A Plant Hunter in Tibet by F.Kingdon Ward - 1937

Jonathan Cape, 1934. Hardcover. Good. 1934. First Edition. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Black and white fold-out map. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.

London, UK: Jonathan Cape. Blue/green cloth, gilt title. 317pp. b/w photo plates.; fold-out map. Shelf wear to boards with spine and corners slightly bumped and all edges slightly rubbed. Slight lean to spine. Neat name to ffep. Top edge lightly coloured, lower edge uncut. Slight foxing to leading and lower text block edges; contents lightly foxed throughout but text and plates remain clear. . Good. Hardcover. 2nd Impression. Reissue. 1937.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reissue. 8vo. Re-issue in the Odyssey Library. 317 pages, b/w illustrations, photos. Original blue hardback binding, very good with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight, minimal tanning to the first and last few pages, no inscriptions. A very good tight copy..

London: Jonathan Cape. Good/Fair. 1934. First Ediition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket in clear protective sleeve, large chunks missing, chipped, creasing, price clipped. Brown cloth soiled, gilt titling. No ownership inscription. Frontispiece small amount of staining in lower margin. 317 pages, 18 Illustrations on 15 Plates, Maps 1 Double-page, 1 Folding. Clean and tidy. `This was my twelfth big journey in Asia. Its object - botanical and geographical exploration of the unknown country between the Tsang-po and Salween rivers. The map was silent; but there were rumours of a great snow range. I was also making a colour film for Raycol British Corporation. We started from Assam early in March, passed safely through the Mishmi Hills, and reached Rima, the first village in Tibet, early in April. Thenceforward we travelled entirely through unexplored country. In May a Mishmi runner bringing up mails and silver from Sadiya was murdered within a day's journey of our camp. After that I had… Read More

Jonathan Cape, 1934. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. First edition without jacket on orange cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable

London: Jonathan Cape. Good in Good dust jacket; Boards: edgewear, bumped, moisture stains to . bottome edges. Text: w/ attached map, staining on page edges. DJ: tears, 3 . taped on inside, edgewear, soiled. In clear protective wrapper.. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317 pages .

London, Jonathan Cape, [1934], First edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, trifle foxed in margin of title page, bookplate on endpaper, near fine, clean copy. . 8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 317 pp, frontis, illustrations from photos, 2 maps including double-page map with route in red and folding map of Himalaya East of the Tsangpo in blue & black, index of places, plant index, persons index, animal-bird index. . The author, plant collector and geographer and winner of the Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal, describes the people, nature, scenes during his plant hunting expedition in Tibet where he found numerous plants new to Europe. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London [1937], Cape. First Edition, 2nd. impression. Blue cloth, 317p., very good, 19 b.w.photos, dust jacket in mylar protector a few places on the dj has wear through, and also some wear throught the cloth on the leading edge. R A R E ! . *** *** **** . . A PRIMARY RESOURCE BY THE FAMOUS BOTANIST & PLANT HUNTER . . * Primary account of the 1933 expedition through the Lohit Valley, to Rima, along the Rong to Chu to Giwang, Rongyul & to Shugden Gompa. Plant collecting around Giwang, Sole, Modung, Ata, Chutong & especially from the base camp in Shugden Gompa. . With notes, 4 indices, 2 fold-out maps, one with red line showing the authors trek, 19 b.w. photos. . Detail notes on flora, climate & the geography. Collecting numbers c10300-11078. Excellent and famous work, by the eminent plant explorer. . **** THE ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION 1934: Note copies vary, please see our listing to find exact copies in stock today. . Generic description: The complete work with all photos, maps as called… Read More

London [1934], Cape. Brown cloth, very good, 317p., 19 b.w. photos, 4 indices, 2 foldout maps: 1 color line, 13.5 x 20.5 cm., a very clean & solid example, contents likewise. RARE FIRST EDITION . *** *** **** . . A PRIMARY RESOURCE BY THE FAMOUS BOTANIST & PLANT HUNTER . . * Primary account of the 1933 expedition through the Lohit Valley, to Rima, along the Rong to Chu to Giwang, Rongyul & to Shugden Gompa. Plant collecting around Giwang, Sole, Modung, Ata, Chutong & especially from the base camp in Shugden Gompa. . With notes, 4 indices, 2 fold-out maps, one with red line showing the authors trek, 19 b.w. photos. . Detail notes on flora, climate & the geography. Collecting numbers c10300-11078. Excellent and famous work, by the eminent plant explorer. . **** THE ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION 1934: Note copies vary, please see our listing to find exact copies in stock today. . Generic description: The complete work with all photos, maps as called for. This is the original fine edition,… Read More