Plant Hunting
by WILSON, Ernest H.;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston, The Stratford Company, 1927, First edition. . original green cloth with gilt title lettering, spine a little faded, interior is clean and fine, in very good covers. . 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; 2 volumes, xxix, 248; ix, 276 pp, 127 plates from photos, map endpapers, index. . Wilson, originally worked for Kew and later became the keeper of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University, was one of the most important plant collectors of his time, having traveled extensively in China and Japan, where he found many new species which were introduced to the west for the first time. These included lilies, rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangea, cherries, jasmine, etc. This work surveys his many travels, including Africa, Australia and New Zealand, the tropics of America, China, Japan. He provides excellent descriptions of plant life including orchids, as well as natural history, the people he encountered, and a good overview of previous plant exploration. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J10797
- Title
- Plant Hunting
- Author
- WILSON, Ernest H.;
- Format/Binding
- Original green cloth with gilt title lettering, spine a little faded, interior is clean and fine, in very good covers.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston, The Stratford Company, 1927, First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; 2 volumes, xxi
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - General;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
Biblio member since 2003
Toronto, Ontario
About Horizon Books
We buy and sell rare and out-of-print books related to Travel & Exploration, Gardening and Natural History. We are always interested in purchasing libraries, collections and individual books of merit in our specialties. We have been selling books on the Internet since 1993. We also sell antique prints - please email us for our current web page with images of each print and map. BROWSE OUR BOOKS FROM THE LISTS DIRECTLY BELOW, or search by author, title, keyword.
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