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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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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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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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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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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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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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MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97)
Written by Ron Porley; Nick Hodgetts.
Stock no. 1329490
Published by Collins. Circa 2005. Nearly fine condition.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth. 179 colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 0002202123. Corners bumped. Still in original shrinkwrap which is split at top edge causing top edge of textblock to be a bit dusty.

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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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CARNIVOROUS PLANTS OF AUSTRALIA VOLUME 2
Written by Allen Lowrie.
Stock no. 1829779
Published by University Of Western Australia Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

The second part of a three-volume work (volume 2 only). 45 western species of pygmy and other Drosera. Green glazed boards, red titles. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. xxxvii and 202 pages including index. ISBN: 0855642998. Spine lightly faded, boards lightly scuffed. Endpapers are browned. Contents clean.

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CARNIVOROUS PLANTS OF AUSTRALIA VOLUME 1
Written by Allen Lowrie.
Stock no. 1829778
Published by University Of Western Australia Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

The first part of a three-volume work (volume 1 only). 46 western species of erect, climbing, rosetted and fan-leaved Drosera. Green glazed boards, red titles. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. xxv and 200 pages including index. ISBN: 085564253X. Spine lightly faded, minor knock to lower edge of front cover. Covers are a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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PITCHER PLANTS OF THE OLD WORLD - VOLUME TWO
Written by Stewart McPherson.
Stock no. 1829671
Published by Redfern Natural History Productions. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A two volume work - this is volume two ONLY. Examines genera of Old World pitcher plants (Nepenthes and Cephalotus) and documents the ecology and natural diversity of every known species in detail. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos. This volume contains pages 633 - 1399. ISBN: 9780955891830. Glue (used in binding process) can be seen at front and rear joint. Top of spine of contents is detached from top of spine board (see photo - not bad). Binding is tight. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly rubbed at corners.

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SARRACENIACEAE OF SOUTH AMERICA
Written by Stewart McPherson; Andreas Wistuba; Andreas Fleischmann; Joachim Nerz.
Stock no. 1829669
Published by Redfern Natural History Productions. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The family Sarraceniaceae consists of three genera of carnivorous pitcher plants. This volume handles all Sarraceniaceae from South America, including all known Heliamphora species (of which five are new and introduced here), as well as all known natural hybrids and three incompletely diagnosed Heliamphora taxa which have never been documented before. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos throughout. xi and 566 pages. ISBN: 9780955891878. SIGNED by author (Stewart McPherson) with no dedication to title page. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has minor rubbing to rear corner of base of spine and a tiny nick to vertical fold of rear panel.

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