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Kingdon Ward, Capt. F. (Frank)

The Romance of Plant Hunting

1924

240,64 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Dettagli

Anno di pubblicazione
1924
Luogo di stampa
London. Edward Arnold
Autore
Kingdon Ward, Capt. F. (Frank)
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Asia Plant Hunting
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [22.5 x15 cm]; xi, 275, 12 [ads] pp, frontis, plates from photos, foldout map, general index, plant index. original cloth with gilt vignette and lettering on front cover & spine, lightly foxed on title page, fine, clean copy in very good dust jacket (light wear, small chip) with a loose extra 3-page appendix (about 6 x 4 inches, photocopy, from later edition. The author, perhaps the most famous plant hunter of the twentieth century, describes his travels in Yunnan, Burma, China, Tibet searching for new plants but also describing the countryside and peoples and gives his own feelings and philosophy of plant collecting, travel, nature, etc. There was a later reprint but in reduced format compared to this first edition. Not usually found in a jacket.