Search Results: Grasses from Mike Park Ltd

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.

Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1900. Illustrated with small line drawings, tall 12mo, pp 197, becoming loose, upper corner bumped, paperback, base of spine peeling, the hinge in the middle of the book is broken and the strings are becoming loose. VERY SCARCE.. First Edition. Paperback. Fair.

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 An ex-library copy withdrawn from the University of Cape Town library with label and stamps on the front endpapers, shelf numbers and manuscript title on the spine, several stamps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

Entebbe: Government Printer, Uganda, 1947. Second edition, pp vii, 54, interleaved, some foxing, cloth-backed boards, slightly worn, but a much better than average copy of this scarce book..

Saint-Petersbourg: L'Academie Imperiale des Sciences, 1840. Latin text. Second printing. Illustrated with six plain litho plates only of 18, (lacking 12 plates), slim quarto, pp (76), wide-margined and untrimmed, unopened, but rather foxed, paperback, covers rather worn. The plates at the end are loose and very foxed and stained. RARE. Stafleu & Cown 9793. THE FIRST WORLD-WIDE TAXONOMIC TREATMENT OF BAMBOOS. From the library of C.E. Hubbard, the fore-most grass taxonomist of the twentieth century, with his stamp on the front cover. Presented to Hubbard by the Russian botanist Pavel Smirnov, with signature on a tipped-in slip at the title page. (This part of the Memoires also includes a short section of Trinius' Genera Graminum. [Ruprecht was an Austro-Bohemian botanist. For much of his life he worked in St Petersburg, initially at the invitation of the agrostologist Trinius. During this time he also worked on the 'Tentamen Agrostographia Universalis'.]. Paperback. Poor.

Ayr, 1920. Comprises 65 photographic plates from mounted specimens, large octavo, slightly used internally, an early name and address erased from the half-title with Typex, original soft roan, rubbed and scuffed. . First Edition. Soft leather. Good.

Stockholm: Tryckeri Aktiebolaget Thule, 1949. Illustrated with small line drawings of plant features, small slim quarto, pp (63), very clean internally, paperback, book slightly creased but otherwise very good. From the library of the botanist Eric Groves, with his signature on the upper cover. {reprinted from Reports From The Scientific Expedition to the North-Western Provinces of China Under Dr Sven Hedin.]. Paperback. Good.

Washington: National Museum of Natural History, 2000. Large octavo, not illustrated, pp 128, paperback, the lower corner very slightly bruised, otherwise a very good copy. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Liege: Departement de Botanique, 1989. Illustrated with distribution maps, octavo, pp 127, [81], very clean internally, paperback, the lettering "Burundi" in ink on the spine, the upper cover rather foxed and blotched, otherwise a very good copy. SCARCE. [Lejeunia, Nouvelle serie number 132]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1962. Large quarto, 228 maps, pp 275, edges untrimmed, clean internally, paperback, covers a little browned, chipped and marked. RARE. [Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, band. 8, no. 5.] VERY HEAVY - EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED.. Paperback. Good.

London: Collins, 1984. Illustrated throughout with colour plates by Ann Farrer, 12mo, pp 256, the fore-edge a little foxed, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, the covers with only the slightest signs of wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Ann Farrer.

Ottawa, 1964. Slim octavo, pp (54), not illustrated, paperback, stapled, a very good copy. Reprinted from Canadian Journal of Botany, Volume 42. [From the library of the BM botanist Aleksandrs Melderis, with his signature on the front cover.]. Paperback. Very Good.

National Museum of Hungary [1965-1972]. English text with Latin descriptions. Illustrated with a few photomicrographs, 9 parts, slim octavo, pp [c.100], stapled and unbound, slightly worn. [From the library of the botanist Eric Groves, with his stamp on all covers. ]. First Edition. Unbound. Good.

Leningrad, 1826. 8vo, pp 289,(i), + errata leaf, a very clean copy in 20th century buckram. RARE. ( C.E. Hubbard's copy) . AN ESSENTIAL EARLY GRASS TAXONOMY WORK. [Hubbard was the dean of the British agrostologists, with an encyclopedic knowledge of the world's grasses. He did not follow the increasingly popular view of recognizing four to six subfamilies by listing only two (Festucoideae and Panicoideae) and 27 tribes. Trinius prepared a summary of grass classification and synonymy, in which he listed 2457 species, along with their author and place of publication - this was a cornerstone of modern grass taxonomy.]. Cloth. Very Good.

Gland: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1980. Octavo, pp (4), 506, very clean internally, paperback, the covers a little age-toned, but otherwise a very good copy. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist richard Fitter with his stamp on the title page.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Cambridge University Press, 1942. First edition, first reprint. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photomicrographs, octavo, pp (4), 85, very slightly worn internally, paperback, the covers with very slight marks. [Sheila Francis' copy, with her signature and maiden name of Mount]. . Paperback. Good.

Cambridge University Press, 1954. Second edition. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs, large octavo, pp xiv, 118, green cloth, an immaculate copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. . Second edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Paternoster Row, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1814. Second edition. Illustrated with 10 engraved folding plates slightly foxed, pp xiv, 479, [9], a signature and date on the title page, otherwise very clean internally, original leather covers, rubbed, re-backed with a new leather spine, new cream endpapers. [The final hundred pages comprise the Duke of Bedford's "Account of the results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different grasses and other Plants Used as the Food of Animals".]. . Second edition. Full Leather. Good.