Published by Wide World Magazine, Newnes, London, 1936
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 11 pages, illustrated. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (25 x 19 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Inventory No: 507247. Cosmo Books : 27 years selling on ABE; 27 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Published by no date, 1940's?, Figurehead, 1940
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. UNDATED. 79 pages. (Pioneer Series). Inscribed presentation plate dated 1945 inside front cover. Cover partially detached from spine. Heavy foxing/staining to text and page edges. Wear and tear to dust jacket. Photograph available on request.
Published by . London, Adelphi, [1931], First edition., 1931
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; [79, i, ads] pp, frontis, plates from photos. original blue cloth, spine slightly faded, fine copy. Perhaps the most famous of twentieth century plant hunters describes his travels in China, Tibet and Burma, his adventures crossing rope bridges, rafting in Indo-China, searching for plants and having interesting conversations with the people including the Grand Lama in Tibet. A picture of this book is available on request.
Published by Figurehead
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Slight bumping. Undated. Jacket has loss, large tears, tape repairs creasing, chipping etc. (jacket is poor only). 79 pages. Black and white illustrations. Foxing to some pages. 0.
Published by Figurehead, London, 1931
Seller: CHARLES BOSSOM, Ely, CAMBS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8 Plates (illustrator). First Edition. Dust jacket in a clear protective sleeve, small pieces to edges, staining to back. Blue cloth with black titling. Previous owner's na=eat details on f. paste down. A few foxing spots mainly in margins and page tips. 79 pages. Size: 8vo.
Published by Figurehead, London, 1931
Seller: Krokodile Books, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Various (illustrator). First Edition. Ple blue cloth with black titles on spine and front boards, 78pp with monochrame plates, some age spots on page edges. Binding very good and pages clean. very nice copy.
Published by Figurehead, London, 1931
Seller: Calluna Books, Morpeth, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good (occasional spotting), dust jacket - good (residue of price label on front). Date: 1930's (1931?). Pioneer Series.
Published by Adelphi
Seller: kellow books, Chipping norton, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. undated circa 1931 79 pages plus plates Searching the World for wild Flowers book near fine just spine very slightly darkened and nice bookplate on front paste down.
Published by Figurehead, London (undated)
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Undated c1931. First Edition. Hardback copy in blue cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine. Unclipped dustjacket (3/6 net printed to spine) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 78pp. B/w photographic frontispiece, b/w photographic plates throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, some page foxing, marks and small tears to dustjacket. (8/6).
Published by Jonathan Cape 1935, London, 1935
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 272pp., 16 illustrations. Unusual to see this book with a dustjacket. Photographs come from all corners of the globe, because Kingdon-Ward was an acclaimed botano-explorer (or whatever the hyphenated term is). Some rubbing, some chipping, some fading to jacket, but still good. Inside the pages are a little yellow and a little foxed in places. 8vo.
Published by Figurehead, Adelphi, Londonn, 1938
Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. B & W PHoto Plates (illustrator). Octavo, PP.78, H. Clifford Crook's Copy With His Signature At Front Pastedown and Dated April 1938; Crook Wrote an important book on Campanulas, Very Good, Second Owners Book plate at Fep.
Published by Figurehead
Seller: PETER FRY (PBFA), Grange- over -Sands, CUMBR, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No inscriptions .A few chips around the wrapper otherwise a clean tight copy.
hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in library cloth. Library stamps and markings. xv, [1], 328 p., [17] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (reproductions of photographs), folded col. map, ports. ; 23 cm. Fold out map present at rear, taped with some closed tears. Yakushi K194.
Published by London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1924,, 1924
Seller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd., Fribourg, Switzerland
in-8vo, 317 p. with 20 illustrations mainly on plates (+ 1 p. white) + 1 leaf: publicity + 1 folding map, (with general index & plant index), small legacy stamp ?Guggisberg? on first fly, orig.-clothbound. One of the scarcest of the author's books, and one of the few of his works never reprinted. The author, one of the most famous plant hunters and explorers of the twentieth century, travelled in 1922 and 1923 westward from the Yangtze, across the strip where the great rivers of South-east Asia escape from Tibet and through the jungles at the headwaters of the Irrawaddy River of Burma. Besides describing the geography and the peoples of the area, he describes the natural history, and especially the plants.Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. YAKUSHI K74.
Published by . Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1923, First US edition., 1923
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 316, [iv, ads] pp, illustrations from photos, 4 maps including large folding map at end, index. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, tiny tear at spine end, but a fine and clean copy, covers bright and unworn pristine and fresh. One of the greatest explorers of the early part of this century and, perhaps, the most famous plant hunter of all times, Kingdon Ward travelled extensively in Burma, China and Tibet. He introduced numerous plants to western gardens including the Tibetan poppy and rhododendrons. This is a detailed description of the area with much on the geography, the people, and the plants he found, including over 200 new species. It is one of his scarcest books. Coats (The Plant Hunters): 'His most important and interesting journey.' Schweinfurth IV. Marshall 2070. Yakushi K191. A picture of this book is available on request.
Publication Date: 1924
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: VG. London 1924 first edition Edward Arnold. Important classic in botanical exploration. Hardcover. Octavo, 317pp. 1 page book ad at end, foldout map, 20 monochrome photo illustrations, general index and plant index, cloth. A few pages as yet uncut. VG, faint foxing on fore-edges, tiny stain on lower edge of rear end paper, no DJ. Text clean, binding secure; no ownership marks. Lovely condition. Pictures available on request. Scarce.
Published by J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1921
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book condition: very good, scarce, highlighted by 23 b/w illustrations and two maps, one a fold out, black cloth boards feature a green tinted illustration on the cover and green lettering on the spine, spine shows wear to the top and bottom with a one inch tear to upper right, bookplate and library stamp on front pastedowns, stamps also on title page and back pastedown and back endpapers, interior very clean with no marks or tears, binding tight, 311 pp. with index, 6 X 8.75 inches. * Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. If actual shipping cost is less than the AbeBooks estimate, it is our practice to REFUND the difference to the buyer. * NOAMZ.
Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60124283: 1926. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Déchirures. 328 pages. Photo-gravure en noir et blanc en frontispice. Illustré de nombreuses photo-gravures en noir et blanc sur planches hors texte, et d'une carte dépliable en couleur. Couverture et quelques feuillets se détachant. Quelques feuillets détachés. Carte déchirée. Jaquette manquante. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Published by Edward Arnold & Co, London, 1926
Seller: Catron Grant Books, Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1926 324 pp with 21 B&W illustrations and a fold-out map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked save for library stamps on the back of the illustrations. There is a pictorial library bookplate (Forbes Library, Northhampton, Mass) on the front endpapers. The front hinge is cracked but holding. Blue cloth boards with gold-stamped spine are rubbed, bumped at spine ends. There is the start of a split at the top of the spine. Library numbers on spine. Pictures on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of Franks Kingdon-Ward's study of the people, plants and fauna surrounding the rivers of Tibet. The first edition of this very scarce work.Francis Kingdon-Ward was an English botanist, explorer and plant collector. In this work, he describes in impressive detail 'the little-known land where Asia's mightiest rivers gallop'.Illustrated with twenty-two photographic images, and with three sketch maps, and one large folding map. Collated, complete.Many of these images are devoted to depicting the people, mountains and rivers of the region.With four pages of advertisements to the rear.With the stamp 'Disposed of by the Royal Institution' to the front free pastedown, alongside the inscription of J. F. Coals. Blind stamp to the title page.A bright example of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with closed tear to spine head. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Inscription and stamp to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Blind stamp to title page. Very Good. book.
Published by Figurehead, London. [1931], 1931
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Octavo. pp 79, [1] adverts. 8 plates from photographs.Edges slightly spotted. Near fine in the scarce dustwrapper which is very good, slightly tanned at the spine and with a few small chips and nicks.
Published by Edward Arnold & Co, London, 1926
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. A few small stains to rear board, board corner and spine ends very lightly bumped, foxing to closed edges, prelims, and some page edges throughout, front gutters strained, all plates present but plate to p.62 partially detached, map present also with a couple of small tears and a larger tear along one folded side. Overall, clean and tidy, plates clean and bright. Size: 8vo.
Published by Edward Arnold & CO, Ldn, 1926
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 328 pp.+ BW Photo Plt at Frontis & 15 Other BW Photo Plts in Text, Lge Color FoldOut Map at back, Orig Drk Grey Hardback, Gilt title (Bright), some light foxing else VG in Orig DJ with edgetears (in Protective Plastic), 1st ed.