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Shuter & Shooter., 1985. 1st. Ed. 4th. Imp.. pp.198 with b/w. illus., throughout. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.

Gardening Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Sanseido Co. 1938. pp.xiii, 31, 202, 11 with b/w. photos. throughout. 8vo. With bookplate of Joyce and Lionel Bacon plus signature and name stamp of two other previous owners. VG. hardback. Dr Lionel Bacon, along with his wife Joyce, was an active member of the Alpine Garden Society and author of several books including ‘Alpines’ and ‘Mountain Flower Holidays in Europe’.

Ornithology Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1937. pp. 135 with 72 illus. in colour and b/w. by the author. Large 4to. Hardback. Author’s signature (dated 29-1-71) to title page. Contents fine in original cloth boards which are in good to vg. condition in good to vg. dw. From the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE with his signature to ffep. A very pleasing copy. Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly’s (1896-1971) superb artwork for this work ‘are paintings not from memory or reference, but from actual life’ and they capture the movement and way of being of birds. Talbot Kelly passed away a few months after signing this book on on 30th March 1971.

Macmillan., 1971. pp. 274 with line drawings throughout. A vg. copy in card covers.

Chapman & Hall., 1991. 1st. Ed.. pp.x, 398 with b/w. text figs. 8vo. Neat signature. Fine hardback. In-print at �200.00. This presents a global overview of vegetational changes in response to large-scale environmental changes, particularly climate, in the last 65 million years, and draws on new research in palynology, climatology, geophysics and oceanography.

A.E.S., 1985. Fac. Rep.. pp.64 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A nr. fine softback. Amateur Entomologists Society Pamphlet No. 12, Fascimile Reprint 1985 - Golden Jubilee Reprint.

Michael Joseph., 1966. 1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp.. pp.138 with b/w. photographs. 8vo. Childs inscription to ffep. o/w. a thor. vg. hdbk. in vg. dw. A Donkey in the Meadow describes a way of life away from the oversophisticated, urbanised world and tells the story of a year in the life of Derek Tangye and his family on a farm in the wild Cornish coast.

Biological Laboratory Imperial Household, Tokyo., 1989. 1st. Ed.. pp.xiii, 197, 166 with 19 b/w. photographic plates and fold-out map at rear. Small 4to. Ex. academic lib. Bilingual in English and Japanese. Fine hardback in fine dw., protected by clear adhesive sleeve. With publisher�s slipcase in fine condition. Very scarce. Deals with Porifera sponges, giving details of 161 species, including 30 new species and one new subspecies.

Graphic-Sha., 1994. 1st. Ed. Rep.. pp.97 with fine colour photos. throughout. Landscape 4to. English and Japanese text. Fine hardback in fine dw. Features the superb colour photographs of Japanese trees in situ by Yasutaka Tanji with essays by Wahei Tatematsu.

History of gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Bramley Books. 1998. pp.xiii, 201 with photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.

John Murray., 1989. 1st. Ed.. pp.x, 148, [ii] with 84 photographs taken by Gertrude Jekyll herself. 4to. Fine hardback in very nr. fine dw. Loosely inserted is a copy of the official guide (8 page, fold-out A4) for an exhibition of the contents of this book. Perhaps most interestingly, this guide contains a map of the buildings and garden areas of most of the Munstead Wood site as they appeared in Gertrude Jekyll�s time.

pp. 190 with colour photographs. A fine copy in same dw. sl. heavy The authors tell of the Garden’s growth as a major centre of scientific research and education. Through it’s plant-hunting expeditions to steaming jungles and remote mountain tops, and it’s many public programs in environmental education., The New York Botanical Garden continues to explore, and teach, the vital roles that plants play in our everyday lives.

Walker., 1991. pp.190 with colour photography throughout. Folio. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.

History of gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Walker. 1991. pp.190 with colour photos. 4to. With publisher’s Errata leaf (2-sides) loosely inserted. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine. The authors tell of the Garden’s growth as a major centre of scientific research and education. Through its plant-hunting expeditions to steaming jungles and remote mountain tops, and its many public programs in environmental education, The New York Botanical Garden continues to explore, and teach, the vital roles that plants play in our everyday lives.

Botany Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1911. pp.xx, 416 with b/w. plates and figs. Small 8vo. Hardback. Signature. Some staining to upper corner of text block and lightly to blank margins, o/w. contents fine. Signature. Original boards, thor. vg., top corner of rear board bumped.

Botany British floras . 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1939. pp.xxxviii, 930 with 418 b/w. photos., and 179 figs. Large 8vo. With ownership inscr. of Peter Greig-Smith (1922 - 2003), eminent British plant ecologist and author of �Quantitative Plant Ecology� to front pastedown. VG. hardback.

George Allen & Unwin., 1968. 2nd. Ed.. pp.327 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., price clipped. Traces the history of our vegetation from the end of the Ice Age, describing woodlands and grasslands, heaths and bogs, mountain vegetation as well as coastal dunes and salt marshes.

Cambridge University Press. , 1939. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxxviii, 930 with 162 plates containing 418 photographs & 179 figures in the text. Large 8vo. Some very light foxing to fore-edges o/w. fine hardback.

Methuen., 1952. 1st. Ed.. pp.viii, 50 with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. Boards a little darkened and label on spine o/w. a vg. hdbk.

Botany Monographs . 2nd. Ed. Pub. George Allen & Unwin. 1968. pp.327 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Signature of botanist William Tutin to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. Traces the history of our vegetation from the end of the Ice Age, describing woodlands and grasslands, heaths and bogs, mountain vegetation as well as coastal dunes and salt marshes.