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FLORA OF IRAQ (VOLUME NINE)
Written by C.C. Townsend; Evan Guest; Ali Al-Rawi; N.L. Bor.
Stock no. 1828941
Published by Ministry Of Agriculture Of The Republic Of Iraq. 1st 1968. Good condition.

Gramineae; the grass plant. Green cardwraps. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 588 pages. Covers are edge-worn and creased, split to spine. Name & postcode in ink to half-title page. Possibly SIGNED by N.L. Bor to half-title page with dedication to Mary McCallum Webster. Some corner creasing to contents. Contents are clean.

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FLORA OF SUSSEX
Written by Rev. F.H. Arnold. Illustrated by Marion H. Arnold.
Stock no. 1828939
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1907. Good condition.

A list of the flowering plants & ferns found in the county of Sussex, with localities of the less common species. Second Edition. New Edition with numerous additions. Red boards, gilt titles. Floral endpapers. Colour, tissue-guarded frontis and fold-out map of the county. xxi and 154 pages including index. Boards stained and faded at edges & spine. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to verso of colour frontis. Tissue-guard is browned. A few marks to contents and some pencil annotation present.

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HANDBOOK OF THE RUBI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by W.C.R. Watson. Illustrated by Ruth Ball; A.W. Darnell.
Stock no. 1828937
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Rubus is the genus that includes all brambles or blackberries. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 273 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. A few instances of annotation in both biro and pencil. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, foxing to vertical edges, spine browned.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE NATURALIST SPECIAL ISSUE: STEPHEN BISHOP'S NEW FLORA OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE PART 1
Written by Stephen Bishop.
Stock no. 1828934
Published by The Gloucestershire Naturalists' society. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

An occasional publication of the Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society. No. 13; 2000. Cream cardwraps. 322 pages including index. B/w distribution maps and a few b/w illustrations. Light rubbing to cover corners. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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FLORA OF NORFOLK
Written by C.P. Petch; E.L. Swann.
Stock no. 1828932
Published by Jarrold and Sons Limited. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An account of the distribution and status of the Norfolk flora. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 288 pages. Lower edge of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine, edge-creased, 1.5" closed tear to top front fold.

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THE FLORA OF CHEPSTOW
Written by W.A. Shoolbred.
Stock no. 1828930
Published by Taylor and Francis. 1st 1920. Good condition.

The area consists of the lower part of the Valley of the Wye, from Bigsweir Bridge southwards to the mouth of the river at Beachley. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. Folding b/w map of Chepstow area. vii and 140 pages. Boards are almost detached (just hanging on by a thread!). Corners of boards rubbed & worn. Annotation throughout. Map is present and clean, torn at a couple of folds (no loss).

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ECOLOGICAL FLORA OF THE SHROPSHIRE REGION
Written by C.A. Sinker; J.R. Packham; et al. Illustrated by Anne Gilbert; Lindsay Brown.
Stock no. 1828929
Published by Shropshire Trust For Nature Conservation. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book ranges beyond the county boundary to include interesting and important parts of neighbouring counties, especially on the Welsh side. Large format. Dark orange cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. One acetate overlay included. xvi and 344 pages including index. ISBN: 095086370X. Heavy bump to lower rear edge of spine but not affecting contents. Acetate overlay is present. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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SUPPLEMENT TO THE FLORA OF WILTSHIRE
Written by L.F. Stearn.
Stock no. 1828924
Published by Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A complete list of county botanical records since Grose's Flora of Wiltshire was published in 1957 up to and including 1972. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis plate and a few illustrations. xvi and 150 pages including index. ISBN: 0950196525. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Rear corners bumped, vertical edge of rear board has a small knock. Contents are clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small tears and small chips, unevenly faded.

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A CONTRIBUTION TO A FLORA OF MERIONETH
Written by Peter Benoit; Mary Richards.
Stock no. 1828923
Published by The West Wales Naturalists' Trust. 2nd 1963. Very good condition.

Second Edition (revised). Cardwraps. Staple-binding. A list of species. 69 pages. Covers a little grubby and lightly rubbed at corners. 'Merioneth' written in biro to spine. Staples starting to rust and thus bleeding to spine and contents. Else contents clean.

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THE FLORA OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by S. Hamilton.
Stock no. 1828922
Published by John E. Southall. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Being a Catalogue of all the Flowering Plants known to be native to the County; and a guide to localities, together with a List of Ferns. Slim volume. 81 & xi pages including index. Boards browned, and a little marked. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Endpapers and text block browned. Hinges a little pulled but binding tight. A few light creased corners. Ink blot to vertical margin of pages 50-66. Else contents clean.

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FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS
Written by William A. Clarke.
Stock no. 1828921
Published by Trollius Publications. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

The text of this reprinted edition of William Clarke's invaluable reference work is taken from the second edition, originally published in 1900. To this has been added the supplement which appeared in Journal of Botany 1909. Green cardwraps. xvi and 194 pages. ISBN: 095397183X. Edges lightly rubbed, rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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HYBRIDIZATION AND THE FLORA OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by C.A. Stace.
Stock no. 1828889
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

975 hybrids recorded from the British Isles are represented here. An authoritative source of information for field botanists who wish to discover hybrids in the wild, and for professional botanists who wish to use hybrids for both research and teaching purposes. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. xiii and 626 pages including index. ISBN: 0126616507. SIGNED and dated by author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Base of spine shelf-worn. Top front board corner lightly knocked. Text block lightly browned. Small black inked rubber stamp to front pastedown. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, heavily rubbed at edges with some wear, rear panel is grubby, front panel scuffed.

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