The Cabaret of Plants. Botany and the Imagination. de Richard Mabey - 2015

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Profile Books Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Profile Books, 2015. 9781861976628. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 374, illus with coloured photos (no inscriptions).

Profile Books, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing, with complete number line on the copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine (hint of tiny rub at base of spine). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (very slightly indented along upper edge in places). A really nice, clean volume. Ranging widely over science, art and cultural history, Mabey puts plants centre stage and reveals a botanical caberet, a world of tricksters as well as an enthralled audience of romantics.

Profile Books, 2015. 9781861976628. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 374, illus with coloured photos throughout (no inscriptions).

Published by Profile Books, 2015 (Circa.). Hardback. Nearly Fine/Very Good. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Ranging widely across science, art and cultural history, poetry and personal experience, Mabey puts plants centre stage, and reveals a true botanical cabaret, a world of tricksters, shape-shifters and inspired problem-solvers, as well as an enthralled audience of romantics, eccentric amateur scientists, transgressive artists and grass roots botanophiles. This book celebrates the idea that plants are not simply 'the furniture of the planet', but vital, inventive, individual beings, worthy of respect. Navy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. Second printing. Pictorial dustwraper is a little grubby to rear panel.

Profile Books. Near Fine. 162 x 244 x 32mm. Hardback. 2015. 374 pages. <br>In Richard Mabey's characteristically lyrical and informative tone, The Cabaret of Plants explores plant species wh ich have challenged our imaginations, awoken that cliched but rea l human emotion of wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from every walk of life, the y ... .