Search Results: Authors starting with H from Mike Park Ltd

Codicote: Wheldon & Wesley, 1970. Third edition, revised and enlarged, reprinted, with illustrations and keys to the genera and species by H.G. Jameson. Illustrated with 63 plates, octavo, pp xlviii, 582, endpapers a little foxed and age-toned, edges foxed, , otherwise a good copy. {From the library of the botanist Alan Leslie, with his bookplate and signature on the front endpaper}.. Third edition. Cloth. Good.

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1961. Illustrated, octavo, pp xvi, 484, a little used internally with slight bruising to the lower corners, paperback, the covers slightly worn and frayed. A duplicate from East Malling Research Station, with a stamp on the half-title and on the front cover, and a shelf label on the spine. [A very detailed account.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Cape Town: The Botanical Society of South Africa, 2000. Well illustrated, octavo, pp xii, 188, an owner's neat signature on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, stiff laminated covers , a very good copy. REMARKABLY SCARCE. . First Edition. Laminated paperback. Very Good.

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1950. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 64. very slightly used internally, paperbacl, the covers slightly chipped and worn.. Paperback. Good.

Wakefield & New York: Micro Methods Ltd & Johnson Reprint Corporation Facsimile reprint, not dated. originally published 1882. Latin text, four plates, octavo, pp xii, 216, a slight bruise to the fore-edge of four pages, cloth slightly worn with traces of a shelf number label on the spine, a duplicate from Royal Holloway College with their stamp on the dedication page. . Cloth. Good.

London: A. Zwemmer Ltd & Conde-Nast Publications, 1980. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 320, paperback, the covers with very slight wear otherwise a very good copy. [Extremely detailed]. {A heavy book - extra postage may be needed}. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Prague: Kaktusy, 2007. Well illustrated, small slender octavo, pp 35, paperback, a very good new copy. English text. (Kaktusy Special Issue.] SCARCE.. First Edition. Paperback. New.

Leiden: Blumea, Journal of Plant taxonomy and Plant Geography, 2000. Illustrated with line drawings and distribution maps, octavo, pp 217, paperback, a very good copy indeed. [Although not signed, this is Alan Radcliffe Smith's copy, as it contains a short note to him from Brian Spooner (also a Kew botanist).. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Peradeniya: West German Agricultural Team and RBG Peradeniya, 1977. Illustrated with black and white photographs, small slim octavo, pp (4), 99, paperback, very slightly worn and marked. Presentation copy, signed by the second author. [Includes chapters on orchids such as Dendrobiums, Vandas and Oncidium. Together with Anthuriums and general chapters on climate, housing, grading and packing, export etc.]. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good.

Tokyo, 1961. An illustrated 20-page article, in English, contained in Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, Volume XXX number 3. Paperback, covers a little worn. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: R.H. Porter, 1907. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven plain plates, a map at the rear, small octavo, pp xlviii, 175, some occasional foxing internally, otherwise very clean and bright, green cloth in very good condition with only very slight rubbing around the spine. RARE. {The Oates-Selborne copy, with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates; the library was later gifted to the Gilbert White Museum in 1955.}. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: R.H. Porter, 1907. Colour frontispiece and seven plain plates, map, small 8vo, pp xlviii, 175, slightly worn throughout. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1977. Illustrated, pp x, 179, a corner cut fron the front endpaper, cloth very slightly worn, in a slightly worn dustwrapper which is not price-clipped.. First British edition. Cloth. Good/Very Slightly Worn.

London: New English Library, 1973. Well illustrated, slim quarto, pp 144, slightly used internally, paperback, the covers are a little worn and creased, the upper cover is lacking a small piece.. First Edition. Paperback. Fair.

Cambridge University Press, 1989. Octavo, pp xiv, 370, very slight signs of use internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn and faded. Dr Peter Moore's copy, with his small label on the upper cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Asociacion Mexicana de Orquideologia A.C., 1982. A bilingual illustrated article contained in Orquidea Volume 8 part 2. Illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs, octavo, pp (87), pages becoming loose, paperback, covers slightly worn, spine head torn.. First edition. Paperback. Fair.

London: Edward Arnold, 1974. Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 181, a tiny initial on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is faded, slightly frayed on the spine. . Second edition. Cloth. Very Good/Faded and slightly worn.

London: Edward Arnold, 1974. Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 181, very clean internally, paperback, covers faded at the spine but otherwise only slightly worn. . Second edition. Paperback. Good.

London: Oldbourne Book Co Ltd, 1961. [Originally published in 1727.] Facsimile reprint, with introduction by M.A. Hoskin. Illustrated, octavo, pp xxxii, 214, (2), very clean internally, paperback, card covers, only very slightly worn. [In Vegetable Staticks, Hales studied transpiration - the loss of water from the leaves of plants. He estimated the surface area of the leaves of the plant and the length and surface area of the roots. This allowed Hales to compare the calculated influx of water into the plant with the amount of water leaving the plant by transpiration through the leaves. He also measured 'the force of the sap' or root pressure. Hales commented that "plants very probably draw through their leaves some part of their nourishment from the air". He prefigured the cohesion theory of water movement in plants, although his ideas were not understood at the time, so he did not influence the debate on water transport in plants in the 19th century. He also speculated that plants… Read More

London: The Scientific Book Guild, 1961. [Originally published in 1727.] Facsimile reprint, with introduction by M.A. Hoskin. Illustrated, octavo, pp xxxii, 214, (2), the fore-edge rather marked, slight foxing to the half-title and title page, otherwise very clean internally, laminated boards, very slightly worn.. [In Vegetable Staticks, Hales studied transpiration - the loss of water from the leaves of plants. He estimated the surface area of the leaves of the plant and the length and surface area of the roots. This allowed Hales to compare the calculated influx of water into the plant with the amount of water leaving the plant by transpiration through the leaves. He also measured 'the force of the sap' or root pressure. Hales commented that "plants very probably draw through their leaves some part of their nourishment from the air". He prefigured the cohesion theory of water movement in plants, although his ideas were not understood at the time, so he did not influence the debate… Read More