harkness ruth (15 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Zustand: FINE. Reprint.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. This book is in acceptable condition and is a reading copy. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good+ binding. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: 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. .

London, 1938. 247 pp. Illustr. Cloth, seriously worn. Several pages finger-spotted.

London, 1938. 247 pp. Illustr. Cloth, worn. Some foxing in the text.

First British edition, telling the story of the first panda to be brought from China to the United States. Harkness, a New York socialite, journeyed from Shanghai to Sichuan in 1936 and located a panda cub in the province's bamboo forests. Named Su Lin, the cub became the main attraction at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. This edition was published concurrently with the first American edition. Octavo. Half-tone frontispiece, 17 half-tone plates. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in black, map endpapers, top edge purple. With dust jacket. Title page with contemporary ownership signature of one E. Ryling. Extremities rubbed; jacket unclipped, loss at head of spine, old adhesive tape repairs: a fine copy in good only jacket.

Dustjacket. First Edition. Dustjacket for the scarce first edition by this socialite business woman turned explorer who brought the first live panda to the United States. The second title published by Carrick & Evans. The dustjacket was at some point folded but it's in superb condition.; Octavo.