Search Results: Planthunting from Mike Park Ltd

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1949. A small number of illustrations on tinted paper, octavo, pp xxxii, 302, very clean internally, green cloth very slightly marked, the dustwrapper is a little worn and foxed, with several small pieces missing on the margins, a slightly larger peice missing from the rear cover and a small closed tear on the front, but now nicely protected in a removable clear cover. ["David was truly a superb naturalist, with extensive knowledge in geology, mineralogy, ornithology, zoology, and botany. He also had in his character an innate respect for people and their culture, no matter how foreign they may have seemed to him. It was this, and his gentle manner that allowed him to travel to regions of China where strangers, let alone foreigners, were rarely made to feel welcome. His early collections were so much more than expected - the quality and number of specimens was overwhelming, but it was the careful documentation that made his contributions to the Museum… Read More

London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1952. Illustrated, octavo, pp 204, very clean internally, orange cloth (possibly not the original binding ??), in a dustwrapper which is slightly worn and stretched.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/A little worn and stretched.

London: Elm Tree Books, 1989. Well illustrated, (including some watercolours by Christabel King), quarto, pp 176, clean internally, brown cloth in good condition, a good copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn. Illus. by Christabel King.

1936. Illustrated, pp 136, a bit worn, covers a bit marked and worn. [Fred Whitsey's copy with his bookplate. He was the gardening correspondent of the Sunday and Daily Telegraph for a total of 45 years. A quiet unassuming man, a pacifist, a notable amateur violin player and a great gardener.] . Paperback. Fair.

Vienna: Karl Gerold's Sohn, 1885. Two parts, quarto, pp 47, (iii); 39, uncut, contents a little marked and age-toned but sound, the original wrappers rather worn, chipped and frayed. RARE. From the library of the botanist and Director of Kew Gardens, W.B. Turrill, with his very faint signature on the upper cover. [Felix Ritter von Luschan was an Austrian doctor, anthropologist, explorer, archaeologist and ethnographer. ]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Huntia, 1969. Illustrated, large slim octavo, pp 66, age-toned, paperback, covers slightly worn. [Reprinted from Huntia.] Postage will be reduced.. Paperback. Good.

Brentwood: David Winstanley, 1996. Illustrated, quarto, pp xvi, 192, upper corner very slightly bumped, paperback, covers very slightly worn. . First English edition. Paperback. Good.

Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1986. Illustrated with a mounted colour frontispiece, four plates and two folding maps, octavo, pp xlviii, 366, very clean internally, brown cloth, a very good copy. [Van Riebeeck Society, Second Series number 17.]. First Edition thus. Cloth. New.

London: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in association with Collingridge, 1987. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 208, a slight suggestion of age-toning, otherwise very good internally, brown cloth in very good condition, in a dustwrapper which is slightly faded on its spine and just very slightly used. [ An essential work for anyone interested in the history of horticulture and botanical science. It charts not only the vagaries and tribulations of the longest-running botanical publication in the world, but also is a history of the most prominent botanists, artists, nurseries and plant collectors over those two hundred years.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Baltimore: The National Horticultural Magazine, 1934. An illustrated 22 page article, contained int eh complete issue of The National Horticultural Magazine, July 1934. Also includes articles on Peony, Pines, Eucalypts etc. Paperback, covers sl rubbed and marked but clean internally. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Princes Arms, St Paul's Churchyard, London: S. Smith & B. Walford, 1693. First edition. Two volumes in One. Octavo, imprimatur leaf, title page, dedication page, pp 26, 396; (ii), half-title to second volume, 186; 45, + bookseller's catalogue 3 pages (the last page torn and repaired without loss. Fairly heavy browning and foxing on some pages throughout, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, rebacked at some time with a new calf spine, raised bands, en extract from a bookseller's catalogue for this copy attached with sellotape to the rear endpaper. The front endpaper contains the armorial bookplate of Sir Edward William Watkin {1819-1901}, Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur; also with the signature of W. Fletcher, Grappenhall Cheshire.]. [John Ray was the compiler of these important travels. It is the first English translation of the Rauwolf, who was a German physician, botanist, and traveller. His main notability arises from a trip he made through… Read More

New York Botanical Garden, 1975. Large octavo, pp (146), paperback, a very good copy. [Memoirs of New York Botanical Garden, Volume 19, number 1. From the library of the botanist Eric Groves, with his stamp on both covers.] A most useful bibliographic tool, with extensive biographical details of botanists and collectors.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Athens & London: The University of Georgia Press, 2015. Very well illustrated, tall quarto, pp xx, 425, very clean internally, grey cloth, in a very good dustwrapper which has a slight dimple on its upper cover (also very slightly noticeable on the cloth), otherwise a very good copy. Signed by both editors on the title page, and also by two other contrib utors. [ In 1712, English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683–1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia. After a seven-year stay, he returned to England with paintings of plants and animals he had studied. They sufficiently impressed other naturalists that in 1722 several Fellows of the Royal Society sponsored his return to North America. There Catesby catalogued the flora and fauna of the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds and specimens, compiling notes, and making watercolour sketches. Going home to England after five years, he began the twenty-year task of writing, etching, and publishing his monumental The Natural History of Carolina,… Read More

Blackwell Publishing for the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2004. Illustrated pp 76, paperback, a very good copy. [The main article on Lechenaultia runs to 26 pages with six fine botanical colour plates. This issue also includes the second part of Stephen Hopper's "South-Western Australia - Cinderella of the world's temperate floristic regions" - an account of its botanical exploration from Baudin onwards (37 pages).]. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Nikulinsky, Philippa.

Vienna1885: Karl Gerold's Sohn Two parts, quarto, pp 71; 77, (3), uncut, contents a little age-toned but sound, the original wrappers very worn and detached. RARE. From the library of the botanist and Director of Kew Gardens, W.B. Turrill, with his faint signature on the upper cover. [Polak studied Medicine in Prague and Vienna. He was one of the six Austrian teachers invited by Amir Kabir, the Persian chief minister, as the instructors of Dar ul-Fonun, the first modern higher education institution in Iran. By his own account, he entered Iran on 24 November 1851, before the inauguration of the Dar ul-Fonun. From 1851 to 1860, he taught medicine at Dar ul-Fonun. In the beginning, he taught in French and used a translator. Soon, the incompetence of the translators motivated him to learn Persian. He learned Persian in six months, and then taught his course in Persian. In 1885, he funded Otto Stapf, a Viennese botanist, to undertake a botanical expedition to South- and Western Persia. This led to… Read More

Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1979. Illustrated, octavo, pp 189, (6), the first few pages are slightly waved, otherwise a very good clean copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Kew Publishing, 2015. Illustrated, tall quarto, pp 520, very clean internally, pictorial boards in very good condition. [Gren Lucas' copy signed by both authors on the title page.]. {This book is a record of some 2,700 people who have collected herbarium specimens in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, designed as a supplement to the now complete Flora of Tropical East Africa. The profiles give an indication of careers and interests, the places where the plants have been collected and herbaria in which the specimens are located. A timeline and a synopsis give an idea of professions and the changes through the eras since the first recorded herbarium specimens were collected in 1793.}. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very Good.

Cairo: Government Press, 1936. Illustrated with 29 photographic plates (poor quality), large 8vo, pp viii, 123, tiny margin missing from top of title page, a little age-toned and used internally, paperback, a little worn and chipped, the title neatly written on the spine. Presentation copy from the author to the botanist H.H. Haines. VERY SCARCE [An area currently claimed by Sudan]. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good.

Portland: Timber Press, 2000. Fourth printing. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 380, very clean internally, green cloth very slightly shelf-rubbed, a good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper which is a little faded on the spine. [Dan Hinkley's quest for distinctive plants has led him on expeditions to China, Korea, Nepal, Chile, and remote areas of North America. "The Explorer's Garden: Rare and Unusual Perennials" presents the most fascinating perennials found during Hinkley's treks around the globe, describes the assets each plant brings to the garden, and explains how it is best cultivated and propagated.]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Melbourne and Paddington: Ebes Douwma Antique prints & Sotheby's Australia, 1988. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 200, a short neat inscription inside the front cover, otherwise just very slightly used internally, paperback, covers showing very slight signs of use, and the rear cover slightly creased. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.