Plant Hunting on the edge of the World

Second Hand
Hardback
Published by: Victor Gollancz LTD

1st edition. Book Condition: Very Good-.
Original black cloth with only slight spine fade and a little rubbing. Internally crisp, clean and bright, with no foxing or inscriptions and only lightly age toned.
A narrative of two journeys by this famous plant hunter and geographer, to Burma and Assam, to collect seeds and plants and to explore unknown mountain ranges.
The appendix lists plants collected by the author that were in cultivation at the time of publication, but he is acclaimed for introducing thousands of plants to the west found through southeast Asia.