Hardback. 155pp. First edition. Gentle comic tale about a gardener, with a gloriously colour illustrated dust jacket by John Minton with an image that covers both panels and the spine. Bound in green cloth also illustrated by Minton. Illustrated title page. Full page line drawings in green by Minton throughout. Repeated illustrated chapter headers by Minton. Cloth has some uneven fading to spine. Front illustrated panel of dust jacket has some loss to lower corner near spine but is largely unaffected by damage and is clean and bright. Dust jacket spine is worn to ends. Boards are softened to points. Clean and sound.