Ellis, Gwynn. Plant Hunting in Wales.
Rep. Pub. National Museum of Wales. 1972-1974 pp.46 with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Softback. Address label. Inscription by author. Staining to lower corner and to margins, gentle sunning to spine o/w. thor. vg.
A fascinating, well-illustrated insight into the history of plant hunting in Wales.
£6.00 [ref: 63222]

Farrer, R. Alpine and Bog-Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1908 pp.xii, 288. Two letters from previous owner tipped onto front paste down and fep. Overall a vg. to fine copy.
£40.00 [ref: 43053]

Farrer, R. Among the Hills. A Book of Joy in High Places.
Pub. Swarthmore Press.(Headley Bros.). [1911] pp.326 with col. & b/w. tipped-in plates and one folding map. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature (dated 1925) to ffep. Occ. very light spotting internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering thor. vg.
Reginald John Farrer, was a traveller and plant collector. He published a number of books, although is best known for ‘My Rock Garden’. This is an illustrated volume of Farrer's six-week excursion climbing and studying flora in the Grian, Cottian, and Maritime Alps.
£40.00 [ref: 43041]

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Farrer, R. On the Eaves of the World. Vols. I & II.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1917 Two volume set with b/w. photographic plates and fold-out map. Collated and complete. 8vo. Hardbacks. Charming bookplate of Clarence Elliott to Vol. I. Some evidence of previous bookplates removal. A little spine lean. Contents fine. Original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering in vg. condition.
£125.00 [ref: 67118]

Farrer, R. Rainbow Bridge.
Facs. Ed. Pub. Cadogan Books. 1986 pp.383 with map at rear of text. Pages 205-208 have come loose from the book o/w. a vg. copy in sl. creased card covers.
£9.50 [ref: 45670]

Farrer, R. The Dolomites.
Pub. Cadogan Books. 1985 pp. 207 with one map at rear of text. A vg. copy in card covers.
£12.00 [ref: 39151]

Farrer, R. The Dolomites. King Laurin’s Garden.
Rep. Pub. Cadogan Books. 1985 pp. 207 with col. frontis. and one map at rear of text. 8vo. Small ink stamp to inside front cover, historic signs of splash to inside front cover and ffep. Gently sunned spine. Overall a vg. softback copy.
Reginald John Farrer (1880–1920), was a traveller and plant collector. In 1913 he published The Dolomites: King Laurin's Garden, which deals with plant hunting in the Italian Dolomites and at this time Farrer travelled widely in the mountains of Italy, France and Switzerland, walking and climbing with gardener friends, including fellow plantsman E.A. Bowles.
£4.00 [ref: 46119]

Farrer, R. The Rainbow Bridge.
1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1921 pp.xi, 383 with illustrations and map. 8vo. Hardback. A little loss to map margin o/w. contents nr. fine. Original blue cloth in good to vg. condition.
Reginald John Farrer, was a traveller and plant collector. He published a number of books, although is best known for My Rock Garden. He travelled to Asia in search of a variety of plants, many of which he brought back to England and planted near his home village of Clapham, North Yorkshire.
£22.50 [ref: 64798]

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Farrer, R. The Rainbow Bridge.
1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1921 pp.xi, 383 with illustrations and map. 8vo. Hardback. Contents very clean and in fine condition. Original blue cloth in thor. vg. condition.
£95.00 [ref: 53771]

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Farrer, R. The Rainbow Bridge.
1st. Ed. 3rd. Imp. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1926 pp.383 with 16 b/w. photos. & illus. and folding map plus 16-page publisher’s catalogue. Neat early insc. to ffep. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards thor. vg.
‘This volume contains the continuation and completion of Mr. Farrer’s fascinating account (begun in ‘On the Eaves of the World) of his adventurous journey in Western China in search of new species of Alpine plants.’
£12.00 [ref: 40295]