First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. This work focuses especially on gardening in the semi-arid American Intermountain West. With a section of color photos and with b&w drawings by Maggi Michael throughout. Indexed. --- In full gold cloth-covered boards with titling in cobalt blue on spine. Jacket is nice, but with minor rubbing. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; vii, 191 pages