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Buy this book on-line BUCHAN**, URSULA: : Good in a Bed - Garden Writings from The Spectator.** [Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.JOHN MURRAY,2001. ISBN 0719560268.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten black biro,ink signature to title-page,just above her own printed name,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Timothy Jacques,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners,due in part to slightly oversize dw/dj - no nicks or tears present.Top edge slightly aged (?) or lightly coloured (?) but clean; fore-edge brighter and clean also,contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean unblemished, publisher's original,plain bright yellow cloth bds with red,ink-stamped letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,ix-xiipp+1-260pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements, author intro,10 chapters comprising 98 articles,b/w line illustrated chapter head -pieces by Timothy Jacques,conversion tables,an index; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,b/w illustrated frntis - design repeated from dw/dj front,and dedication.
Ursula Buchan is one of those rare gardening writers who is read with pleasure by people who have never picked up a trowel or pruned a rose - in fact by people who don't have gardens at all.She puts gardening into a wider perspective,a million miles from the depressingly familiar gardening-by-numbers approach. 'Good in a Bed' contains wisdom accumulated over two decades,from practical advice on plants,garden design and pests - not to mention how to make a cricket wicket or rugby pitch - to thoughts on horticultural trends and fashions,like the development of dwarf varieties and the encouragement of wildlife.There are reviews of books, gardens and flower shows (including Chelsea, of course) and fascinating information on gardening history and gardening people.
In this delightful and witty book,Ursula Buchan shares with us her own experiences and preferences: her dislike of herb gardens and timid planting,her battles with plastic netting and problems with doing the church flowers.As well as being a goldmine of practical information,'Good in a Bed' gives an intriguing picture of the development of gardening during the 1980s and 1990s.This is a perfect present for any gardener - armchair,green or mature.
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