Little Brown, Boston, 1996.  ISBN 0-316-88224-0; remainder mark near bottom spine.  Hard cover, 200 pages including Bibliography and Acknowledgements.  Brown boards with gold lettering on spine; bit of edge, corner and spine end wear.  Binding sound with a slight lean.  Dust jacket with price intact has edge and cover wear, short edge tears, some chunks missing from bottom front panel edge; price sticker on front flap over printed price.  Gold end papers and paste-downs; bit of soil/prints on rear end paper.  Remainder of interior clean and unmarked.  Colour illustrations.  ‘This beautifully illustrated book now recreates Brother Cadfael’s herbal kingdom.  It begins by tracing the history of herbals and herb gardens, and places Cadfael’s herb garden in the context of the monastic gardens at Shrewsbury.  It describes Cadfael’s work as a healer, one of his duties being to supply medicines for the infirmary, and traces a typical year in the life of this devoted herbalist.’ (from front flap)