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Anacortes, WA 98221

USA

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Books on Plant Hunting for Sale:

[5500] . The Rhododendron Society Notes. Pacific Rhododendron Society, 1976. 2nd Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good Volumes 1-3, each in 5 parts (missing vol 1 part 3 and vol 3 part 3). 13 issues. Originally published between 1916-31. Reprinted by the pacific Rhododendron Society 1976. Staple-bound. 240; 275; 330 pages. With articles by George Forrest (Rhododendrons of 1921 and 1922 and some trees and shrubs of Yunnan, recent discoveries in China,), Ernest Wilson (Rhododendrons of North-Eastern Asia, Rhododendrons of Hupeh, Central China, Rhododendrons of Eastern China, Azaleas in the Arnord Arboretum), Tagg, Hooker, Millais and many others.

$45.95

[7105] Bisiker, W.; A. W. Hill. Across Iceland. With illustrations and maps and an appendix by A.W. Hill on the Plants Collected. London: Edward Arnold, 1902. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. London 1902. 8vo. 236 pages with many b/w photos. Handsomely rebound in red half morocco.

$295.95

[3888] Fairchild, David. Exploring for Plants. Sakonnet: Theophrastus, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good 1978 reprint of the 1930 edition. Xx, 591 pages with some b/w photos. Cloth.

$109.95

[3754] Farrer, Reginald. Dolomites (Plant Hunter Ser.). London: Cadogan Books, 1995. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. New 207 pages plus map. Paperback.

$15.95

[3753] Farrer, Reginald. The Rainbow Bridge (Plant Hunter Ser.). Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, Incorporated, 1987. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. New 383 pages with map. Paperback. New.

$15.95

[2871] Farrer, Reginald. The Void of War. Letters from Three Fronts. London: Constable & Company, 1918. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 1st edition. London 1918. 8vo. Cloth w.dj (dj with significant tears). xiv, 271 pages. Reginald Farrer describes the conditions in the trenches of World War I (1914-18) where he was sent by the British Department of Information. This collection of dispatched reports back home provide a moving insight into the reality of the war.

$495.95

[4161] Farrer, Reginald John. Rainbow Bridge. London: Cadogan Books, 1986. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. New London 1986 reprint of the original 1921 edition. 383 pages plus map. Paperback.

$10.95

[2916] Kingdon-Ward, F.. Modern Exploration. London: Jonathan Cape, 1945. 1st Edition. Sm 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 124 pages. Green cloth.

$29.95

[1217] Kingdon-Ward, F.. Plant Hunter's Paradise. London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. 2nd printing. London 1938. 8vo. 347 pages with 12 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Cloth. Minor foxing to endpages, titlepage, and edges. Else very good.

$79.95

[1571] Maund, Benjamin. The Botanic Garden: Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain. (17 Volumes - the Complete set). 1825. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Half Morocco. Very Good Volumes 1-13 plus 4 additional volumes (all published), 1825 - 1851. Each of the first 13 volumes has 24 hand-coloured engraved plates. Each plate is divided into quarters and depicts 4 beautifully illustrated flowers. The 312 hand-coloured engravi ngs were from drawing by Mrs. E. Bury and Maund’s two daughters. Each flower is accompanied by a 1-2 page commentary mentioning its history, origin, and botanical peculiarities. Together with The Floral Register; Containing Figures and Descriptions of Nearly All Tender and Hardy Plants, which have lately been introduced to, and cultivated in Great Britain. Parts 1 & 2. 144, 240 pp. And with The Auctarium of the Botanic Garden; Containing Miscellaneous Information, Connected with the Cultivati on of a Garden, and Natural History. Parts 1 & 2. 144; 280 pp. Altogether 17 volumes, nicely bound in uniform new half morocco with raised bands and marbled boards. The skills of a qualified British bookbinder and conservator were employed to recreate a binding very similar to the original. The green morocco binding has raised bands, attractive gilt stamping and marbled boards that are appropriate for the period. 4to. Very clean. The complete set, which is very rare to find, esp in such clean condition. Fine. Nissen 2222. Stafleu 813. Very good.

$12,995.00