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House Plants: Hidden Histories of - Maddie & Alice Bailey (1st/1st HB)
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'The Hidden Histories of House Plants' - Fascinating stories of our most loved houseplants by Maddie & Alice Bailey in excellent condition. It's a First Edition First Imprint hardback as per photo 9.
The blurb:- Each and every one of your houseplants has a fascinating story behind it. Their countless adaptions, unusual habits, movements and colours serve very real purposes in the wild, but their true resillience and vibrancy can sometimes be overlooked within the comfort of our own homes.
In [this] Maddie and Alice Bailey explore the stories of 20 different huseplants and how they came to be the plants we all know and love today. They uncover the inner workings of the plants by revealing how they function in the natural world, their place in culture, how they have evolved to adapt to unfavourable conditions and why they travelled the globe to arrive in our living rooms...
Contents page is shown in photo 3 [can be enlarged to make it easier to read].
160 pages Published by Gardie Grant Books in 2021 [1st Edition 1st Imprint]. ISBN 978-1-76488-405-5. [Approx 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.1cms & 485g].
This hardback is in excellent condition with pages clean and tightly bound. Barely any sign of use/storage to the exterior as per photos 1 & 2.
Also have other books on plants and gardening listed separately at present.
Please note:-
- Inspections welcome.
- Best to phone [three&two zero&nine seven&one eight&two] if you are keen to collect. I don't use a mobile and often only get to check messages late in the evening, so please check your email for replies [they sometimes end up in your Spam folder].
- No Paypal [sorry]
The blurb:- Each and every one of your houseplants has a fascinating story behind it. Their countless adaptions, unusual habits, movements and colours serve very real purposes in the wild, but their true resillience and vibrancy can sometimes be overlooked within the comfort of our own homes.
In [this] Maddie and Alice Bailey explore the stories of 20 different huseplants and how they came to be the plants we all know and love today. They uncover the inner workings of the plants by revealing how they function in the natural world, their place in culture, how they have evolved to adapt to unfavourable conditions and why they travelled the globe to arrive in our living rooms...
Contents page is shown in photo 3 [can be enlarged to make it easier to read].
160 pages Published by Gardie Grant Books in 2021 [1st Edition 1st Imprint]. ISBN 978-1-76488-405-5. [Approx 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.1cms & 485g].
This hardback is in excellent condition with pages clean and tightly bound. Barely any sign of use/storage to the exterior as per photos 1 & 2.
Also have other books on plants and gardening listed separately at present.
Please note:-
- Inspections welcome.
- Best to phone [three&two zero&nine seven&one eight&two] if you are keen to collect. I don't use a mobile and often only get to check messages late in the evening, so please check your email for replies [they sometimes end up in your Spam folder].
- No Paypal [sorry]
- Date Listed:10/04/2024
- Last Edited:10/04/2024
- Condition:Used
- Shipping:Shipping & Pickup
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