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Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China,: including a visit to the tea, silk and cotton countries: with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc. by Fortune, Robert - 1847

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Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China,: including a visit to the tea, silk and cotton countries: with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc. by Fortune, Robert - 1847

Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China,: including a visit to the tea, silk and cotton countries: with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.

by Fortune, Robert

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London: John Murray, 1847. Second edition. Illustrated, a map, an extra engraved title page, three tinted lithograph plates, several small text engravings, octavo, pp xxiv, (ii), xiv, 420, (2), + publisher's catalogue of 16 pages, the frontispiece and title page and the other plates are slightly foxed, a little age-toned internally, original embossed and gilt cloth, faded and marked but sound, the spine more faded, neatly rebacked, the original spine laid down and lacking only a few small pieces, new endpapers. [This second edition was a little enlarged].. Second edition. Cloth. Good.
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  • Date Published 1847
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Sydney: The Government of the State of New South Wales 1903 - 1924. Volumes 1 - Volume VIII, in 75 parts, as published, lacking only two parts (Vol III part 5 & Vol IV part 3), quarto, with 287 (of 295) litho plates and numerous photographic plates, paperback, a little worn frayed and dusty throughout, Part 1 is in much poorer condition than the rest and has worn and detached covers with marginal damage to the pages. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE . First Edition. Paperback. Fair.
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A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea; Being a Narrative of Scenes and...
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A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea; Being a Narrative of Scenes and Adventures During a Third Visit to China, from 1853 to 1856

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London: John Murray, 1857. First edition, illustrated with 5 plates, octavo, pp xvi, 440, a little age-toning and very slight marking, a small neat name and address on the front endpaper, but otherwise very good and clean internally, original cloth, slightly rubbed, slight bumping and wear to the corners, the spine pulled and frayed at head and tail, the upper joint worn with some splits (see illustration) and corresponding internal cracking and slight weakness at the front hinge. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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The Nottinghamshire Flora; containing the flowering plants, ferns, mosses, hepaticae, lichens, characeae and algae

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London: Hamilton, Adams & Co, 1839. Small slim 12mo, pp (2), 124, a hand-coloured frontispiece map, pages age-toned but otherwise very clean and sound, a little browning to the frontispiece and title page, with the book label of Baronet Bron=mhead of Thurlby Hall on the front endpaper, original green polished cloth with gilt decoration on upper cover showing an ornate vase of flowers, slight marks and bumps, the spine label appears to have been hand-written on paper but is now largely lacking. RARE, AND A VERY GOOD COPY. [Godfrey Howitt - 1800-1873 - was physician to the Nottingham General Hospital from 1829 to 1839 and was keenly interested in science and literature. He wrote this standard work The Flora of Nottinghamshire, and discovered a new species of catchfly which grew on the Castle Rock. Professor John Wilson ("Christopher North," of Edinburgh) made the "Ettrick Shepherd" in Blackwoods Magazine described his as "Ane o' the best botanists in England an' a… Read More
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Halae Saxonum: C.A. Kummel, 1806. [1806 - 1807]. 12mo, [measures 170mm x 105mm], pp xvi, 420; 58, with 12 engraved plates, some age-toning and foxing throughout, but otherwise very tight and sound, bound in a twentieth century full calf, marbled endpapers. RARE. [ With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby, a founding member of The Apine Garden Society.]. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good.
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Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China

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