A Rum Affair

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0374252823 . First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

Allen Lane, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Only Blemish Is Neat Excision Of Price On Inside Front Flap Of Otherwise As New Dj.

London: Allen Lane, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original black boards with gilt title to spine, 224 pages including black and white photographic plates, appendix, notes, index. Sabbah uses the episode of fake reports of rare plants on the the Hebridian Isle of Rum in the 1940's as a starting point for a more general exploration of… Read more about this item

Allen Lane, 1999. 1st edition. hard covers, dust jacket. As new/As new. Cutting of TLS review loosely inserted. A non-fictional 'whodunnit' about some very strange plant records from the Hebrides made by a Professor of Botany from Newcastle who turned out to have a very large chip on his shoulder. A mint copy of the first edition's… Read more about this item

Allen Lane, 1999-08-05. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. Signed. Inscription to the original owner by the author. Appears to have hardly been read. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

London: Allen Lane, 1999. ix, 224pp, index, notes, appendix, bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket.Professor JW Heslop Harrison aroused suspicion of scientific fraud in the 1940s after numerous 'discoveries' of new plant species on Rum Island in the Hebrides. A young Cambridge man infiltrated one of the professor's expeditions and the report was damning,… Read more about this item

Hardback. Very Good.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 276 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. With eight pages of black and white illustrations. Stated first edition, first printing. A true tale of scientific duplicity in 1940"s Great Britain. … Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000-07-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with jacket. Looks like new.

London: Allen Lane, 1999. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. No notable flaws, clean throughout. Newspaper clipping review laid-in. AD. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.

Farrar, Straus, 2000. VG ex lib.,. Hardcover with dj, 276p., illus., ISBN 0-374-25282-3

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Allen Lane - Penguin Press, 1999. Set in Postscript Monotype Sabon. Cover illustration: Andrew Bridge. Professor J. W. Heslop Harrison aroused suspicion of scientific fraud in the 1940s after numerous 'discoveries' of new plant species on Rum Island in the Hebrides. A young Cambridge man infiltrated one of the professor's expeditions and the report was damning, accusing the professor… Read more about this item

Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000-07. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 276 pp. .

Hachette Books, 2001. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket… Read more about this item

Allen Lane, 1999. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. As new/As new. A non-fictional 'whodunnit' about some very strange plant records from the Hebrides made by a Professor of Botany from Newcastle who turned out to have a very large chip on his shoulder. The author clearly identifies more with the rarified world of Cambridge which the Inspector… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Allen Lane, 1999. 1st edition. hard covers, dust jacket. As new/As new. A non-fictional 'whodunnit' about some very strange plant records from the Hebrides made by a Professor of Botany from Newcastle who turned out to have a very large chip on his shoulder. The author clearly identifies more with the rarified world of Cambridge which the Inspector… Read more about this item

Hardback. Like New.