Cox, K. (Ed.)

Frank Kingdon Ward's Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges: Retracing the Epic Journey of 1924-25 in South-East Tibet

Antique Collectors' Club 2001 320, 258 col, 51 b/w illus.. . HB. Fine in d/w. From the library of Prof. J. Green with his name to endpaper.. New edition. Original text by Frank Kingdon Ward (1926), ed. Kenneth Cox, plus extensive additional material, including a brief biography of Kingdon Ward, a history of the exploration and geography of the area, and more than 250 colour photos with detailed captions on the plants of the area; first person accounts of recent expeditions by K. Cox and K. Storm.. [9781851493715]

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N° du livre: S36967

Catalogue: Botany,Plant Hunting

Mots-clés: Botany; History of Natural History; Plant Hunting; Tibet; Asia

Cox, E.H.M.

Plant-Hunting in China

Collins 1945 230, col frontis, 24 b/w plates, 3 maps. . HB. Vg in d/w (lightly soiled, extremities rubbed, minor edge wear, price-clipped; in removable, protective sleeve). W.D. Hincks' name to endpaper. Hincks was an English entomologist and co-author of A Check List of British Insects (1945). Also with another small ownership stamp to endpaper.. First edition. A history of botanical exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches..

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N° du livre: S46855

Catalogue: Botany,Plant Hunting

Mots-clés: China; Asia; Plant Hunting; Tibet; Asia; Travel

Farrer, R.

The Rainbow Bridge

Theophrastus 1977 xi, 383, frontis, 16 b/w illus, 1 folding map. . HB. 8vo, cloth, gt. Vg.. 1st reprint by Theophrastus (1st published in 1921 by E. Arnold). [9780913728154]

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N° du livre: S33456

Catalogue: Botany,Plant Hunting

Mots-clés: China; Asia; Plant Hunting

Kingdon-Ward, F.

Plant Hunter in Manipur

Jonathan Cape 1952 254, frontis, 11 b/w plates, folding map. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w (spine a little faded; a few minor nicks to edges; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. An account of the author's plant hunting expedition to Manipur, northeast India, with his wife and fellow plant hunter, Jean Macklin. Among his finds was the lily, Lilium mackliniae. Beautifully written, with accounts of the flora, fauna and scenery they ecnountered..

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N° du livre: S57969

Catalogue: Botany,Plant Hunting

Mots-clés: India; South Asia; Asia; Plant Hunting

Lancaster, R.

Plant Hunting in Nepal

Croom Helm 1981 194, 8 plates of colour photos, text figs. . PB. Vg. Light crease to spine. From the library of Keith Hyatt (d. 2021), acarologist at the Natural History Museum, London, who took part in a scientific expedition to Nepal.. . [9780709916376]

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N° du livre: S49444

Catalogue: Botany,Plant Hunting

Mots-clés: Nepal; South Asia; Asia; Plant Hunting

Lancaster, R.

Plant Hunting in Nepal

Croom Helm 1981 194, 8 plates of colour photos, text figs. . HB. Good in d/w; pages a little browned. . [9780709916062]

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N° du livre: S5043

Catalogue: Botany,Plant Hunting

Mots-clés: B1840; Botany; Nepal; Plant Hunting; Travel

Synge, P.M.

In Search of Flowers

Michael Joseph 1973 176, 20 plates (4 col). . HB. Some spotting to top-edge. Vg in d/w.. First edition.. [9780718108724]

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N° du livre: S49095

Catalogue: Botany,Plant Hunting

Mots-clés: A03270; Botany; Plant Hunting; Plant999