Plant Hunter's Paradise
by Kingdon-Ward, F
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1937 347 pp with 12 B&W plates and 2 maps. A narrative of a journey by the famous plant hunter and geographer to Burma along the Tibetan border with Assam and China, an area that at the time was almost completely unknown to westerners. The appendix lists plants collected by the author and list of birds seen by the party. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Red cloth boards are near fine, DJ has some edgewear, original price of 12s.6p. intact,Now in protective mylar.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 800608
- Title
- Plant Hunter's Paradise
- Author
- Kingdon-Ward, F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- plant- Hunting Burma
- Bookseller catalogs
- China; Natural History; China's Borderlands;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Catron Grant Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Books must be returned in the condition in which they were sold. No returns on books valued at less than $9.00.
About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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