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The Land of the Blue Poppy - Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet
London, Cambrige: Printed by John Clay, M.A., 1913. Reprint by Ch'eng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1971 1 volume in-12, 283 pp., dark green cloth hardcover with illustrations, very good condition.
A record of the authors experiences and observations in Western China and south eastern Tibet during 1911 when he was engaged in collecting plants for a horticulture firm in England. Contains maps and photographs of the area covered, along with an appendix giving a list of plants collected during the expedition.
A Plant Hunter in Tibet
Orchid Press Publishing Limited Broché D'occasion bon état 11/06/2019 317 pages
From China to Hkamti Long.
London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1924, in-8vo, 317 p. with 20 illustrations mainly on plates (+ 1 p. white) + 1 leaf: publicity + 1 folding map, (with general index & plant index), small legacy stamp ‘Guggisberg’ on first fly, orig.-clothbound.
One of the scarcest of the author's books, and one of the few of his works never reprinted. The author, one of the most famous plant hunters and explorers of the twentieth century, travelled in 1922 and 1923 westward from the Yangtze, across the strip where the great rivers of South-east Asia escape from Tibet and through the jungles at the headwaters of the Irrawaddy River of Burma. Besides describing the geography and the peoples of the area, he describes the natural history, and especially the plants. YAKUSHI K74
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THE RIDDLE OF THE TSANGPO GORGES
Edward Arnold & Co. 1926. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Déchirures. 328 pages. Photo-gravure en noir et blanc en frontispice. Illustré de nombreuses photo-gravures en noir et blanc sur planches hors texte, et d'une carte dépliable en couleur. Couverture et quelques feuillets se détachant. Quelques feuillets détachés. Carte déchirée. Jaquette manquante.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
With Contributions by The Right Hon. The Earl CAWDOR. Illustrated. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
