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. 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]

Kingdon-Ward, Frank. The Land of the Blue Poppy. Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1913 pp.xii, 282 with maps and plates. More recently the spine has been professionally relaid and replacement end-papers added. Boards lightly marked and showing some rubbing on edges and corners. A minor amount of foxing to contents which are in thoroughly very good condition. A very good copy of this scarce title.
£850.00 [ref: 46288]

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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. 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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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, Roy. Plant Hunting in Nepal.
1st. Ed. Pub. Croom Helm. 1981 pp.194 with col. photos. & line drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine. A charming, dated, dedication from Roy Lancaster to title page.
‘For three months in the autumn of 1971 a group of horticultural botanists travelled through a little known area of East Nepal collecting seeds of plants suitable for cultivation in Western gardens. As a result many new and interesting seeds were introduced, several for the first time, and the plants are now to be found in some of the most famous gardens and collections in Europe.’.
£12.50 [ref: 34147]

Leith-Ross, P The John Tradescants. Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen.
1st. Ed. Pub. Peter Owen. 1984 pp.320 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. Neat bookstamp of Anthony Huxley to ffep.
A definitive account of the lives and works of John Tradescant, father (1570-1638), and son (1608-1662). Of especial interest are the complete texts of the Tradescant’s own plant lists (with modern botanical names), dating back to 1629.
£10.00 [ref: 54751]

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.
A definitive account of the lives and works of John Tradescant, father (1570-1638), and son (1608-1662). Of especial interest are the complete texts of the Tradescant’s own plant lists (with modern botanical names), dating back to 1629.
£10.00 [ref: 63954]