VEGETATION HISTORY
Written by B. Huntley; T. Webb.
Stock no. 1805652
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Handbook of vegetation science 7. Bringing together contributions from experts in various aspects of palaeoecology in an effort to present vegetation to scientists, biogeographers, and others for whom palaeoecology is not a specialization, the method, limitations, and achievements of palaeoecology in unravelling the history of world vegetation since the late-Tertiary period. Glazed lime-green baords, brown titles. B/w maps and charts. xx and 803 pages including index. ISBN: 9061931886. Faint tape marks to pastedowns. Small red ink inscription to free front endpaper. Otherwise contents fine.

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NATURE MANAGEMENT BY GRAZING AND CUTTING
Written by Jan Pouwel Bakker.
Stock no. 1805651
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Geobotany 14. On the ecological significance of grazing and cutting regimes applied to restore former species-rich grassland communities in the Netherlands. Green boards, black titles. B/w photos and charts. viii and 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0792300688. Small tape marks to pastedowns. Small green ink mark to top of free front endpaper. Otherwise fine.

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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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THE FERNS OF WALES
Written by Edward Young.
Stock no. 1202855
Published by Thomas Thomas. 1st 1856. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Colour title page. A collection of 34 ferns, pressed into the book, with tissue-guards and a full page description for each fern type. Side of spine is split with some fraying. All samples are present, but a few loose (at least 3). Some tissue-guards are creased. An unusual item.

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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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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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ENGLISH BOTANY OR COLOURED FIGURES OF BRITISH PLANTS VOLUME XVI
Written by James Edward Smith; et al. Illustrated by James Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 677822
1849. Fair condition.

Three-quarter black leather binding. 94 hand-coloured plates.The Descriptions, Synonyms and places of growth. Volume XVI. Front board detached. Two thrids of backstrip missing, corners worn. Pencil annotation througout. Rear board almost detached. Some damp cricking of pages and a couple of light damp marks to pages. All plates present. REDUCED FROM £420.

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A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS
Written by Benjamin Clarke.
Stock no. 984697
Published by J. Bale. 1st 1866. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 250 copies sold by the author. With Especial reference to relative postion including their relations with the cryptogamous. Large oblong format. Pages: ii, 56. Original blue-green cloth with gilt lettering. 7 tables, one folding, 1 engraved plate. Includes subscribers list. Foxing to endpapers and prelims,Corners worn, contents generally VG.

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