New Miles Anderson Book?

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:15 pm

I was perusing Amazon and found a reference to this upcoming book.

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents: Everything you need to know about identifying, buying, siting, care and maintenance.

By Miles Anderson.

It's available for pre-order via Amazon right now.

Just and FYI for cactus book junkies...

Tim

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:39 pm

Hrmmm, might just be a cover change, or they use a different cover for hardcover/softcover versions. as the same title came out in Jan 08, i think. Had a Pereskia or Periopskis on the cover.

As far as i know, he only wrote 1 book.

phil_SK · Post by **phil_SK** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:41 pm

Presumably a rehash of something he wrote before he died - if he only wrote "the Cactus Family" it must be bits from that???

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:24 pm

It's Miles Anderson of Miles to Go nursery, still alive and definitely kickin'! Ted Anderson, no relation.

Anyway, I've heard glowing reviews of the book, which makes sense, as Miles is one of the most skilled growers around.

peterb

Post by **daiv** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:40 pm

peterb wrote:It's Miles Anderson of Miles to Go nursery, still alive and definitely kickin'! Ted Anderson, no relation.

Peter, you mean "Ed Anderson" wrote "The Cactus Family".

phil_SK · Post by **phil_SK** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:07 pm

Oh, stupid me. I've been a bit half-brained all day.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:29 pm

Hi daiv, yikes, yes I meant Edward T Anderson.

senior moment!

peterb

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:33 pm

What I found is that the same book is published with two titles in two different formats. The last book appears to be new and will be available in 7/08.

I have them listed in their order of publishing.

Tim

The Ultimate Book of Cacti and Succulents
Hardcover
Miles Anderson
1998
Lorenz Publishing

1-8596-7460-7

12.1 x 9.4 x 1.1

Cacti and Succulents, Illustrated Encyclopedia
Softcover
Miles Anderson
Consultant Terry Hewitt
First Edition 1999
Lorenz Books

0-7548-0028-8

9 x 6 x 1

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents: Everything you need to know about identifying, buying, siting, care and maintenance. (The Complete Illustrated Guide to)
Hardcover
Miles Anderson
Lorenz Books

2008

0-7548-1842-X

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:03 pm

Strange...

I saw the hardcover version at a show & sale 2 weeks ago...i almost bought it, probably should have.

vlani · Post by **vlani** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:56 pm

it is easy to ask Miles himself about the book. miles2go.com is his on-line catalog of plants. He used to have his book there as well

Vlad

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:26 pm

I looked on his site for reference to his books when I was originally trying to figure this out. I think I'll send him a note to see what is in the upcoming book. If it's a rehash of previously published stuff, I think I'll pass.

I'll let you know what I find out from Miles.

Tim

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:01 pm

I spoke with Miles down in Tucson last weekend and asked him about the upcoming book. He said it is an update of the existing books out there, not a new book from scratch.

He said he's hoping to get copies to sell. The first time I was on his site he had one book listed, but that went away pretty quickly.

That's all the news for now!

Tim

greenbaron · Post by **greenbaron** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:23 pm

This book now shows availability from the publisher (amazon.com) in JAN 2009 (The Complete Illustrated Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents: Everything you need to know about identifying, buying, siting, care and maintenance.)
From reading this post, it appears it was available earlier this year? Has anyone here got it?

greenbaron · Post by **greenbaron** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:43 am

He's offering the book on his site now, signed copy
http://www.miles2go.com/new_items.htm

Post by **daiv** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:23 am

I don't have that one. If it contains EVERYTHING I need to know, that would take the fun of discovery out of it.