{"product_id":"a-gardeners-year-h-rider-haggard-1st-edition","title":"A Gardener's Year, H. Rider Haggard — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. xii, 404.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Good. The binding remains sound and secure, though the exterior exhibits noticeable wear commensurate with its age and use. The original blue cloth boards show a prominent dark circular stain to the front cover, alongside general surface rubbing and scuffing. The spine is heavily sunned, having faded entirely from its original blue to a flat brown, with typical bumping and minor fraying at the head and tail. The deckled fore and bottom edges are age-toned. Internally, the text block is pleasingly square. The endpapers display significant offset browning, a common occurrence with the materials of this period, yet the interior pages, folding map, and twenty-five photographic plates remain largely bright and clean, with only occasional, minor age-related blemishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First Edition. This volume is a true first printing of H. Rider Haggard's horticultural departure from his famous adventure fiction. The text is generously illustrated with twenty-five plates, including a frontispiece and a detailed fold-out map of the Ditchingham House gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinding a true first edition with all plates and maps intact is increasingly uncommon, appealing to Haggard completists and collectors of Edwardian gardening literature alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlurb:\u003c\/b\u003e Penned by the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eKing Solomon's Mines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Gardener's Year\u003c\/i\u003e offers a captivating and deeply personal departure from H. Rider Haggard's typical tales of adventure. This month-by-month horticultural diary meticulously documents the triumphs and tribulations of cultivating the grounds at his Ditchingham estate. Blending practical gardening insights with Haggard's distinctive narrative flair, the book explores the cultivation of orchids, the management of lawns, and the philosophy of Edwardian rural life, serving as a charming window into the private passions of one of the era's most beloved writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54594974220627,"sku":"5083","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260811_110103.jpg?v=1786788888","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/a-gardeners-year-h-rider-haggard-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}