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NEW ATLAS OF THE BRITISH & IRISH FLORA
Written by C.D. Preston; D.A. Pearman; T.D. Dines.
Stock no. 1609627
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Distribution maps and accompanying text for 2412 flowering plants in Great Britain and Ireland. All the native species and all the commoner hybrids and ointroduced species are covered together with a wide range of subspecies. Large format. 910 pages. ISBN: 0198510675. A little wear to cloth at corners. Acetate overlay is present. CD-Rom present in sleeve at rear (NOT TESTED). Light stain affecting edge of last few pages. Contents otherwise are generally clean and bright. Acetate overlay is present. Wrapper is edge creased, with a small tear, and creased across the lower part of the rear panel.

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SUPPLEMENT TO THE FLORA OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by S.C. Holland.
Stock no. 1208709
Published by Grenfell Publications. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour photos, b/w illustrations and distribution maps. 196 pages includes index. ISBN: 0948715006. Minimal rubbing to base of spine. Inscription in ink on front endpaper. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut and slightly browned.

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RAY'S FLORA OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Written by John Ray; A.H. Ewen; C.T. Prime.
Stock no. 1208706
Published by Wheldon & Wesley. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

John Ray's Catalogus was his first published work on Botany and the result of nine years study between 1651 and 1660. Translated from the Latin and edited by Ewen and Prime. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine. A few b/w photos. 146 pages pages includes index. ISBN: 0854860908. Lower spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Bump to top edge of front cover. Pages very lightly browned else fine. Wrapper slightly worn at top of spine and a little grubby.

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WILD FLOWERS AND OTHER PLANTS OF THE PEAK DISTRICT
Written by Penny Anderson; David Shimwell.
Stock no. 1208705
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Ecological Study. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages pages includes index. ISBN: 0861900170. Lower spine bumped and slightly faded. Address label to front endpaper. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper edges lightly rubbed.

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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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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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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1507198
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1930. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Spine bumped and worn with a couple of marks. Wear to corners with some loss of surface from top corner of front cover. Rear cover is marked (water?) with light crease to bottom corner. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light stains to bottom edges of endpapers and some pages. Foxing throughout. All plates present and in very good condition. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, also grubby with stains and with hole to centre of spine. Some tape repairs to tears on verso.

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FLOWERS OF REMEMBRANCE
Written by S.C. Hall. Illustrated by Annie Simpson.
Stock no. 1405098
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps with small cut out to front cover held together by fine cord. Colour and b/w illustrations. 4" x 5.75". A little creasing to one corner of front cover. Covers a little grubby. Inscription to first page. Some light browning and foxing otherwise contents generally clean. Cord holding book together in very good condition.

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BRITISH PLANT LIFE (NN 10)
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 2116169
Published by Collins. 1971. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. Third edition. With 53 colour photographs by John Markham, Brian Perkins, F. Ballard and others. 27 photographs in b/w; 8 maps and 2 diagrams. Some fading and damp marking to covers and pages; wrinkling where pages have been damp. Damp staining to page edges. Wrapper has clear cover stuck to verso along edges (publisher original clear cover). Corner cut from bottom of front flap of wrapper; some marks and damp staining.

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BRITISH PLANT LIFE (NN 10)
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 2116165
Published by Collins. Circa 2008. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5 inches. 315 pages. Depicting colour illustrations of plants of specific interest. A most attractive and informative book. A facsimile reproduction of the 1948 edition. ISBN: 9780007278565. Unused - still in original shrink wrap!

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THE FLORA OF BRISTOL
Written by James Walter White.
Stock no. 1606462
Published by Chatford House Press Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Being an Account of all the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and their Allies That Have at Any Time Been Found in the District of the Bristol Coal-Fields. A facsimile of the 1912 edition. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 722 pages. 3 b/w plates and a map. Limited to 400 copies. ISBN: 0950083658. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper, with partially erased pencil annotation. Wrapper is faded to spine and edge torn with a little loss.

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