David Wilkie — Gentians

London, Country Life Limited, 1936. Cloth. A pleasant gardening reference book by David Wilkie, Assistant-Curator at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Illustrated from photographs with a frontispiece by John Nash. "This is the first book in this country entirely devoted to Gentians, which is one of the most popular branches of horticulture." In a cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, sound. Light rubbing and some staining to the boards. Dustwrapper is generally smart, lightly rubbed in places and a trifle faded. There is an ink inscription to the front pastedown and an 'R. A. Newman' ink stamp to the recto of front free-end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is a letter saying 'Happy Xmas from Tom' loose at the front of the book. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good/Very Good.