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Lae: Division of Botany, Department of Forests, 1969. Illustrated with simple line drawings, large octavo, pp 215, clean internally, paperback, the covers very slightly marked and lightly creased. SCARCE. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Peradeniya: The Government Press, 1956. Illustrated with 52 botanical line drawings and a coloured map, large octavo, pp xvi, 229, (i), upper and lower corners a little bruised, page 228 with a lsight tear, otherwise clean and firm internally, paperback, the covers a bit worn and marked, a number on the upper cover and the word Ceylon hand written on… Read more about this item

London: Linnean Society, 1991. A fifty page article contained in the complete issue of Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 106 number 4. Also includes Webb's History of the Herbarium, Trinity College Dublin; and Ridall & Goldblatt's Leaf Anatomy and Phylogeny of the Ixiodeae. Paperback, covers slightly worn. [From the library of the botanist Ron Payne, though not… Read more about this item

Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co, 1948. Octavo, illustrations 65 - 380 (this is correct !), attractive and detailed line drawings, a few neat marginal notes, pp 380, xxiii, the page block firm and tight, but the covers poor and almost detached, permanently plastic laminated. A working copy.. First Edition. Paperback. Poor.

Tournay: J. Casterman, 1823. Illustrated with 16 lithograph plates, small octavo, pp 153,(i), partly untrimmed, the errata leaf pasted to the rear endpaper, the occasional blemish, lacking the front endpaper, but overall rather good internally, original boards, slightly chipped printed paper title label on the spine. From the library of the Kew grass botanist C.E. Hubbard, with both his stamp… Read more about this item

Liege: Departement de Botanique, 1989. Illustrated with distribution maps, octavo, pp 127, [81], very clean internally, paperback, the lettering "Burundi" in ink on the spine, the upper cover rather foxed and blotched, otherwise a very good copy. SCARCE. [Lejeunia, Nouvelle serie number 132]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Washington: National Museum of Natural History, 2000. Large octavo, not illustrated, pp 128, paperback, the lower corner very slightly bruised, otherwise a very good copy. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1986. Large octavo, pp (6), 389, the date of 1986 has been added to the title page in ink, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, the covers very slightly worn and with slight creases to the top cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: Collins, 1984. Illustrated throughout with colour plates by Ann Farrer, 12mo, pp 256, the fore-edge a little foxed, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, the covers with only the slightest signs of wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Ann Farrer.

Topeka: Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1937. Illustrated with botanical line drawings and distribution maps, octavo, pp 349, waterstained and damp-wrinkled in part, paperback, the upper cover detached and heavily repaired with tape. A presentation copy to the botanist and bryologist Frances E. Wynne, signed by author on the verso of the frontispiece map. A good working copy only. .… Read more about this item

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1988. Slender octavo, not illustrated, pp 77, soft covers, a very good copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paternoster Row, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1814. Second edition. Illustrated with 10 engraved folding plates slightly foxed, pp xiv, 479, [9], a signature and date on the title page, otherwise very clean internally, original leather covers, rubbed, re-backed with a new leather spine, new cream endpapers. [The final hundred pages comprise the Duke of Bedford's "Account of… Read more about this item

Roorkee: Department of Agriculture and Commerce, 1882. [Published 1882 - 1883]. Two volumes, quarto, illustrated with 69 fine botanical line drawn plates by the artist H. Hormusji (numbered 1 - 64 + 5 bis plates) including 7 double-page plates, pp 87; 63, duplicates from Museum of Science and Art Edinburgh, with their small stamp on the title pages (and also… Read more about this item

Nashville: The American Co., Printers to the State, 1878. Illustrated with small woodcuts within the text, octavo, pp iv, 511, a little age-toned thropughout, but otherwise clean and tight, contemporary half-roan and marbled boards, rather rubbed and worn, beginning to fray. SCARCE.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good.

THOMAS BARNES. A New Method of Propagating Fruit-trees and Flowering Shrubs: whereby the common kinds may be raised more expeditiously; and several curious exotics increased, which will not take root from cuttings or layers, confirmed by repeated and successful expeience. First edition, 1759. With two engraved folding plates (a bit foxed and slightly worn), octavo, pp 42, scattered… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 1954. Second edition. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs, large octavo, pp xiv, 118, green cloth, an immaculate copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. . Second edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Cambridge University Press, 1942. First edition, first reprint. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photomicrographs, octavo, pp (4), 85, very slightly worn internally, paperback, the covers with very slight marks. [Sheila Francis' copy, with her signature and maiden name of Mount]. . Paperback. Good.

Bury Street, London: Gibbings & Company, Limited, 1896. New edition. A few line drawings in the text, 12mo, pp viii, 215, a college bookplate and stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise clean internally, green cloth with gilt decoration, very slightly rubbed. [Includes geological specimens. bones, birds' eggs, butterflies, beetles, hymenoptera,, shells, plants and ferns, grasses, mosses, lichens, fungi… Read more about this item

Geneva: J.J. Paschoud, 1811. Two volumes bound in one, octavo, pp xxii, 361; 326,(i), the hinge at the first title page cracking but still firm and safe, lacking the lower corners of the the three index leaves and the corrigenda (slight loss of text), otherwise extremely clean and tight internally, original pink paper-covered boards, a contemporaru cloth spine which is… Read more about this item

Blackheath, Wenhaston: Woottens Plants, 2005. Illustrated from a variety of period sources, octavo, pp 208, paperback, a stain to the bottom of the fore-edge whch also slightly affects the margin of some pages.. [This work deals with herbaceous plants for sun or shade, with substantial sections on Geraniums and Grasses. It comes with a wealth of practical information and experience… Read more about this item