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Books on Plant Hunting for Sale:
[5500] . The Rhododendron Society Notes. Pacific Rhododendron Society, 1976. 2nd Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good Volumes 1-3, each in 5 parts (missing vol 1 part 3 and vol 3 part 3). 13 issues. Originally published between 1916-31. Reprinted by the pacific Rhododendron Society 1976. Staple-bound. 240; 275; 330 pages. With articles by George Forrest (Rhododendrons of 1921 and 1922 and some trees and shrubs of Yunnan, recent discoveries in China,), Ernest Wilson (Rhododendrons of North-Eastern Asia, Rhododendrons of Hupeh, Central China, Rhododendrons of Eastern China, Azaleas in the Arnord Arboretum), Tagg, Hooker, Millais and many others.
$42.95
[7105] Bisiker, W.; A. W. Hill. Across Iceland. With illustrations and maps and an appendix by A.W. Hill on the Plants Collected. London: Edward Arnold, 1902. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. London 1902. 8vo. 236 pages with many b/w photos. Handsomely rebound in red half morocco.
$295.95
[2888] Cox, E. H. M.. Reginald Farrer. London: 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good A 5 page article in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society. London 1970. 8vo. The entire year of the 1970 in a bound volume.
$9.95
[3888] Fairchild, David. Exploring for Plants. Sakonnet: Theophrastus, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1978 reprint of the 1930 edition. xx, 591 pages with some b/w photos. Cloth.
$79.95
[2871] Farrer, Reginald. The Void of War. Letters from Three Fronts. London: Constable & Company, 1918. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 1st edition. London 1918. 8vo. Cloth w.dj (dj with significant tears). xiv, 271 pages. Reginald Farrer describes the conditions in the trenches of World War I (1914-18) where he was sent by the British Department of Information. This collection of dispatched reports back home provide a moving insight into the reality of the war.
$395.95
[3605] Farrer, Reginald. Among the Hills. London: Headley Brothers, 1910. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- A Book of Joy in High Places. 1st edition. London 1910. Printed by Headly Bros but with a Swathmore Press correction glued over. 326 pages with some 8 b/w and 13 tipped-in colour plates plus 1 folded map. Blue cloth. Slightly shaken
$95.95
[5078] Farrer, Reginald. On the Eaves of the World. London: Edward Arnold, 1917. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 2 vols. Vol. 1 1st ed, 1917, vol 2 2nd prtg. London 1926. 8vo. xii, 311; viii, 328 pp with 64 b/w photos. Cloth. "The expedition of which these two volumes tell the first half of the tale was definitely planned (though long dreamed of) in 1913, and got going on February 7, 1914. Its object was to explore thoroughly, in the interests of horticulture and forestry, the whole of the Kansu-Tibet Border, from South to North. I will but say succinctly here that these two volumes deal only with my wanderings of 1914, round the extreme South-West March of Kansu, and up the Border, coming to rest for the winter at Lanchow in mid-November . The tale of the second year, 1915, yet remains to be written."
$145.95
[3753] Farrer, Reginald. The Rainbow Bridge (Plant Hunter Ser.). Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, Incorporated, 1987. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. New 383 pages with map. Paperback. New.
$15.95
[3754] Farrer, Reginald. Dolomites (Plant Hunter Ser.). London: Cadogan Books, 1995. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. New 207 pages plus map. Paperback.
$15.95
[4161] Farrer, Reginald John. Rainbow Bridge. London: Cadogan Books, 1986. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. New London 1986 reprint of the original 1921 edition. 383 pages plus map. Paperback.
$9.95
[4366] Fletcher, Arnold. A Quest of Flowers. UK: Edinburgh University Press, 1975. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. The Plant Explorations of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff told from their diaries and other writings. UK 1976. 387 pages with photos. Cloth.
$114.95
[7355] Kaulbeck, Ronald. Tibetan Trek. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1934. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 300 pages with 16 photos and 2 maps. Black cloth. with an introduction by F. Kingdon Ward. Kingdon Ward and Kaulbeck were travelling companions exploring together parts of Asia until authorities denied Kaulback further passage and he had to return through Burma on his own.
$75.95
[4287] Kingdon Ward, Frank; Kenneth Cox. Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges. UK: Antique Collector's Club, 2001. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Retracing the Epic Journey of 1924-25 in South-East Tibet.
$49.95
[7502] Kingdon-Ward and Others. The Gardeners’ Chronicle. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Horticulture and Allied Subjects. London: 1933. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). 9 volumes. Folio. Jan-June 1933, July-Dec 1933, Jan-June1934, Jan-June 1937, July-Dec 1938, July-Dec 1940, 1942-43, 1944, 1945. Bound in green cloth (one vol has small piece missing from top of spine). A documentation of the British nursery industry where many new ideas were expressed and important articles published. For example, Kingdon-Ward’s reports of his expeditions in Asia were first published in the Gardener’s Chronicle before being issued in book form. Each volume with about 500 pages.
$349.95
[7718] Kingdon-Ward, F.. Plant Hunting in the Triangle, North Burma. London: Royal Horticultural Society, 1955. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good A 14 page article reporting the findings of his expedition in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 1955. The entire year bound together. With a 6 page article by W> Sykes "Expedition to Nepal" part 1.
$25.95
[6275] Kingdon-Ward, F.. Return to the Irrawaddy. London: Andrew Melrose, 1956. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. London 1956. 224 pages with 45 b/w photos. Cloth.
$43.95
[2916] Kingdon-Ward, F.. Modern Exploration. London: Jonathan Cape, 1945. 1st Edition. Sm 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 124 pages. Green cloth.
$29.95
[1571] Maund, Benjamin. The Botanic Garden: Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain. (17 Volumes - the Complete set). 1825. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Volumes 1-13 plus 4 additional volumes (all published), 1825 - 1851. Each of the first 13 volumes has 24 hand-coloured engraved plates. Each plate is divided into quarters and depicts 4 beautifully illustrated flowers. The 312 hand-coloured engravi ngs were from drawing by Mrs. E. Bury and Maund’s two daughters. Each flower is accompanied by a 1-2 page commentary mentioning its history, origin, and botanical peculiarities. Together with The Floral Register; Containing Figures and Descriptions of Nearly All Tender and Hardy Plants, which have lately been introduced to, and cultivated in Great Britain. Parts 1 & 2. 144, 240 pp. And with The Auctarium of the Botanic Garden; Containing Miscellaneous Information, Connected with the Cultivati on of a Garden, and Natural History. Parts 1 & 2. 144; 280 pp. Altogether 17 volumes, nicely bound in uniform new half morocco with raised bands and marbled boards. The skills of a qualified British bookbinder and conservator were employed to recreate a binding very similar to the original. The green morocco binding has raised bands, attractive gilt stamping and marbled boards that are appropriate for the period. 4to. Very clean. The complete set, which is very rare to find, esp in such clean condition. Fine. Nissen 2222. Stafleu 813. Very good.
$10,950.00
[2251] Wilson, Ernest H.. Plant Hunting. Boston: Stratford Company, 1927. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 1st ed. Boston, MA 1927. 2 volumes. Original printer’s wrappers (i.e. protective wrappers put on by printer before books were to be bound). 248, 276 pages with many b/w photos. Partially uncut. Very clean. Very good.
$185.95