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, Frank. The Land of the Blue Poppy. Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet.
New. Ed. Pub. Theophrastus. 1973 pp.xiii, 215 with b/w. photos. and maps. Large 8vo. Light spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Frank Kingdon Ward (1885–1958) was an English botanist, explorer, plant collector and author. This book is an account of Kingdon Ward’s first journey through Western China sand South-Eastern Asia collecting botanical specimens.
£15.00 [ref: 51866]

Kingdon-Ward, F. Assam Adventure.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jonathan Cape. 1941 pp.304 with b/w. photographic plates and a fold-out map at rear of text. 8vo. Hardback. Previous owner’s small, neat stamp to front paste down and their bookplate to ffep. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o.w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards nr. fine.
"Mr. Kingdon Ward's new volume deals with an expedition of 1,100 miles made from Assam into Southern Tibet in 1939. Much of the country was until Mr. Kingdon Ward's visit almost wholly unexplored."
£50.00 [ref: 68210]

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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