Portland OR: Timber Press, (1990. first edition), Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. black and white photographs, colour photographs. More about Orchid biology: reviews and perspectives, volume five
New York: Johnson Reprint, (1973. facsimile). Folio, 40 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, limited to 1000 numbered copies, a fine copy. First published 1837-1842. More about The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
London: Bodley Head, 1950. Quarto, 40 colour plates by Gavin Bone. Publisher's cloth, limited to 1140 numbered copies. More about The wild orchids of Britain
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications/Royal Botanic Gardens, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs and illustrations, line drawings. Calanthe is a widespread but predominantly tropical orchid genus, distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia from India across to Japan, and southwards and eastwards to north-eastern Australia and the Pacific... More about The genus Calanthe
Canberra: National Botanic Gardens, 1982. Quarto, paperback, bookplate. More about Preliminary checklist of Australian Orchidaceae
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. Features an essay by orchid expert Mark Clements, accompanied by a portfolio of illustrations, both historical and modern. Includes works by around 25 artists, including the extraordinarily detailed lithographs of early botanical illustrator Ferdinand Bower, Ellis Rowan’s beautiful paintings, the... More about The allure of orchids
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, map. The second largest orchid genus, Dendrobiums are one of the most widely distributed genera. The genus, when taken in the broad sense, and as represented in the Philippines, has about 110 species. In fact, the Philippines is considered one... More about A guide to Dendrobium of the Philippines
Kew: Kew Publishing, (2008. reprint). Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. A welcome reprint of this important monograph on the temperate slipper orchids by distinguished author, Phillip Cribb. The text covers their history, biology, evolution, conservation, cultivation and classification, is taxonomically arranged, and is enhanced by a series of 27... More about The Genus Cypripedium
New York: Bulfinch Press, 2007. Quarto, colour photographs. Dustwrappers in various states of disrepair. WAS $85. This volume offers images of staggering detail and subtlety. Nobody has been able to match Feinstein's mastery of flower photography, and nowhere is his remarkable talent as evident as it is in these pictures... More about Orchidelirium
Portland: Timber Press, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. With their refined beauty and elegant flower form, Moth orchids (members of the genus Phalaenopsis) are often referred to as the basic black of the orchid world. In fact, moth orchids are the most popular orchids in the world, accounting for a.... More about Moth orchids: the complete guide to Phalaenopsis
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2014. Octavo, colour photographs, map. A total of 133 species of orchid have been recorded in Hong Kong. For the first time, this book compiles images and data on all 97 extant local species in the format of a full-colour, easy-to-use, quick reference field guide... More about A guide to the orchids of Hong Kong
London: Scriptum Editions, 2002. Folio, dustwrapper, colour plates. Reproduced here for the first time are the stunning watercolours from the archives of the Royal Horticultural Society of their award-winning orchids from 1897 to today. More about Orchids: from the archives of the Royal Horticultural Society
London: A & C Black, (2005. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, paperback. For the first time, this book includes a detailed site guide, covering the best places to see orchids in Britain. More about Orchids of Britain and Ireland: a field and site guide
London: A & C Black, (2009. second edition). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, paperback. Orchids have long held a fascination, both for keen botanists and the general public. From the mania of Victorian collectors to the enthusiasm of modern photographers, this family of flowering plants has a strange and exotic appeal... More about Orchids of Britain and Ireland: a field and site guide
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The orchid family is one of the largest plant families in the world, reaching its highest diversity in the tropics where their exotic and colourful flowers are often truly breathtaking. Britain and Ireland have just 56 species of wild orchid, some of... More about A pocket guide to the orchids of Britain and Ireland
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, (2007. second edition). Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings. WAS $195. An up to date checklist of one of the richest orchid floras, with one of the highest number of endemics in the world, with annotated diagnostic notes. A new edition of a now classic work... More about Orchids of Madagascar
Seaford: Aquatic Photographics:, (2016. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Features over 70 species of greenhoods and rustyhoods found in Victoria. Each species is lavishly illustrated by multiple full colour photographs, along with information on where and when to find them. More about Victoria's greenhoods and rustyhoods
Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson, 1961. Quarto, colour plates, preliminaries spotted, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Orchids
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2004. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. A comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of Britain and Ireland, covering the 51 species recorded, including all the varieties and sub-species, as well as 9 species of uncertain or doubtful provenance. More about Britain's orchids: a guide to the identification and ecology of the wild orchids of Britain and...
New York: Johnson Reprint, (1973. facsimile). Folio, 49 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, fine copy. First published 1838. More about Sertum orchidaceum: a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers
Leiden: Brill/Rijksherbarium, 1986. paperback, colour illustrations. More about Orchid monographs, Volume one A: Taxonomic revision of the genus Acriopsis Reinwardt ex...
Melbourne: Georgian House, 1951-1958. Small folio, 96 colour plates by the author. Limited to 1030 numbered sets in original wrappers, chipped and loose; the four parts contained loose in the intended publisher's quarter morocco binding. More about Orchids of Australia, drawn in natural colour by W. H. Nicholls with descriptive text, four parts...
Sydney: Random House, (1998. second edition), Folio, colour photographs, laminated boards in a velcro sealed box. More about Botanica: the illustrated A-Z of 1000 garden plants for Australian gardens and how to cultivate them
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1995. Octavo, paperback, Split into three parts, part 1 is an alphabetical list of all names, part 2 lists genera ordered by accepted names, and part 3 lists plants by country of origin. Genera covered include Cattleya, Cypripedium, Laelia, Paphiopedilum, Pleione, Sophronitis, Constantia, Paraphalaenopsis and Sophronitella. More about CITES Orchid checklist Volume one
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2001. Octavo, paperback, Following the format of volume 1, volume 3 includes Aerangis, Angraecum, Ascocentrum, Bletilla, Brassavola, Calanthe, Miltonia, Miltonioides, Miltoniopsis, Renanthera, Renantherella, Rhynchostyllis, Rossioglossum, Vanda and Vandopsis. More about CITES Orchid checklist volume three