THE PRIMULAS OF EUROPE

Country Life, 1923-01-01. 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG++/VG. Box 80 HARDBACK ""COUNTRY LIFE LIBRARY,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1923.* Pub: Country Life Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound with dull green paper covered boards and a cream spine strip and label to face with black titles to spine & label. Absolutely minimal bumps, no rubs. Very slight marks to all edges and to head & tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated jacket with colour photo tipped on to face. Black titles to spine and face. Not price clipped showing a shelf price of 12/6 net. Minimal shelf wear & marks to top edges and to head of spine. Overall a little grubby. In clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. Top edge coloured (faded green). No marks to text. No tanning, minor spotting to prelims & some slight toning to all edges. VG++* Illustrations: A number of colour & b/w photos throughout.* Pages: 204 pp. text. vi pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: One in the Country Life library of horticultural books, this book was written to provide a handbook to assist the student in the identification of those species of the genus Primula which are native to the European continent, including the varieties produced by peculiarities of soil, climate and position, and the numerous interesting hybrids whose origin is due to natural or artificial cross-fertilisation, At the same time it is hoped to furnish some practical guidance to the cultivation of such of them as have been introduced into our gardens where the conditions differ so widely from those prevailing in their natural habitat.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with only some minor faults reducing it to VG.* 0