A Forgotten River; A Book of Peruvian Travel and Botanical Notes
Published by . London, Oxford University Press, 1939, First edition.
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaHorizon Books
AbeBooks seller since April 18, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 67.00
Quantity: 1 available
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8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, 299 pp, frontis (port), 2 maps, including one foldout, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering in gilt border, endpaper signature, endpaper lightly toned, interior is clean and near fine, in very good+ cover. Based on three month's travel on the Huallage River, an Amazon tributary, from its source at 14,000 feet in the Andes to Yurimaguas at 500 feet sea level and the return to the Pacific by the ancient trade route through northern Peru. The author, a distinguished gardener, discovered a new genus of plants and several new species. There is much on the scenery, native people, camp life, etc. Good illustrations including the orchid Sobralia gloriosa growing beside the Yana-yacu River. A picture of this book is available on request.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Forgotten River; A Book of Peruvian Travel and Botanical Notes
- Author
- SANDEMAN, Christopher;
- Publisher
- . London, Oxford University Press, 1939, First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Travel - South America
Horizon Books
Toronto, ON, Canada
AbeBooks seller since April 18, 1998
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We buy and sell rare, antiquarian and out-of-print books related to Travel & Exploration, Gardening and Natural History. We are always interested in purchasing libraries, collections and individual books of merit in our specialties. We have been selling books on the Internet since 1993. We also sell antique prints at our Web Site http://www.horizonbook.com/prints.html
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Horizon Books
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