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THE MAMMILLARIA HANDBOOK
Written by Robert T. Craig.
Stock no. 1823719
Published by EP Publishing Limited. 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

With descriptions, illustrations, and key to the species of the genus mammillaria of the Cactaceae, a single group of cacti. Originally published in 1945, republished in 1963. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xiv and 390 pages including index. ISBN: 0854093303. Light browning to endpapers else contents clean. Price-cut green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LEXICON OF SUCCULENT PLANTS
Written by Hermann Jacobsen.
Stock no. 1823714
Published by Blandford Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Short descriptions, habitats and synonymy of succulent plants other than Cactaceae. First English Edition. Mushroom coloured cloth boards, red and black titles. B/w photos. 664 pages including index. ISBN: 071370652X. Lower edge of boards grubby as is the lower text block. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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NAME THAT SUCCULENT
Written by Gordon D. Rowley. Illustrated by Gordon D. Rowley.
Stock no. 1823707
Published by Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Keys to the Families and Genera of Succulent Plants in Cultivation. A reappraisal of the complex world of succulent plant classification. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. 268 pages including index. ISBN: 0859504476. A nice copy, dustwrapper has a vertical crease to front panel (minor).

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LA FOCE: A GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE IN TUSCANY
Written by Benedetta Origo; Morna Livingston; Laurie Olin; John Dixon Hunt.
Stock no. 2139028
Published by University Of Pennsylvania. 1st USA 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Larger format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0812235932. Browning to outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with a little fading to edges of spine.

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THE GASTEROMYCETES OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Written by William Chambers Coker; John Nathaniel Couch.
Stock no. 2138678
Published by Dover Publications Inc.. 1974. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Together with a supplementary article: The Gasteromycetae of Ohio: Puffballs, Birds'-Nest Fungi and Stinkhorns by Minnie May Johnson. This is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1928 by The University of North Carolina Press. Some browning.

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HANDBUCH FUR PILZFREUNDE BAND I ERSTER BAND
Written by Bruno Hennig; Michael.
Stock no. 2138675
Published by Veb Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena. 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

3rd revised edition. Green cloth with white titles. Text in German. Colour illustrations. Die Wichtigsten Und Haufigsten Pilze mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Giftpilze. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small closed tears.

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HANDBUCH FUR PILZFREUNDE BAND I ERSTER BAND
Written by Bruno Hennig; Michael.
Stock no. 2138674
Published by Veb Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena. 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with white titles. Text in German. Colour illustrations. Die Wichtigsten Und Haufigsten Pilze mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Giftpilze. Page browning. Wrapper is browned to spine; some edge-tears and small nicks.

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HANDBUCH FUR PILZFREUNDE BAND II ZWEITER BAND
Written by Bruno Hennig; Michael.
Stock no. 2138673
Published by Quelle & Meyer. 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with white titles. Text in German. Colour illustrations. Nichtblatterpilze (Pilze ohne Blatter). ISBN: 3494005664. Some browning. Small inscription to front pastedown. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and tears; a little loss; browned to spine.

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HANDBUCH FUR PILZFREUNDE BAND III
Written by Michael; Bruno Hennig; Hanns Kreisel.
Stock no. 2138672
Published by Veb Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena. Circa 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with white titles. Text in German. Colour illustrations. Some browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks; also browned.

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THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORCHIDS
Written by Zdenek Jezek.
Stock no. 2137983
Published by Rebo Publishers. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Stunning colour photography throughout. ISBN: 9036615895.

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THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE PLANT ATLAS
Written by G.T.D. Wilmore; J. Lunn; J.S. Rodwell.
Stock no. 1823569
Published by Yorkshire Naturalists' union. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos and distribution maps. ISBN: 9780956537805. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped.

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LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime. Illustrated by Robert J. Jones.
Stock no. 2136930
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph series no. 17. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 6 b/w photos plus line drawings and diagrams. Small knocks to base of spine. Browning to half-title page and outer page edges, which are also foxed. Wrapper is browned to spine and has closed tear to top; with a few small chips and nicks along edges.

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