1990 Narcissus: A Guide to Wild Daffodils

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce, With Dustwrapper

The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.

With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. 

Illustrated with numerous coloured plates, including a frontispiece, several line drawings by Christabel King, as well as sketched maps. 

A both scholarly and readable guide to wild daffodils or Narcissus, comprising descriptions of over 150 species, varieties, forms and hybrids, all with interesting details concerning its natural history, habit and cultivation. 

From John Blanchard, who was an expert on almost every aspect of the genus and was awarded the Victoria medal of honour by the Royal Horticultural Society.