Harkness Ruth (41 results)

Softcover. Condition: FINE. Reprint. Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight. 332 pages. Memoir of the socialite who in 1936 became the first Westerner to bring a living giant panda out of China. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. handsome clean tight copy of this peruvian trael book from 1942.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Pangoan Diary. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Octavo, cloth (hardcoveR), x + 295 pp. Photographs. Fine in a Near-Fine, mylar protected dust jacket with sunned spine. South American History, Latin America, Peru, Andes, Travel, Discovery & Exploration. bxsli.

Condition: New.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 239 pp. ; green textured cloth with gold lettering and designs ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Patrons, Officers And Council -- Presidents And Awards -- Arrangements For 1966 -- The Society's Gardens -- Report Of The Council -- Annual Accounts -- The President's Page -- Making Standard Roses / R.L.Pallett -- Beyond The Pale? / Ethel Ireland -- Of Very Ancient Roses / Ruth Borchard -- Roses For Hedges / S.M.Gault -- Ways Of Our Own / F. C.H.Witchell -- Ten Poplars Above The Bay / J.H.Wilding -- Utility Roses / F.Fairbrother -- The Role Of Magnesium In Rose Culture / Graham West -- The Vital First Season / Nigel Raban -- The Lazy Man In The Rose Garden / Gordon Edwards -- The Romaunt Of The Rose / Arbel M.Aldous -- Planning A Rose Garden / H.G.Clacy -- The Two Worlds Of Roses / Tom Edridge -- The Decorative Arrangement Of Roses / Mary Pope -- First Steps In Rose Exhibiting / A.Dick -- Older Roses Worth Growing / J.L.Harkness -- Some Experiments With Miniature Roses / John S Cammell -- On Starting A Collection Of Shrub Roses / Graham Thomas -- Choosing The Right Rose Parents / E.B. Le Grice -- The First Roses Of The Year / B.W.W.Sampson III -- Roses For Mixed Borders / Rosemary James -- Rose Growing Under Semi-Moorland Conditions / H.O.Howson -- My Highlights Of The Year / A.P.C.Dickson -- Recent Research On Roses / E.F.Allen -- Obituaries -- Reports On The 1962 Certificated Varieties / F.Fairbrother, F.A.Gibson, W.Nelmes -- New Ideas For The Decorative Classes / Julia Clements -- Bristol Group Summer Show 1965 / L.A.Anstiss -- Cardiff Group Summer Show 1965 / Mrs L.M.Phillips -- Thesummershow / A.G.L.Hellyer -- The Northern Rose Show / J.Clarke -- The Autumn Rose Show / Gordon Forsyth -- International Rose Awards / Bertram Park -- The Trial Ground And Display Garden 1965 / L. G Turner -- The Awards To New Roses In 1965 -- The City Of Belfast International Rose Trials Progress Report / J.Craig Wallace -- Book Reviews -- The Rose Analysis / L.G.Turner -- Colour Plates -- 'Grandpa Dickson' -- 'City Of Leeds' -- 'Apricot Nectar' -- 'Winefred Clarke' -- 'Altissimo' -- 'Etude' -- First Prize Arrangements -- 'Diorama' -- 'Blue Diamond' -- 'Eve Allen' -- 'Variety Club' -- 'Goldgleam' -- 'Charm Of Paris' -- 'Scented Air' -- 'Ice White' -- Monochrome Plates -- H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother -- An Excellent Standard Of 'Mine. Caroline Testout' -- Fossils Of Roses -- 'Sarah Van Fleet' And 'Dorothy Wheatcroft' -- Plans Of Rose Gardens -- Our New Secretary And Presentation To Our 100,000th Member -- A Fragrant Seedling Rambler And R. Cantabrigiensis -- 'Frau Dagmar Hastrup' And R. Gallica Versicolor -- Pot Roses -- Roses In The Valbyparken, Copenhagen. ; G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 126 [1] pages including plates, portraits. Publisher's binding sturdy though worn, scuffed, and soiled, with exposure to corners and to top edge of front panel, pasted-on illustration at front panel rubbed and scratched but good; short crack to front inner hinge, gift inscription at front free endpaper, scribbles in pencil to both front endpapers, contents unmarked.

Tall 8vo. A32, [4], 311-354, A33-60 pp. With photo plates, 1 colour plate, photo text illustrations, illustrated ads including index. Colour-illustrated softcovers, Art Deco cover art of pink & yellow blossoms on black background, lettering in green & black (minor soiling, minor chipping head & foot of spine, minor tear & creasing to lower corner), still G copy. First edition of this installment in the storied journal founded by Sowerby (1885-1954) the naturalist and explorer. Of particular interest in this installment is the first published announcement of Ruth Harkness' (d. 1947) as the first person to bring a living Giant Panda out of China, a female named Su Lin. Her husband, William Harkness, zoologist and adventurer, had headed an expedition to capture Giant Pandas, but died before he even entered the habitat. Ruth traveled into Wenchuang County of Sichuan Province, then onto Baoxing County where she discovered the cub less then 2 kilometers from Jiajin Mountain, and was later donated to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. CURRENTLY WE ONLY SELL TO UK LOCATIONS. PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ORDER IF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS REQUIRED. This is an old library book so has the usual library stamps, labels and markings inside and sometimes on the spine. Edge of pages slightly discoloured. Spine has slight squint.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [a good sound copy, unfortunately blemished by a large dampstain at the lower left corner of the front cover and extending a bit into the spine; the red cloth covers also show some light soiling, the spine is a little turned and the spine cloth a little faded, but none of this has affected the book's interior at all]. (B&W photographs, endpaper maps) An account of the author's Big Adventure: bringing the first live giant panda from China to the United States. Mrs. Harkness was a fashion designer and socialite, and her husband Bill was the explorer -- until he died, of throat cancer, in Shanghai in 1936. She then took up his panda quest, and with the help of a young Chinese-American guide made her way to a bamboo forest in a remote mountainous region of southern China, where she captured a panda cub. She named it Su Lin, and cared for it much like it was a human baby on the long journey back to the U.S. The panda was a press sensation, and after living in Mrs. Harkness's New York apartment for a few months, she sold it to Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, where it became a star attraction. Her book was a success, and although when it was published in 1938 she had already made a second expedition to China and brought back a companion for Su Lin, those events are not discussed in this volume. (And, alas, not long after she had returned with the second panda, Su Lin himself died of pneumonia; he's now stuffed and on display at the Field Museum in Chicago.) The story of Mrs. Harkness's various adventures is told more fully in a 2005 book by Vicki Croke, also entitled "The Lady and the Panda.".

New York- Press Creative Age 1942. 21cm. 295p.- Ilustrado con 12 láminas fuera de texto. Diseño de Stefan Salter. Enc. Tela editorial ilustrada, corte superior pintado. Text in English. (Ref. 1990-5). Peru. PERU.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+ binding. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket. First British Edition. Large 8vo; in the publisher's green cloth binding; 126 pages; binding sound, though small superficial separation to front joint (1/2"); moderate edgewear; Binding protected in a hand cut mylar cover; charming children's bookplate to front pastedown; no markings in text.~~Warning: this book contains an excessive number of ridiculously cute panda photos. Good+ binding / no dust jacket.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New York: Carrick & Evans, (1938). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Original cloth. 287 pages. Good.Tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear and soil; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Scarce. Ruth Harkness, a 1930s New York socialite who became the first American to bring a live giant panda to the U.S. after her husband died on the same quest in China.The book chronicles her transformation from a bohemian designer to an intrepid explorer who, against all odds, journeyed to Tibet, teamed up with a Chinese guide, and successfully captured and exported a baby panda named Su-Lin to the Brookfield Zoo.It's a tale of adventure, love, loss, and a woman ahead of her time, blending biography with the exotic world of 1930s China. .

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Tall 8vo. 126, [2] pp. Photo-illust. title, numerous photo illusts. Black cloth, gold lettrng on spine, frnt cvr (mnr edgewear, rubbng, ex-lib mrkngs on endpapers, title), still a nice copy. First edition, "A" on verso of title below copyright light, of this exceedingly scarce work. Ruth Harkness (d. 1947), was the first person to bring a living Giant Panda out of China, a female named Su Lin. Her husband, William Harkness, zoologist and adventurer, had headed an expedition to capture Giant Pandas, but died before he even entered the habitat. Ruth traveled into Wenchuang County of Sichuan Province, then onto Baoxing County where she discovered the cub less then 2 kilometers from Jiajin Mountain, and was later donated to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.