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PLANT HUNTING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD - Frank Kingdon Ward, The Minerva Press, 1974 (originally published 1930), 224 page VG+ hardback in VG jacket, sepia tinted plates, maps, A classic account, of the distinguished botanist's travels on the North-East Indian Frontier, comprising two expeditions one of which was to Burma in 1926 and the other to the mountains of Assam. Hard to find in any edition. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED
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London: Minerva, 1974 Hardback. 156mm x 246mm tall. Pp x, 224 plus 16 sepia plates and 3 maps. A very good copy, in the original green buckram-covered boards/gilt spine title, and very good un-priceclipped dust wrapper. . First Edition, Thus.
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- Keywords Plant Plants Travel Adventure Gentian China Assam Tibet Burma Explorer Exploration Exploring Bibliography Botany Agriculture Flowers Geography Mountain Mountains Mountaineering Climbing Rangoon Manipur Ukhrul China Himalayas Himalayan Primula Primulas Alp
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LONDON, GOLLANCZ, 1930. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN BLACK CLOTH, NO DUSTWRAP, FADED SPINE, SLIGHT WEAR TO TOP OF SPINE. 16 PLATES. AN ACCOUNT OF TWO PLANT HUNTING TTRIPS: TO THE BURMESE OBERLAND IN 1926, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF FURTHEST ASSAM IN 1928.
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd,, 1930. A renown that bestrode several continents First edition, first impression, with an exemplary example of the jacket, of this lively work recounting the author's travels to the north-east Indian frontier. In the year of publication, he was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, cementing his reputation as one of the leading botanical adventurers of his day. Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World covers Frank Kingdon-Ward's (1885-1958) expeditions to the Burmese Oberland (1926) and the remote mountains of Assam (1928) via the valley of the Seingkhu, the pass at Diphuk La, the Lohit valley, the Mishmi Hills, and the valley of the Delei. Demonstrating his "keen observation of botanical detail and grasp of plant ecology" (ODNB), he describes the plants he collected and their native habitat, from figs and ferns to rhododendrons and many primula including Primula clutterbuckii, named after his travelling companion in Assam, the Arctic explorer…
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