The Tulip, Anna Pavord. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1999. First Printing. Green cloth boards, black titles, Illustrated endpapers. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; 439pp. with illustrations in color and in black and white, descriptions of eighty wild-species of tulips and several hundred garden varieties, index. In fine, unread condition and housed in a fine jacket.
The Tulip, is the story of a flower that has driven men mad. Greed, desire, anguish, and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip into a worldwide phenomenon. Anna Pavord’s, The Tulip, has become a classic and the bible for tulip lovers.
