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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME 3 MAGNOLIOPHYTA: MAGNOLIIDAE AND HAMAMELIDAE
Written by Nancy R. Morin.
Stock no. 1206573
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Edited by Morin. A comprehensive taxonomic guide to the extraordinary diversity of plant life covering the continent. Containing identification keys, distribution maps, summaries of habitat and geographical range, precise descriptions, chromosome numbers, pertinent synonymies, line drawings depicting all genera, selected references and b/w illustrations. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. ISBN: 0195112466. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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GENTIANS
Written by David Wilkie. Illustrated by John Nash.
Stock no. 1603831
Published by Country Life Limited. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. Colour frontis by John Nash. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Edge fading to cloth on boards. Scattered foxing. Wrapper is edge torn and chipped with a little loss and a few grubby marks.

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THE CORNISH FLORA SUPPLEMENT 1981-1990
Written by L.J. Margetts; K.L. Spurgin.
Stock no. 1206413
Published by The Trendine Press. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition.

Blue boards, silver titles. vi + 119 pages. ISBN: 095125622X. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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FLORA OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by John G. Dony.
Stock no. 1806949
Published by Hitchin Urban District Council. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a 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. A few light marks to boards. Initials in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn with loss especially affecting title to front panel.

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PRIMROSES AND POLYANTHUS
Written by Peter Ward.
Stock no. 1603825
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w drawings. 160 pages. A guide to the species and hybrids. ISBN: 0713481838. Corners scuffed. Contents fine.

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DWARF AND SLOW-GROWING CONIFERS
Written by Murray Hornibrook.
Stock no. 1603776
Published by Country Life. 1973. Very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Second Edition. B/w photos. ISBN: 0913728012. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. A few light marks to boards. Contents clean.

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ELEMENTARY BOTANICAL PLATES
Written by Robert John Thornton.
Stock no. 2109001
1810. Very good condition.

Very large format. Modern binding; green cloth spine; grey covers with printed title label stuck to front. Illustrative of the science of botany....but more particularly intended to illustrate botanical extracts; or the philosophy of botany. Made up from sections of the author's work: A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus. Contains 44 engraved plates; mostly showing specimens viewed under the microscope. Some light wear to cover edges; a bit of damage to home made title label. First 2/3rds of pages have been trimmed, especially to bottom edge; others are uncut; some pages look longer internally than others. Foxing and some grubby margin marks spread to page throughout the book. Damp staining to corners and a couple of edges of pages.

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THE EUROPEAN GARDEN FLORA VOLUME III DICOTYLEDONS (PART I)
Written by S.M. Walters; et al.
Stock no. 1706795
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. ISBN: 0512361710. Corners bumped. Small hole to side of spine.

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BORDER PINKS
Written by Richard Bird.
Stock no. 2108502
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1ST 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Colour photos. ISBN: 0713470607. A couple of marks to covers and edges. wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE FLORA OF SOMERSET
Written by Edward Shearburn Marshall.
Stock no. 1603661
Published by Somersetshire Archaeological Natural History Society. 1st 1914. Very good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Contents generally clean and bright. Some pages are unopened (not cut at edges).

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VEGETATION HISTORY
Written by B. Huntley; T. Webb.
Stock no. 1805652
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Handbook of vegetation science 7. Bringing together contributions from experts in various aspects of palaeoecology in an effort to present vegetation to scientists, biogeographers, and others for whom palaeoecology is not a specialization, the method, limitations, and achievements of palaeoecology in unravelling the history of world vegetation since the late-Tertiary period. Glazed lime-green baords, brown titles. B/w maps and charts. xx and 803 pages including index. ISBN: 9061931886. Faint tape marks to pastedowns. Small red ink inscription to free front endpaper. Otherwise contents fine.

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