Kingdon Ward, Frank. From China to Hkamti Long.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1924 pp.317 with b/w. photo. plates and fold-out map. 8vo. Scattered foxing to fore-edge of text block. Contents in thor. vg. condition with very minimal foxing. Original black cloth binding in thor. vg. condition also.
£350.00 [ref: 51870]

Kingdon Ward, Frank. In Farthest Burma. The record of an arduous journey of exploration and research through the unknown frontier territory of Burma and Tibet.
1st. Ed. Pub. J. B. Lippincott / Seeley. 1921 pp.311 with 23 b/w. illus. and two maps. Contents in thor. vg. condition. A super job has been made of relaying the original spine. Original boards in vg. condition. Charming bookplate to front paste-down.
£300.00 [ref: 51868]

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, 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. From China to Hkamti Long.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1924 pp.317 with b/w. photographs and fold-out map, plus 16-page Edward Arnold catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Scattered light foxing to fore-edges of text block, o/w. contents fine. Original boards in thoroughly vg. condition.
Loosely inserted in this copy comes a 14-page article from ‘The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society’ (1959) entitled ‘Frank Kingdon-Ward 1885-1958’. Also, an ‘Edward Arnold’ flyer loosely inserted.
£500.00 [ref: 43027]

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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]