Botany

HMSO, 1902 Second edition of the list of trees and shrubs (excluding coniferae) grown in arboretum at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Replaces the two voume first edition (1894 and 1896) in one volume and enumerates nearly 4500 shrubs and trees. Burgundy leather corners and spine and marbled boards all subject to some wear but still good. Interior has some foxing at very beginning and end but is largely clean.. Half-Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Dr R Scierenberg & Sons 32pp bibliography - list of papers on Zoology, Botany, and Geology and Palaentology.. Printer Wrapper. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Odhams Undated popular survey of Botany, Anatomy, Zoology and Physiology arranged in 12 study sections. Jacket is worn at the edges and has one repaired tear. Mid thirties in all probability.. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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G Bell & Sons, 1926 The 18th edition revised by G Claridge Druce of the professional botanical guide "Containing the chief characteristics of British plants; with botanical name, common name, soil or situation, colour, growth, and time of flowering of every plant, arranged under its own order." Covers have substantial faded patches but the interior is tight and - bar one owner's name - unmarked. Originally published in 1872.. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Pitman, 1967 The second edition of the biology textbook in two large volumes,1308pp and 826pp respectively. "An integration of the biological sciences, coupled with the necessary physics and chemistry, but with the content so arranged as to allow the use of the books for the separate studies of botany and zoology as well as biology." Covers of both volumes are plastic protected. The plastic is grubby and worn but their protective role has been successful - both volumes are in very good condition. One owner's name on Volume 1.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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The Rubber Growers Association , 1921 "A full description of the bark and cortex of the rubber tree affected with Brown Bast Disease will be found in the following pages." A scarce book in poor condition. Rear cover and end papers have suffered from worm, damp has affected the top right hand corner of the text, brown cloth covers are scratched and faded and a sticker has been partially removed from the inside front cover. Nevertheless the binding is reasonably solid and the text is complete and readable, as are the 26 plates, some in colour, at the rear.. Cloth. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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The Country Book Club, 1952 An unusual gardening book - a history of the arrival of various flowers into Europe and Britain in particularly - where they came from, who introduced them, where and when. Neat clean copy.. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Burke, 1969 Botanical descriptions of 424 wild flowers, with illustrations for each, some in colour. Very good tight copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Allman & Son "With directions for practical work". Undated but preface gives 1902. Presumed first edition.. Cloth. Good. Illus. by W L Boys-Smith and E M Berridge. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Allman & Son, 1922 Apart from an owner's inscription a very tidy, clean copy of the revised edition of the textbook for students "with directions for practical work." 556 well illustrated pages.. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by W L Boys-Smith and E M Berridge. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Dragon's World, 1992 Excellent copy of the 192pp guide, an alphabetical encyclopedia of herbs each with a colour illustration.. Card. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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R T S Grubby covers but a solid clean interior. New Edition according to spine.. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Frederick Warne, 1957 Fresh tight copy of the Observer book with 100 colour illustrations and a further 100 in B&W. A spillage has caused the cloth dye to stain the bottom of the jacket and one or two of the pre-title pages but the bulk of the book is very good.. Cloth. Good/Fair. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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The Lutterworth Press Undated guide to 16 trees with a colour plate illustrating each of them by the artist author. Interior is clean and bright, jacket is roughed at the top edge and has biro marks but is complete.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Barbara Briggs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Thorsons, 1971 64pp booklet on the use of herbs in medicine. An A-Z of herbs and how to prepare them to cure what illnesses." Tea stain on front cover; interior is clean.. Soft Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Studio Vista, 1964 The author and devoted gardener writes about his relationships with 40 flowers. A good jacket conceals damp-stained covers, which in turn contain bright clean text bar some library markings to the endpapers.. Cloth. Fair/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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The Sheldon Press, 1925 A classic botanical book, first published in1853 but here entirely revised by G S Boulger with a portrait, memoir of the author and 64 coloured plates. A gift inscription on the flyleaf otherwise a clean and very solid copy of the 612pp 35th edition.. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Mayflower, 1975 Every aspect of herbal lore is covered in this concise summary: herbs as medicine, cosmetics, narcotics, raw material for wine as well as the language of flowers, astrology and herbs and the doctrine os signatures. Near fine copy.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Collins, 1956 With 64 pages of illustrations in colour and a further 48 in black and white. A tidy clean copy in a very edgeworn jacket. Enables anyone without botanical knowledge to identify the plants, trees, and shrubs of the British countryside.. Cloth. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Hassle Free Press , 1978 A 48pp booklet covering all the key factors in culitivation of the plant. Covers are faded and wrinkled. Staple binding is still sound.. Card. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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The Scientific Book Club, 1948 A book which is at once an autobiography of the author and an account of the evolution and nature of plants. Yellow cloth covers are marked and there is some early page spotting, but just about a good copy overall.. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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The Scientific Book Club, 1960 Memoirs of an American plant scientist and at the same time a history of plants and a description of how they function. Jacket is complete bar one small chip. Interior is very good - unmarked and bright.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Paul Landacre. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Derek Verschoyle, 1953 An informal history of botany entwined with the personal botanic reminiscences of the author. Near very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Adam and Charles Black, 1895 Both volumes of the set, Part 2 on flowerless plants being a scarce first edition, part 1 on flowering plants being a third edition. Both volumes are tidy and solidly bound.. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Jarrolds, 1972 Neat little booklet by the former keeper of the Castle Museum in Norwich, with many colour illustrations and an accessible but erudite text.. Card. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Mills & Boon, 1923 Sixth edition of the textbook for "the middle forms". Chapter 1 to 12 the life and structure of the plant are dealt with and Chapter 13 contains information on the orders of plants. Excellent, unmarked interior; slight darkening to the top of the front cover.. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Cassell Scarce copy of the seventh and eighth books in the series bound together in one volume. The binding is robust and the interior is clean bar one or two pencil marks. A pre-title page is missing. Covers are shelf worn and mottled in white spots. A good copy on the basis of its internal condition. Each book covers 40 wild flowers with a colour plate illustrating each flower. Undated possibly 1890's.. Decorative Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Butterworth, 1953 A technical guide to the natural tanning materials from plants indigenous to every part of the world. Slight fading to top of front cover and an ex library sticker otherwise a good solid copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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OUP, 1944 The famous first hand chronicle of life in a wandering Sioux village in the 1840's written by Parkman, a keen botanist.. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Hamlyn, 1982 "The introductory part of this book discusses the active constituents of herbs and their mode of action, and it explains how to collect and dry herbs and prepare medicines from them. The main section consists of detailed colour plates of 88 common herbs with accompanying texts describing their habitat, collection and active consitituents." Price-clipped jacket otherwise an excellent copy.. Laminated Boards. Fine/Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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The Garden Book Club Undated but late forties survey of the plants which we designate as weeds, a calendar of their growth, including advice on their destruction. On the whole a pro-week book. Jacket has repaired tears. Good solid copy, clean bar an owner's name on the inside rear cover.. Cloth. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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L Reeve , 1954 "A description of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to, or naturalised in, The British Isles, for the use of beginners and amateurs." The seventh edition, much revised from the first published in 1858. Good solid copy, clean bar an owner's name, in a slightly worn jacket, taped at the top and bottom edges.. Cloth. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge University Press, 1901 "The book is not intended to be a complete manual of grasses, but to be an account of our common native species, so arranged that the student may learn how to closely observe and the deal with the distinctive characteristics of these remarkable plants." Edges of spine are rubbed and an owner's bookplate on the inside front cover otherwise very good.. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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1981 A special publication of the Miami Geographical Society. A fairly technical treatise on worldwide viticulture.. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Cassell, 1911 A very good copy bar an owner's name on the inside front cover and a faded spine. 27 chapters each on one indigenous or naturalised British tree with "descriptive notes written from the standpoint of an ordinary observer whose interest is in the trees as living creatures not for their commercial or other uses." A great many B&W photographs. . Decorative Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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W Satchell , 1884 The corrected and supplemented second edition. Essentially a botanic history and description of any plant, tree, flower, fruit or vegetable mentioned in Shakespeare. In brown leather, faded to the front cover, with gilt titles to the spine. A small rectangle has been cut from the title page, presumably to remove an owner's inscription. Missing rear end paper. Otherwise a clean solid copy of a scarce book.. Full-Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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HMSO, 1965 19 papers on the nematodes of various plants and how to control them. Excellent copy.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Charles H Kelly Scarce copy of the 64pp guide to British fungi with a photograph illustrating each example. Clean copy with a missing front end paper. Undated probably thirties.. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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The Epworth Press 64pp guide. Good to fair copy with remains of a sticker on the covers and a gift inscription on the flyleaf - which is dated 1929, no other date information available, but may be significantly earlier.. Decorative Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Pelican, 1948 Early Pelican guide to wild flowers.. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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HMSO, 1972 A 300 page report, MAFF's Technical Bulletin No 25. But for library markings a fine copy throughout in a plastic protected jacket.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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William Blackwood & Sons, 1855 The second volume only of a two volume set. More botanical than chemical. The chapters are headed The Narcotics We Indulge In ( tobacco, the hop, the poppy, Indian hemp, the betel nut, coca, and the thorn apple), The Poisons We Select, The Odours We Enjoy, and The Smells We Dislike. The covers are worn particularly at the spine ends. The interior is solidly bound and has one owner's name otherwise clean.. Cloth. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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J & A Churchill, 1937 The fourth edition, "revised and brought up to date" . Unmarked tight copy with a sewn in bookmark.. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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T C & E C Jack 48 colour pictures of flowers with straightforward untechnical descriptions. Interior is good but covers are shelfworn.. Pictorial Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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T C & E C Jack 48 colour pictures of flowers with straightforward untechnical descriptions. Interior is good but covers are stained and frayed.. Pictorial Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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T C & E C Jack Undated book containing 32 colour plates by Kelman and descriptions by C E Smith designed to introduce children to trees. A neat unmarked copy.. Decorative Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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T C & E C Jack 48 colour pictures of flowers with straightforward untechnical descriptions. Interior is solid with a gift inscription dated 1913. Some wear and marking to boards.. Pictorial Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Colham Green Nurseries , 1949 "How to do stopping to obtain the best results. When you thoroughly understand stopping it is a simple matter to work out your own table of dates for timing stops for shows or markets."60pp. Covers slightly browned; clean interior.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Colham Green Nurseries , 1950 "How to do stopping to obtain the best results. When you thoroughly understand stopping it is a simple matter to work out your own table of dates for timing stops for shows or markets."60pp. Covers rather worn; clean interior.. Card. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Mcgraw-Hill, 1969 "The purpose of this text is to provide the basic facts whereby the student may be introduced to the scientific foundations of plant pathology." Third edition with two library stamps otherwise in very good order, clean and tight.. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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