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Bond, Thomas E.T. WILD FLOWERS OF THE CEYLON HILLS. |
£31.00 |
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Some Familiar Plants of the Up-country Districts. 240pp. Index. Colour frontispiece and b/w drawings. Very good indeed in like dw. An outstanding copy. 1953 First edition, Oxford University Press, Madras. |
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Bor, N.L. and Raizada, M.B. SOME BEAUTIFUL INDIAN CLIMBERS AND SHRUBS. |
£12.00 |
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286pp. Index. 31 attractive coloured plates of paintings, 99 half-tone plates and 154 text-figures. Internally very good but boards fading and rear hinge weak. Bottom corner has trace of former damp. 1954 First edition, Bombay Natural History Society. |
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Burns, W. (edits). FIRMINGER'S MANUAL OF GARDENING FOR INDIA. |
£21.00 |
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666pp. Index. The original author lived from 1812 to 1884. T Very good. Paper browning. 1958 Eighth edition revised, Thacker, Spink, Calcutta and Simla. |
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Coventry, B.O. WILD FLOWERS OF KASHMIR (Series 1). |
£25.00 |
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101pp + 50 plates + xxxiv pp introduction and index. Each of 50 species described and illustrated with a photograph in colour. Very good indeed. Inscription. 1923 First edition, Raithby, Lawrence & Co. |
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Cowen, D.V. FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS IN INDIA. |
£25.00 |
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159pp. Index. 4to. 60 plates in colour of paintings of flowers by the author and numerous drawings of tree shapes. A lovely book. Very good indeed in dw with loss to top and bottom of spine panel. Inscription.. 1952 Second revised edition, Thacker & Co., Bombay. |
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Cox, E.H.M. FARRER'S LAST JOURNEY. |
£95.00 |
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Upper Burma, 1919-20. 244pp. Index. 28 plates of b/w photographs. Endpaper maps. Account of the plant-hunting expedition on which Farrer died. Very good in chipped dw. 1926 First edition, Dulau & Co. |
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Dale, Ivan R. and Greenway, P.J. KENYA TREES AND SHRUBS. |
£40.00 |
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654pp. Index. Folding map. 78 b/w photographs, 110 drawings and 30 colour plates from paintings by Joy Adamson. Very good indeed. A little light spotting to the fore-edge. Inscription. 1961 First edition, Buchanan's Kenya Estates. |
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Desai, Bhanu L. POCHA'S GARDEN GUIDE. |
£16.00 |
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176pp 4to. Index. Internally sound but binding split and boards very grubby. 1948 6th edition, Pocha & Sons, Poona |
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Du Cane Ella and Florence. THE FLOWERS AND GARDENS OF MADEIRA. |
£35.00 |
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150pp. 24 tissue-guarded colour plates of watercolours by Ella Du Cane. Decorated white cloth binding. Very good indeed. Owner's name on front endpaper.j 1909 First edition, A.& C. Black. |
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Farrer, Reginald. THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. |
£45.00 |
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383pp. Botanical index. Folding map. 16 plates of b/w photographs. Plant-hunting in Western China 1914 and 1915. A little slack with some spotting, mainly to prelims. 1922 Second impression, Edward Arnold. |
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Forrest, Denys. TEA FOR THE BRITISH. |
£18.00 |
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The Social and Economic History of a Famous Trade. 320pp. Index. 35 illustrations. Very good indeed in like dustwrapper. An excellent copy 1973 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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Fortune, Robert. A JOURNEY TO THE TEA COUNTRIES OF CHINA. |
£12.00 |
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With a Short Notice of the East India Company's Tea Plantations in the Himalaya Mountains. 398pp. Facsimile reprint of 1852 original. 16 illustrations and a map. Fortune returned from China with more than twenty thousand tea plants for the Himalayan estates. In card covers. Fine. 1987 Mildmay. |
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Hooker, J.D. THE FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA |
£15.00 |
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Vol I: Ranunculaceae to Sapindaceae. 740pp. Index. Excellent quality facsimile reprint of 1875 original. No illustrations. Fine. No date or publisher given (c1960). |
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Illingworth, John and Routh, Jane (edit). REGINALD FARRER. |
£8.00 |
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Dalesman, Planthunter, Gardener. 102pp. Card covers. 29 b/w illustrations. 13 essays. Very good indeed. 1991 First edition, University of Lancaster. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PLANT HUNTING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. |
£20.00 |
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383pp. Facsimile of 1930 original. The North East Frontiers in 1926. Very good in chipped dustwrapper. Owner's rubber stamp mark. 1974 Reprint, Minerva Press |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. A PLANT HUNTER IN TIBET. |
£31.00 |
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317pp. Index. 19 photographs. Folding map. From Assam into south eastern Tibet. Very good indeed. A clean, bright copy with a little rubbing to the corners. 1937 Reprint, Cape. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PILGRIMAGE FOR PLANTS. |
£14.00 |
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191pp. Index. 36 b/w photographs. Autobiography. Full bibliography of his books and other publications. Very good in chipped dustwrapper.. 1960 First edition, Harrap. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. RETURN TO THE IRRAWADDY. |
£68.00 |
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224pp. Index. 46 illustrations and a folding map. Plant-hunting in the mountains of North Burma. Very good indeed in slightly chipped dustwrapper. 1956 First edition, Andrew Melrose. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PLANT HUNTER'S PARADISE. |
£35.00 |
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347pp. 2 maps. 13 b/w photographs. Travels on the borders of Burma and Tibet. Very good indeed. A lovely copy. Neat inscription on the verso of the frontispiece. 1937 First edition, Jonathan Cape. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PLANT HUNTER'S PARADISE. |
£14.00 |
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347pp. 2 maps. 13 b/w photographs. Travels on the borders of Burma and Tibet. Front endpaper removed and front hinge slack. Inscription. 1938 Second impression, Jonathan Cape. |
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Lancaster, Roy. PLANT HUNTING IN NEPAL. |
£10.00 |
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194pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 39 line drawings. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. Paperback edition. Very good. Corners scuffed. 1983, Croom Helm. |
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Lancaster, Roy. PLANT HUNTING IN NEPAL. |
£10.00 |
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194pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 39 line drawings. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. Fine in slightly faded dw. 1981 First edition, Croom Helm. |
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Lancaster, Roy. TRAVELS IN CHINA. |
£72.00 |
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516pp. Index. 413 illustrations in colour, 253 in b/w. Endpaper maps. Includes short biographies of the early plant collectors. Signed by the author and inscribed by him 'For Colonel G.Gibbs a well known friend of trees with best wishes'. Postcard from Lancaster to Gibbs loosely inserted. Fine in fine dw. 1989 First edition. Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge. |
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Lancaster, Roy. A PLANTSMAN IN NEPAL. |
£31.00 |
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291pp. Index. Map. 266 colour photographs and 73 in b/w. A lovely new edition. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. A long mountain circuit in Eastern Nepal. Interesting on the places and the plants. Fine in fine dw. 1995 First thus, Antique Collector's Club. |
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Lancaster, S. Percy. GARDENING IN INDIA. |
£16.00 |
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385pp. Photographs in b/w. Revised by T.K.Bose and D.Mukherjee. Very good in rubbed dw. 1972 Revised edition, Oxford & IBH Publishing, India. |
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Lancaster, Sydney Percy. A SAHIB'S MANUAL FOR THE MALI. |
£12.00 |
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Everyday Gardening in India. 227pp. Index. Drawings. Edited from his monthly bulletin, 'Garden Chat' from 1949-51. Fine in fine dw. 2005 New edition, Permanent Black, New Delhi. |
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Lyte, Charles. FRANK KINGDON-WARD. |
£13.00 |
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The Last of the Great Plant Hunters. 218pp. Index. 26 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. Fine in fine dw. 1989 First edition, John Murray. |
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Musgrave, Toby et al. THE PLANT HUNTERS. |
£10.00 |
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Two hundred years of adventure and discovery around the world. 224pp. Index. Colour illustration. Chapters on Hooker, Fortune, Wilson, Forrest and Kingdon-Ward. Fine in near-fine dustwrapper. 1998 First edition, Ward Lock. |
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Nairne, Rev Alexander Kyd. THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF WESTERN INDIA. |
£31.00 |
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401pp. Index. In the original green cloth. There are no illustrations. Very good binding but the original owner has made neat notes on several pages. No date (preface dated 1894) First edition, W.H.Allen. |
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North, Marianne. A VISION OF EDEN. |
£10.00 |
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The Life and Work of Marianne North. 240pp. Full colour reproductions of her paintings from Kew. Includes lovely work from a visit to India in 1876-79. Owner's name. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 1980 First edition, Webb & Bower. |
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Parker, R.N. A FOREST FLORA FOR THE PUNJAB WITH HAZARA AND DELHI. |
£40.00 |
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591pp. Index. No illustrations. Compiled for the use of Forest Officers. Very good. Front hinge slack but holding. 1924 Government Press, Punjab. |
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Pearse, Arno S. THE COTTON INDUSTRY OF INDIA. |
£18.00 |
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306pp, 26pp advertisments. 27 b/w photographs. Appendix listing the cotton mills of India and their production. Very good indeed. An excellent copy. 1930 International Cotton Federation. |
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Polunin, Oleg and Stainton, Adam. FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYAS. |
£25.00 |
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580pp with 365 drawings and 690 colour photographs. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1984 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Polunin, Oleg and Stainton, Adam. FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYAS. |
£16.00 |
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518pp with 365 drawings and 690 colour photographs. Card covers. Very good. 2001 Reprint, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Polunin, Oleg and Stainton, Adam. FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYAS. |
£27.00 |
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518pp with 365 drawings and 690 colour photographs. Fine in fine dw. 1985 Reprint, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Polunin, Oleg and Stainton, Adam. CONCISE FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYA. |
£28.00 |
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283pp with 315 drawings and 996 colour photographs. Fine in near-fine dw. 1987 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Polunin, Oleg and Stainton, Adam. FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYA and FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYA: A SUPPLEMENT. |
£45.00 |
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In 2 vols. 518pp with 365 drawings and 690 colour photographs, 86pp with over 600 new colour photographs. Fine in fine dustwrappers. 1988 Reprint and First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Randhawa, M.S. FLOWERING TREES IN INDIA. |
£12.00 |
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210pp. Index. 4to. 38 colour illustrations of paintings. Tables of information about species and the suitability of their planting. Poor. A complete working copy with minor worming and damp damage in top inner corners. Plates sound. 1957 First edition, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. |
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Santapau, H. Et al (edit). J. SEN MEMORIAL VOLUME. |
£36.00 |
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500pp. Over 50 botanical papers and essays. Plates in b/w. Very good in very good dw. 1969 Botanical Society of Bengal, Calcutta. |
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Shephard, Sue. SEEDS OF FORTUNE. |
£10.00 |
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A Gardening Dynasty. 300pp. Index. 14 full-page colour illustrations Many b/w illustrations in the text. The Chelsea nurseries of the Veitch family which introduced many of the discoveries of the plant hunters. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 2003 Firsr edition, Bloomsbury. |
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Singh, Chetan. NATURAL PREMISES. |
£26.00 |
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Ecology and Peasant Life in the Western Himalayas 1800-1950. 252pp. Index. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1998 First edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Sinha-Kerkhoff, Kathinka. COLONISING PLANTS IN BIHAR (1760-1950) |
£24.00 |
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Tobacco Betwixt Indigo and Sugarcane. 464pp. Index. Photographs in b/w. Fine. 2014 Partridge, India. |
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Smythe, F.S. THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS. |
£12.00 |
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322pp. Index. Folding map. With 16 tissue-guarded colour photographs. Climbing, botany and exploration in Garhwal. Very good. Front board slightly marked. 1938 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton. |
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Smythe, F.S. THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS. |
£12.00 |
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322pp. Index. Folding map. With 16 tissue-guarded colour photographs. Climbing, botany and exploration in Garhwal. Very good. Extremities a little rubbed. Owner's name from 1938. 1938 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton. |
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Titley, Norah and Wood, Francis. ORIENTAL GARDENS. |
£10.00 |
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128pp. Index. 122 illustrations in colour and b/w from books and manuscripts in the British Library. Sections on Turkey, Persia, India, China and Japan. Card covers. Fine. 1991 The British Library. |
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Titley, Norah and Wood, Francis. ORIENTAL GARDENS. |
£12.00 |
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128pp. Index. 122 illustrations in colour and b/w from books and manuscripts in the British Library. Sections on Turkey, Persia, India, China and Japan. Owner's name. Otherwise fine without dustwrapper. 1991 First edition, The British Library. |
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Titley, Norah and Wood, Francis. ORIENTAL GARDENS. |
£18.00 |
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128pp. Index. 122 illustrations in colour and b/w from books and manuscripts in the British Library. Sections on Turkey, Persia, India, China and Japan. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy. 1991 First edition, The British Library. |
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