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on1088560813 |
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OCoLC |
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20190530141512.0 |
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190227s2019 at ab b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780646597867 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0646597868 |
| 029 1# - (OCLC) |
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| OCLC library identifier |
AU@ |
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000065128534 |
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(OCoLC)1088560813 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
VXG |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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VXG |
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MOA |
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OCLCQ |
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OCLCF |
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OCLCO |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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a-cc--- |
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a-cc-ka |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QK26 |
| Item number |
.W38 2019 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Watt, Alistair, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
78592 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Purdom and Farrer : |
| Remainder of title |
plant hunters on the eaves of China / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Alistair Watt. |
| 264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
[Lavers Hill, Victoria] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Alistair Watt, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2019. |
| 264 #3 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Melbourne : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Eureka Printing Pty., Ltd. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 339 pages : |
| Other physical details |
color illlustrations, color maps ; |
| Dimensions |
30 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"This edition is limited to 250 copies of which 210 are for sale." |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Foreword by Seamus O'Brien -- Acknowledgements -- Map 1: Travels of William Purdom -- Map 2: Travels of Purdom and Farrer -- Introductioon -- Chapter 1. A gardeners's son. William Purdom -- Chapter 2. Purdom. First steps in China -- Chapter 3. Beyond Xi-an -- Chapter 4. Reginald Farrer. To the manor born -- Chapter 5. Purdom and Farrer -- Chapter 6. To the eaves of China -- Chapter 7. Beyond Thundercrown -- Chapter 8. To the stony mountains -- Chapter 9. In the land of the Lamas -- Chapter 10. Aftermath. Separate paths -- Chapter 11. Reginald Farrer in Burma -- Chapter 12. Legacies -- Appendix 1. Purdom seed and living plant collections 1909-1911 -- Appendix 2. Purdom and Farrer plant collections 1914-1916 -- Appendix 3. Bibliographic and documentary sources -- Notes and citations -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This book represents the first in depth biographical study of the life of the often forgotten plant hunter William Purdom. In doing so, it also explores the lives and work of two unusual men. Both born in 1880, the year of the death of Robert Fortune, they came from completely different social standings. Purdom was the eldest son of the head gardener of a property-owning businessman in the Lake District. Reginald Farrer, on the other hand, was the first scion of landed gentry who owned a huge estate in the Yorkshire Dales of England. Despite their vastly contrasting backgrounds, their common interest in alpine flowers brought them together in an expedition to hunt for new plants for British gardens on the mountain slopes where the eaves of China meet the roof of Tibet. In 1914, fate took them to the far-frontier walled Kansu city of Siku, and then in 1915, on to the mysterious abbey of the Buddhist Lamas of Tientang and Chebson. Both died young, Farrer on the rain-soaked border hills of Burma in 1920, Purdom in Peking a year later. However, in our gardens their legacy of beautiful plants, some bearing their names, will remain alive always. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Purdom, William, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1880-1921 |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
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78593 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Farrer, Reginald, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1880-1920 |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
78594 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Plant collectors |
| Geographic subdivision |
China |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
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78595 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Plant collecting |
| Geographic subdivision |
China |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4967 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Gansu Sheng (China) |
| General subdivision |
Description and travel. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
78596 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
O'Brien, Seamus, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1970- |
| Relator term |
writer of foreword. |
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78597 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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HELD BY WUY - 5 OTHER HOLDINGS |