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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS
Written by S.H. Scott.
Stock no. 1329806
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Observer No. 27. Small format. Yellow boards, green titles. Describing over 300 species with 16 plates in full colour and 66 photographs in black and white. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a light damp stain to top of spine/rear panel.
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- OBSERVERS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CACTI
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF WILD FLOWERS
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1329803
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
Circa
1959.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Observers book No. 2. Small format. Green boards with dark green titles. Describing 200 british species with 220 illustrations 100 of which are in full colour. Printer's code is 614.659. Damp staining to edges of wrapper (front and rear and also affecting inside flaps) and also to page edges throughout.
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- OBSERVERS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLOWERS
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF GARDEN FLOWERS
Written by Arthur King.
Illustrated by Joan Lupton.
Stock no. 1329802
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Observer book no. 25. From the larger work The Book of Garden Flowers by G.A.R. Phillips. Small format. Green boards, dark green titles. With 100 colour and 100 half-tone illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Textblock is just a little grubby. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.
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- OBSERVERS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLOWERS
- GARDENING
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF TREES
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1329800
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1960.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Observer book no. 4. Revised edition. Describing 106 Species. 50 line illustrations, 12 colour plates and 110 half tone photographs. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is badly torn and creased with loss and also old tape repairs.
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- OBSERVERS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97)
Written by Ron Porley; Nick Hodgetts.
Stock no. 1329769
Published by Collins.
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist Series. Green cloth. 179 colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 0002202123. Wrapper spine is very slightly faded, light damp stain to lower edge of wrapper spine and some grubby marks to rear panel. Light foxing to top edge of textblock.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- BOTANY
- MOSSES
WOODS & PEOPLE: PUTTING FORESTS ON THE MAP
Written by David Foot.
Stock no. 1329706
Published by The History Press.
1st
2010.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the twentieth-century forest creation, and the Eureka moment in the 1980s that challenged foresters and conservationists to work together on new ideas. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages (including index). ISBN: 9780752452784. Some very minor spotting to endpapers else contents fine. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and foxed on verso.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
NEPENTHES OF SUMATRA AND PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
Written by Charles Clarke.
Stock no. 1829902
Published by Natural History Publications (borneo).
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Carnivorous pitcher plants in their natural environment. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. x and 326 pages including index plus publisher adverts to rear. ISBN: 9838120502. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Else a superb copy, looks unread!
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
- INDONESIA
- MALAY
- BORNEO
THE NEPENTHACEAE OF THE NETHERLANDS INDIES
Written by B.H. Danser; Charles Clarke.
Stock no. 1829901
Published by Natural History Publications (borneo).
1st thus
2006.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Carnivorous pitcher plants! Facsimile. First published in 1928 as "Contributions A L'etude De La Flores Des Indes Neerlandaises. XV"In: Bulletin du Jardin de Botanique Buitenzorg, Serie III, Vol. IX, Livr. 3-4, pp. 249-438. This edition has an introduction by Charles Clarke and is written in English. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations.v and 206 pages including index. ISBN: 9838121150. A superb copy, looks unread!
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
- INDONESIA
INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
Written by Charles Darwin.
Stock no. 1829900
Published by Culture Et Civilisation, Bruxelles.
1st thus
1969.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A facsimile of the first edition which was published in 1875. A few b/w drawings. Tan cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine. x and 462 pages including index. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine and corners. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
- FACSIMILE
APHRODITE'S MOUSETRAP: A BIOGRAPHY OF VENUS'S FLYTRAP
Written by E. Charles Nelson.
Stock no. 1829899
Published by Boethius Press.
1st
1990.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Title to spine is 'Venus's Flytrap'. Facsimile of John Eliis' 1770 pamphlet augmented with a history of the discovery of the Venus Flytrap. Subscribers list to verso of frontis. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 145 pages. ISBN: 0863141765. A lovely copy!
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
- FACSIMILE
THE SAVAGE GARDEN: CULTIVATING CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
Written by Peter D'Amato.
Stock no. 1829858
Published by Ten Speed Press.
1st
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Enter the strange and beautiful world of carnivorous plants. A comprehensive guide to these fascinating oddities of the plant world. Pictorial cardwraps. xxii and 314 pages including index. ISBN: 0898159156. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Spine lightly faded. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
- GARDENING
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS OF AUSTRALIA VOLUME 3
Written by Allen Lowrie.
Stock no. 1829780
Published by University Of Western Australia Press.
1st
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The third and final part of a three-volume work (volume 3 only). Describes the species of Drosera not covered in the previous volumes, as well as Aldrovanda, Byblis, Uticularia, Nepenthes and Cephalotus. In all 57 species and subspecies are described. Pictorial glazed boards, white titles. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1875560599. Spine very slightly faded else a superb copy!
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
- AUSTRALIA