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1890ref. 6481Calcutta: Bengal Secretarial Press 1890. 1st edition. V.g. Loose fascicles Last page with a few small marginal tears. 196 pp. A remarkably well preserved set of the unbound fascicles of Prain's monograph which was published in the Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens Calcutta. Calcutta: Bengal Secretarial Press unknown
1943ref. 5615C.W.K. Gleerup Lund 1943. 1st edition. V.g. /No Jacket. Paper covers Discreet owner's signature on cover; inscribed by the author on title page. Pages partly uncut. 432 pp. C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund unknown
1978ref. 5607Trustees of the Natal Publishing Trust Fund 1978. 1st edition. Fine/V.g. Hard covers dust jacket Slight edge wear to jacket. Inscribed by the author on t.p. "To Dr O. Hilliard with love & thanks from Janet M. Gibson". Trustees of the Natal Publishing Trust Fund hardcover
1943ref. 4469Botanisches Museum Universität Zürich 1943. Mitteilungen aus dem Botanischen Museum CXLII Serie Botanik No. 14. V.g. /No Jacket. Paper covers Some tears repaired to spine. As well as consituting the fourth part of the monograph Convolvulaceae - Asteraceae this also contains the complete index to genera on pp. 495-507. Offprint. Botanisches Museum, Universität Zürich unknown
1962ref. 4121Thomas Nelson 1962. 1st edition. V.g. /No Jacket. Hard covers dust jacket The original edition with the rare loosely inserted leaflet 'first list of corrections to the Atlas of the British Flora'. Jacket badly torn and incomplete; all overlays present. xxiv 432 pp. Thomas Nelson hardcover
1988ref. 2298Nauka Leningradskoe Otdelenie 1988. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket. Publisher's green cloth gilt title A well-preserved copy with light tanning to pages. Owner's signature on t.p. The first author made extensive collections in Turkmenia from his base in the Botanical Institute at Ashgabat. This is a typical Russian 'key flora' where there are no generic descriptions other than in the keys to genera and likewise the species entries contain only telegraphic information on life-form height distribution flowering time and habitat requirements. Also includes card-bound xerographic reprint of E.G. Chernyakovska's 'Ocherk rastitel'nosti Kopet-Daga' an overview of the vegetation of the Kopet mountains published in 1927 in 'Izvestiya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada' Newsletter of the Main Botanic Garden Moscow pp. 253-266 including map of her explorations. Nauka, Leningradskoe Otdelenie hardcover
1978ref. 522EP Publishing 1978. Facsimile reprint. V.g. /V.g. Hard covers dust jacket As the original edition has long been out of print this facsimile serves a useful purpose in making available a wide range of distribution maps of critical taxa mainly Hawkweeds Eyebrights and the like as a supplement to the original ground-breaking Atlas of the British Flora which excluded microspecies. EP Publishing hardcover
1892ref. 2131I.N. Kushnerev & Ko. Moskva Moscow 1892. Good /No Jacket. Printed boards no dust jacket A well-used copy of the rare first edition of a popular Russian flora. The author was Piotr Feliksovich Maevsky 1851-1892. Significant edgewear to cover internally sound with minimal tanning of paper. Owner's signature and oil spot on ffep M. Kirshbaum another on end paper V. Rikovshky with oaktree bookplate of Heino Ross. Spine sl. frayed at top edge some insect damage to glued areas. The text contains keys to genera and species generic descriptions and Russian and Latin names of genera and species summaries of distribution by local government region and habitat flowering times and selected line drawings mostly showing both the whole plant and flowers or fruits. A compact yet comprehensive flora which went through several editions a third edited by B. Fedchenko in 1902 and another in 1917 an 8th with a slightly different title in 1954 and a 9th edited by B.K. Shishkin in 1964. Bookseller's ticket at rear Librairie W. Klotschkoff St. Petersbourg Liteiny n. 55. I.N. Kushnerev & Ko., Moskva (Moscow) hardcover
1937ref. 541Archipel Drukkerij Buitenzorg 1937. Fair /No Jacket. Paper covers Front wrapper detached with numerous tears and abrasions contents tight if sl. dusted. Extracted from the "Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg" ser. 3 vol. 14 3-4 Dec. 1937. Printed on quality paper except for the cover which is highly acidic and hence has suffered from the effects of high humidity. An excellent regional monograph treating 165 species of Ixora with keys synonymy Latin descriptions and specimen citations. The species index is followed by an alphabetical list of collectors of specimens. Archipel Drukkerij Buitenzorg unknown
1984ref. 493Editions du Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Geneve 1984 1986. 1st edition. As new/No Jacket. Publisher's green cloth with gold-blocked device olive and lettering on spine no d.w. Nearly new; owner's signature vol. 1 only. Includes green plastic insert with key to territories and map. Tabular summary and synonymic checklist of the flora of the countries bordering the Mediterranean plus Crimea. Vol. 4 has also been published; vol. 2 is not yet available. Editions du Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Geneve hardcover
1967ref. 302Bronder Offset Rotterdam 1967. Good /No Jacket. Original paper covers Cairo-born Fatima Sa'ad has produced here a 'proefschrift' for her degree of Doctor of Natural Science at the University of Utrecht supervised by Professor J. Lanjouw. A monograph of south-west Asian Convolvulus it has been reproduced from a typescript an IBM electric font it would appear and illustrated with some very fine art-work by the author. It contains some very useful critical comments and the general part which introduces the volume includes some interesting snippets such as the fact that the ground-up roots of Macaronesian endemic Convolvuli are the source of a fragrant powder known as "bois de rose". Some slight creasing to the corners of the front cover but overall in good condition. 288 pp. Bronder Offset Rotterdam unknown
1965ref. 269Editions de l'Academie de la Republique Populaire Roumaine 1965. Revue Roumaine de Biologie serie de Botanique tome 11. V.g./No Jacket . Paper covers Collection of papers in English French and German delivered at the first Flora Europaea Symposium in Romania with list of the 56 participants. Paper covers in fine condition sl. darkened with age; text nearly new in appearance. This meeting was remarkable for having been organised at the height of the 'Cold War' and was a very successful reunion of eastern and western European scientists. It was held under the aegis of the Flora Europaea organisation whose geographical area stretched from the Azores to the Urals and from Spitzbergen to Malta. Editions de l'Academie de la Republique Populaire Roumaine unknown
1919ref. 028290Gresham 1919. Book. Illus. by Fitch< J.N. Drawings by. Good. Hardcover. Complete in six volumes. Original publisher's blue cloth hardbacks gilt titles to spine. Condition: good for age; cloth with light marking cut page edges dusty bindings firm no inscriptions. Internally clean with all 64 fine colour plates by John Nugent Fitch present depicting c.350 species. A classic early 20th-century flora combining Horwood's accessible botanical text with Fitch's celebrated illustrations. Scarce as a complete set in original cloth. Overseas buyers please note 7kg unpacked. Gresham Hardcover
1940ref. 028153Emanuel Friedman & Co Jerusalem 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Good Olive tree boards depicting a train of 2 camels 1 goat and 2 people with rubbed cloth spine. circa 1940s. 4.5 x 7" Containing twelve colour postcard sized photos and with 11 well preserved pressed flowers interspersed with protective tissue. . Emanuel Friedman & Co, Jerusalem Hardcover
2004ref. 27211Frances Lincoln 2004. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. 384 pages. only very light rubb to corner tips. Frances Lincoln Paperback
2024ref. __1946226890Oscar Riera Ojeda Pub Ltd 2024. Hardcover. New. 197 pages. 10.75x8.25x1.00 inches. Oscar Riera Ojeda Pub Ltd hardcover
2006ref. c4823Portland OR: Timber Press Inc. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Fading to spine of jacket. Previous owner sticker to fep abrasion to rear end-paper. 2006. First Edition. Cream hardback board cover. 270mm x 200mm 11" x 8". 431pp. Colour photographic illustrations b/w illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Timber Press Inc hardcover
1823ref. g9506Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart. VG : in very good condition. Spines faded. Some Slight staining to lower margin of prelims. Occasional slight foxing. Some offsetting from plates. 1823. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 800pp plates. 360 hand coloured plates. Volumes published between 1823 - 1828. Heraldic book-plate of R E Duncombe Shafto. Heavy set - extra shipping needed for overseas. . Maclachlan & Stewart hardcover
1864ref. 1713dLondon: Groombridge and Sons. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded. Cover rubbed with minor scuffing to leather. Spine faded. Marbled endpapers. Heraldic plate to front pastedown. Ribbon marker. Aeg. 1864. First Edition. Green hardback leather cover. 260mm x 160mm 10" x 6". viii 192pp. Colour plates with tissue-guards; wood engravings within the text. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Groombridge and Sons hardcover
1914ref. 7859869Bernard Quaritch 1914. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3100grams ISBN: Bernard Quaritch hardcover
1901ref. 4944673Yorkshire Naturalists' Union 1901. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name and inscription inside cover. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN: Yorkshire Naturalists' Union hardcover
1902ref. 4944677Duckworth & Co 1902. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Duckworth & Co hardcover
1910ref. 2283839Blackie and Son 1910. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: Blackie and Son hardcover
1869ref. 3990676Robert Hardwicke 1869. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. 8vo. Green cloth. Gilt lettering on the backstrip. Bumped corners. Untrimmed. Frayed top of the backstrip. Hinges are cracked. Foxing. Frontispiece map. Internally clean and tightly bound. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: Robert Hardwicke hardcover
1993ref. d0582dNewcastle upon Tyne: The Natural History Society of Northumbria. VG : in very good condition with lightly marked dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 300mm x 220mm 12" x 9". 351pp. Illustrated with distribution maps and transparent overlays in rear pocket. Heavy book - extra shipping needed for overseas. . The Natural History Society of Northumbria hardcover
