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Basu, B.C. REPORT ON THE AGRICULTURE OF THE DISTRICT 0F LOHARDAGA. |
£18 |
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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 First Bengal Secretariat Press, Calcutta. |
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Blatter, E. and Millard, Walter S. SOME BEAUTIFUL INDIAN TREES. |
£48 |
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110pp of text. Index. With 31 tissue-guarded colour plates of paintings of flowers and 37 black and white plates. A guide to the identification of flowering trees in India. Very attractive plates. Very good indeed 1937 First edition, John Bale. |
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Blatter, Ethelbert. BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR. |
£98 |
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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. Some spotting throughout but a very bright, tight set. 1928 First edition, John Bale & Sons. |
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Blatter, Ethelbert. BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR. |
£35 |
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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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Brockway, Lucille H. SCIENCE AND COLONIAL EXPANSION. |
£10 |
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The Role of the British Royal Botanic Gardens. 215pp. Index. Paperback. From the library of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum. Very good indeed. 2002 Yale University Press. |
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Brookes, John. GARDENS OF PARADISE. |
£16 |
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The History and Design of the Great Islamic Gardens. 240pp. Index. Endpaper maps. Illustrated in colour and b/w with many garden plans. Very good indeed. Owner's name. 1987 First edition, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. |
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Burns, W. (edits). FIRMINGER'S MANUAL OF GARDENING FOR INDIA. |
£24 |
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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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Colthurst, Ida. FAMILIAR FLOWERING TREES IN INDIA. |
£6 |
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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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Colthurst, Ida. FAMILIAR FLOWERING TREES IN INDIA. |
£18 |
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167pp. Index. Small 8vo. 61 illustrations, 5 in colour. Card covers. In the original olive cloth. Very good. Edges a little rubbed. 1924 First edition, Thacker, Spink, Calcutta. |
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Coventry, B.O. WILD FLOWERS OF KASHMIR (Series 1). |
£28 |
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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. |
£38 |
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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 slightly chipped dw. 1957 Third edition, Thacker & Co., Bombay. |
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Department of Agriculture. THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURALIST. |
£54 |
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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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Flemwell, G. THE FLOWER-FIELDS OF ALPINE SWITZERLAND. |
£25 |
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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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Harler, Agnes W. THE GARDEN IN THE PLAINS. |
£28 |
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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. |
£22 |
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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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Howard, L.E. SIR ALBERT HOWARD IN INDIA. |
£14 |
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272pp. Account of a career devoted to crop development and the improvement of agriculture. Very good in chipped dw. 1953 First edition, Faber and Faber |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. A PLANT HUNTER IN TIBET. |
£35 |
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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. ASSAM ADVENTURE. |
£12 |
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304pp. Folding map. Appendices of marches and rare flowers. Spine and corners rubbed and starting to fray. 1942 Travel Book Club. |
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Kingdon-Ward, F. BURMA'S ICY MOUNTAINS. |
£56 |
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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. |
£24 |
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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. PILGRIMAGE FOR PLANTS. |
£22 |
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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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Lancaster, Roy. A PLANTSMAN IN NEPAL. |
£35 |
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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. PLANT HUNTING IN NEPAL. |
£12 |
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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. |
£16 |
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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. TRAVELS IN CHINA. |
£80 |
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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. |
£28 |
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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, Sydney Percy. A SAHIB'S MANUAL FOR THE MALI. |
£14 |
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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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Landolicus. THE INDIAN AMATEUR GARDENER. |
£35 |
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348pp. 46 illustrations. Flowers, fruit and vegetables. Very good. Hinges slack. 1936 Fourth edition, W.Newman, Calcutta. |
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Macmillan, H.F. A HANDBOOK OF TROPICAL GARDENING AND PLANTING with special reference to Ceylon. |
£55 |
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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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Mierow, Dorothy & Shrestha, Tirtha Bahadur. HIMALAYAN FLOWERS AND TREES. |
£12 |
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208pp. Index. Over 400 colour photographs of plants and many identification diagrams and maps. Dorothy Mierow was with the Peace Corps in Nepal from 1962 to 1978. A very useful and portable field-guide. Card covers. Fine. 1987 Second edition, Sahayogi Prakashan, Kathmandu. |
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Moynihan, Elizabeth B. (edits). PARADISE AS A GARDEN IN PERSIA AND MUGHAL INDIA.. |
£14 |
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168pp. Index. Illustrated in b/w. Owner's name. Very good. 1980 Scolar Press. |
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Nairne, Rev Alexander Kyd. THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF WESTERN INDIA. |
£35 |
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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. |
£12 |
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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. Fine in fine dw. 1980 First edition, Webb & Bower. |
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Parker, R.N. A FOREST FLORA FOR THE PUNJAB WITH HAZARA AND DELHI. |
£45 |
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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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Parker, R.N. COMMON INDIAN TREES. |
£18 |
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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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Pearse, Arno S. THE COTTON INDUSTRY OF INDIA. |
£30 |
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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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Polunin, Oleg and Stainton, Adam. FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYAS. |
£30 |
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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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Polunin, Oleg and Stainton, Adam. FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYAS. |
£18 |
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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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Randhawa, M.S. FLOWERING TREES IN INDIA. |
£25 |
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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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Smythe, F.S. THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS. |
£25 |
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322pp. Index. Folding map. With 16 tissue-guarded colour photographs. Climbing, botany and exploration in Garhwal. Very good. 1938 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton. |
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Stuart, C.M.Villiers. GARDENS OF THE GREAT MUGHALS. |
£75 |
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290pp. Index. 40 plates, many in colour from watercolours by the author. 10 garden plans. Very good. Owner's name. An excellent copy of a very scarce title. 1913 First edition, A&C.Black. |
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Stuart, C.M.Villiers. GARDENS OF THE GREAT MUGHALS. |
£58 |
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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. |
£15 |
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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. |
£18 |
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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 |
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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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Watt, Sir George. THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OF INDIA |
£45 |
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being an Abridgement of 'The Dictionary of Economic Products of India'. 1189pp. A vast encyclopedia of information about plants, crops and other products. This is an updated revision of a 19th century edition in 6 vols. Very good. Inscription. Some corners of the thin paper have folded. 1908 First thus, John Murray. |
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