Allan, M. The Tradescants. Their Plants, Gardens and Museum. 1570-1662.
1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph, 1964 pp.345 with colour frontis., and b/w. photos., plus fold-out genealogical table. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With dedication to title page from Mea Allan to Sir George Taylor ((1904-1993), eminent Scottish botanist, author and plant hunter).
Includes John Tradescant the elder’s Plant List from 1634 and the ‘Musaeum Tradescantianum’ from 1656.
£90.00 [ref: 60297]

Bowers, J.E. A Sense of Place. The Life and Work of Forrest Shreve.
1st. Ed. Pub. Arizona. 1988 pp.xi, 195 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Very light speckling to top edge of text block, o/w. a fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on front and spine.
Shreve (1878-1950) was highly respected as a plant ecologist and this is the first full-length study of his life. A fascinating insight, not least the explanation of his adventures during his fieldwork.
£10.00 [ref: 50695]

Bretschneider, E. History of European Botanical Discoveries in China. Vol. I & II.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sampson Low, Marston and Company. 1898 Two volumes bound as one. Med 4to. With title pages for both volumes. Contents near fine. Neat signature to ffep. Minor ink mark to fore-edge of some pages and to small area of associated margin. More recently, handsomely rebound in black half-morocco with dark green cloth and end-papers. Raised bands on spine with gilt decoration and lettering. All rebinding work closely matching original. All in fine condition. Rare.
An immense, highly desirable work. In his preface, Emil Bretschneider wrote "It has been attempted in the following pages to supply the want of a work of reference, in which botanists dealing with Chinese plants preserved in European herbariums might find some particulars regarding the history of these collections, of which the labels affixed to the herbarium specimens generally give only an imperfect account.".
£2,950.00 [ref: 50571]

Burns Davis, Helen. Life and Work of Cyrus Guernsey Pringle.
Pub. University of Vermont. 1936 pp.756. Nr. fine softback. Loosely inserted at the rear of the volume is the 14 page supplementary book to complete the work entitled ‘Supplement to Life and Work of Cyrus Guernsey Pringle’, (1937).
Cyrus Guernsey Pringle was a plant hunter working for Asa Gray. He collected through his travels to the American Southwest and Mexico c.15,000 plants; many of them being new to science.
£40.00 [ref: 47755]

Ceulemans, N. Jean Linden. Explorer Master of the Orchid.
Pub. Fonds Mercator. 2006 pp.237 with colour and b/w. plates and photos. A new hdbk. copy in same dw.
£25.00 [ref: 47746]

Cooper, R.E. et al. (Eds.). George Forrest, V.M.H. Explorer and Botanist who by his discoveries and plants successfully introduced has greatly enriched our gardens. 1873-1932.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Issue. Pub. The Scottish Rock Garden Club. 1973 pp.89 with b/w. photos. Royal 8vo. A vg. hdbk., gently sunned along spine.
£10.00 [ref: 51888]

Cox, E.H.M. Farrer’s Last Journey. Upper Burma 1919-1920.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Theophrastus. 1977 pp.xx, 244 with b/w. plates. 8vo. Tiny scattered spots of foxing along top-edge, o/w. a fine copy.
£50.00 [ref: 32503]

Cox, E.H.M. Plant-Hunting in China. A History of Botanical Exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1945 pp.230 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback in good to vg. dw.
£15.00 [ref: 58504]

Cox, Peter & Hutchinson, Peter. Seeds of Adventure. In search of plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 2008 pp.415 with many colour photos. 4to. A few blemishes to contents caused by pages being gently prised apart o/w. a thor. vg. hdbk. in vg., gently sunned dw.
This book captures the thrills of two great friends, Peter Cox and Peter Hutchison, as they searched for hardy plants. It also records the difficult times shared whilst travelling on 16 journeys to India, Nepal, Bhutan and China.
£21.00 [ref: 52441]

Davidson, L. Marion. Gates of the Dolomites.
2nd. Ed. Pub. John Lane. [c.1912] pp.xvii, 355, 24 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Ownership stamp to ffep. A thor. vg. hdbk. in original brown cloth boards.
£18.00 [ref: 52398]