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The Flowers of Kew; 350 Years of Flower Paintings from the Royal Botanic Gardens

by MABEY, Richard;

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New York, Atheneum, 1989, First American Edition. . original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not clipped), small dent at lower edge of cover, else fine. . 4to [27 x 20 cm]; xv, 208 pp, numerous illustrations in color including full-page, bibliog, index. . Covers the resident artists, explorer painters, insider amateurs and official Illustrators who have made Kew Gardens renowned throughout the world. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Flowers of May

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London, Collins & Brown, [1990], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean, unmarked. . 4to [28.5 x 22 cm]; 15 pp, colored frontis, 84 fine botanical color plates, each with description on opposite page, other illus, maps. . Caroline May was a botanical artist, born in 1809, died 1874, did over 1,000 botanical paintings, previously unpublished. The paintings are attractive and graceful. A biographical sketch and other introductory material is included. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Canada; the Country, its People, Religions, Politics. . . being a Compendium of Travel from th Atlantic to the Pacific, the Great Lakes, Manitoba, the North-West and British Columbia, . .

by MAC, Captain;

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Montreal, , 1882, enlarged edition, originally published in Washington in 1881. . rebound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, few leaves with crease, tp slightly worn, very good. . 8vo; 353, [xxii, ads] pp, well-illustrated including scenes, people. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Viking's Wake; Cruising Through Southern Scandinavian Waters

by MACCULLAGH [MAC CULLAGH], Richard John;

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London, D. Van Nostrand Company, nd [c1959], First edition. . original dark green cloth with gilt decorative design on front cover and gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean in very good dj (chip at lower edge). . small 4to [26 x 20 cm]; xiv, [ii], 239 pp, frontis, plates from photos, illustrations from drwgs, maps, index. . The story of a small boat cruise, with pilotage notes at end of each chapter, through Kiel Fiord and Canal, all Danish waters, islands and ports, Southern Sweden, the Kattegat and the North Sea, with excellent illustrations by the author-artist and maps. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Picturesque Paraguay; Sport, Pioneering, Travel, A Land of Promise, Stock-Raising, Plantation Industries, Forest Products, Commercial Possibilities

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London, Charles H. Kelly, [1911], First edition. . original pictorial blue cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, cover stain, endpaper signature, minor foxing on first few leaves but a clean very good copy. . 8vo [20.5 x 18 cm]; 498, [xiv, ads of local stores, importers, railways, banks, etc] pp, numerous plates from photos. . An interesting work on the commercial possibilities of Paraguay and surrounding countries, including part of Argentina, Parana and Paraguay rivers, economy, resources, sport, agriculture, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Orchid Hunters; a Jungle Adventure

by MACDONALD, Norman, with an introduction by Rex Stout;

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London, The Travel Book Club, [1942], . . original green cloth, cover edges rubbed, endpaper lightly foxed, but internally clean, overall very good. . 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; 187, [ii] pp, illustrations from photos. . Adventures searching for orchids in the jungles of Columbia and Venezuela. An interesting plant hunting adventure in which the author and his friend found and brought back numerous orchids. "For when a man falls in love with orchids, he'll do anything to possess the one he wants. It's like chasing a green-eyed woman or taking cocaine. A sort of madness." (prologue) A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Life, Travels and Researches of Baron Humboldt; with a Narrative of Humboldt's most Recent Researches including his Celebrated Journey to the Ural Mountains, and the Caspian Sea, etc

by MACGILLIVRAY, W.;

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London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1857, . . original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, lightly rubbed, small erasure on endpaper, clean with the original tissue guards for the plates, very good copy. . 12mo [18 x 12 cm]; 418 pages, engraved plates including frontis and views which are new to this edition, where the illustrations list reflects the earlier edition. . "Scientist, explorer and diplomat, Humboldt was the last truly Universal Man. He left his name on the maps of five continents, over a thousand places in the world are named after him and even a crater on the moon bears his name." (Douglas Botting). Humboldt explored little known South America, climbing Chimborazo, the highest known mountain, which made him world famous. He collected a mass of data, which laid the foundation of modern physical geography and established the concept of plant geography. On his return he visited the United States where he became friend and advisor to President Jefferson.… Read More
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Tibet; A Chronicle of Exploration

by MACGREGOR, John;

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New York, Praeger Publishers, [1970], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, lacks blank front endpaper, internally quite clean and fine, cover fine and unworn, dj (repair, not price clipped). . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; [viii], 373 pp, frontis, 8 maps, 28 illustrations on plates, portraits, bibliography, index. . An excellent reference work, very well-illustrated and clearly written covering the earliest times to the present, in four main sections including the missionaries, merchants, entr'acte, the imperialists. The author was a diplomat in the US State Department and served in northern India, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and Beyond the Himalayas

by MACINTYRE, Major-General Donald;

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Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1889, First edition. . original brown pictorial cloth with gilt mountain sheep in decorative border, gilt spine title lettering, spine ends chipped & worn, corner wear, internal hinges repaired, faint blindstamp on title margin & cancelled libr bookplate on verso, good, copy. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 464, 24 [publisher's catalogue] pp, fine color lithographed (chromolithograph) frontis, tissue guard, 8 plates from drwgs and photo with tissue guards (one with letterpress key), other engraved illus, complete. . Yakushi, M23: 'The author traveled from Srina -gar to Leh, and then to Chang Chenmo, Lingzi-tang in 1871'. Interesting descriptions of the peoples, their customs, cities, religion, and of nature including tiger, bear, mahseer, pheasant, partridge, jurrow, leopard, hog, musk-deer, ibex, swamp-deer, elephant, surrow, stag, yak, ovis ammon, goa, burrell, hunting and fishing, Goorkas, etc. Extensive travels including Cashmere… Read More
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Black Sheep; Adventures in West Africa

by MACKENZIE, Jean Kenyon;

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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916, First edition. . original pebbled cloth, spine slightly discolored, signature on endpaper, near fine copy, pages very clean. . 8vo [20 x 13 cm]; xii, 314 pp, frontis, plates from photos. . A description of a stay of over a decade in Gaboon (French Congo), at various mail stations, with much on the missionary activities, schools, and the native peoples in the area including the Njem tribe in the Lomie district, about 400 miles inland from the coastal town of Kribi. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Lawrence through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the years 1789 and 1793

by MACKENZIE, Alexander;

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London, Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Cobbett and Morgan, and W. Creech, 1801, First edition. . original elaborately blind-stamped leather boards, rebacked with leather spine, raised bands, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, cover lightly worn, light offsetting on title page, very light foxing on some pages, very good+ sound copy. . 4to [28 x 22 cm]; [i], viii, cxxxii, 412, [ii, errata leaf], engraved frontis portrait, 3 large folding maps, one with route hand colored in red (one map loose, tears on maps). . Howes M133: 'First crossing of the continent from ocean to ocean by a white man'. Hill 187: 'One of the most important of Canadian books'. Sabin 43414: 'Remarkable for its accuracy'. Wheat Transmississippi 251: 'a milestone'. Field 967: 'Filled with accounts of the tribes of Indians who inhabited the regions traversed by him. . . a minute, careful and interesting relation of them. . . his investigations were remarkable for their accuracy; Sir… Read More
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Travels in the Island of Iceland, During the Summer of the Year 1810

by MACKENZIE, Sir George Steuart;

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Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Company, 1811, First edition. . contemporary leather boards with newer leather spine, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, corners repaired with leather, lightly foxed on few leaves, mainly marginal and on tissue guards, very good sound and solid copy. . 4to [28.5 x 23 cm]; xx, 491, [i, directions to binder] pp, 3 maps, including frontis, another folding & hand colored, 4 folding tables, 14 plates including 8 hand colored aquatints, some foldout, other engravings , sheet of music, complete, index. . Abbey Travel 160. The attractive hand colored plates are aquatints and are mounted as issued (see Abbey). Tooley (English Colour Plate Books) 313. The plates include views, caldron of boiling mud, geysers, costume, view of Reikiavik, other towns, etc. The author travelled with Henry Holland and Richard Bright, who each contributed chapters. The text includes narratives of three excursions, descriptions of the state of education, literature, laws,… Read More
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Travels in the Island of Iceland, During the Summer of the Year 1810

by MACKENZIE, Sir George Steuart;

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Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Company, 1811, First edition. . contemporary half leather, marbled boards and edges, gilt title lettering on black leather spine label, joints cracked but firm, internal hinge reinforced, minor foxing on a few margins but mostly quite clean, interior near fine. . 4to [27.5 x 22 cm]; xx, 491, [i, directions to binder] pp, 3 maps, including frontis, another folding & hand colored, 4 folding tables, 14 plates including 8 hand colored aquatints, some foldout, other engravings , sheet of music, complete, index. . Abbey Travel 160. The attractive hand colored plates are aquatints and are mounted as issued (see Abbey). Tooley (English Colour Plate Books) 313. The plates include views, caldron of boiling mud, geysers, costume, view of Reikiavik, other towns, etc. The author travelled with Henry Holland and Richard Bright, who each contributed chapters. The text includes narratives of three excursions, descriptions of the state of education, literature, laws,… Read More
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British Orchids; How to Tell One from Another

by MACKENZIE, Colonel J. S. E., illustrated by Miss C. E. Talbot Ponsonby;

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London, Unwin Brothers, nd [1911], First edition. . original cloth-backed boards, lightly soiled, light wear at edge, a little foxed, hinges cracked but holding, plates clean and bright, good+. . small folio [32 x 25 cm]; 40 pp, 10 mounted color plates with tissue guards, on art paper, glossary. . Useful of identification of species, with colored plates from paintings. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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A Journey Through the Austrian Netherlands, Containing the Modern History and Description of all the Provinces, Towns, Castles, Palaces, &c. of that Fruitful Populous Country, so long the Scene of Wars and dreadful Ravages, etc

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London, J. Pemberton, 1732, Second edition. . original boards with new spine and gilt title lettering on spine, boards a little scuffed, lightly foxed on some leaves but mainly clean, very good solid copy. . 8vo [20.5 x 13 cm]; xxx, [ii, ads], 205, [xxx, index] pp, with errata leaf bound after title page, publisher's ad printed on verso half-title page, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and initials, table, index. . Cox i, 125. The first edition was in 1725. It is composed as a series of letters, travels through parts of Belgium and Holland with mention of many places including Ypres, Flanders, Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Louvain, Liege, Lisle, Douay, Calais, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Bonnie Prince Charlie

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New York, Atheneum, 1989, First American Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xii, 386 pp, illus, colorplates, map, genealogical chart. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Amateur's Greenhouse

by MACSELF, A. J.;

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London, W. H. and L. Collingridge, nd [1931], First edition. . original cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, dj with mounted color plate of greenhouse interior as issued (chipped at spine end, bit rubbed), very good overall. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, 275 pp, frontis, plus 15 plates from photos, over 100 text illustrations from drawings, index. . A still valuable guide written by a popular gardening author, covering construction and maintenance of the greenhouse, plant propagation, pests, detailed lists of plants and descriptions, bulbs in pots, shrubs, cacti, etc with many good ideas and suggestions. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Florist's Directory, a Treatise on the Culture of Flowers, to Which is Added a Supplementary Dissertation on Soils, Manures, etc; a new edition improved by Samuel Curtis

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London, John Harding, 1810, Second edition; a new edition, improved. . contemporary full morocco, gilt border on covers, gilt spine title lettering and decorations, joint with short crack but firm, marbled endpapers & edges, bookplate on endpaper, lightly foxed on few margins, interior is quite clean, near fine. . 8vo [23.5 x 14 cm]; viii, 271, [ix, description of plates] pp, 8 hand-colored plates with descriptive leaves. . BMNH 1296. Henry II, p. 393, describes this book as the best book on florist's flowers until Hogg's work. Cleveland Herbal and Botanical Collection 859 lists the 1822 edition. The first edition of 1792 had only 6 plates. The fine plates include flowers, vegetables and gardening equipment. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Florist's Directory, a Treatise on the Culture of Flowers, to Which is Added a Supplementary Dissertation on Soils, Manures, etc; a new edition improved by Samuel Curtis

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London, John Harding, 1810, Second edition. . original paper covered boards, later cloth spine, original title label preserved but worn, edges of covers worn, internally very light foxing on a few leaves, old signature on endpaper, but internally clean and near fine.. . 8vo [23.5 x 14 cm]; viii, 271, [ix, description of plates], 36 [publisher's catalogue] pp, 8 hand-colored plates with tissue guards and descriptive leaves. . BMNH 1296. Henry II, p. 393, describes this book as the best book on florist's flowers until Hogg's work. Cleveland Herbal and Botanical Collection 859 lists the 1822 edition. The first edition of 1792 had only 6 plates. The fine plates include flowers, vegetables and gardening equipment. Its unusual to find this title in the original boards A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam and China with Notices of Numerous Missionary Stations and a Full Account of the Burman Empire, with Dissertation, Tables

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Boston, Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1839, second edition. . contemporary half leather, spine gilt-ruled, spine with black leather label with gilt title lettering, edges rubbed, corner wear, rear board with some paper worn off, 'library' written on title page, lightly foxed else a clean unmarked very good copy. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes in 1, 272; 321 pp, 5 steel engraved plates, including 2 frontis & 2 plates not listed in list of illustrations, fldg map, other illustrations including full-page, 3 pages of music, glossary, index, plates with tissue guards. . Interesting account of social, economic, political conditions and a description of natural resources, opium trade, agriculture, religion, slavery, etc, based on the author's three years of travels to Burma, Chittagong, Arracan, Andaman, Rangoon, Pegu, Irrawady, Ava, Calcutta, Madras, East Bengal, Nicobar Islands, Tristan de Cuhan, Malacca, Singapore, Siam, Macoa and China. Smith M42. Cordier 419. Kaul 336: "Gives… Read More
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