Search Results: Botany from Appledore Books, ABAA

The New York Botanical Garden, 1974. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A lovely copy of the 1974 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its printed beige wrappers. Octavo, 145 pgs., Mycologia Memoir #4.

Nurnberg, Germany, 1866. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1866 1st edition. Solid and VG in its russet cloth, with light foxing and offsetting to the endsheets and tasteful former owner bookplate at the front pastedown. Octavo, 238 pgs. 13 detailed plates ("Nova Genera et Spec. ex Alg. classe") at the rear.

Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico (Instituto de Biologia), 1994. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A beautiful copy of the 1994 1st edition of Vol. 6 (Alismataceae a Cyperaceae) of "Flora Mesoamericana". Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Tall, thick quarto, 543 pgs. Published in conjunction with Missouri Botanical Garden and The Natural History Museum (London). Text in Spanish.

St. Louis and Portland, OR: Missouri Botanical Garden/Timber Press, 1995. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The first 5 volumes of this exhaustive study of the "Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana", 1995-1999. Each volume is in pristine condition. Clean and Fine in bright, Fine dustjackets. Thick uniform quartos, over 3,400 pgs. all told, hundreds and hundreds of detailed illustrations. Vol. 1: Introduction; Vol. 2: Pteridophytes/Spermatophytes/ACANTHACEAE-ARACEAE; Vol. 3: ARALIACEAE-CACTACEAE; Vol. 4: CAESALPINIACEAE-ERICACEAE and Vol. 5: ERIOCAULACEAE-LENTIBULARIACEAE. Also includes the 2 large fold-out maps accompanying the set which are here included in publisher's printed envelope.

Germany: Verlag Von J. Cramer, 1970. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A handsome copy of the 1970 re-issue, published out of Germany in the series "Reprints of US-Floras" by Verlag Von J. Cramer. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the spine. Thick octavo, 1,236 pgs.

Oxford University Press, 1999. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A handsome copy of the 1999 1st edition of Volume 1. Solid and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 197 pgs., including a generous sample of rich color photographs.

Cranbrook Institute of Science. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A handsome copy of this exhaustive study of "Michigan Flora", complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes clean and Near Fine in bright, VG+ to Fine dustjackets. Vol. I is the 1980 2nd printing and is subtitled "Gymnosperms and Nonocots"; Vol. II is the 1985 1st edition and is subtitled " DICOTS (Saururaceae--Cornaceae); and Vol. III is the 1996 1st edition and is subtitled "DICOTS (Pyrolaceae--Compositae). Uniform octavos, over 2,300 distribution maps, 960 line drawings and 150 photographs in full color all told.

New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1965. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A crisp, very clean copy of the 1965 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its beige wrappers. Octavo, 152 pgs., Mycologia Memoir #1.

The Botanical Museum (Harvard University), 1979. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1979 1st edition, complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes tight and VG in their pictorial wrappers, with very light soiling at the panels. Octavos, over 1,000 pgs. of illustrations all told,

Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1999. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1999 1st edition of this exhaustive study of the flora of North Central Texas. Clean and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Very thick quarto, 1,626 pgs.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1823 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes clean and VG in their original duotone cloth. Octavos, 669 pgs. all told, deckled fore and bottom edges.

Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1937. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A clean, well-preserved copy of this uncommon Field Museum study of the plants and drugs of Iran and Iraq. 1937 1st (and almost certainly only) edition. Crisp and VG+ in its original beige wrappers. Museum bookplates at the front pastedown and copyright page, tiny former owner stamp at the title page and one more at the blank verso of the Preface. Octavo, 241 pgs. Vol. IX, Number 3 in Field Museum of Natural History's Botanical Series.