Geoffrey Grigson — The Englishman&Apos;S Flora

London, Phoenix House, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vastly illustrated work on the flora of the English countryside. First edition. Illustrated with forty-five woodcuts from sixteenth century herbals. Collated complete. A detailed work on the history of the different plants of the English countryside, with reference to the names, origins, and discoveries of various plants. Includes common and rare wildflowers with commentary on their uses through the seasons. Written by Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson, a British poet, writer, editor, critic, exhibition curator, anthologist and naturalist. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light fading to the spine and board edges. The odd small mark to the boards with minor loss to the spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot and light age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .