Pilgrimage for Plants
by KINGDON-WARD, Frank;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, George G. Harrap & Co., [1960], First edition. . original green cloth, title lettering on spine, dj (large chip on rear panel, price clipped, light wear), light abrasion on title where label was removed, else clean, sound, near fine in good+ dj. . 8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; 191 pp, frontis (portrait), plates from photos, bibliog, index, endpaper maps. . Kingdon-Ward, the last of the great plant hunters, describes his life and adventures, in this, the last of his books. He made 23 expeditions for plants, mainly in Assam, Burma, China and Tibet, over a forty year period, and is described in this book. Many species of plants have been named after him. William T. Stearn of the British Museum wrote a useful bibliographical introduction, including a year by year account of Kingdon-Ward's explorations, with references to the resulting publications. Stearn also compiled a list of all known publications of him, including periodicals and books. Yakushi K204. Schweinfurth 25. Marshall 27871. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J11058
- Title
- Pilgrimage for Plants
- Author
- KINGDON-WARD, Frank;
- Format/Binding
- Original green cloth, title lettering on spine, dj (large chip on rear panel, price clipped, light wear), light abrasion on titl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, George G. Harrap & Co., [1960], First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; 191 pp, fr
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - Asia;
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