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Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1952
ISBN 10: 2080713124ISBN 13: 9782080713124
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Soft Cover. Condition: new.
Published by Littlebury, Worcester
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. H/b; vg-; 8vo; 85pp; spine faded; illustrated with b/w photographic plates; for older children or adults; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 85 pages.
Published by Littlebury and Co. Otd., Great Britain
Seller: Rainy Day Books, Courtenay, BC, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book is clean and tight, slight spine lean. Dust jacket has wear.
Published by Oxford University Press, London / New York / Toronto, 1952
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published for The Royal Horticultural Society. There are 85 monochrome illustrations printed in gravure, and these include many taken by Forrest himself of the plants in their natural habitats. There are also five color plates which include some of his most outstanding introductions such plants as Gentiana sinoornata, Rhododendron Griersonianum Primula malacoides and Pieris Forrestii. Color folding map tipped in at rear, index, 252 pages. Clean unmarked copy, dust jacket has two tears at bottom of front panel, some light wear to edges, dj in mylar.
Published by . London, The Royal Horticultural Society, 1952, First Edition., 1952
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [25 x 16 cm]; xi, 252 pp, frontis (port), numerous illustrations from photos and drwgs, 5 color plates, color folding map, appendix of his rhododendrons, index. original cloth, dj (chipped at spine end and corners), fine & clean in good+ dj. Forrest collected plants in Western China, Upper Burma and Eastern Tibet from 1904 to 1931 and introduced many new plants, especially rhododendrons and primulas, but many others. E. H. M. Cox wrote the chapter on his journeys with a personal account of Forrest by Sir William Wright Smith. An interesting and important book on one of the most significant plant collectors of the 20th century. A picture of this book is available on request.
Published by Littlebury and Company Ltd, Worcester, UK
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Book
Hard Back. Condition: Book Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 85 pages. B&W plates. Very clean sandy-brown binding, light wear to spine-ends & boards' corners. Endpapers & page-edges lightly browned/spotted o/w contents clean.
Published by . London, The Royal Horticultural Society, 1952, First Edition., 1952
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [25 x 16 cm]; xi, 252 pp, frontis (portrait), numerous illustrations from photos and drawings, 5 colour plates, colour fldg map, appendix of his rhododendrons, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, dj (slightly soiled on rear, not price clipped), bookplate in endpaper else fine & clean in near fine dj. Forrest collected plants in Western China, Upper Burma and Eastern Tibet from 1904 to 1931 and introduced many new plants, especially rhododendrons and primulas, but many others. E. H. M. Cox wrote the chapter on his journeys with a personal account of Forrest by Sir William Wright Smith. An interesting and important book on one of the most significant plant collectors of the 20th century. A picture of this book is available on request.
Published by Royal Horticultural Society, 1952
First Edition
HARDCOVER. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st edition. 252pp. Octavo in green cloth with gilt titles. B&W photos. tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards, crisp pages, Fine.
Published by 1st. Ed. Pub. O.U.P 1952, 1952
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
pp.xi, 252 with plates and folding map. Some neat annotations to text in pencil and old invoice for this book pasted to rear turn-in of dw. A two page plant list had been stapled to the ffep. Hardback in thor. vg. condition in chipped dw., with some loss.
Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1952
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. xi+ 252 pages. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Fold-out map at rear, text & illustrations are all very clean.
Published by London, Oxford University Press for Royal Horticultural Society 1952., 1952
Seller: Hugh Pagan Limited, Brockenhurst, HANTS, United Kingdom
Well-documented study of George Forrest (1873-1932), the most successful British plant hunter in China in the first thirty years of the twentieth century, and of the plants brought back by him from the Far East. 8vo. xi + (1) + 252pp, many photo ills. Publisher?s cloth, in dustwrapper (wrapper very defective). David Allibone?s copy.
Published by Pub. Oxford University Press. 1952, 1952
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.xii, 252 with fold-out map and many plates. Ex-lib. with a few minor stamps. In lightly chipped dw. O/w. vg. 0.0.
Published by 1st. Pub. Oxford Univ. Press. 1952, 1952
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.xii, 252 with b/w. plates and fold-out map. End papers lightly foxed, o/w. clean, tight and bright. Newly protected dw. chipped with some loss and large price clip at rear. 0.0.
Published by Oxford University Press 1952, 1952
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Four inch closed tear to dustjacket. We have placed dustjacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described. Previous owner's name stamp on front free endpaper, otherwise a Tight, sound, unmarked copy.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1952
Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very well presented First Edition with complete map, B/W and colour illustrations.lightly bumped corners & spine, two small tears to top edge of unclipped dj.a tight & bright copy.
Published by Royal Horticultural Society and Oxford University Press, London, 1952
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1952. Original green cloth, gilt lettering front & spine. The book is in nice condition with clean covers, no fading, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding. The original dust jacket has a 15mm loss across top spine, clean 4cm tear rear, couple of 1cm chips front. The book measures 248mm tall x 155mm, and has 252 pages, 5 color & 101 b/w photos, folding map, index. Fine PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
Published by London: Oxford University Press, 1952., 1952
Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Octavo,252 pp.,folding map, black and white plates. Publisher's cloth, very slight rubbing, inscription, a very good copy.