Plants of the world: the lower plants.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1965. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
BOTANY - General Reference
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Vascular plant families and genera: a list of genera and their families, as accepted by the Kew Herbarium, with an analysis of relationships of the flowering plant families according to eight systems of classification.
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1992. Octavo, page 417 torn, otherwise a very good copy in sunned dustwrapper. An up-to-date check-list of accepted genera of Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and flowering plants. More
Decay of timber and its prevention.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1946. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, very good copy. More
Plants of the world.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1963-1968. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, lacks dustwrappers. Volumes one and two Higher Plants, volume three Lower Plants. More
Weeds.
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, photographs, illustrations. Weeds can seem nothing more than intruders in a well-manicured garden. They spring up unwanted and are hastily removed without a second thought. Superweeds are characterized as malevolent trespassers, intent on destroying humanity's carefully cultivated allotments and trails. But the idea..... More
Thomas Johnson: botanical journeys in Kent and Hampstead. A facsimile reprint with introduction and translation of his Iter Plantarum 1629, Descriptio Itineris Plantarum 1632.
Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1972. Quarto, text illustrations, folding map, very good 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
Interaction of the Bull's-Horn acacia (Acacia corigera) with an ant inhabitant (Pseudomyrmex ferruginea) in eastern Mexico.
Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 1967. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Pests, diseases and ailments of Australian plants.
Melbourne: Lothian, (1986. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, softcover. More
Flora Magnifica: selected and painted by the artist.
London: The Tryon Gallery, 1976. Folio, 15 plates with tissue guards. Publisher's half velum and maroon cloth boards by Zaehnsdorf, limited to 506 numbered and signed copies, slipcase. More
Out of nature: why drugs from plants matter to the future of humanity.
Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. About half of all species under threat of extinction in the world today are plants. The loss of plant biodiversity is disturbing for many reasons, but especially because it is a reflection of the growing disconnect..... More
Aims and methods in the study of vegetation.
London: British Empire Vegetation Committee, 1926. Octavo, illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
The domestication and exploitation of plants and animals.
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1969. Octavo, text illustrations, blemished, pastedown, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Oak.
London: Reaktion Books, 2013. colour and black and white photographs, bookplate, laminated boards. WAS $40. Botanical, a new series from Reaktion, is the first to integrate horticultural writing with a broader account of the cultural and social impact of plants. Oak, one of the first two books in the series..... More
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