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Wien. , 1857. 1st. Ed.. pp.12. 8vo. A vg. softback. Original wrappers. Scarce.

Uni. Texas Press, 1967. pp.xiii, 908 with numerous text illus. & figs. Thoroughly vg. in dw.

Botany Foreign floras . 1st. Ed. Univ. de Sevilla et al. 2002. Two vol. set. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Bilingual in English and French text. Fine softbacks. The Checklist covers all vascular plants growing in the wild, including naturalized species, and will enable usersrs to name any such plant collected in N Morocco, here considered as including all territories N Sebou and Inaouene valleys and W European Union. The Checklist is appended with two glossaries, one in English and another in French, with the technical terms used in the and an index of accepted names and synonyms with over 9,000 entries.

Plant Lore Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Frederick Warne & Co. 1869. pp.152 with colour frontis., illus. title page and 4 further colour chromograph plates. 16mo. Hardback. AEG. Cords a little stretched internally, o/w. contents fine. Original richly decorated blue cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. Scarce. Laura Valentine (1814-1899) was an English writer primarily known for her children�s literature under the pen name of Aunt Louisa, and was one of the chief editors at Frederick Warne & Co.

Academic Press., 1972. 1st.. pp.xi, 431 with text illus. A vg. copy in dw. It was Darwin�s studies of the fauna and flora of the Galapagos Islands that first explored the relationship between geographical distribution and evolution in higher plants. This symposium explores in greater depth this relationship.

Academic Press., 1972. pp.xi, 431 with illus. A vg. copy in chipped dw.

Entomology Butterflies and moths . Privately published. 1973. pp.118 with 16 b/w. plates. Small 8vo. Nr. fine softback.

Botany Foreign floras . 1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Interprint (Malta). 1977. pp.96 with b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Softback. Lower right corner bumped o/w. thor. vg.

Entomologist�s Gazette., 1950. Rep.. pp.[14] with two b/w. plates. 8vo. Softback. Fine. �With compliments F.T. Vallins� to front cover. With two charming letters to Mr. Hyde (G.E. Hyde, the naturalist who had �the blood of the old Aurelians� in his veins (Salmon)) one dated 1928, the other from Vallins, dated 1950. Vallins talks about his butterfly hunting and his delight at recording the first specimen of hyperborea, presents this reprint to Hyde and more.

Botany Monographs . 1st. Ed. thus Pub. Minerva. 1974. pp.[234] with b/w. illus. Landscape 4to. TEG. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Hortus Floridus was first published in English in 1615, an elegant and important anthology of the flowers to be found in a cultivated Dutch 17th century garden. The 100 copper engraved plates are divided among the four seasons, and every flower has a full description. translated from the original Latin by Spencer Savage. An extensive introduction, by Eleanor Sinclair Rohde, sets in perspective the finely conceived engravings by Van de Pass.

Minerva. 1974. Unpaginated. Vg. copy in dw. Hortus Floridus was first published in English in 1615, an elegant and important anthology of the flowers to be found in a cultivated Dutch 17th century garden. The 100 copper engraved plates are divided among the four seasons, and every flower has a full description. translated from the original Latin by Spencer Savage. A long introduction by Eleanor Sinclair Rohde, setting in perspective the finely conceived engravings by Van de Pass.

Univ. Miami Press., 1969. pp.214 with colour and b/w. photographs. A vg. copy in sl. grubby dw. In this book the authors have written the first comprehensive book devoted to pollination in orchids since Darwin�s classic, but they go beyond Darwin�s scope in discussing the characteristics of the orchid floral types which are so marvelously adapted for pollination by specific types of organisms.

The Hague., 1980. 1st. Ed.. p.vii, 151 with figs. and tables throughout. Large 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. Scarce. Produced following the �Symposium on Advances in Vegetation Sciences�, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 1979.

The Hague., 1980. 1st. Ed.. pp.viii, 188 with figs. and tables throughout. Large 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. Scarce. Produced following the �Symposium on Advances in Vegetation Sciences�, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 1979.

Jacana, 2009. 1st. Ed.. pp.208 with colour photos. throughout. Small landscape 4to. Fine softback. Signed by the author on title page. Old Nectar is South Africa�s most famous private garden and its creator and constant gardener, Una van der Spuy, takes us through it in this book, sharing a lifetime of knowledge and experience about gardening and plants.

Princeton Uni. Press, 2000. 1st. Ed.. pp.xx, 424 with 4 colour plates and b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature. Nr. fine softback. Explains what is known about hydrothermal systems in terms of their environment and their geological and chemical makeup. Goes on to cover, among other topics, symbiotic relationships, community dynamics, evolution and biogeography.

Water Life., 1956. 1st. Ed.. pp.xiv, 174 with many text-figs. Ex-Bradford and District Aquarist Club. Hardback. Boards a little marked and lightly rubbed in places. Contents vg.

New Holland., 2010. 1st. Ed.. pp.304. 4to. Fine softback. In print at �14.99.

B.T. Batsford. , 1986. pp.x, 375 with colour photographs throughout. A thor. vg. hdbk. in lightly spine-faded dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in colour and compiled by two of the world�s authorities on the subject, this is one of the most lavish and comprehensive photographic surveys of cultivated conifers. This book stands on its own, and may be used also in conjuction with the very detailed text descriptions of the Manual of Cultivated Conifers by Gerd Krussmann.

Princeton University Press., 2018. 1st. Ed.. pp.xvi, 284 with numerous b/w. illus. Royal 4to. A new hardback in new dw. A stunningly illustrated book about selective breeding, studied through the comparison of the selective breeding process versus natural selection in the wild.