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Verlag: Nonesuch Expeditions, 1988
Anbieter: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, Vereinigtes Königreich
HARDCOVER. Zustand: GOOD. 1988. Nonesuch Expeditions . Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE DJ; Acceptable, edgewear. DJ marked. End pages discoloured. Some foxing. Some pages marked. Page edges foxed. 11x8.
Verlag: Nonesuch Expeditions Ltd., Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, 1988
Anbieter: Bygone Pages, Aurora, MN, USA
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Cloth. Zustand: Good Plus Condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good Plus. This is a nice copy of a nonfiction South American Tropical Ran Forests nature book called Margaret Mee, In Search of Flowers of the Amazon Forestsm diaries of an English artist reveal the beauty of the vanishing rainforests, copyright 1988, hard cover, dust jacket, written by Margaret Mee, edited by Tony Morrison with a foreword by H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh. The books dust jacket has previous owners stamp on back of jacket, minor wear and in good plus condition in a new archival mylar wrap. The book itself has previous owners stamp on title page, very slightly cocked, otherwise in good plus condition with tight binding, wonderful color illustrations and photographs and 302 pages. Also a Wildlife Food and cover planting guide for the United States, from the North American School of Conservation in good condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Verlag: Salamandra, Rio De Janeiro, 1989
Anbieter: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1989 Brazilian Edition. This is a near fine hardcover Portuguese langage edition in green cloth binding with gold lettering in a mylar protected DJ, green spine. 303 pages, lots of color photographs and all those grand botanical prints. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international.
Verlag: . Suffolk, England, Nonesuch Expeditions, [1989], ., 1989
Anbieter: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
4to [28 x 22 cm]; 302 pp, color frontis, numerous color illustrations from paintings, many full-page, double-page map, other illustrations and photos, glossary, bibliog, index, pictorial endpapers from Mee's painting. original cloth, gilt title lettering, dj (two corners a little torn), otherwise a clean and fine copy in vg dj. The author (1909-88) traveled to the Amazon area 15 times over a 32 year period, by canoe, on foot and often alone. Her diaries and sketches portray the forests as they have never been viewed before. Her paintings and sketches "could stand without shame in the high company of such masters as Georg Dionysius Ehret and Redoute" (Wilfred Blunt). An important contribution to the botany and wildlife of Amazonia and an interesting description of plant exploration. Mee was a passionate conservationist and devoted her life to recording the diversity and beauty of the Amazon. She was one of the first to protest the destruction still taking place there. Sitwell in Great Flower Books describes her work as: 'exceptional and quite in the tradition of the great eighteenth-century books '. 'Mee was a talented botanical painter and intrepid traveller. . .an exceptional personality' [Oak Spring Flora]. A picture of this book is available on request.
Verlag: . Suffolk, England, Nonesuch Expeditions, [1988], First edition., 1988
Anbieter: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
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4to [28 x 22 cm]; 302 pp, color frontis, numerous color illustrations from paintings, many full-page, double-page map, other illustrations and photos, glossary, bibliog, index, pictorial endpapers from Mee's painting. original cloth, gilt title lettering, dj, a clean and fine copy of the first printing. The author (1909-88) traveled to the Amazon area 15 times over a 32 year period, by canoe, on foot and often alone. Her diaries and sketches portray the forests as they have never been viewed before. Her paintings and sketches "could stand without shame in the high company of such masters as Georg Dionysius Ehret and Redoute" (Wilfred Blunt). An important contribution to the botany and wildlife of Amazonia and an interesting description of plant exploration. Mee was a passionate conservationist and devoted her life to recording the diversity and beauty of the Amazon. She was one of the first to protest the destruction still taking place there. Sitwell in Great Flower Books describes her work as: 'exceptional and quite in the tradition of the great eighteenth-century books '. 'Mee was a talented botanical painter and intrepid traveller. . .an exceptional personality' [Oak Spring Flora]. A picture of this book is available on request.