNED by both Author and Editor--Lady Bird and Carlton Lees--on a special bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper (with glassine tissue guard); square quarto (9 1/4" x 9 1/4" x 1 1/4"), pictorial cloth with lavender wildflowers' pattern over off-white cloth with pink dots; profusely lllustrated with beautiful glossy color photos of wildflowers selected by Les Line--plus a few of lovely Lady Bird in the midst of flowers--and occasional maps; Foreword by Lady Bird Johnson; lilac endpapers; Selected Bibliography, Index, 309 pages + [2] About the National Wildlife Research Center. Slipcase: pictorial floral label framed by glossy lilac strips over off-white with pink dots pattern used on cloth covers. Weight: 4 lbs. 5 oz. As New / Slipcase: As New. Item #7544
ISBN: 9780896597709
"Lady Bird" Johnson (née Taylor; 1912 – 2007) was an American socialite and First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1969. She had previously served as the Second Lady from 1961 to 1963 when her husband was Vice President.
She was an advocate for beautifying the nation's cities and highways ("Where flowers bloom, so does hope"). The Highway Beautification Act was informally known as "Lady Bird's Bill." For such distinguished and inspired service, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1988, the highest honors bestowed upon a US civilian.
Carlton B. Lees (1924 - 1989) was a distinguished horticulturalist who retired as the CEO of the New York Botanical Garden and President of the Garden Writers Association of America.
In 1970, Lees published the book Gardens, Plants, and Man. This book attempted to answer the question, "What is a garden?" It was awarded the Helen Hull Certificate of Merit for Horticultural Literature by the National Council of State Garden Clubs, and embodies many of his convictions, especially that, "Gardens may be the last outposts of reality in an increasingly artificial world; they are necessary to our very existence." Lady Bird's views echo those of Lees.
Les Line (d. 1910) was a brilliant editor for Audubon magazine (1966-1991), He is widely celebrated as being "one of the fathers of environmental journalism and one of the most important magazine editors who ever lived." In addition to supporting superb explanatory journalism, he fostered fibrant photography. Indeed, the extent and superb quality of photos give special quality to this magnificent book.
As New copy in all respects. A sturdy and handsome slipcase. No previous ownership markings!
Price: $120.00