Lancaster, R. Plant Hunting in Nepal.
1st. Ed. Pub. Croom Helm. 1981 pp. 194 with a number of colour plates and line drawings. DW. spine lightly sunned, o/w. a vg. copy. With a dated dedication from Roy Lancaster.
£20.00 [ref: 34147]
Lancaster, R. Travels in China.
1st. Pub. ACC. 1989 pp. 517 with colour plates throughout. VG. in vg. dw. With dedication from author.
£90.00 [ref: 33306]
Lancaster, R. Travels in China. A Plantsman’s Paradise.
1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 1989 pp.516 with b/w. and colour photographs throughout. A vg. plus copy in vg. dw. First Edition.
£40.00 [ref: 40900]
Lancaster, R. Travels in China. A Plantsman’s Paradise.
1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd. 1989 pp. 516 with colour and bw plates. A nr. fine copy in same dw. With dedication from the author.
Dedication reads - ‘For Piers Trehane, what a great date it has been. Here’s to the next time, with best wishes. Roy Lancaster. 24th September 1990’. Piers Trehane was a very highly influentual person in the field of horticultural nomenclature.
£65.00 [ref: 41419]
Lancaster, R. Travels in China. A Plantsman’s Paradise.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd. 1989 pp. 516 with colour and b/w. plates. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A most enjoyable and detailed account of the well-known author's many journeys through China.
£17.50 [ref: 64729]
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Leith-Ross, P. The John Tradescants. Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Peter Owen. 1998 pp.333 with ilus. 8vo. Fine softback. With the bookplate of Sir Roy Strong.
£18.00 [ref: 60452]
Leith-Ross, Prudence. The John Tradescants. Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen.
1st. Ed. Pub. Peter Owen. 1984 pp.320 with b/w. illus. & portraits. 8vo. Hardback. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The definitive biography of the father and son horticulturalists, plant hunters and collectors. Their collection of curiosities and rarities eventually formed the basis of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
£12.50 [ref: 63954]
Lyte, Charles. Frank Kingdon-Ward. The Last of the Great Plant Hunters.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1989 pp.xvi, 218 with b/w. map. 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in vg. dw.
£10.00 [ref: 51864]
Lyte, Charles. Sir Joseph Banks. 18th Century Explorer, Botanist and Entrepreneur.
1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1980 pp.248 with colour and b/w. illus. Royal 8vo. VG. hardback in vg. dw.
£9.50 [ref: 64974]
Lyte, Charles. The Plant Hunters.
1st. Ed. Pub. Orbis. 1983 pp.191 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. Tall 8vo. Dust marking to top edge of text-block. A thor. vg. hdbk. in thor. vg. dw.
£9.00 [ref: 51841]