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DIE CACTACEAE: HANDBUCH DER KAKTEENKUNDE (6 VOLUMES)
Written by Curt Backeberg.
Stock no. 1823917
Published by Gustav Fischer Verlag. 1st thus 1982. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Cacti: Handbook of Cactus Science. Text in German. Reprint of the 1958-1960 editions. Green cloth boards, orange titles. B/w photos and one or two in colour. Text in German. Volume I: 1st thus 1982; Volume II & III: 1st thus 1983; Volume IV & V: 1st thus 1984; Volume VI: 1st thus 1985. One or two minor marks to contents. Orange dustwrappers lovely and clean. All volumes contained in their own separate card slipcases.

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CACTI: THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY
Written by Rod Preston-Mafham; Ken Preston-Mafham.
Stock no. 2139630
Published by Blandford. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0713720921. Light knocks along cover edges. Some page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUCCULENTS
Written by Gordon Rowley.
Stock no. 2139190
Published by Salamander Books Ltd. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards with gilt title to spine. A guide to the natural history and cultivation of cacti and cactus-like plants. Colour photos and some b/w diagrams. ISBN: 0861010116. Top corner of front flap has been cut off. edge-creasing.

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THE CACTI OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Written by Lyman Benson. Illustrated by Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton.
Stock no. 2139157
Published by Stanford University Press. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth with black title block, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Some diagrams. ISBN: 0804708630. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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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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