Author: Maureen Boland; Bridget Boland
Title: Old Wives&Apos; Lore for Gardeners
Description: London, The Bodley Head, 1976. Cloth. A very smart reprint of this charming collection of old wives' tales related to gardening, with illustrations. Reprinted the same year as the first edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of old wives' tales or superstitious claims related to gardening, from planting and weed control to pests and weather. Written by Maureen Boland, an Irish-British writer, and Bridget Boland, an Irish-British screenwriter, novelist, and playwright. Includes a pen and watercolour illustration from the previous owner to the front endpaper, with the inscription "for the Lady Gardener on her safe return from DUNDEE / 15 May 1987 / with love DG." In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink illustration to the front endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

Keywords: Old Wives' Lore Gardeners Wives' Not Stated


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