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]

Christopher, T. (Ed.). In the Land of the Blue Poppies. The Collected Plant-Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon Ward.
1st. Ed. Pub. Modern Library. 2003 pp.xxvi, 243 with b/w. maps. 8vo. Fine softback.
‘Drawn from writings out of print for almost seventy-five years, this new collection, edited and introduced by professional horticulturalist and House & Garden columnist Tom Christopher, returns Kingdon Ward to his deserved place in the literature of discovery and the literature of the garden’.
£5.00 [ref: 64766]

Clarke, P.A. Aboriginal Plant Collectors. Botanists and Australian Aboriginal People in the Nineteenth Century.
1st. Ed. Pub. Rosenberg. 2008 pp.191 with colour and b/w. photos and illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. with a hint of sunning to spine. Scarce.
This book explores the impact of indigenous people upon the European discovery of Australian plants, spanning the period from the expansion of world exploration in the 17th century to the beginning of systematic scientific studies in the late 19th century. Observations of Australian Aboriginal hunting and gathering practices provided Europeans with important clues concerning the productivity of the land. British colonists who came in 1788 to establish themselves in the 'new' country of Australia found indigenous land 'owners' to be both a physical threat and an important source of information about the environment.
£80.00 [ref: 65235]

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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, K. et al. Frank Kingdon Ward’s Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges. Retracing the Epic Journey of 1924-25 in South-East Tibet.
1st. Ed. Pub. ACC. 2001 pp.319 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. Fine hardback. in fine dw.
The Tsangpo Gorge in south-east Tibet is the world's deepest gorge. First published in 1926, ‘The Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges’ told the story of its exploration by Frank Kingdon-Ward and the rich plant and animal life found there. This second edition contains the text of the original edition and brings the story right up to date by describing the devastating flood of 2000, with dramatic before and after photographs.
£17.50 [ref: 64926]

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.
Rep. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 2006 pp. 286 with many fine illus. Fine copy of this excellent book.
£27.50 [ref: 36012]

Dorr, L.J. Plant Collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. A biographical and bibliographical guide to individuals and groups who have collected herbarium material of algae, bryophytes, fungi, lichens, and vascular plants in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 1997 pp.xlvi, 524, illustrated with portraits of plant collectors to margins. 8vo. Fine hardback with CD-Rom in sleeve attached to rear pastedown. In print at £99.99.
£75.00 [ref: 65454]