Macqueen Cowan Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Turquoise Cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and front board, 250 x 160 mm approx. xii + 252 pp. b/w frontis + 105 other photo illustrations of which 7 in colour on 83 plates + fold out map to rear all as called for. Published by OUP for The Royal Horticultural Society. 1952 First Edition. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good / Poor (Book- shelf wear to extremities of cloth boards- colour rubbing only, ink gift insc. Christmas 1953 to front free end paper, hint of foxing to paste downs. Dust Jacket- Numerous significant chips/loss and heavily rubbed, white titles a little tanned, mild to moderate foxing to rear panel and flap folds). No other notable defects). A sound reading / reference copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published for The Royal Horticultural Society. There are 85 monochrome illustrations printed in gravure, and these include many taken by Forrest himself of the plants in their natural habitats. There are also five color plates which include some of his most outstanding introductions such plants as Gentiana sinoornata, Rhododendron Griersonianum Primula malacoides and Pieris Forrestii. Color folding map tipped in at rear, index, 252 pages. Clean unmarked copy, dust jacket has two tears at bottom of front panel, some light wear to edges, dj in mylar.