Search Results: Plant Hunting from Calendula Horticultural Books

1825. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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.… Read More

Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2000. 4th Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 380 pages with many colour photos. Cloth with dust jacket.

Little Compton, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Theophrastus, 1977. Reprinted edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 244 pages with b/w photos and fold out map. Green cloth. Prior owner's name on front end paper.

London: The Scientific Book Club, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Botanist, Explorer, and Administrator. 228 pages. Cloth with dust jacket. As new.

London: Cadogan Books, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London 1986 reprint of the 1923 original. 316 pages with map. Softcover.

London: Dulau & Company, 1930. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 295 pages with many b/w photos. Original wrappers. Set of 4 issues. (Oct 29, Jan 30, Apr 30, July 30) Very good.

London: George G. Harrap, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st ed. London 1960. 8vo. 191 pages with about 40 photos. Green cloth. Very good.

Nw York: Lyons & Burford, 1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 280 pages. New.

Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 46 pages with some illustrations. Staple-bound.

London: Cadogan Books, 1985. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London 1985 reprint of the 1930 original. 383 pages. Softcover.

New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1938. 1st US Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st US edition. New York 1938. 8vo. 347 pages with 12 b/w photographs & 2 maps. Green cloth, tattered dust jacket. The adventures of travelling in the mountains and valleys of Burma and Tibet between 1922 and 1931.

Portland , OR: Timber Press, 1988. Reprinted edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An Enumeration of the Woody Plants Collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University during the Years 1907, 1908, and 1010 by E. H. Wilson. 3 volumes. Prior owner's inscription on front end paper of volume 1. Otherwise very good. Cloth with dust jackets. 611; 66; 666 pages.

London: Cadogan Books, 1986. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London 1986 reprint of the original 1921 edition. 383 pages plus map. Paperback.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. Reprinted edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London 1947. 8vo. 318 pp with 16 colour photos and 2 maps. Cloth (spine sun faded).. The story of 4 months spent amidst the flowers of the Garhwal Himalayas.