Kingdon Ward, Frank. Mystery Rivers of Tibet.
Rep. Pub. Cadogan Books. 1986 pp.316 with a double-page map at rear of book. 8vo. A fine softback.
£9.00 [ref: 46122]

Kingdon Ward, Frank. Plant Hunter’s Paradise.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 1937 pp.347 with b/w. photos. and fold-out map. 8vo. A nr. fine hdbk.
£35.00 [ref: 51861]

Kingdon Ward, Frank. Plant Hunter’s Paradise.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 1937 pp.347 with b/w. photos. and two fold-out maps. 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends. Both maps with tears to outside margins o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards thor. vg.
This book is an accout of an expedition to Northern Burma (Myanmar) in 1930. Exercising his phenomenal memory, Kingdon Ward retraces his steps along a bridle path where, eight years earlier, he had seen a rare orchid. To his delight he found the plant and introduced Paphiopedilum to the Western World.
£20.00 [ref: 72369]

Kingdon Ward, Jean. My Hill So Strong.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 1952 pp.240 with fold-out map and b/w. photos. 8vo. Owner’s signature to ffep. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Uncommon to find with a dw.
This book was written by Frank Kingdon-Ward’s second wife, Jean. It is her account of a plant hunting expedition she made with her husband to the borders of Assam and Tibet. Most of the photographs were taken by Jean and her husband.
£45.00 [ref: 72007]

Kingdon-Ward, F. Berried Treasure. Shrubs for Autumn and Winter Colour in Your Garden.
Pub. The Garden Book Club. c.1955 pp.191 with col frontis. & b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Bookplate. A thor. vg. hardback in good, repaired dw.
A guide to planting colourful garden shrubs by the eminent plant collector, Frank Kingdon Ward.
£8.00 [ref: 42958]

Kingdon-Ward, F. Plant Hunter in Manipur.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 1952 pp.254 with b/w. photographic plates and a fold-out map. Contents are in fine condition. The dw. is sl browned at edges, lightly chipped at spine-ends and price-clipped. Overall a vg. copy. Scarce and hard to find in such a nice dustwrapper.
£100.00 [ref: 42956]

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Kingdon-Ward, F. Plant Hunting in the Wilds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Figurehead. [1931] pp.77. Contents in fine condition. Boards lightly faded in places, o/w. fine.
£16.00 [ref: 43028]

Kingdon-Ward, F. Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World.
Rep. Pub. Cadogan. 1985 pp. 383 with col. frontis. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
Account of two journeys, one in 1926 in northern Burma to Assam/Northern India, throughh the Mishmi Hills, and another one in 1928, accompanied by the explorer H. Clutterbuck, again to Assam. Clutterbuck apparently was one of the very few people with whom Ward could travel without overmuch quarelling, he dedicated this book in print to him, nicknaming him "Buttercup".
£5.00 [ref: 47258]

Kingdon-Ward, Frank. Plant Hunter in Manipur.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 1952 pp.254 with b/w. photographic plates and fold-out map. 8vo. One short closed tear to margin p.101 (production flaw), minor spotting at ends, o/w. a fine hardback in vg. plus dw. Not price clipped.
£60.00 [ref: 31929]

Kingdon-Ward, Frank. The Land of the Blue Poppy. Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1913 pp.xii, 282 with maps and plates. More recently the spine has been professionally relaid and replacement end-papers added. Boards lightly marked and showing some rubbing on edges and corners. A minor amount of foxing to contents which are in thoroughly very good condition. A very good copy of this scarce title.
£850.00 [ref: 46288]

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