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SUSSEX PLANT ATLAS
Written by P.C. Hall.
Stock no. 1828969
Published by Booth Museum Of Natural History.
1st
1980.
Very good condition.
An atlas of the distribution of wild plants in sussex. Compiled from records collected by the Sussex Flora Society 1966-78. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w distribution maps. 179 pages including index. ISBN: 0950237264. Boards ligthly scuffed. Endpapers and text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
- SOUTH EAST UK
- SUSSEX
- ATLAS
- COUNTY FLORA
ATLAS OF THE KENT FLORA
Written by Eric G. Philp.
Stock no. 1828968
Published by Kent Field Club.
1st
1982.
Very good condition.
Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. One acetate overlay included. A few b/w photos and b/w distribution maps. xii and 211 pages. ISBN: 0905155370. Spine faded to light blue. Boards lightly scuffed. Acetate overlay is present. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- KENT
- COUNTY FLORA
- ATLAS
BRITISH RED DATA BOOKS: 1. VASCULAR PLANTS
Written by M.J. Wigginton.
Stock no. 1828967
Published by Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
3rd Edition. Britain's most endangered species. Compiled and edited by M.J. Wigginton. Large format. Red glazed boards. B/w distribution maps. 468 pages. ISBN: 1861074514. Reprint. Spine lightly faded to pink. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CONSERVATION
THE BOTANIST. THE BOTANICAL DIARY OF ELEANOR VACHELL (1879-1948)
Written by Eleanor Vachell; Michelle Forty; Tim Rich.
Stock no. 1828966
Published by National Museum of Wales.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
Eleanor Vachell was an outstanding amateur botanist of independent private means. This diary predominantly tells the story fo her botanical adventures with her friends during her quest to paint every British plant in the wild. Transcribed and edited from the original diary by Michelle Forty and Tim Rich. Large format. Cardwraps. 227 pages including index. ISBN: 0720005655. Laminate starting to peel back from vertical edge of front cover. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Covers and contetns lightly bowed. Contents are clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- DIARY
ATLAS OF FERNS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by A.C. Jermy; H.R. Arnold; et al.
Stock no. 1828965
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles; British Pteridological Society.
1st
1978.
Very good condition.
Large format. Yellow cardwraps. B/w distribution maps. 101 pages. ISBN: 0901158011. Covers grubby and lightly worn to corners, small split to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FERNS
- UK (GENERAL)
THE ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BLOW-FLY (MUSCA VOMITORIA LINN) A MONOGRAPH
Written by Benjamin Thompson Lowne.
Stock no. 1828964
Published by John Van Voorst.
1st
1870.
Good condition.
Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Ten hand-coloured plates. vi and 121 pages. Boards a little marked, rear board has a small nibble to lower edge exposing board, rear edge of spine has slight loss of cloth. Stop & tail of spine shelf-worn. Corners lightly bumped. Joints starting to crack. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Plate I is detached. All plates are present. Foxing throughout and a few grubby marks. A few annotations.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- ANATOMY
- ANTIQUARIAN
- VICTORIAN
- HAND COLOURED
BOTANICAL LATIN: HISTORY, GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, TERMINOLOGY AND VOCABULARY
Written by William T. Stearn.
Stock no. 1828962
Published by David & Charles.
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. An invaluable source of information for every taxonomic botanist and keen gardener. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xiv and 566 pages including index. ISBN: 0715356453. Second Impression. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Green custwrapper is lightly edge-worn and very slightly faded to spine.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- LATIN
- GARDENING
FLORIDA WETLAND PLANTS: AN IDENTIFICATION MANUAL
Written by John D. Tobe; Kathy Craddock Burks; et al.
Stock no. 1828960
Published by University Of Florida.
1st
1998.
Almost very good condition.
A definitive work, covering a majority of the plant species found in the Florida Wetland Delineation Methodology, 1994. Completely revised and rewritten update to the Identification Manual for Wetland Plant Species of Florida, published in 1972. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos & b/w drawings. x and 598 pages including index. ISBN: 0916287270. Base of spine bashed but contents unharmed. Small split to top front edge of spine. Spine is slightly twisted. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORIDA
- REFERENCE
THE DRAGONFLIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by Cyril O. Hammond.
Illustrated by A.E. Gardner.
Stock no. 1828959
Published by Curwen Books.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive illustrated work on the British Odonata. Enlarged illustrations of all the British species in colour and an illustrated key to the aquatic larval stages. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w distribution maps. 115 pages including index. ISBN: 0902068067. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Occasional foxspot to contents. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- DRAGONFLY
INDEX OF COLLECTORS IN THE WELSH NATIONAL HERBARIUM
Written by S.G. Harrison.
Stock no. 1828958
Published by National Museum of Wales.
1st
1985.
Very good condition.
This list of collectors whose specimens are represented in the Welsh National Herbarium is intended to provide details of sources for the specimens on herbarium sheets, in boxes or packets, or in bound volumes (the old-fashioned hortus siccus). It does not include most of the cultivated material, carpological and seed collections, timbers, slides, economic and spiritual collections, and miscellaneous curiosities. Brown cardwraps. 140 pages. ISBN: 0720002958. Covers unevenly faded. Rear cover a little grubby. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- REFERENCE
SIMPSON'S FLORA OF SUFFOLK
Written by Francis W. Simpson.
Stock no. 1828956
Published by Suffolk Naturalists' society.
1st
1982.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. xiv and 537 pages including index. ISBN: 0950815403. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with very slight fading to spine (hardly noticeable).
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- FLOWERS
- WILD FLOWERS
- EAST ANGLIA
- SUFFOLK
- FLORA
BRITISH MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS
Written by E. Vernon Watson.
Illustrated by E. Vernon Watson.
Stock no. 1828955
Published by Cambridge University Press.
2nd
1968.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. An introductory work with full descriptions and figures of over 200 species, and keys for the identification of all Except the Very Rare Species. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. xvi and 495 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block heavily browned. Some foxing present. Some annotation to contents. Slight musty odour present. Green pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with slight loss to top & tail of spine, browned to rear panel with some foxing.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- MOSSES
- UK (GENERAL)