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Botany Illustrated . 1st. Ed. Pub. Yale Univ. Press/Dallas Museum of Art. 2002. pp.256 with col. and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. with very gentle sunning to spine. Published to coincide with the exhibition of her work, this finely produced catalogue shows Vallayer-Coster to have been an outstanding painter of the still life.

Yunnan Science & Technology Press., 1998. 1st. Ed.. pp.252 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Dual English and Chinese text. Neat address label to ffep. Gently bumped on spine ends, o/w. a fine hardback. Out-of-print. Illustrates 485 species of highland plant, with a description of their habitat, distribution, and ecological environment.

Yunnan Science & Technology Press., 1998. 1st. Ed.. pp.252 with colour photos. 4to. Dual English and Chinese text. Gently bumped on corners and spine ends, o/w. a thor. vg. hardback. Out-of-print. A total of 458 species covered, all with colour plates and descriptions.

Entomology Butterflies and moths . 1st. Ed. Pub. Neumann-Neudamm. 1987. pp.288 with colour photos. throughout. Small 8vo. Hardback. Text in German. Some slight cockling to bottom edge of text block, o/w. contents in fine condition. A nr. fine copy.

Methuen & Co., 1967. 1st. Ed.. pp.168 with b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. A sympathetic and engaging biography of Joseph Paxton.

Japan., 1991. pp.116 with 16 pages of colour photographs and text figs. throughout. Ink inscription in Japanese to ffep., otherwise contents clean and in fine condition. Boards a little faded in places. Overall a thoroughly vg. copy. Most text in Japanese. Latin names throughout, and indication of where an animal or insect is illustrated in a plate is provided in English. English text in references and bibliography. Scarce.

Houghton Mifflin Co., 1988. 1st. Ed.. pp.xiii, 425 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Signature. Nr. fine softback, gently sunned on spine.

Kluwer., 1999. pp.250 with figs. A vg. plus copy in card covers.

Abrams., 1989. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxiii, 344 with colour and b/w. photos., illus., and line drawings. 4to. With Errata slip neatly stuck to p.153. Small address label removed from ffep, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. A comprehensive account of Steele's gardens and his life. It also contains details of his clients, plant lists of major gardens, a bibliography of Steele's books and articles. Lastly, a glossary and an index cross referenced by category of design element completes the work.

Cramer - Johnson., 1966. Facs.. Four volumes bound in one. Some small brown speckles to top of text block and on the spine o/w. a thoroughly very good hdbk copy in green boards. Scarce. A facsimile of the work that was published between 1871 and 1879. Both the original edition and this facsimile are scarce.

Uni. of the West Indies, Jamaica., 1968. 1st. Ed.. pp.44 with b/w. illus. plus 50 pages of local adverts. 8vo. Signature to front cover. Thor. vg. softback. Scarce. This work indicates which weedkillers gave the most promising results in field experiments at the Herbicide Research Unit, and describes when and how to use them to get the best results.

Hertfordshire Press., 2012. 1st. Ed.. pp.100 with colour photos. throughout. Large 4to. Bilingual in English and Russian. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. In print at �24.99. Presents almost 200 photographs of over 100 species, many by keen amateurs, and most taken in the wild. Each photograph caption provides the exact date and place and can be located on the helpfully provided map, making this a great guide for travelling birdwatchers.

John Murray. , 1978. 1st. Ed.. pp.xiv, 350 with b/w. illus. 4to. A nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw.

Alfred A. Knopf., 1977. pp.xiv, 350 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. A nr. fine hdbk. in vg. dw. An account of American 18th & 19th century natural historians.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2003. 1st. Ed.. pp.252, with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. A new hardback in new dw. RRP. �35.00. A comprehensive look of the Ashmolean Museum�s significant Japanese painting collection, featuring works from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

Helm., 2008. 1st. Ed. Rep.. pp.352 with 96 colour plates and dist. maps. 8vo. A new softback.

Charles E. Tuttle., 1998. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Rep.. pp.xiii, 184 with colour photos., and b/w. illus. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. Out-of-print. Presents the essential concepts and processes employed by Japanese garden designers through the centuries, to promote a true appreciation of these living works of sculpture.

Poyser., 1980. 1st. Ed.. pp.154 with colour frontis., and b/w. photos. and illus. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.

Poyser., 1980. 1st. Ed.. pp.154 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Ex-lib. Title page neatly removed, o/w. a fine hardback in fine, unfaded, dw.

Poyser., 1980. 1st. Ed.. pp.154 with colour frontis., b/w plates & numerous line drawings. 8vo. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.