Olives: The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit

New York: North Point Press, 1996. 3rd Printing. Octavo quarter bound in green and brown boards; dust jacket, 316 pages: illustrations; 25 cm Fine in Fine dust jacket; near imperceptible shelf-wear to edges; a clean and tight copy. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780865475038

"In 1986, Mort Rosenblum bought a small overgrown farm in Provence. With it, he discovered, were 150 neglected olive trees that were old when the Sun King ruled France. His neighbors, characters from Pagnol with skills dating back to Pliny, helped him bring his grove back to life. Rosenblum became obsessed with olives: the Olea europaea's role in history and civilization; their cultivation and commerce; their place in the kitchen, in the library, and in the heart." --Publisher