Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert - Two volumes by Shreve, Forrest & Wiggins, Ira L - 1977

London: James Cochrane & Co,, 1832. A few text illustrations, several plates and engraved frontispiece (all foxed), pp xv, (1), 446, a little foxing thoughout, all edges gilt, endpapers foxed, in the original publisher's binding - ornate full dark green embossed leather, spine slightly worn otherwise in good condition. (The last 169 pages are devoted to Conifers - an early treatment of this group of plants. Despite the word 'Annual' in the title, this seems to be the only edition ever issued.).. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good.

Royal Botanic Garden Kew, 2006. 24 colour plates, many line drawings in text, thick 8vo, pp x, 653, laminated boards, a very good copy. [A detailed record of Mount Jaya in New Guinea - the tallest mountain in South-East Asia. Based on five expeditions to the area by Kew and its Indonesian collaborators, and incorporating records from previous expeditions, A Guide to the Subalpine and Alpine Flora of Mount Jaya is a comprehensive record of the high elevation flora of the tallest mountain in South-East Asia, and an indispensable resource for everyone with an interest in the ecological management of New Guinea and the Lorentz World Heritage Area in particular. Concise descriptions of all species of flowering plants, ferns and gymnosperms growing above 2,800 metres, with notes on their ecology, distribution and conservation status Line drawings illustrating an example of each genus More than 70 colour photographs of plants and their habitats A succinct introduction to the region's geology, climate and… Read More

Royal Botanic Garden Kew, 2005. Dicotyledon Families Magnoliaceae to Winteraceae. Illustrated, thick 8vo, pp xiv, 609, dustwrapper, a very good copy. VERY HEAVY - EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED. All volumes should be available - please enquire. [The principal objective of this project has been to provide an inventory of all vascular plants in the flora of Mount Kinabalu. This Volume 5 completes the inventory with an enumeration of the dicotyledons in families in alphabetical order from Magnoliaceae to Winteraceae. The other four volumes cover, respectively, the ferns and fern allies, orchids, gymnosperms and non-orchid monocotyledons, and dicotyledons in families Acanthaceae to Lythraceae. The Kinabalu flora includes about 5,000 species of vascular plants, and is arguably one of the richest floras in the world on the basis of number of species on a per-unit-area basis. Additionally, Mount Kinabalu has been a centre of extremely active plant evolution and speciation and presents an outstanding natural… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1992. Large thick 8vo, a few text diagrams and illustrations, pp xxii, 616, pictorial laminated boards, a very good copy.. First Edition. Boards. Very Good.