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]

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. The Rainbow Bridge.
1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Arnold. 1921 pp.xi, 383 with b/w. plates. Hardback. Large 8vo. With the charming floral bookplate of Florence Ward to front paste-down. Spotting to fore-edges of text block, only a very minor amount internally, o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards nr. fine. A very pleasing copy.
‘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: 41243]

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]

Fletcher, H.R. A Quest of Flowers. The Plant Explorations of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edinburgh Univ. Press. 1975 pp.xxix, 387 with col. & b/w. photos. and maps. 8vo. Charming pencil inscription to title page o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
This is the story of two men, Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff, who travelled the Himalaya of Bhutan and South-eastern Tibet, in quest of flowers. Their rich and varied finds, from 1933 to 1949, enlarged botanical knowledge, and delighted British gardeners with many new and vivid plants.
£35.00 [ref: 67147]

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., price-clipped.
Selections from the writing’s of the plant-hunter E.H. Wilson, edited, with an introduction and brief biography.
£16.00 [ref: 64911]

Fortune, Robert. A Journey to the Tea Countries of China; Including Sung-lo and the Bohea Hills; with a short notice of the East India Company’s tea plantations in the Himalaya Mountains.
Facs. Ed. Pub. Mildmay Books. 1987 pp.xv, 398 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with gently sunned spine.
The techniques of tea-growing and manufacture were closely guarded by the Chinese and it was only by disguising himself as Chinese that Fortune learnt their methods which then resulted in the establishment of tea plantations for the East India Company in the Himalayas.
£22.00 [ref: 68225]