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London: New Flora and Silva, 1930. Limited ed. of 500 copies. 27.5 19.5 cm. Pp. vii, 113, colour and other illustrations. Original buckram binding with gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt. Binding a little grubby, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, oriental stamp on verso of 1/2 title.. 1st.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

London: New Flora and Silva Ltd, 1930 Ex-Library Copy in white cloth on boards with gilt title on spine. Boards grubby. Spine is sunned with some scuff marks. Corners bumped. Usual library labels and stamps. Crack in front hinge. Clean text with attrctive colour illustrations of plants mentioned in text.

London, New Flora and Silva, 1930, First edition, limited to 500 copies, of which 450 are for sale. . original white cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light foxing on few margins, name whitened out on endpaper, bookplate removed, one blank corner of leaf torn off, very good, clean. . 4to [28 x 21 cm]; xi, 113 pp, frontis portrait of Farrer, 12 fine color plates from Farrer's paintings in the field, 4 black & white plates, comprehensive annotated bibliography of all of Farrer's works. . Farrer was one of the most important plant hunters of his time and introduced hundreds of plants to the west that we now take for granted in our gardens (see Coats, The Plant Hunters, p. 132, etc). Farrer collected plants extensively in Kansu, Burma, Ahkyang Valley, and elsewhere. Cox, a plant hunter of merit also, had accompanied Farrer on one of his expeditions in Asia, became a popular gardening writer of the time, and here provides a detailed introduction to Farrer's travels and edited his notes… Read More

New Flora and Sylva Ltd. London. 1930. L.8vo.. pp. xi, (i), 113, (iii). Frontispiece portrait, 12 coloured plates, 4 black and white plates. Original white buckram inevitably a bit dust marked, scattered foxing. *LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies, 450 for sale.

London 1930, New Flora & Silva. White cloth, top gilt, 113p. 12 color, 5 b.w. photos and a complete bibliography of all books & papers by Farrer. R A R E A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES, 450 OF WHICH ARE FOR SALE With 12 Farrer paintings and a complete list of Farrer plant numbers of which the names have been determined. Farrer's naming & introduction of plants from the Kansu & Upper Burma expeditions was a great contribution to the botanic world. Originally planned as a small printed list of his plants, the work was enlarged to add Farrer's own notes & additional information on how the various plants grew in gardens. Done as a memorial volume directed to gardeners. With much focus on Farrer's notes on plants sent home from Kansu, with addi- tional notes on their horticultural value and behavior in gardens. Edited by E.H.M. Cox from information supplied by Mr. R. L. Harrow, Mr. K. Mcdoual, the Hon. H. Mclaren, Mr. Lionel de Rothschild and others. A very important and… Read More