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]

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, 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]

Desmond, Ray. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Traveller and Plant Collector.
1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1999 pp.286 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.
£18.00 [ref: 51920]

Desmond, Ray. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Traveller and Plant Collector.
Rep. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 2006 pp. 286 with many fine illus. Fine copy of this excellent book.
£27.50 [ref: 36012]

Edmondson, J. R. Catalogue of the Plant Collections of J.E. Stocks from Pakistan in the Roylean Herbarium (LIV).
Pub. National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside. 1995 pp, viii, 23 with 5 figures. A mint pbk copy.
£7.00 [ref: 27757]