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THOMAS JOHNSON JOURNEYS IN KENT & HAMPSTEAD
Written by J.S.L. Gilmour; Thomas Johnson.
Stock no. 1205366
Published by The Hunt Botanical Library. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A facsimile reprint with introduction and translation of Johnson's Iter Plantarum 1629 and Descriptio Itineris Plantarum 1632 edited by Gilmour. 167 pages. 2 large folding b/w maps. Wrapper edge-torn but with only slight loss.

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FLORA OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by H.J. Riddelsdell; G.W. Hedley; W.R. Price.
Stock no. 1804541
Published by The Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club. Circa 1948. Very good condition.

Phanerograms, vascular cryptograms, charophyta. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. Two fold-out maps to text, four maps in pocket inside back cover. B/w plates. clxxxii and 667 pages including index. Boards a little marked. Front hinge pulled. Some pencil annotation else a very nice copy.

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BRITISH PLANT LIFE (NN 10)
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 1803108
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1st thus 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published by Collins. New Naturalist Series. Cream boards. 315 pages. B/w illustrations of plants of specific interest. ISBN: 1870630831. Text block a little grubby, contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby, has a few small nicks at edges and is lightly rubbed at corners.

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A CENTURY OF FERNS
Written by William Jackson Hooker.
Stock no. 1203352
Published by William Pamplin. 1st 1854. Good condition.

Being figures with brief descriptions of 100 new, or rare, or imperfectly known species of ferns, from various parts of the world. Leather spine with gilt titles. 100 colour plates. Spine edges are worn. Corners are bumped. Front and rear joints cracked. Inscription in ink to title page. Some light foxing. Illustrations are bright. Title page detached.

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WATER LILIES AND WATER PLANTS
Written by A. Niklitschek.
Stock no. 1802307
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth boards, white title to spine. Five original drawings by the author and 14 b/w plates. 135 pages including index. Corners worn, 0.5" loss to base of spine, slight loss to top of spine. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean.

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FLOWERS OF THE HIMALAYA
Written by Oleg Polunin; Adam Stainton. Illustrated by Ann Farrer.
Stock no. 822679
Published by Oxford University Press. 2000. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. 580 pages + 2 page colour map of the region. ISBN: 0195641876. Slight remains of label to inside of front cover.

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FLORA DELLE ALPI
Written by Luigi Fenaroli.
Stock no. 822617
Published by Giunti. 1st 1998. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

E Degli Altri Monti D'Italia. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Text in Italian. ISBN: 8809213750.

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THE FOREST PRUNER OR TIMBER OWNER'S ASSISTANT
Written by William Pontey.
Stock no. 818866
Published by J. Harding. 1808. Good condition.

Second Edition. Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees. White paper spine with title block, blue paper boards. 8 plates including 4 tinted. Spine worn with loss at edges to backstrip, title block is hard to read. Covers a little grubby. Bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown. A number of small ink blots to verso of frontis which show through. A few scattered foxspots. Page crinkling. All plates present. A presentable copy.

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN ACACIAS
Written by J.D. Carr.
Stock no. 806283
Published by Conservation Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Green leatherette, gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. Prelims and endpapers foxed. Boards marked at edges.

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TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Eve Palmer; Norah Pitman.
Stock no. 806267
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Three volumes. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Covering all known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland. Wrappers of Vol 1 and 2 are covered in self-adhesive clear film. In the case of Volume 3 the clear film has been used to stick the wrapper to the book. Books are fine.

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