Brenda Mclean (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Yellow boards with red lettering on the spine and front. Good square binding. Jacket is not price clipped. Signed and dated by the author on the front end page. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging. Signed by Author(s).…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xvi, 184pp, index, notes/references, bw & col ills. Yellow cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, minor foxing to top edge. AK Bulley paid intrepid plant hunters to scour the mountains of China and the Himalayas for alpine and hardy plants. The plant hunters became famous, new species were discovered and our gardens subsequently enriched. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 168 pages.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. xvi + 184 pp, 32 plates. 11 maps and diagrams, numerous text figures. An accomplished biography of Arthur Kilpin Bulley, founder of Ness Botanic Gardens and sponsor of many plant-collecting expeditions which greatly enriched European gardens in the first three decades of the 20th century. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Copyright Date: 1997 Sm Quarto, PP.184, The Enthusiasm And Frustration Of Bulley And The Botanists, Gardeners And Plant Hunters Who Shared His Zeal. Color And B & W Illustrations (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book - near fine, dust jacket - near fine (price clipped). Author's inscription to half-title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. Quarto. 7.75 x 10 in. xvi, 184 pp. Fully illustrated in color and black & white. Fine in original yellow cloth with design in red and fine pictorial dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Small 4to. [xvi] 184 pp. Color & b/w illus.; photos; landscape plan diagrams; index; notes. Ships fast with tracking.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Inscribed by the author. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

pp.xvi, 184 with colour, b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. A little spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. 'This is the story of Arthur K. Bulley (1861-1942), a Liverpool cotton broker in an era of Empire and exploration.'.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Inscribed by the author. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. Please note this is the 2004 Antique Collectors' Club edition. A hardback volume in Very Good condition, in a similar dustjacket. This copy is SIGNED ('Best Wishes') by the author. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Signed dedication and a letter from the author.B/w and colour illstrations. Nr fine in nr fine dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. light shelf wear on the book and jacket. a neat and clean copy. sound binding. may require extra postage outside South Africa. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

2004, 250pp, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar, vlekjes op boekblok / good copy, small stains on book block , 250pp, met stofomslag, goed exemplaar, vlekjes op boekblok / good copy, small stains on book block , 250pp, met stofomslag, goed exemplaar, vlekjes op boekblok / good copy, small stains on book block.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 4to. With jacket. 184 pp. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. As-new. FINE / FINE.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good .Ships From Multiple Locations. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed with dedication UK 1st edition 1st impression, no further inscriptions not price clipped. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good .Ships From Multiple Locations. book.

Condition: gut. George Forrest / Plant Hunter In englischer Sprache. pages.

HARDCOVER. Condition: New. George Forrest was a legendary plant collector in the heyday of the British Empire. His career spanned the decades before and after the First World War. Risking his safety and health, he discovered hundreds of new species, introduced many plants to our gardens, and became one of the most outstanding plant collectors in the Sino-Himalaya. As many plants were named after him, he is well known in gardening circles yet this is the first biography of Forrest, and the first book on him for fifty years. This book, published to celebrate the centenary of Forrest's first setting out for the mountains of Yunnan, south-west China, brings Forrest to life, drawing on his own letters and those of his contemporaries. It tells of Forrest's adventures and his escape from death at the hands of warring Lamas. It shows the influence of his patrons, describes the excitement of his plant and animal discoveries, and reveals his rivalry with other plant hunters, Reginald Farrer and Frank Kingdon Ward. ' One of the most.…

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, boards tidy, light shelf wear to dust jacket with closed tear at head of front d-j 1cm. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 239 pages. 239 pages. some slight foxing on the half title otherwise clean tidy copy- h eavy book check postage with us.

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 239pp, illus/photos/maps, Near Fine (minor previous owner's marking to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request).

First edition, 4to., pp.239, colour and b/w illustrations throughout; light spotting to half-title, tiny spot to title, otherwise a bright clean copy in a very good dust-jacket, with a small nick to the head of the spine, now in a protective cover.