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Kingdon Ward, F. (Frank)

A Plant Hunter in Tibet

1934

162.62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1934
Place of printing
London. Jonathan Cape
Author
Kingdon Ward, F. (Frank)
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Asia Plant Hunting
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 317 pp, frontis, illustrations from photos, 2 maps including double-page map with route in red and folding map of Himalaya East of the Tsangpo in blue & black, index of places, plant index, persons index, animal-bird index. original cloth, gilt lettering, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, trifle foxed in margin of title page, bookplate on endpaper, near fine, clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, plant collector and geographer and winner of the Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal, describes the people, nature, scenes during his plant hunting expedition in Tibet where he found numerous plants new to Europe.
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