Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This volume is the first for nearly 50 years to provide a full description of the 513 species making up this diverse, yet familiar, genus. Many species are described here for the first time. Angophora, the closely... More
Long Reach: (1981. reprint). Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2004. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. This book presents some fifty of Adams' finest photographs of trees - a wide range of imagery from towering redwood groves to flowering orchards; majestic pine forest to leafy deciduous woods; wood and bark details to gnarled... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, line drawings, maps. Volume 26 of the Flora of Australia series describes three families of plants, Meliaceae, Rutaceae and Zygophyllaceae, consisting of 61 genera and 588 species. Meliaceae is a largely tropical family and includes the well-known Toona ciliata, Red Cedar, as well as... More
Irvington: Columbia University Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. With a lively, authoritative text and over 900 colour photographs, line drawings, and detailed maps, this is the ultimate compact field guide to trees of the Big Apple and the surrounding area. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations, maps. A botanical identification guide which combines art and science to describe the 54 endemic trees and large shrubs of the Hunter region. The Hunter Region, between the Hawkesbury and Manning rivers in eastern New South Wales, hosts a rich diversity... More
Warsaw: WWF, 2005. Large octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. This book adeptly describes the life after death of trees - an interesting and diverse life it turns out to be. While we humans are used to thinking about dead trees as a hazard or a waste, this book makes... More
Melbourne: Nelson, (1985. reprint). Large octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Manson Publishing, 2010. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Subject areas covered include ecology and conservation, tree anatomy and evolution, pathology, silviculture, propagation and surgery. The different chapters cover trees from various world habitats, from northern boreal and montane coniferous forests to tropical and subtropical rainforests. The book is fully... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Octavo, publisher's cloth, colour illustrations, maps. Remainder mark. WAS $113. This is the first field guide dedicated to the diverse tree species of Panama and Costa Rica. Featuring close to 500 tropical tree species, this guide includes superb color photographs, abundant colour distribution maps, and... More
Lewes: Ivy Press, (2017. second edition), Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. A visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most impressive and beautiful leaves from around the world. Each leaf is reproduced here at its actual size in full-colour photographs taken on a light box and... More
Melbourne: Nokomis Editions, 2004. Large quarto, dustwrapper, 1230 colour illustrations, text illustrations. The most important book on tropical Australian botany ever published with 2436 species described and 1236 illustrated in full colour. This definitive work, 17 years in the making, covers the fruiting plants of Australia's tropical rainforest in Queensland... More
Chatswood: New Holland, (2019. reprint). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps. This is a classic of Australian botany. It is well organised and has good keys and photographs. This edition includes addendum of changes and new species. A comprehensive coverage of 900 species. More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2015. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. This new guide to trees provides descriptive information and key facts in a handy, pleasant-to-hold, easy-to-reference volume. Features carefully selected photography and newly commissioned art and graphics to illustrate essential identifying features for each tree species. Beautifully designed... More
New Bedford: Chanticleer Press, (1970. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: J. & W. Rider, 1878-1879. Octavo, Half black calf, marbled edges, illustrations, some spotting, hinge cracked on volume two. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback, a very good copy. This volume is the first for nearly 50 years to provide a full description of the 513 species making up this diverse, yet familiar, genus. Many species are described here for the first time. Angophora, the... More
Portland OR: Timber Press:, 2002. Octavo, line drawings, fine copy in dustwrapper. Through a rich array of examples, many illustrated in the author's elegant and distinctive style, this book offers a new look at botany. This scholarly yet fun book examines the qualities that make plants unique, so different from... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. Octavo, black and white illustrations, paperback. The chronicle of novelist Richard Horan's quest to gather seeds from trees at the homes of America's most beloved authors. A heartfelt paean to the writers of America's past, this book is equally a wise, funny, and enthralling... More
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Focusing on 10 common trees of North America, Nancy Ross Hugo highlights the rewards of tree viewing and describes some of the most visually interesting leaves, flowers, fruits, buds, leaf scars, twigs, and bark of familiar trees. The combination of lavish... More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, (2015. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Experience the joy of discovering the natural world around you with this beautiful pocket guide to British trees, an inspiration and treat designed to enthral all nature lovers. Covering all tree species commonly found in the British countryside. The... More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This book introduces the finest examples of every kind of tree growing in the British Isles, from ancient yews and towering sequoias to the rarest of recent introductions. Containing over 200 colour photographs this is the definitive guide to over 5,000... More
[Boronia]: Kapitany Concepts, (2013. revised edition). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. This booklet has many high quality images of Australian bottle trees and boabs, both in habitat and in cultivation. It Compares the various species and distinguishing features. The five Australian species covered. The text explores the diversity of species and... More
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. An easy to use introduction to the trees and shrubs of Hawaii. Organised by colour with information on identification and distribution. More
Port Melbourne: Craftsman House, 2014. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Trees are fundamental to life on Earth, to our landscapes - both natural and urban - and to our history and culture. Written by Noel Kingsbury, this book celebrates the wonder, mystery, beauty, and utility of the tree. It pays... More