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THE FLORA OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by S. Hamilton.
Stock no. 1828922
Published by John E. Southall.
1st
1909.
Almost very good condition.
Being a Catalogue of all the Flowering Plants known to be native to the County; and a guide to localities, together with a List of Ferns. Slim volume. 81 & xi pages including index. Boards browned, and a little marked. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Endpapers and text block browned. Hinges a little pulled but binding tight. A few light creased corners. Ink blot to vertical margin of pages 50-66. Else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- FERNS
- FLORA
FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS
Written by William A. Clarke.
Stock no. 1828921
Published by Trollius Publications.
1st thus
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The text of this reprinted edition of William Clarke's invaluable reference work is taken from the second edition, originally published in 1900. To this has been added the supplement which appeared in Journal of Botany 1909. Green cardwraps. xvi and 194 pages. ISBN: 095397183X. Edges lightly rubbed, rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
HYBRIDIZATION AND THE FLORA OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by C.A. Stace.
Stock no. 1828889
Published by Academic Press.
1st
1975.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
975 hybrids recorded from the British Isles are represented here. An authoritative source of information for field botanists who wish to discover hybrids in the wild, and for professional botanists who wish to use hybrids for both research and teaching purposes. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. xiii and 626 pages including index. ISBN: 0126616507. SIGNED and dated by author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Base of spine shelf-worn. Top front board corner lightly knocked. Text block lightly browned. Small black inked rubber stamp to front pastedown. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, heavily rubbed at edges with some wear, rear panel is grubby, front panel scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
- UK (GENERAL)
ILLUSTRATIONS OF ALIEN PLANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by E.J. Clement; D.P.J. Smith; I.R. Thirlwell.
Stock no. 1828888
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
A broad miscellany of line drawings of mostly unusual alien (non-native) plants that occur in the wild in the British Isles and for which diagnostic, botanical drawings are difficult to find in the literature available in a typical small botanical library. Purple pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 466 pages. ISBN: 0901158321. Book has been read and spine condition is evidence of this in that it has become concave. Spine is faded as are cover edges. Contents are clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
ALIEN PLANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by E.J. Clement; M.C. Foster.
Stock no. 1828886
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles.
1st
1994.
Very good condition.
A provisional catalogue of vascular plants (excluding grasses). Red cardwraps with white floral illustration. xviii and 590 pages including index. ISBN: 0901158232. Spine faded to pink with vertical crease through use. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Some creasing to covers. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
FLORA OF CONNEMARA AND THE BURREN
Written by D.A. Webb; Mary J.P. Scannell.
Stock no. 1828885
Published by Royal Dublin Society; Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge.
1st
1983.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Connemara and the Burren are two adjacent but strongly contrasted regions of the west of Ireland which have long been famous among botanists for their wealth of rare and interesting plants. Designed to be used in conjunction with a systematic Flora, but contains many hints on identification which will be appreciated by the less experienced botanist. Olive green cloth boards, navy title block with gilt title to spine. A few b/w and colour photos. xlv and 322 pages including index. ISBN: 052123395X. Base of spine shelf-worn, light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapperis faded to spine with some fading to rear panel, wear to top of spine.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- FLORA
- IRELAND
FLOWERS OF GREECE AND THE BALKANS A FIELD GUIDE
Written by Oleg Polunin.
Illustrated by Oleg Polunin; et al..
Stock no. 1828884
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Almost 3000 species of flowering plants named or described, and keyed. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. xv and 592 pages plus colour plates to rear. ISBN: 0192176269. Vertical crease to spine - reading wear. Base of spine lightly worn with a tiny piece of fraying. Text block browned. Ownership inscription in ink to top of title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WILD FLOWERS
- GREECE
- BALKANS
- YUGOSLAVIA
- BULGARIA
A REVIEW OF THE CORNISH FLORA 1980
Written by L.J. Margetts; R.W. David.
Stock no. 1828883
Published by Institute Of Cornish Studies.
1st
1981.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first comprehensive survey of all the flowering plants and ferns of Cornwall (including casuals) to appear since Davey's 'Flora' (1909) and Thurston and Vigurs' 'Supplement' (1922). Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0903686341. Boards clean. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. A few pencilled marks to a few page margins. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- FLORA
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CYPRUS
Written by D.E. Viney.
Stock no. 1828879
Published by Koeltz Scientific Books.
1st
1994.
Almost very good condition.
A comprehensive and fully illustrated Flora (grasses and sedges excepted). Cardwraps. Colour frontis and b/w line drawings. xxix and 697 pages. ISBN: 3874293645. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription to title page. Pictorial cardwraps are a little creased and scuffed. Text block is browned. Joints are pulled but glued spine is tight. Inside front cover has ink scuffing from printing, small mark to frontis. Top corner of contents lightly creased else contents are clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
- CYPRUS
- TURKEY
A FLORA OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS
Written by Sylvia M. Haslam; Peter D. Sell; Patricia A. Wolseley.
Stock no. 1828878
Published by Malta University Press.
1st
1977.
Good condition.
Blue & white cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. lxxi and 560 pages including index. Coers are edge-rubbed, creased and scuffed. Text block browned and slightly grubby. Hinge is split between pages 194 and 195, page 193/194 detached as a result. Contents are a little grubby to prelims and last few pages otherwise clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- MALTA
- ISLANDS
- FLORA
DRAWINGS OF BRITISH PLANTS PARTS I - XXIX
Written by Stella Ross-Craig.
Illustrated by Stella Ross-Craig.
Stock no. 1828445
Published by G. Bell And Sons, Ltd..
Very good condition.
A run of parts I to XXIX. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations of flowering plants that occur naturally in the British Isles. An almost complete run of 29 volumes, parts 30 & 31 missing. Volume I is a first edition, 1948... Volume XXIX is a first edition 1972. Almost all copies covered in clear laminate, some of the older copies have tape to spine (under the clear laminate). Covers are browned. Neat name in ink to top of front covers. Front endpapers have a small, neat identification number. A few hinges are pulled. Contents are otherwise clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- ART
- DRAWING
ALPINE PLANTS: ECOLOGY FOR GARDENERS
Written by John E.G. Good; David Millward.
Stock no. 1828219
Published by Batsford.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An authoritative and practical guide to understanding alpines for all gardeners. Brown cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780713490176. Board corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- ALPINE
- ECOLOGY
- GARDENING