Spice & Scent: Herbs in Fact and Fancy
by Maril, Lee
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
Item Price
£17.96£12.57
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About This Item
New York: Coward - McCann. Very Good-. 1943. Hardcover. 63 pages; illustrated by the author in lovely whimsical style that depicts both the herb or spice and a bit of history. Yellow paper over board with foxing along the edges else clean tight copy. Decorative endpages and green text. "Rosemary, parsley, basil, hyssop, lavender, fennel, and other herbs are here illustrated and described as to the latin name, meaning, description, cultivation, harvesting, uses and history. Colored drawings and legends regarding their origin and use add interest." (Pub. blurb.) A nice solid copy. ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8552
- Title
- Spice & Scent: Herbs in Fact and Fancy
- Author
- Maril, Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- Coward - McCann
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Cookery - History, Juvenile Literature, Botany - Plants, Homeschool
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History: Entomology & Botany; Cookery, Food & Drink;
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