A research on the pines of Australia.
Sydney: Government Printer, 1910. Quarto, text illustrations, photographs, maps. Publisher's blue cloth cloth, a fine crisp copy. More
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New York city trees: a field guide for the metropolitan area.
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
Jewel of the Australian desert Native peach (Quandong): the tree with the round red fruit.
Tantanoola: Neville Bonney, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. It is highly unlikely that any other edible Australian native plant has created as much interest as the Native peach/Quandong, Santalum acuminatum. This plant is now embedded in Australian folklore and holds nostalgic memories for many people. This fully illustrated book..... More
Sheoaks: wind harps from desert to the sea.
Tantanoola: Neville Bonney, 2016. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Casuarinaceae is one of many tree families that occur in Australia. The author endeavours to cover many aspects of this interesting tree family, including its evolution, botanical history, conservation, decorative wood uses, distribution and much more. While the book does not..... More
Fruits of the Australian tropical rainforest.
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
A naturalist's guide to the trees of Sri Lanka.
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A photographic identification guide to 125 tree species most commonly seen in Sri Lanka, perfect for resident and visitor alike. Over 350 high quality photographs from Sri Lanka's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size..... More
Living trees of the world.
New Bedford: Chanticleer Press, (1970. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The Journal of Forestry and Estates Management. A monthly illustrated magazine devoted to the science and practice of arboriculture and the general management of estates, Volumes 1 and 2.
London: J. & W. Rider, 1878-1879. Octavo, Half black calf, marbled edges, illustrations, some spotting, hinge cracked on volume two. More
The Pinetum: being a synopsis off all the coniferous plants at present known, with descriptions, history and synonyms, and a comprehensive systematic index.
London: Henry G. Bohn, (1880. second edition). Octavo, Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, a fine copy. "New edition, considerably enlarged, incorporating the former supplement, and including an index of the popular names of Coniferae, English and foreign, to which is now added An alphabetical reference- list of all the..... More
The use of trees and shrubs in the dry country of Australia.
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1972. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
In praise of plants.
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
Dieback: death of an Australian landscape.
Frenchs Forest: Reed, 1986. Quarto, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Seeds: one man's serendipitous journey to find the trees that inspired famous American writers from Faulkner to Kerouac, Welty to Wharton.
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
Seeing trees: discover the extraordinary secrets of everyday trees.
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
Champion trees of Britain and Ireland: the tree register handbook.
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
Eucalypts.
Melbourne: Nelson, (1969-1978. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, fine set in dustwrappers. More
Trees of Hawai'i.
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
Australian forest woods: characteristics, uses and identification.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. A comprehensive guide to 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood. Australian Forest Woods describes about 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood. The introductory sections introduce the reader to the uniqueness and..... More
Australian rainforest woods: characteristics, uses and identification.
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Describes 140 of the most significant Australian rainforest trees and their wood. The introductory sections draw the reader into an understanding of the botanical, evolutionary, environmental, historical and international significance of this beautiful but finite Australian resource. The main section..... More
Forests in our changing world: new principles for conservation and management.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, graphs. Forests cover vast regions of the globe and serve as a first line of defence against the worst effects of climate change, but only if we keep them healthy and resilient. In this book, authors Joe Landsberg and Richard Waring present an..... More
Mountain ash: fire, logging and the future of Victoria's giant forests.
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, maps. Draws together the exciting new findings from the past five years of intensive empirical studies following the 2009 wildfires in the Mountain Ash forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria. It also takes advantage of the 25 years of..... More
What shrub is that?
Frenchs Forest: New Holland Publishers, (2014. revised edition). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. Revised and updated, this book comes from the international bestselling author of What Flower Is That? and What Tree Is That? Here, more than 1250 popular shrubs are described in detail, including their soil preference, growth habit, ultimate..... More
What tree is that?
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2006. third edition, revised). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. A unique and comprehensive reference book on trees of the world. More
British trees in winter.
London: J M Dent and Sons, 1945. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations, signature, chipped dustwrapper. More
Hidden trees of Britain.
London: Ebury Press, 2007. Small quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Britain has 80 per cent of northern Europe's most ancient trees and a remarkable array of woodland types. This illustrated guide presents a regional overview, highlighting the great diversity of woodlands and hedgerow trees, as well as some breathtaking individuals, many..... More