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A Macmillan first edition, first printing hardcover in fine condition. Boards are clean, bright, and square throughout with absolutely no wear to the spine, corners, or edges. Dust jacket is bright, crisp, and undamaged, fine in all respects with no tears, chips, or soiling. Pages are unread and unmarked throughout, with the light tanning at the edges entirely expected for a book of fifteen years' age. Binding is firm and tight. Published by Macmillan, London, in April 2010, this first edition, first printing hardcover of The Surprising Life of Constance Spry: From Social Reformer to Society Florist is the first full biography of Constance Spry in thirty years, written by Sue Shephard. Constance Spry lived one of the most improbable and remarkable lives of the twentieth century. The rose named in her honour after her death — the Constance Spry rose — was the very first David Austin rose ever created. Ships within Canada. International orders welcome through AbeBooks.