Search Results: Botany from Mike Park Ltd

Cambridge University Press, 1981. With many line drawings of floral structure, thick octavo, pp xx, 567, slightly used, paperback, the covers a little dull, worn and creased. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Bruxelles 24 parts, small octavo, paperback, each volume c. 50 or 60 pages, very good condition.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

1960. The bibliography is reprinted from Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History. Volume 3 part 7 (21 pages, paperback). The Bolivian Pteridophytes paper is offprinted from British Fern Gazette, Volume 9 part8, (11 pages, loose-leaf and stapled) and was based on a manuscript left by Alston in 1958. From the library of the botanist Eric Groves, with his stamps. Interestingly, also included is a set of four passport photos of Alston. [Alston was a botanical systematist specialising in pteridology and was, apparently, the first pteridologist to work at the British Museum (Natural History).. Paperback. Good.

Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1914. Illustrated with five plates, small slender octavo, pp 31, rather heavy foxing, otherwise clean and sound internally, paperback, the covers slightly worn and age-toned. RARE. [Read before the Paisley Philosophical Institution, Tuesday October 27th, 1914]. . First Edition. Paperback. Fair.

Beijing: Institute of Botany 1977-1979. Illustrated with botanical line drawings and photographs, large octavo, paperbacks, the covers very slightly worn. [ Chinese text, with Latin plant names and some Latin plant descriptions. Contents lists in English. Contains a large number of important papers.]. {A heavy item, extra postage may be required.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Gregg Press, 1965. Facsimile reprint, (with a biographical and bibliographical introduction by William T. Stearn). Five volumes, small octavo, red cloth, spines faded. RARE. [William Stearn's own copies, with his bookplate in each, and his signature in two volumes.]. Cloth. Very Good.

Harlow: Longmans Scientific and Technical, 1987. Third impresson. A few illustrations within the text, large thick octavo, pp xii, 544, lower corner very slightly bumped, paperback, covers very slightly used and creased.. Paperback. Very Good.

Bronx: New York Botanical Garden, 1981. Large 8vo, pp xii, 250, paperback, a bright copy..

San Diego, New York & London: Academic Press, 1990. Octavo, pp xii, 308, contents and binding as new, the dustwrapper shows just the very faintest signs of use. An excellent copy.. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Very Good.

London: Academic Press, 1989. A few illustrations and charts, octavo, pp xii, 265, very clean internally, pictorial boards with the label of Dr Peter Moore on the upper cover. [The Alternation of Generations. Lipid Metabolism in Algae. The Formation and Interpretation of Plant Fossil Assemblages. Primary Productivity in the Shelf Areas of North-West Europe.]. First Edition. Boards. Very Good.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1981. Two volumes. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xvi, 426, xxii; vi, 427-1049, with three microfiche films in rear pocket, a very fine set in slightly worn and faded slipcase. [A heavy set, extra postage may be needed.]. First Edition. Paperback in slipcase. Very Good.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1999. Large octavo, pp xii, 581, paperback, a very good copy.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1922. Green cloth, slightly marked and worn, pp 259, edges uncut, tiny signature on front endpaper otherwise very clean internally.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Zurich: Orell, Gessner, Fuessli & Socc, 1775. Illustrated with 19 engraved plates (of which 8 are folding), large thick square octavo, pp 20, 512, + index 24, + appendices 92, a little foxing on some early and the last few pages, otherwise an astounding copy - uncut edges, unpressed, wide margins, bound in an excellent twentieth century simple brown leather, in very good condition. A highly important work in the history of grass taxonomy, and with an impeccable provenance - from the library of Allen Wedgewood with the Gallipoli bookplate, and thence to C.E. Hubbard with his signature. RARE. [Hubbard was the foremost grass taxonomist of the twentieth century. Wedwood was the son of M.L. Wedgewood with whom he collected until his death during the First World War at Gallipoli, aged just 22. M.L. Wedgwood created a herbarium of British plants at Marlborough College (MBH) as a permanent memorial to her son. The second edition was edited by Albrecht von Haller, who added the four appendices, as well… Read More

Geneva: J.J. Paschoud, 1811. Two volumes bound in one, octavo, pp xxii, 361; 326,(i), the hinge at the first title page cracking but still firm and safe, lacking the lower corners of the the three index leaves and the corrigenda (slight loss of text), otherwise extremely clean and tight internally, original pink paper-covered boards, a contemporaru cloth spine which is splitting a little on the upper joint and rather dry. SCARCE. [From the library of C.E. Hubbard, the foremost grass taxonomist of the twentieth century, and with his signature and stamp on the front endpaper. Also with an earlier unidentified signature on the title page.]. First Edition. Quarter leather. Good.

Lehre: J. Cramer, 1970. [Originally published in 1837]. Facsimile reprint with an introduction by H.P. Traub, illustrated with 48 plain plates, large octavo, pp 94, viii, 428, lower corners of cloth and pages bumped, the spine and lower cover faded, otherwise very good. [One of the seminal works on the family, whose nature and limits were mainly defined in the first forty years of the nineteenth century.. Cloth. Good.

Stanford: The American Plant Life Society, 1949. Octavo, a few illustrations, pp 194, slightly used thoughout, paperback, covers slightly worn. A duplicate from the RHS Lindley Library, with labels on the dedication page, and and on the upper cover. SCARCE, . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1900. First edition. Illustrated with line drawings throughout, tall small octavo, pp 197, slight age-toning, one signature weak and protruding proud of the fore-edge, original purple cloth slightly worn. An ex-library copy withdrawn from the University of Cape Town library with label and stamps on the front endpapers, shelf numbers and manuscript title on the spine, several stamps internally.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair.

Lugduni Batavorum: Westenium, 1769. Latin text throughout. Title page, dedication leaf, pp 506, (ii), with seven engraved folding plates and one folding table, (slight damage to the margin of the ornithological plate), a little age-toning generally, endpapers unevenly browned, but otherwise very clean internally, bound in full contemporary polished calf, slight wear at the corners, joints cracking slightly, lacking a small piece at the head of the spine. [The students whose names appear on the dissertations were not necessarily their authors; it was their function to present the dissertation and defend it in public debate, but the responsibility for the content of the dissertation was largely that of the professor, in this case Linnaeus. The fact that Linnaeus cited the Amoenitates as the place of publication for plant names he credited to himself indicates that he was generally the principal author of the work. At the end of this volume is a list of "Editiones operum auctoris", including… Read More

Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1969. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xii, 357, an ex-library copy with withdrawn stamps on the half-title and title pageminor markings on the verso of the title page, a shelf label on the spine of the dustwrapper, lacking the front endpaper, but otherwise a very good clean copy in dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good.