Author: Blunt, Wilfrid
Title: In for a Penny: a Prospect of Kew Gardens
Description: Hamish Hamilton, 1978.1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 0241898234.V.g./No Jacket.xxi + 218 pp, 6 colour and numerous monochrome illustrations.Owner's bookplate.A sly, witty account of the history of Kew, including some delightful anecdotes which must have caused some embarassment to this institution: at the time: cf.the discussion of ""amorous dalliance"" on p.199.Definitely one of the best books ever written on Kew. In English.1 kg.

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