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.xi, 383 with illustrations and map. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, prelims. and occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth in nr. fine condition in good dw., chipped, with repair to verso. Very uncommon to find copies with dustwrappers.
‘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.’
£45.00 [ref: 67433]

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 Rock Garden.
Pub. Nelson, Jack. nd pp.xi, 118. VG. Showing very light wear at spine ends.
£20.00 [ref: 43050]

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Farrer, Reginald. Among the Hills. A Book of Joy in High Places.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Swarthmore Press.(Headley Bros.). 1927 pp.326 with col. & b/w. plates and one folding b/w. map. 8vo. Hardback. Charming signatures (one dated Xmas 1944) to front paste down & ffep. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering vg. plus.
Highly respected plant collector Reginald Farrer is probably best known for his book 'My Rock Garden'. This book is an illustrated volume of Farrer's six-week excursion climbing and studying flora in the Grian, Cottian, and Maritime Alps.
£28.00 [ref: 72234]

Farrer, Reginald. In Old Ceylon.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1908 pp.ix, 351 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. Charming inscription, dated Christmas 1908, to front paste down. Some light spotting internally o/w. very clean indeed and fine. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
Highly respected plant collector Reginald Farrer is probably best known for his book 'My Rock Garden'. In this work he provides a vivid first hand account of the history, topography, society, and climate of Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then known).
£150.00 [ref: 72242]

Farrer, Reginald. The Sundered Streams. The History of a Memory that had no Full-stops.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1907 pp.399 plus 16-page publisher’s adverts, dated January 1907. 8vo. Hardback. Light foxing to paste-down and title, o/w. contents in fine condition. Some spine lean. Original black cloth boards, with gilt lettering showing some light wear to spine, lightly shelf rubbed, o/w. in vg. condition. Scarce.
Reginald Farrer was a plant hunter & botanist, traveller, flower painter and author. Alongside the large number of books he had published recounting his travels, plant collecting and gardening, he was also the published author of several novels which upon their review, received much praise.
£250.00 [ref: 43044]

Farrer, Reginald. The Ways of Rebellion.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1908 pp.319 plus 2-page publisher’s adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Very minor amount of foxing, o/w. contents in fine condition. Neat inscription in pencil to ffep. Some spine lean. Original black cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. Scarce.
Reginald Farrer was a plant hunter & botanist, traveller, flower painter and author. Alongside the large number of books he had published recounting his travels, plant collecting and gardening, he was also the published author of several novels which upon their review, received much praise.
£150.00 [ref: 43046]

Flanagan, Mark & Kirkham, Tony. Plants From the Edge of the World. New explorations in the Far East.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2005 pp.312 with colour and b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. jusr gently sunned.
In October 1987, a great storm devastated the historic tree collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Wakehurst Place in West Sussex. The losses sparked the realization that the collections at Kew and Wakehurst Place lacked key representatives of the world's temperate woodlands. The Royal Botanic Gardens commissioned Flanagan and Kirkham to fill out the gaps and in their search for new plants, travelled to the rich temperate forests of Korea, Taiwan, eastern Russia and Japan.
£20.00 [ref: 51930]

Foley, D.J. (Ed.). The Flowering World of ‘“Chinese” Wilson.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1969 pp.xv, 334 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Ownership stamp to ffep. Fine hardback in vg. dw.
Selections from the writing’s of the plant-hunter E.H. Wilson, edited, with an introduction and brief biography.
£16.00 [ref: 64911]