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Paternoster Row: John van Voorst, 1877. Illustrated with 20 mounted original photographs, octavo, pp ii, 65, inner gutter margins are stained throughout, a small light stain to the lower outer margin for the first eighteen pages or so, pages slightly waved due to the mounted plates, an early inscription on the front blank, original green decorated cloth, slightly worn and… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 1986. A few illustrations, quarto, pp xvi, 430, a paper production fault to pages 277-289, but no loss of text, otherwise very clean internally, orange boards, just very slightly worn.. Boards. Good.

London: George Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1871. Second edition. Well illustrated with 72 fine colour plates (engraved and printed by Benjamin Fawcett), large octavo, pp viii, 192, a couple of hinges slightly weak early on, leading to a couple of signatures being proud on the fore-edge, very occasional light fox spots, one facing tissue creased, maroon blind-stamped cloth, gilt-decorated on… Read more about this item

Hafniae [Copenhagen]: H. Hagerup, 1906. Thick octavo, pp lx, 744, the fore-edge splash-marked, the first ten pages are stained at the corners. Bound in at the rear is the First Supplement of 1906-1912 (132 pages) and Prince Bonaparte's next supplement of 1913 - 1916 [60 pages, which has bad staining on the first sixteen pages]. Bound in a simple sturdy… Read more about this item

Fleet Lane, Farringdon Street, London: John Ouseley, Ltd, 1910. Not dated. Illustrated with line drawings in the text, small octavo, pp xvi, 236, rather age-toned, the rear hinge very slightly cracked, blue decorated cloth very slightly worn, the spine a little faded. RARE. Almost certainly the scarcest of this author's works. [The Lindley Library dates this as 1910. … Read more about this item

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, Ltd, 1908. Illustrated with a few line drawings, small octavo, ( measures 18 x 12 cms). pp 167, exceptionally clean internally, soft orange cloth with only the slightest signs of use. VERY SCARCE.. Soft Cloth. Very Good.

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.,, 1891. Illustrated with a few line drawings, small octavo, ( measures 18 x 12 cms). pp 167, very weak internally and becoming looser towards the rear, some foxing throught and with the odd pencil mark or note, soft green cloth a bit worn, the spine wrinkled. VERY SCARCE.. First Edition. Soft Cloth. Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1968. Illustrated with 4 colour plates and 24 black and white plates. large octavo, pp 203, the bottom edge marked on about a quarter of the pages, a sellotape mark to each endpaper, green cloth with the top edge of the front cover very slightly bruised, the dustwrapper is price-clipped and very slightly age-toned.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

New York & London: The Macmillan Company, 1918. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo, illustrated with line drawings and diagrams, pp x, 708, a few neat manuscript marginal notes, otherwise a good hardback copy. [The third edition seems very elusive.]. Third edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1908. First edition. Well illustrated, small octavo, pp 137, a small neat inscription dated Xmas 1909 on the front endpaper, some foxing and browning throughout, heavy-ish at times and worst on the first and last 15 pages, green cloth printed in black and gilt, very slightly worn and marked, the spine a… Read more about this item

London: Natural History Museum Publications, 1991. Illustrated with line drawings and outlines by Peter Edwards, small octavo, pp xiv, 194, very clean internally, paperback, the upper cover unevenly faded, otherwise very good. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1897. First edition. Two volumes, small octavo, ppxiv, 224; xiv,429, slightly used internally, a very occasional pencil annotation, several owners' names on the front endpapers, blue cloth, slightly worn and rubbed. [The rare first edition. This contains a considerable amount of economic botany information which is not contained in the later editions.]. First Edition. Cloth.… Read more about this item

Lucerne: SVF, 1998. Illustrated with line drawings by Peter Edwards, small octavo, pp 226, very clean internally, paperback, the covers in very good condition. With the publisher's correction slip pasted to page 125. Signed by the illustrator on the title page. VERY SCARCE. . First Edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Peter Edwards..

Folkestone & Hamden: Dawson Archon, 1980. Not ill;ustrated, octavo, pp 437, very clean internally, green cloth with only the slightest signs of use. [The main listing is alphabetical by author, but there is also date order and, most usefully, an extensive subject index.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1915. Illustrated with 186 plates of line drawings, thick octavo, pp xii, 384, a little age-toned throughout, otherwise very clean and sound throughout, green cloth, decorated in gilt on the upper cover, very slightly worn, the spine faded and verys lightly worn at head and tail. [From the library of Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston, with… Read more about this item

London: L. Upcott Gill, 1892. [1892 - 1894]. Three volumes, thick quarto, pp viii, 666; viii, 621; viii, 457, all edges gilt, profusely illustrated with line drawings, plain tinted plates (some folding) and 21 coloured chromolithograph plates, ornate green decorated cloth with bevelled edges, lettering in black and gilt, the colour of the third volume a very slightly different… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Well illustrated with mainly black and white photographs, quarto, pp xii, 256, xiii, slightly age-toned internally, cloth-backed boards very slightly faded, a faint crease and slight marks to the upper cover, the dustwrapper is very slightly worn and age-toned.. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

.: Cambridge University Press, 1957. Quarto, pp 144, well illustrated with 552 small botanical line drawings, very clean internally, green cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper has only very slight signs of use. A very good copy. . First American Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Sybil J. Roles.

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1952. Illustratred with 21 photographic plates and a few line drawings within the text, large octavo, pp (2), 167, upper corner very slightly bumped, otherwise extremely clean internally, paperback, spine creased otherwise a very good copy. [From the library of the American botanist Ralph Emerson, with his signature on the upper cover.].… Read more about this item

Rouen: Lecere Fils 1915 - 1917. First edition. Illustrated with 15 photographic plates, slim octavo, pp [27; 53], uncut and unopened, very clean internally, paperback, covers chipped, age-toned and a little worn.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.