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Hawaii: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1998. Quarto, 60 fine watercolour plates. pp viii, 152, purple cloth with pictorial paper upper cover, a very good copy. Very scarce.. Half cloth & pictorial boards. New. Illus. by Tam, Geraldine King.

Cambridge University Press, 1993. First edition, reprinted with corrections. Tall octavo, pp xii, 707, very slight light staining to a tiny portion of the lower corners, a tiny mark on the fore-edge of the first few pages, some marking to the top edge, soft green covers, a good copy in a dustwrapper which is faded on the spie and slightly worn. [This comprehensive portable dictionary describes flowering plants--conifers and their allies, and ferns and their allies--with their common names and uses. It sets out to fill the gap formerly filled by the early editions of Willis's Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns, and is based largely along the lines of that work, although with more references and common names, the whole being arranged according to Cronquist's system.]. Soft Cover. Very Good/Slightly Worn & Faded.

Cambridge University Press, 1997. Second edition. Tall octavo, pp xvi, 858, pictorial boards, very slight signs of wear but a very good copy. [The Plant-Book is widely accepted as an essential reference text for anyone researching, growing or writing about plants. In over 20,000 entries this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plants (including gymnosperms) plus ferns and other pteridophytes, combining taxonomic details with invaluable information on English names and uses. In this new edition each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature and over 2,500 new entries have been added, ensuring that The Plant-Book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.]. Second edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Slightly Worn & Faded.

Bosuval, Newmill: Alison Hodge, 1989. Illustrated, horizontal octavo, pp (4), 137, paperback, covers slightly faded otherwise a very good copy.. Paperback. Very Good.

London: J.M. Dent & Co,, 1986. A few illustrations, small octavo, pp xiv, 239, lower corner very slightly bruised, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, covers just slightly curved. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE.. Paperback. Very Good.

Stroudsburg: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc., 1977. Illustrated with maps and charts, octavo, pp xviii, 284, a neat name and date on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition. VERY SCARCE. [Larrea is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. It contains five species of evergreen shrubs that are native to the Americas. The generic name honours Bishop Juan Antonio Hernández Pérez de Larrea, a patron of science. South American members of this genus are known as jarillas and can produce fertile interspecific hybrids. One of the more notable species is the creosote bush (L. tridentata) of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The King Clone ring in the Mojave Desert is a creosote bush clonal colony estimated to be about 11,700 years old.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1967. Second printing. Quarto, very well illustrated with photography by Edwin Smith, pp 224, well printed on grey paper, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is price-clipped, very slightly worn, and with one small old sellotape repair on the upper cover. . Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn. Illus. by Edwin Smith.

Princeton University Press, 1969. Second printing, 1969. Small octavo, illustrated with a few charts and diagrams, pp xii, 203, paprback, an extremely bright copy. ["A work which changed the field of biogeography, drove community ecology and led to the development of modern landscape ecology."]. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First edition. Octavo, not illustrated, pp xviii, 269, an owner's neat signature on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth with only very slight signs of use. ["This book is the summation of the life work of one of the most influential scientists of our time. Of permanent interest in the history and philosophy of science, it is also frequently cited in the current ecological literature and is still up-to-date in many categories. "The theme running through this book" MacArthur wrote, "is that the structure of the environment, the morphology of the species, the economics of species behavior, and the dynamics of population changes are the four essential ingredients of all interesting biogeographic patterns" Written in his beautifully lucid style, this work will continue to be read by anyone concerned with biological ideas."]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 2011. A few black and white illustrations, pp vi, 186, a very good copy in dustwrapper. [Charles Macaskie was one of North Borneo’s most successful colonial officials. Arriving from England as a Cadet in 1910, he served briefly at Tambunan and Papar before embarking on a career that took him into almost every area of administration, culminating in his appointment as Chief Justice in 1934 and Deputy Governor in 1936. Luckily avoiding imprisonment by the Japanese, he spent the first part of the war in Australia before serving in the Borneo Planning Unit in Londin and after liberation as Chief Civil Affairs Officer for Borneo at Labuan. After the war, he headed the War Damages Commission for Borneo at Jesselton before retiring to become an apple farmer at Stanthorpe in Queensland. In 1946 he had married Doris Cole Adams whose husband, Bernard, died in BAtu Lintang prison camp, Kuching, only weeks before liberation. Thanks to Macaskie’s retirement appointment as… Read More

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1924. New impression 1924 (same year as the first edition). Small octavo, pp (4), 114, edges uncut, slightly foxed, a contemporary name and address on the front endpaper, red cloth a bit worn, the covers bowed, the spine frayed at head and tail and very faded. A "Boots" library duplicate, with the label on the rear endpaper and the remains of one on the upper cover. [The early editions are scarce.]. Cloth. Fair.

Induno Olona: Civico Museo Insubrico di Storia Naturale, 2005. Well illustrated, tall quarto, pp 203, an inscription on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, pictorial boards, the base of the spine a little damaged, slight wear to the upper part of the spine, otherwise a very good copy.. First Edition. Pictorial laminated boards. Very Good.

London: Ward Lock, 1996. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 160, very slightly age-toned at the edges, paperback, covers slightly worn.. Paperback. Good.

London: Collins, 1965. Very well illustrated with photographs by Christina Loke, quarto, pp 284, very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition. The dustwrapper is slightly worn, but in much better condition than usual; it has been preserved with a glassine cover which is removable, but sellotape has been used to lightly secure it resulting in slight damage to the fold-over flaps, and slight marks to the endpapers.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

Bath: S. Hazard, 1791. [Latin text, with some Greek; a few of Clayton's notes are in English.]. Engraved frontispiece of the Agnus Scythicus, pp 138, very clean internally, the hinge at the frontispiece crackig but no weakness, bound in a [ater unlettered cloth-backed marbled boards, rubbed and chipped at the edges but otherwise sound. RARE. {The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: Agnus scythicus or Planta Tartarica Barometz), is a legendary zoophyte of Central Asia, once believed to grow sheep as its fruit. It was believed the sheep were connected to the plant by an umbilical cord and grazed the land around the plant. When all accessible foliage was gone, both the plant and sheep died. Underlying the legend is the cotton plant, which was unknown in Northern Europe before the Norman conquest of Sicily. The Hunt Library Catalogue - Number 474 - devotes four pages to the earlier printings of this work - "One of the most curious little books in the Collection, or even in the demesne of… Read More

London & New York: Academic Press, 1980. Octavo, pp xii, 428, a very good copy, blue cloth very slightly rubbed. Dr Peter Moore's copy, with his small stamp on the front endpaper. [Effects of Moden Agriculture on Partridges; Aerial Heavy Metal Pollution and Terrestrial Ecosystems; Theories Dealing with the Ecology of Landbirds on Islands; Industrial Melanism and the Urban Environment; Studies on Grassland Leafhoppers and their Natural Enemies.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Kew: Commonwealth Mycological Institute, 1968. Thick octavo, pp (4), 820, very clean internally, large thick octavo, paperback, the covers slightly worn and creased. [A duplicate from the Commonwelth Mycological Institute, with their faint stamp on the front cover.] . Paperback. Good.

London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1855. Illustrated with line drawings, a folding coloured map, a folding map printed in blue, pp xx, 507, all edges gilt, a little occasional foxing, otherwise clean internally, contemporary half morocco, marbled sides, raised bands, only very slight signs of wear. The publication was authorised by Queen Victoria who had purchased the manuscript after the author's death. The printing was very limited, probably under 150 copies. There are extensive lists of plants and animals, extending to eighty pages. [A unique copy, extra illustrated with 25 original topographical photographs, probably by the original owner - Charles F.S. Chambers - whose armorial bookplate appears on the front endpaper. Though the images are small, (mainly c. 60mm x 65mm), they have great charm and are largely in good condition with only slight fading. They are all of local interest - Falls of Garrvalt, Birch Wood near Balmoral, Abergoldie Castle etc. They are all neatly indexed in… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation, 1901. Illustrated with three plates, large octavo, pp xiv, (ii), 203, the top edge gilt, the other two edges age-toned, a few slight thumb/reading creases, a few neat pencil notes in the margins, the page listing the illustrations is foxed, the endpapers age-toned, the name of the original owner on the presentation page has been gemtly removed, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth with only very slight signs of use. [The Oates-Selborne copy, with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates.]. VERY SCARCE.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: C.A. Watts, 1949. Small 8vo, pp vi, 209, very clean internally, green cloth very slightly worn and faded, in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped but which is a little worn, frayed and faded.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Good.