Ethnobotany from Mike Park Ltd

New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1976. [Originally published 1934]. Illustrated, small octavo, pp (x), 275, very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. SCARCE . Paperback. Very Good.

Ottawa: National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1978. [1978 - 1979]. Three volumes, horizontal octavo, pp 111; 184; 212, clean internally, ringbound paperbacks, the covers slightly worn. [A heavy set - extra postage may be required]. . First Edition. Ringbound paperback. Good.

New York, St Louis, San Francisco: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 192, the top edge foxed, the fore-edge slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is badly stretched and slightly worn and age-toned.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Rather worn and stretched.

2003. Illustrated, octavo, pp 224, very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. With presentation inscription signed by author and pasted to the title page. [Publication funds were raised mainly by commercial potato growers; presumably the book was produced in fairly limited numbers.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Rossdorf: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit [ GTZ ), 1986. Small thick octavo,pp (3), 525, very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. INCREDIBLY SCARCE. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

New York & Washington: Praeger Publishers, 1972. A few illustrations, octavo, pp xvi, 304, edges untrimmed, the top edge slightly foxed, a small price sticker on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth very slightly marked and the lower corners very slightly bruised, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but it is unevenly faded and very slightly worn.… Read more about this item

Lesotho: ESSA (PTY) Ltd, 1980. Illustrated with colour photographs (some of them rather poor), 12mo, pp 256, slightly used internally, paperback, the covers very rubbed, creased and folded. Scarce. {Includes details of local uses}.. First Edition. Paperback. Fair.

London: Staples Press Ltd, 1937. Foreword by Sir Arthur Hill. Small thick octavo, pp viii, 279, edges foxed but contents generally clean, green cloth, the spine very faded. [The author was on the Museums staff of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and Sir Arthur hill was at that time the Director. A nice association copy as the signature on the… Read more about this item

Ibadan, Nairobi & Lusaka.: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, 1977. Illustrated with maps, line drawings and black and white photographs, (the maps have all been partially and carefully coloured by a previous owner - green and blue for forest areas and water - there are neat pencil notes on the front endpapers and occasional underlining in the text), octavo, pp xii,… Read more about this item

Auckland: Auckland Institute and Museum, 1944. Fourth impression. 12mo, (measures 105mm x 132mm], illustrated with line drawings, pp 72, (4), slightly used internally, paperback, the covers slightly worn and creased. From the library of the botanist F.R. Irvine and originally gifted to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with their small stamp inside the front cover. RARE. [Prepared for the wartime… Read more about this item

Zomba: The Government Printer, 1955. Illustrated with a few simple line drawings, large octavo, pp 168, the last four pages of the plant use index have been torn across horizontally, but with only slight loss. generally a little used thoughout, a few small manuscript notes. decorated cloth rather worn and marked.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair.

Cornwall-on-Hudson: Idlewild Press, 1943. Second printing. Well illustrated with line drawings and photographic plates, octavo, pp xvi, 452, very clean internally, green cloth very slightly worn, with the remains of a dustwrapper loosely inserted at the rear. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a… Read more about this item

Periplus Editions, 1996. Illustrated, very thick octavo, pp xxiv, 969, very clean internally, brown cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is just slightly worn, but now protected in a removable clear cover. From the library of the orchid botanist Jim Comber, with his stamp on the half-title. [The Ecology of Indonesia series explores one of the most biologically diverse… Read more about this item

Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. A very few illustrations, thick octavo, pp xviii, 568, very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. ["This study examines plants associated with ritual purity, fertility, prosperity and life, and plants associated with ritual impurity, sickness, ill fate and death. It provides detail from history, ethnography, religious studies, classics, folklore, ethnobotany and… Read more about this item

Columbus, Ohio: Emporium Publications, 1972. Illustrated with black and white photographs, small thick octavo, pp 367, edges slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, covers slightly worn. [Originally published in 1908.]. Paperback. Good.

Penrock Publications, 2011. Very well illustrated throughout, folio, pp xiv, 194, very clean internally, grey cloth in excellent condition, a very good new copy in dustwrapper. {Limited edition of 999 copies - this one being number 406}. [This fabulous large format book, on what hobbyists still tend to call Sarcocaulons but taxonomically are now all included in Monsonia and… Read more about this item

Morongo Indian Reservation, Banning: Malki Museum Press, 1977. Second printing. [Originally published 1900]. Small ctavo, not illustrated, pp liv, 82, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly rubbed and with slight fade. [Classics in Californian Anthropology 1. Reprinted, including a Cahuilla bibliography and introductory essays.]. Paperback. Very Good.

Sydney: New South Wales Poison Plants Committee, 1942. Illustrated with just a few line drawings, large octavo, pp xiv, 498, the upper corner of all pages bruised, green cloth slightly worn and marked, the corners slightly bumped but again the upper corner more bruised.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1985 - 1994. Two volumes, covering families A-D and E-I. Two frontispieces, two maps, but no other illustrations, large octavo, pp xvi, 960; xii, 636, very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper of the first volume is a little rubbed. [From the library of the Kew botanist Nigel Hepper, with… Read more about this item

Marleston: J.B. Books, 1998. Small horizontal quarto, pp 208, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn and slightly curled. [Describes the wonders of Australia's Kakadu National Park and discusses the life of the local Gagudju people.]. Paperback. Good.