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Houston, Texas USA: Prestel, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. Folio. pp. 278. A fine copy in green cloth boards with pictorial slipcase. An Account of the publication of the findings of Humboldt's expedition to North & South American with reproductions of the fine botanical plates. A beautiful and well-produced book. Please note a large heavy book and a postal surcharge may apply,.
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ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT AND THE BOTANICAL EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAS
by Lack, Hans Walter
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FIELD NOTES ON RHODODENDRONS AND OTHER PLANTS COLLECTED BY KINGDON WARD IN 1935
by Kingdon Ward, Frank
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Unknown?, 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 43 pages with additional blank pages bound in at the front and rear, original marbled end papers. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to the front board, fine with minimal wear only, gilt a little dulled. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight copy, virtually as new; purportedly printed for Lionel de Rothschild..
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FIELD NOTES ON RHODODENDRONS AND OTHER PLANTS COLLECTED BY KINGDON WARD IN 1935
by Kingdon Ward, Frank
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Unknown?, 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 43 pages with additional blank pages bound in at the front and rear, original marbled end papers. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to the front board, fine with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine tight copy, virtually as new; purportedly printed for Lionel de Rothschild..
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THE FLOWERING WORLD OF "CHINESE" WILSON
by Foley, Daniel J.
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Toronto: The MacMillan Company, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 334 pages, b/w illustrations. Dust jacket a little rubbed to edges with some fading to the spine, price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Hardback binding very good. Contents clean and tight, endpapers lightly marked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..
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IN SEARCH OF FLOWERS
by Synge, P.M.
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London: Michael Joseph, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo. 176pp, b/w & col plts. An excellent copy with just a hint of edge wear to dj. Synge tells here the story of his various quests for plants..
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THE LICHEN HUNTERS
by Gilbert, Oliver
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Sussex: The Book Guild Ltd, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 208 pages; b/w and colour illustrations. Original dust jacket fine, not price clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy of this scarce title. Oliver Gilbert's pursuit of lichens. Provenance: from the library of John Mitchell with small blue bookplate, featuring a peregrine, to the inside front cover "From the library of John Mitchell, author and naturalist"; Mitchell wrote New Naturalist No. 88 Loch Lomondside..
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OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 1899. [two Volume set]. Volume I: Vanua Levu, Fiji. A Description of its leading Physical and Geological features. Volume II: Plant-dispersal.
by Guppy, H. B.
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 1903-06. Two volumes, pp. vol. I: xix, 392; vol. II: xxvi, 627; with 11 plates, 7 maps of which 2 folding and 4 in colour. A very good set with outstanding provenance [see below]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering, light general wear, gilt to spines dulled, light impression from internal binding cords to front joint of vol. II. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no foxing, many pages unopened. A very good set. Provenance: with the pencil signature "G. Taylor" to the front enpaper. [From the library of Sir George Taylor, former director of Kew, keeper of botany, British Museum, plant collector and botanist.].
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PILGRIMAGE FOR PLANTS
by Kingdon-Ward, Frank
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London: Harrap, 1960. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo. 189pp, b/w illus, dj a little edgeworn and slt. soiled now protected in an archival sleeve, contents clean and tight, a very good copy..
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PLANT HUNTERS IN THE ANDES
by T. Harper Goodspeed
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo. 378 pages, numerous black and white photographic illustrations. Dust jacket very good, light fading to the spine and a little handling wear. Cloth hardback binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine tight copy in a very good jacket..
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A PLANT HUNTER IN TIBET
by F. Kingdon Ward
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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..
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A Plant Hunter in Tibet
by Kingdon Ward, Frank
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Bangkok, Thailand: Orchid Press Publishing Limited, 2006. Book. New. Paperback. New Edition. 8vo. 317 pages; b/w illustrations, folding maps. English Text. A new copy, still in the publisher's cellophane. "A Plant Hunter in Tibet ", the account of plant-hunter and explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward's 1933 expedition to the south-eastern corner of Tibet was as significant for his geographic revelations as it was for the wealth of plant species with which he returned and documented. On this journey, Kingdon-Ward reached as far as the Salween River, a particularly remote area of Tibet not previously known or mapped in the West. His lively descriptions of the grand mountain ranges he traversed, the hardships overcome and the plants, fauna and people he encountered are complemented by spectacular photographs. The recollection of such adventures as his sojourn in a remote Buddhist gompa, the frontier justice meted out to a suspected murderer and many other tales en route make this a gripping and…
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THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
by Farrer, Reginald
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London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Third Impression. Large 8vo (15 x 22cm). pp xi, 383. Photographic plates and a fold out map. Original dust jacket in very good condition, with a little loss to the top and bottom of the spine and corners that have been expertly repaired using Japanese tissue and coloured paper to the reverse. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with some light general wear only. Contents clean and tight, no foxing , no inscriptions. A near fine copy with a very good rare dust jacket..
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