Title: Better Against a Wall
Author: Ursula Buchan
Illustrator: Timothy Jaques
Year: 2003 (First Edition)
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: John Murray (Publishers)
ISBN: 071956039X
ISBN-13: 9780719560392
Book Condition: Excellent
Jacket Condition: Near Excellent
Author: Ursula Buchan
Illustrator: Timothy Jaques
Year: 2003 (First Edition)
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: John Murray (Publishers)
ISBN: 071956039X
ISBN-13: 9780719560392
Book Condition: Excellent
Jacket Condition: Near Excellent
Description:
"These lively, original and well-written pieces, selected from the best of her journalism
over the past 15 years, demonstrate Buchan's highly individual take on modern gardening
and gardeners. She shivers at the thought of garden snakes, thrills to the soft perfection
of Shirley Poppies, hunts for plants in Nepal, fails to master machinery, pulls a fast one
with climbers, and somehow manages to give seaweed a good press."
Each chapter is headed by a humorous b&w illustration. B&W photograph of author on jacket flap.
Jacket has negligible grubby marks, but is in otherwise excellent condition and hasn't been price-clipped (bears original price of £16.99). Forest green boards with black embossed text on spine. Spine and corners straight. Pages have a hint of tanning, but are otherwise in pristine condition and tightly bound.
Measures 22 cm × 13.5 cm (8.8″ × 5.4″). 8vo. 264 pp.
Price: £8.00 £3.50
