A Vision of Eden; The Life and Work of Marianne North published in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Webb & Bower, Exter, 1980. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Marianne North. Preface by Professor J. P. M. Brenan .... Foreword by Anthony Huxley, publisher's notes, biographical note and list of plants. Map illustrated endpapers, showing countries visited by Marianne North and other flora is partially illustrated in the collection. Colour illustrated frontispiece, of Marianne North, painted by Mary Hall in 1866. The text is illustrated with 9 double-page & 69 full-page coloured plates, 50 coloured illustrations and 2 other illustrations. Brown coloured boards with gilt illustration of 'Nepenthes Northiana' embossed on the front panel. Gilt titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by Marianne North, with brown coloured background with white and pale brown titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. New Edition in 1 volume, edited and abridged, with additional material. " Marianne North, an unmarried middle-aged Victorian lady of comfortable means, set off in 1871 on her first expedition to make a pictorial record of the tropical and exotic plants of the world. The story of her travels to every continent in the world, often alone and enduring hardships and dangers in conditions so primitive as to be outside the experience of the modern generation, is told in this abridged version of her travel memoirs and autobiography, first published in 1893 under the title Recollections of a Happy Life." -- front fold over blurb. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. Some fading to the back strip edges with very light age toning and faint foxing of the text block edges. The top right hand corner has been clipped – probably to remove previous owners details – please see photograph. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels and there is a 2 inch tear to the top edge of the front panel. Fading to the back strip. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. VI, 7-240 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Marianne North. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Travel; Natural History -- Botany; 19th Century; Biography -- Arts. ISBN: 0906671183. ISBN/EAN: 9780906671184. Inventory No: 0288231. . 9780906671184