HarperPerennial, New York, 1993, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-06-098121-0.  Trade soft cover, 241 pages including Sources.  Very good; wraps show very light edge and cover wear, binding sound with a very slight lean; remainder mark on top edge; interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages.  ‘From his farm high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, the award-winning author of Mayordomo explores the intimate, exhilarating relationship that grows up between a farmer and the earth that slowly yields to his labors.  Threaded with the history and culture of a plant prized since ancient times, A Garlic Testament examines the vivid mysteries of earth, wind, water, bulb, and seed.  This is soul food not just for gardeners, but for all who hunger after a way of life that nourishes both body and spirit.’ (from rear wrap)