Botany, general

Australian Academy of Science, IUBS, 1981. Paper covers. V.g/No Jacket. The abstracts are reproduced photographically from submitted typescripts, providing an interesting sample of fonts from the dawn of the era of the Word Processor. Owner's initials on cover (which has a nice semi-abstract sketch of a Wattle, Acacia); [iv] + 351 pp. Cover sl. soiled, Dewey label on spine, v.g. more information

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Heinemann, 1910. 2 vols. 2nd edition, first published 1897. Green cloth, gilt title. V.g. /No jacket. A very good (near fine) set of this attractively illustrated book, the figures resembling somewhat the work of Rennie Macintosh and the captions reminiscent of Rev. Keble Martin's. The text was revised by the noted botanist James E. Bagnall. Vol. 1: xv, 168 pp.; vol. 2: 199 pp. more information

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Harvard University Press, 1975. 2nd printing, first published 1973. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/Good. V.g./good wrapper (some sl. edge wear). Pioneering project to extract valuable, previously unpublished, information from the labels of herbarium specimens in the Harvard University's 2.5 million botanical collections. more information

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Academic Press, 1973. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /V.g. Inscribed by the author on ffep. Slight edge wear to jacket, otherwise near fine. xvii, 630 pp. more information

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George Routledge, n.d. (c. 1860). Popular Economic Botany series; reprint of first edition of 1853. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g. /No Jacket. Includes 20 hand-coloured plates. Corners showing some edge wear, edges untrimmed; a very good copy. more information

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Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, 2005. Paper covers. As new/No Jacket. Professor Pieter Baas's valedictory lecture, delivered on the occasion of his retirement as Director of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands in Leiden. Staple bound, 16 pp. Postcard loosely inserted with author's inscription; the card depicts an oil painting of Pieter Baas by Carla Rodenberg. more information

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Macmillan, 1964. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. vii, 183 pp. more information

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Shire Publications, Tring, 1996. The 'Discovering' series. Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. Fine. Alphabetically arranged by their English names, this book romps through the attributes of many plants with folk traditions, devoting considerable space to certain species such as Elder (Sambucus nigra). Illustrated with numerous small text figures. The author, who also wrote a book on topiary for Shire, has a nice way with words. more information

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Hamlyn, 1978. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/V.g. One of Bellamy's best series: how human evolution relates to the plant world. 208 pp. more information

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British Bryological Society, 1998. Paper covers. As new/No Jacket. Nearly new. The latest checklist of British and Irish mosses and liverworts with their vice-comital distribution, age class and status. more information

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Botanical Society of America / Highwire Press, 1999-2008. vol. 86 (6) - 95 (8) only. Loose parts. As new . A ten-year run of this journal, comprising 69 loose parts. more information

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Science Press, Beijing, 2001. Vol. 25 nos. 1 & 2 only . Loose parts. V.g. . Two loose parts of this bimonthly journal, edited by Ma Ke-Ping. The subjects covered approximate to those of the "New Phytologist" journal. more information

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Botanical Society of Edinburgh & Edinburgh University Press, 1949-1998. ISSN 0374-6607. Loose parts; paper covers. As new /No Jacket. A complete run of loose parts from vol. 35 (1949) to vol. 50 (1998). One of the longest-running botanical periodicals in the UK. Its parent society was founded only a few months before the Botanical Society of London, which later became the BSBI. more information

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The Gregg Press Ltd, 1964. 1st edition thus. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g. /No Jacket. Pages sl. tanned at edges. Includes loosely inserted 24-page photocopy (headed in Rowley's distinctive typewriter font) of Caroline Davidson's introduction to the Prospect Books reprint edition of Bradley's "Country Housewife" (1980). Rowley has selected Bradley's writings on succulent plants from two of his major compendia and appended them to Bradley's major work, translated as "A history of succulent plants" (facsimile of the first edition, which is very rare in a complete state). Rowley's introduction not only sets Bradley's pioneering work on applied botany into context, with a short bibliography, but also collates and re-identifies the plants illustrated in the Historia Plantarum Succulentarum (1716-27). The 'flier' for this work, published in 1710, is also included, though the facsimile here is of lower quality. The book bears only the original pagination. The plate of Aloe americana is printed on a fold-out. more information

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Chapman & Hall, 1996. 2nd edition. Topics in plant functional biology: 1. Paper covers. As new / No Jacket . Series edited by M. Black and B. Charlwood. Revised and updated edition of a textbook focussing on the structure and function of plant cell walls, including formation, growth and role in intercellular transport. xiii, 255 pp., numerous text figures and tables. more information

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Cambridge University Press, 1984. 2nd edition, first published in 1969. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. Discreet owner's signature on ffep., trace of price label on rear cover, reading creases, some light pencil underlining, else near fine. A much improved version of the classic textbook of biosystematics. xv, 412 pp. more information

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Macmillan, 1945. reprinto of 1944 edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g/No Jacket. V.g., front cover with gilt impressed motif (of Honeysuckle), small bookseller's sticker at foot of f.e.p. A lively account of Britain's wild and domesticated flora and its economic relatives. x, 393 pp., well illustrated with monochrome photographs, text figures and 17 colour plates. more information

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Macmillan, 1947. reprint of 1944 edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g/No Jacket. Front cover with gilt impressed motif (of Honeysuckle), bottom corner bumped. A lively account of Britain's wild and domesticated flora and its economic relatives. x, 393 pp., illustrated with monochrome photographs, text figures and 17 colour plates. more information

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BCSS [British Cactus and Succulent Society], 1997. Single issue of journal. Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. Fine. Yearbook of the BCSS, with a range of articles covering subjects as diverse as Melocactus, clonal propagation of Trubinicarpus, anatomy of Cipocereus, nuclear DNA content of Agave, and the Liverpool Botanic Garden. Edited by Dr Colin C. Walker, this has excellent colour illustrations. 128 pp., plus contents and invitation to contributors on end papers. more information

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DSIR, Botany Division, 1988. . Paper covers, 'perfect' binding. V.g/No Jacket. V.g., owner's signature. xii + 181 pp. Scarce. more information

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Cambridge University Press, 1925. Publisher's green cloth, no dust jacket. Good /No Jacket. Good, spine a little frayed at extremities, p. xv detached. Conference report. more information

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Ginn & Company, Boston, 1935. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. Good /No Jacket. Owner's signature on front pastedown, ffep chipped (removing part of a name). Fore-edge sl. soiled. ix, 869 pp. more information

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Harper & Brothers, 1944. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /Good. Jacket torn, slight shelf wear. xiv, 556 pp. more information

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N.S.W.: Rosenberg, 2008. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. As new /As new. A refreshingly different view of 19th century botanical exploration in Australia, this book studies the impact of indigenous people on the process by which settlers and explorers gained knowledge of the economic uses of AustraliaÕs natural plant resources. Often portrayed as silent partners, the natives who accompanied Australian plant explorers are shown to have provided vital local support and expertise. 191 pp. more information

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Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington, London, 1820. 1st edition. Original boards, rebacked. more information

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W. Junk, 1974. . Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/Good. First edition, text browned towards margins, minor water stain to exterior of spine, dustjacket sl. sunned on spine. When first published, this book filled a very important niche in allowing for the first time the identification, to the level of genus, of freshwater aquatic plants from every continent. Given the propensity of such plants to become introduced to similar habitats in diverse parts of the world, such a work was invaluable, particularly in combating the problem of invasive species. Professor Cook is the leading expert on water buttercups (Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium) and with his co-contributors Bernardo Gut, Martyn Rix, Jakob Schneller and Marta Seitz has produced a reference book of enduring value. viii, 561 pp. more information

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John Grant, Edinburgh, 1907. Reprint of 1894 edition with new title page. Brown cloth, no dust jacket. Good /No Jacket. Spine frayed at top edge, library bookplate, dewey number on spine. vii, 310, (2) pp. more information

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Aura Books, 1994. Reprint, first published 1985. Pictorial hard covers. Fine/Fine. A useful reference work covering all the major cultivated genera. xii, 195 pp. more information

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Cassell, London , 1911. 2nd edition. Blue cloth, with colour photograph attached to front board. Good /No Jacket. Donor's inscription. First plate (lesser celandine) loose; edge wear to cover. 197 pp. more information

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Readers Union /Wiedenfeld & Nicholson, 1965. The Wiedenfeld & Nicholson Natural History. hard covers, dust jacket . Good /Fair. D.w. torn, soiled and price-clipped; book club edition, with top edge dust-speckled, internally v.g. A splendid introduction to plant morphology and growth, illustrated with monochrome and colour plates (those comprising pl. 19-26 being of exceptionally fine colour paintings) and 103 text figures. The author was interned in Singapore during the second world war, and is famous for having trained monkeys to collect floral parts from tall tropical trees. Occasionally he departs from his main brief to paint a colourful word picture (e.g. p. 116) of life in the tropical forest. more information

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National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside, 2000. 1st edition. Paper covers. As new /No Jacket. A list of the Hieracium specimens in the Liverpool Museum herbarium. Little used. more information

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Fontana Collins, 1986. 1986 repr. of 1982 ed. . Paper covers. V.g/No Jacket. Barely used p.b. with sl. speckling on top edge otherwise internally nice; spine sunned. more information

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Missouri Botanic Garden, 1978. Special issue of Annals of Missouri Botanic Garden vol. 65 (with specially printed cover). Paper covers. V.g/No Jacket. With an introduction by Crosby, and articles by Goldblatt, Brenan, Quezel and Leroy, this succinct summary of plant geography in the four main regions of Africa (Southern, Tropical, Mediterranean & Saharan, and Madagascan) was presented at the 24th annual systematics symposium in St. Louis in October 1977. It also served to celebrate Missouri Botanic Garden's leading role in promoting floristic studies in Africa. Spine sunned, plastic coated cover slightly foxed (curiously this hasn't affected the paper), internally Fine. more information

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The Sheldon Press, London, 1932. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. Good /No Jacket. Owner's inscription on ffep; cover sl. soiled. viii, 196 pp. more information

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Working Party on the use of EDP in European Botanical Collections, 1975. 1st edition. Paper covers. V.g/ No Jacket . V.g., cover sl. sunned. An experimental treatment of types in European herbaria, produced with the aim of assessing the feasibility of documenting all type holdings on computer. This project was ahead of its time; computer technology was not then capable of facilitating rapid data input. Despite these drawbacks, 35% of herbaria collaborated, including most of the larger ones. The project revealed a problem in deciding the status of types; hence only putative holotypes are cited in the list. 66 pp. more information

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British Museum (Natural History), 1958. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket, with self-adhesive transparent protective cover. V.g/No Jacket. The standard post-war plant list for Great Britain, incorporating the earlier London Catalogue of British Plants and utilising the revised taxonomy of Clapham, Tutin & Warburg's Flora (1952), with nomenclatural updates prompted by Dandy's preparatory work for Flora Europaea (of which he was nomenclatural advisor). v.g. more information

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Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, 2008. Vol. 3. Paper covers. As new /No Jacket. An occasional journal issued by the horticultural taxonomists at Wisley. This issue includes articles on Persicaria, Cacalia, Kalnchoe, Podophyllum, Epimedium as well as a list of recently deposited nomenclatural standards. 128 pp. more information

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Oliver & Boyd, 1963. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /Fair. Jacket torn and chipped, internally very good. xx, 556 pp. One of the most inspiring textbooks to have been written on the subject of plant taxonomy, anticipating many of the issues arising from the reconstruction of phylogenies in the pre-sequencing era. more information

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Oliver & Boyd, 1967. Reprint of 1965 edition, first published in 1963. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. Cover sl. soiled. xx, 558 pp. more information

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1982. 1st edition. Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. 139 pp. more information

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Cura Comunita montana Monte Argentario (Grosseto), n.d. (c. 1980). Paper covers. V.g/No Jacket. V.g., owner's initials on cover. Orchid flora of a peninsula of coastal Tuscany, nicely illustrated with colour photographs. 40 pp., 32 plates. more information

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Phoenix House, London, 1962. 1st UK edition, originally published 1959. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /v.g. Fine in v.g. dust jacket, clipped, sl. abraded at spine. Covers breadfruit, carnauba palm, cocoa, curare, quinine and rubber. Includes a select bibliography; very readable.` more information

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McGraw-Hill, 1947. 2nd edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g/No Jacket. V.g. Owner's signature on flyleaf. Originally published in 1925 but greatly updated, this book was written primarily as a textbook but has very superior illustrations including some delightful isometric drawings of the cell structure of plant tissue (by Rita Ballard Eames?) as well as conventional line drawings and monochrome photographs. A minor classic. more information

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Derek Verschoyle, St. James's, London, 1953. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g. /No Jacket. No jacket. A little used copy. ix, 237 pp. more information

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B.T. Batsford, 1944. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /Good. Jacket chipped at extremities. ix, 182 pp., 133 illustrations more information

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Bell & Daldy, London, 1872. Hard covers. Good /No Jacket. Spine sunned, frayed at extremities, owner's signature on ffep, binding weak in places. Handsomely illustrated. "The highlight of Fawcett's early colour printing, and one of the finest examples of colour printing of the century" (McLean, Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing, p. 148). viii, 144, 8 pp. more information

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Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834. 8th edition. Half leather. Good /No Jacket. Considerable edge-wear, owner's inscription; tightly bound with only minor discoloration of paper. more information

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Borntraeger, 1919. Reprint of 1913 edition?. Hard covers, no dust jacket. Fair /No Jacket. Spine weak, cover soiled, corners rubbed. 395 pp. more information

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John Wiley & Sons, New York; Chapman & Hall, London, 1953. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g. /No Jacket. A well-preserved example of the first edition; slight wear to extremities of spine. xii, 735 pp. more information

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Blandford Press, Poole, 1982. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g/V.g. P. 122 fingermarked (coincidentally this page is on Nasturtium, and includes a rather fanciful cliff view with a galleon (?) in full sail: presumably this is what the blurb refers to as "delightful paintings of flowers, many in idyllic settings"); donor's signature and greeting (1986) on first recto, v.g. The line drawings are if anything even more quirky than the colour plates; Valerian (p. 160) has a Pied Piper, as his secret rat-attractant was apparently a piece of Valerian hidden in his pocket. For readers wishing to avoid the more pedantic ethnobotany books, this one is a treat. more information

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