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FLORA OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by John G. Dony.
Stock no. 1208700
Published by Hitchin Urban District Council. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The wild plants of the county of Hertford and the adjoining areas included in Watsonian vice-county 20. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos and distribution maps. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small bookseller's sticker and address label on front endpapers. Contents fine. Wrapper has loss at top of spine, is slightly creased at edges and nicked at lower corners.

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THE FLORA AND VEGETATION OF COUNTY DURHAM
Written by G.G. Graham.
Stock no. 1814321
Published by The Durham Flora Committee; Durham County Conservation Trust Limited. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards with silver titles. Over 1800 species of vascular plants are listed. and much more is contained in this important volume. 8 acetate overlays included. ISBN: 0905362020. Acetate overlays not included. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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BRITAIN'S RARE FLOWERS
Written by Peter Marren.
Stock no. 1814319
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. Circa 1999. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poyser Natural History. Colour photos. ISBN: 085661114X. Title page is MISSING (half-title page present). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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TALES OF THE ROSE TREE
Written by Jane Brown.
Stock no. 1814290
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Ravishing Rhododendrons and Their Travels Around the World. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007129955.

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GUIDE TO MUSHROOM GROWING
Written by Fred C. Atkins.
Stock no. 2123404
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1974. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0571101909. Damp marks along couple of cover edges. Contents are very good. Wrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing and a few small nicks and chips; 1" tear to top of spine.

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THE POLLINATION OF FLOWERS (NN 54)
Written by Michael Proctor; Peter Yeo.
Stock no. 1609579
Published by Collins. 1979. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. ISBN: 0002195046. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine; contained in laminate sleeve which is attached at verso.

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THE SURINAM ALBUM
Written by Julie Harvey. Illustrated by Maria Sybylla Merian.
Stock no. 1812675
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition with introductory booklet in custom made clamshell box. 91 watercolour facsimiles from the Maria Sibylla Merian Collection in the British Museum. Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries' great painters of plants and animals. Limited edition of 1000. A sturdy inner panel holds the commentary volume underneath. This is bound in green cloth and printed on high-quality white laid paper. Julie Harvey of the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum has written a fascinating introduction to Merian's work, setting it in context and providing an overview of her life and times. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. Small scuff mark to top of rear board (minor). Else a beautiful copy. Copy No. 16 of 1000. Clam shell case is in fine condition. Contained in original packaging from the Folio Society - polystyrene (reinforced and repaired with brown tape) and cardboard box. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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PRACTICAL FORESTRY FOR THE AGENT AND SURVEYOR
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 2120633
Published by The Estates Gazette Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition.

B/w photos. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few page margin marks.

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ON THE EXAMINATION OF A HYBRID DIGITALIS 1831
Written by J.S. Henslow; S.M. Walters; V.H. Heywood.
Stock no. 1810912
Published by University Botanic Garden Cambridge. 1981. Fine condition.

Facsimile of the 1831 edition. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Volume 4, pp. 257-278. Blue cardwraps. 4 plates including one folded.

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PLANT DISEASE A NATURAL HISTORY (NN 85)
Written by David Ingram; Noel Robertson.
Stock no. 2116240
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 85. Colour and b/w photos. Green cloth boards. ISBN: 0002200740. Wrapper is faded to spine and one edge.

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PLANT PESTS (NN 116)
Written by David V. Alford.
Stock no. 2116205
Published by Collins. Circa 2011. As new condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist 116. A fascinating account of the natural history of the insects and mites that inhabit our farms and gardens, and feed on our cultivated plants. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Yellow endpapers with repeating NN logo. ISBN: 9780007338498. Still in original shrink wrap - that now is a bit torn. However, wrapper spine and edge has become faded where on a shelf, over time.

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