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Aitchison, J.E.T. NOTES ON THE PRODUCTS OF WESTERN AFGHANISTAN AND NORTH-EASTERN PERSIA. |
£45.00 |
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228pp. Light card wrappers. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Botanical Society, Edinburgh. A dictioary of useful plants and other products with names in English, Latin and Persian with notes on their uses. Front wrapper chipped with slight loss. Owner's name. Otherwise very good. 1890 Neill and Company, Edinburgh. |
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Basu, B.C. REPORT ON THE AGRICULTURE OF THE DISTRICT 0F LOHARDAGA. |
£18.00 |
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76pp. Foolscap. Folding map. Card covers. Detailed information in two geographical sub-divisions, Sudder and Palamau, of the area around Ranchi in Bihar. Ex Patent Office library copy with small rubber stamps. Front hinge weak and lower spine a little torn 1897 Bengal Secretariat Press, Calcutta. |
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Blatter, Ethelbert. BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR. |
£34.00 |
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In 2 vols. 198 and 204pp. Index. With 62 plates of flower paintings by Mrs G.A.Wathen and Haldar Joo Walli. Rubbing and wear to cloth and spotting throughout but a sound working set with the plates in good order. No date (c1930) Staples and Staples. |
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Bond, Thomas E.T. WILD FLOWERS OF THE CEYLON HILLS. |
£31.00 |
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Some Familiar Plants of the Up-country Districts. 240pp. Index. Colour frontispiece and b/w drawings. Very good indeed in like dw. An outstanding copy. 1953 First edition, Oxford University Press, Madras. |
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Bor, N.L. and Raizada, M.B. SOME BEAUTIFUL INDIAN CLIMBERS AND SHRUBS. |
£24.00 |
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321pp. Index. 31 plates in colour and 99 in b/w. Near-fine in like dw. 1982 Second edition revised, Bombay Natural History Society. |
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Burns, W. (edits). FIRMINGER'S MANUAL OF GARDENING FOR INDIA. |
£21.00 |
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666pp. Index. The original author lived from 1812 to 1884. T Very good. Paper browning. 1958 Eighth edition revised, Thacker, Spink, Calcutta and Simla. |
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Clarke, C.B. PLANTS OF KOHIMA AND MUNEYPORE. |
£10.00 |
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107pp. Facsimile reprint from the Journal of the Linnean Society 1887. 44 plates of b/w drawings. Very good. 1983 Dehra Dun. |
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Colthurst, Ida. FAMILIAR FLOWERING TREES IN INDIA. |
£6.00 |
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154pp. Small 8vo. 61 illustrations, 5 in colour. Card covers. Very good. Stain on pages 1-6. 1937 Second edition, Thacker, Spink, Calcutta. |
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Cooper, H.R. NITROGEN SUPPLY TO TEA. |
£10.00 |
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184pp. Light card wrappers. Folding diagram. Very good. 1946 Revised Third edition, Indian Tea Association, Tocklai Experimental Station. |
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Coventry, B.O. WILD FLOWERS OF KASHMIR (Series 1). |
£25.00 |
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101pp + 50 plates + xxxiv pp introduction and index. Each of 50 species described and illustrated with a photograph in colour. Very good indeed. Inscription. 1923 First edition, Raithby, Lawrence & Co. |
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Cowen, D.V. FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS IN INDIA. |
£25.00 |
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159pp. Index. 4to. 60 plates in colour of paintings of flowers by the author and numerous drawings of tree shapes. A lovely book. Very good indeed in dw with loss to top and bottom of spine panel. Inscription.. 1952 Second revised edition, Thacker & Co., Bombay. |
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Cowen, D.V. FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS IN INDIA. |
£34.00 |
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137pp. Index. 4to. 59 plates in colour of paintings of flowers by the author and numerous drawings of tree shapes. A lovely book. Very good indeed in chipped dw. 1957 Third edition, Thacker & Co., Bombay. |
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Cox, E.H.M. PLANT-HUNTING IN CHINA. |
£10.00 |
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A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches. 230pp. Index. Colour frontispiece and 24 full-page b/w photographs. Very good. Owners name. Slight wear to head of spine. 1945 First edition, Collins. |
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Cunningham, Lieut-Colonel D.D. PLAGUES AND PLEASURES OF LIFE IN BENGAL. |
£22.00 |
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385pp. Index. Part 1 - The Smaller Inmates of Houses and Gardens. Part 2 - The Seasons in a Bengal Garden. 30 photographs. Closely observed natural history A well-used and shaken copy but clean internally and complete. 1907 First edition, John Murray. |
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Dale, Ivan R. and Greenway, P.J. KENYA TREES AND SHRUBS. |
£52.00 |
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654pp. Index. Folding map. 78 b/w photographs, 110 drawings and 30 colour plates from paintings by Joy Adamson. Very good indeed. A little light spotting to the fore-edge. Inscription. 1961 First edition, Buchanan's Kenya Estates. |
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Department of Agriculture. THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURALIST. |
£48.00 |
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The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon. In 3 vols. Volumes LXV, LXVI and LXXI. 388, 384 and 390pp. Stoutly bound in plain black cloth. Detailed list of contents in each volume. Much on all crops grown on the island. Very good. 1925-28 Peradeniya. |
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Farrer, Reginald. ON THE EAVES OF THE WORLD. |
£85.00 |
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In 2 vols. 311 and 328pp + publisher's catalogue. 64 plates of b/w photographs. Folding map. Plant-hunting on the borders of China and Tibet. In the original blue cloth. A very clean, bright set. Owner's name and single rubber stamp mark. 1926 Second impression, Edward Arnold. |
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Flemwell, G. THE FLOWER-FIELDS OF ALPINE SWITZERLAND. |
£22.00 |
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195pp. Index. 26 tissue-guarded plates of wetercolours tipped-in on grey art paper. Some very sllight speckled colour loss to boards. 1911 First edition, Hutchinson. |
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Fletcher, Harold R. A QUEST OF FLOWERS. |
£85.00 |
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The Plant Explorations of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff. xxix + 387pp. Index. Folding map. 7 plates in colour and 106 photographs in b/w. Expeditions to Bhutan and Tibet in 1933-1949. Bookplate of Sir George Taylor, former Director of Kew, the author of the Introduction. Fine in near-fine dw. A lovely copy. 1975 First edition, Edinburgh University Press. |
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Hanbury-Tracy, John. BLACK RIVER OF TIBET. |
£58.00 |
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305pp. Index. 24 b/w photographs and a map.Naturalists explore the Salween River. 21 months mapping and plant-hunting. Very good. 1938 First edition, Frederick Muller. |
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Harler, Agnes W. THE GARDEN IN THE PLAINS. |
£18.00 |
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434pp. Index. Instruction for memsahibs in making a garden in India. Very good. 1941 First edition, Oxford University Press, India. |
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Harler, Agnes W. THE GARDEN IN THE PLAINS. |
£15.00 |
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412pp. Index. Instruction for memsahibs in making a garden in India. Very good. Inscription. 1948 Reprint, Oxford University Press, India. |
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Harler, Agnes W. THE GARDEN IN THE PLAINS. |
£10.00 |
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412pp. Index. Instruction for memsahibs in making a garden in India. Hinges cracked and frontispiece loose but in excellent pictorial dustwrapper. 1962 Fourth edition, Oxford University Press, India. |
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Jex-Blake, A.J. (edits). GARDENING IN EAST AFRICA. |
£25.00 |
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414pp. Index.23 colour plates of paintings by Joy Adamson. Top edge gilt. Very good indeed. A little light spotting to the fore-edge. 1957 Fourth edition, Longmans, Green and Co. |
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Keeble, F.W. OBSERVATIONS ON THE LORANTHACEAE OF CEYLON. |
£10.00 |
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25pp. 2 plates of botanical drawings. 4to. Light card wrappers. Very good indeed. 1896 The Linnean Society. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. A PLANT HUNTER IN TIBET. |
£31.00 |
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317pp. Index. 19 photographs. Folding map. From Assam into south eastern Tibet. Very good indeed. A clean, bright copy with a little rubbing to the corners. 1937 Reprint, Cape. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PILGRIMAGE FOR PLANTS. |
£21.00 |
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191pp. Index. 36 b/w photographs. Autobiography. Full bibliography of his books and other publications. Very good indeed in chipped dw. 1960 First edition, Harrap. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. BURMA'S ICY MOUNTAINS. |
£50.00 |
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287pp. 16 b/w photographs and 2 folding maps.Two expeditions to the mountains of Northern Burma in the late 1930s. Very good indeed. Owner's name. 1949 First edition, Jonathan Cape. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PILGRIMAGE FOR PLANTS. |
£19.00 |
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191pp. Index. 36 b/w photographs. Autobiography. Full bibliography of his books and other publications. Very good indeed. 1960 First edition, Harrap. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PLANT HUNTING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. |
£25.00 |
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383pp. Facsimile of 1930 original. The North East Frontiers in 1926. Fine in fine dw. 1974 Reprint, Minerva Press |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PLANT HUNTER'S PARADISE. |
£14.00 |
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347pp. 2 maps. 13 b/w photographs. Travels on the borders of Burma and Tibet. Front endpaper removed and front hinge slack. Inscription. 1938 Second impression, Jonathan Cape. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. RETURN TO THE IRRAWADDY. |
£68.00 |
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224pp. Index. 46 illustrations and a folding map. Plant-hunting in the mountains of North Burma. Very good indeed in slightly chipped dw. 1956 First edition, Andrew Melrose. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. PLANT HUNTER'S PARADISE. |
£35.00 |
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347pp. 2 maps. 13 b/w photographs. Travels on the borders of Burma and Tibet. Very good indeed. A lovely copy. Neat inscription on the verso of the frontispiece. 1937 First edition, Jonathan Cape. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. FROM CHINA TO HKAMTI LONG. |
£110.00 |
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317pp. Index. Folding map. 20 full-page b/w photographs. Excellently rebound in black cloth with gilt titles on spine and front board. Very good indeed. A very sharp, clean copy. 1924 First edition, Edward Arnold. |
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Lancaster, Roy. PLANT HUNTING IN NEPAL. |
£10.00 |
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194pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 39 line drawings. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. Paperback edition. Very good. Corners scuffed. 1983, Croom Helm. |
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Lancaster, Roy. PLANT HUNTING IN NEPAL. |
£10.00 |
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194pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 39 line drawings. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. Fine in slightly faded dw. 1981 First edition, Croom Helm. |
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Lancaster, Roy. A PLANTSMAN IN NEPAL. |
£31.00 |
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291pp. Index. Map. 266 colour photographs and 73 in b/w. A lovely new edition. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. A long mountain circuit in Eastern Nepal. Interesting on the places and the plants. Fine in fine dw. 1995 First thus, Antique Collector's Club. |
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Lancaster, Roy. TRAVELS IN CHINA. |
£72.00 |
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516pp. Index. 413 illustrations in colour, 253 in b/w. Endpaper maps. Includes short biographies of the early plant collectors. Signed by the author and inscribed by him 'For Colonel G.Gibbs a well known friend of trees with best wishes'. Postcard from Lancaster to Gibbs loosely inserted. Fine in fine dw. 1989 First edition. Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge. |
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Lancaster, S. Percy. AN AMATEUR IN AN INDIAN GARDEN. |
£25.00 |
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246pp + many pages of gardening advertisments. c150 b/w illustrations. In the original cloth. Very good. No date (inscription dated 1933), for the author, Alipur. |
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Lancaster, S. Percy. GARDENING IN INDIA. |
£16.00 |
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385pp. Photographs in b/w. Revised by T.K.Bose and D.Mukherjee. Very good in rubbed dw. 1972 Revised edition, Oxford & IBH Publishing, India. |
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Lancaster, Sydney Percy. A SAHIB'S MANUAL FOR THE MALI. |
£12.00 |
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Everyday Gardening in India. 227pp. Index. Drawings. Edited from his monthly bulletin, 'Garden Chat' from 1949-51. Fine in fine dw. 2005 New edition, Permanent Black, New Delhi. |
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Macmillan, H.F. A HANDBOOK OF TROPICAL GARDENING AND PLANTING with special reference to Ceylon. |
£49.00 |
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524pp + xvi pp index. More than 118 b/w photographs. Very good. Spine a little rubbed. The back corners are protected with triangular metal slides but there is no wear underneath. 1910 First edition, H.W.Cave, Colombo. |
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Markham, Clements R. PERUVIAN BARK. |
£120.00 |
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A Popular Account of the Introduction of Chinchona Cultivation into British India 1860-1880. 550pp. Index. 3 folding maps and 3 engraved illustrations. Markham led an expedition to Peru to obtain plants as a source of quinine for the treatment of malaria. The block of the book is in excellent condition but the hinges are slack and the boards rubbed and faded, 1880 First edition, John Murray. |
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McCann, Charles. 100 BEAUTIFUL TREES OF INDIA. |
£16.00 |
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A Descriptive and Pictorial Handbook. 168pp with 101 plates in colour of attractive botanical paintings. Very good in chipped dw. 1959 Second edition Bombay, Taraporevala. |
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Musgrave, Toby et al. THE PLANT HUNTERS. |
£10.00 |
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Two hundred years of adventure and discovery around the world. 224pp. Index. Colour illustration. Chapters on Hooker, Fortune, Wilson, Forrest and Kingdon-Ward. Fine in slightly faded dw. 1999 Reprint, Ward Lock. |
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Nairne, Rev Alexander Kyd. THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF WESTERN INDIA. |
£31.00 |
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401pp. Index. In the original green cloth. There are no illustrations. Very good binding but the original owner has made neat notes on several pages. No date (preface dated 1894) First edition, W.H.Allen. |
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North, Marianne. A VISION OF EDEN. |
£10.00 |
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The Life and Work of Marianne North. 240pp. Full colour reproductions of her paintings from Kew. Includes lovely work from a visit to India in 1876-79. Owner's name label. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 1980 First edition, Webb & Bower. |
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North, Marianne. A VISION OF EDEN. |
£10.00 |
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The Life and Work of Marianne North. 240pp. Full colour reproductions of her paintings from Kew. Includes lovely work from a visit to India in 1876-79. Owner's name. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 1980 First edition, Webb & Bower. |
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Parker, R.N. COMMON INDIAN TREES. |
£16.00 |
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and How to Know Them. 46pp. 40 b/w plates. The front board is illustrated and has the title 'Forty Trees Common in India'. The illustrations are by Ganga Singh. Author and illustrator worked at the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun. Very good. 1940, First edition, Government of India, Delhi. |
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Parker, R.N. A FOREST FLORA FOR THE PUNJAB WITH HAZARA AND DELHI. |
£40.00 |
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591pp. Index. No illustrations. Compiled for the use of Forest Officers. Very good. Front hinge slack but holding. 1924 Government Press, Punjab. |
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Pearse, Arno S. THE COTTON INDUSTRY OF INDIA. |
£21.00 |
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306pp, 26pp advertisments. 27 b/w photographs. Library bookplate of the Geographical Association. Appendix listing the cotton mills of India and their production. Front endpapers removed. Internally very good. 1930 International Cotton Federation. |
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Pearse, Arno S. THE COTTON INDUSTRY OF INDIA. |
£28.00 |
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306pp, 26pp advertisments. 27 b/w photographs. Appendix listing the cotton mills of India and their production. Very good indeed. An excellent copy. 1930 International Cotton Federation. |
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Pearse, R.O. BARRIER OF SPEARS. |
£12.00 |
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Drama of the Drakensberg. 393pp. Index. 12 maps. Many photographs in colour and b/w.. Mountaineering and exploration. Very good indeed in like dw. 1979 New edition, Southern Book Publishers, Johnnesburg. |
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Polunin, Oleg and Stainton, Adam. FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYAS. |
£16.00 |
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518pp with 365 drawings and 690 colour photographs. Card covers. Very good. 2001 Reprint, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Polunin, Oleg and Stainton, Adam. FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYAS. |
£27.00 |
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518pp with 365 drawings and 690 colour photographs. Fine in fine dw. 1985 Reprint, Oxford University Press, Delhi. |
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Randhawa, M.S. FLOWERING TREES IN INDIA. |
£22.00 |
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210pp. Index. 4to. 38 colour illustrations of paintings. Tables of information about species and the suitability of their planting. Internally very good but front board a little stained. 1957 First edition, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. |
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St. Claire-Morford, E. GARDENING IN MALAYA. |
£10.00 |
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79pp. In the original illustrated card boards with cloth spine. Very good. Front hinge weak. No date (Preface dated 1946), Printed by Charles Grenier & Co., Perak. |
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Stuart, C.M.Villiers. GARDENS OF THE GREAT MUGHALS. |
£42.00 |
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290pp. Index. 40 plates, many in colour from watercolours by the author. 10 garden plans. Very good internally but split to edge of spine cloth. 1913 First edition, A&C.Black. |
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Stuart, C.M.Villiers. GARDENS OF THE GREAT MUGHALS. |
£13.00 |
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290pp. Index. 40 plates, many in colour from watercolours by the author. 10 garden plans. Facsimile reprint of 1912 original. Very good. Owner's name. 1983 Cosmo Publications, New Delhi. |
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Titley, Norah and Wood, Francis. ORIENTAL GARDENS. |
£13.00 |
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128pp. Index. 122 illustrations in colour and b/w from books and manuscripts in the British Library. Sections on Turkey, Persia, India, China and Japan. Card covers. Fine. 1991 The British Library. |
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Titley, Norah and Wood, Francis. ORIENTAL GARDENS. |
£16.00 |
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128pp. Index. 122 illustrations in colour and b/w from books and manuscripts in the British Library. Sections on Turkey, Persia, India, China and Japan. Owner's name. Otherwise fine. 1991 First edition, The British Library. |
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Titley, Norah M. PLANTS AND GARDENS IN PERSIAN, MUGHAL AND TURKISH ART. |
£8.00 |
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37pp. Card covered stapled booklet. 5 illustrations in colour and 15 in b/w. Owner's name. Otherwise fine. 1979 The British Library. |
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Veitch, James Herbert. A TRAVELLER'S NOTES |
£198.00 |
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or Notes of a Tour through India, Malaysia, Japan, Corea, the Australian Colonies and New Zealand during the Years 1891-1893. 219pp. 4to. Large folding map. 9 full-page tissue-guarded photogravure plates and many other b/w photographs in the text. In the original boards decorated with Japanese characters. Internally sound but damp mark on rear board and wear to cloth of fading spine 1896 for private circulation only, James Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. |
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