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ILLUSTRATIONS OF ALIEN PLANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by E.J. Clement; D.P.J. Smith; I.R. Thirlwell.
Stock no. 1828888
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
A broad miscellany of line drawings of mostly unusual alien (non-native) plants that occur in the wild in the British Isles and for which diagnostic, botanical drawings are difficult to find in the literature available in a typical small botanical library. Purple pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 466 pages. ISBN: 0901158321. Book has been read and spine condition is evidence of this in that it has become concave. Spine is faded as are cover edges. Contents are clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
THE SPIDERS AND ALLIED ORDERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Theodore H. Savory.
Illustrated by Florence M. Brummitt.
Stock no. 1828887
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1953.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. Descriptions of every family of British spiders, every species of harvestman and false scorpion, also the more familiar of the British mites and sea-spiders. Brown imitation leather with gilt and black titles. Pictorial endpapers. 63 figures in colour. 130 illustrations and 88 diagrams. 223 pages including index. Reprint. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few small chips, top of spine missing, rear panel grubby.
ALIEN PLANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by E.J. Clement; M.C. Foster.
Stock no. 1828886
Published by Botanical Society Of The British Isles.
1st
1994.
Very good condition.
A provisional catalogue of vascular plants (excluding grasses). Red cardwraps with white floral illustration. xviii and 590 pages including index. ISBN: 0901158232. Spine faded to pink with vertical crease through use. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Some creasing to covers. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
FLORA OF CONNEMARA AND THE BURREN
Written by D.A. Webb; Mary J.P. Scannell.
Stock no. 1828885
Published by Royal Dublin Society; Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge.
1st
1983.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Connemara and the Burren are two adjacent but strongly contrasted regions of the west of Ireland which have long been famous among botanists for their wealth of rare and interesting plants. Designed to be used in conjunction with a systematic Flora, but contains many hints on identification which will be appreciated by the less experienced botanist. Olive green cloth boards, navy title block with gilt title to spine. A few b/w and colour photos. xlv and 322 pages including index. ISBN: 052123395X. Base of spine shelf-worn, light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapperis faded to spine with some fading to rear panel, wear to top of spine.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- FLORA
- IRELAND
FLOWERS OF GREECE AND THE BALKANS A FIELD GUIDE
Written by Oleg Polunin.
Illustrated by Oleg Polunin; et al..
Stock no. 1828884
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Almost 3000 species of flowering plants named or described, and keyed. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. xv and 592 pages plus colour plates to rear. ISBN: 0192176269. Vertical crease to spine - reading wear. Base of spine lightly worn with a tiny piece of fraying. Text block browned. Ownership inscription in ink to top of title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WILD FLOWERS
- GREECE
- BALKANS
- YUGOSLAVIA
- BULGARIA
A REVIEW OF THE CORNISH FLORA 1980
Written by L.J. Margetts; R.W. David.
Stock no. 1828883
Published by Institute Of Cornish Studies.
1st
1981.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first comprehensive survey of all the flowering plants and ferns of Cornwall (including casuals) to appear since Davey's 'Flora' (1909) and Thurston and Vigurs' 'Supplement' (1922). Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0903686341. Boards clean. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. A few pencilled marks to a few page margins. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- FLORA
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
THE WILTSHIRE FLORA
Written by Beatrice Gillam.
Stock no. 1828881
Published by Pisces Publications.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The conditions that give rise to the varied flora of Wiltshire; monographs of ten of Wiltshire's special plants; and the main section - the flora. Includes geographical and topographical maps. 8 colour plates. 386 pages. ISBN: 0950824585. A lovely copy. Includes laminated overlay with two grids. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- COUNTY FLORA
- FLORA
- WILD FLOWERS
- FLOWERS
- SOUTH WEST UK
- WILTSHIRE
MEDITERRANEAN WILD FLOWERS
Written by Christopher Grey-Wilson.
Illustrated by Marjorie Blamey.
Stock no. 1828880
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
1993.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Wild flowers of Portugal, Spain, Southern France, Italy, Dalmatian Coast, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and more. Over 2000 flowers, native and introduced, illustrated in colour and b/w. Glazed pictorial boards. 560 pages including index. ISBN: 0002199017. Top & tail of spine lightly worn (shelf-wear). Spine very slightly faded. Text block a little grubby. Postcode & country in ink to front pastedown. Rear endpapers grubby & marked. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and grubby/scuffed.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WILD FLOWERS
- MEDITERRANEAN
- FLOWERS
AN ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CYPRUS
Written by D.E. Viney.
Stock no. 1828879
Published by Koeltz Scientific Books.
1st
1994.
Almost very good condition.
A comprehensive and fully illustrated Flora (grasses and sedges excepted). Cardwraps. Colour frontis and b/w line drawings. xxix and 697 pages. ISBN: 3874293645. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription to title page. Pictorial cardwraps are a little creased and scuffed. Text block is browned. Joints are pulled but glued spine is tight. Inside front cover has ink scuffing from printing, small mark to frontis. Top corner of contents lightly creased else contents are clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
- CYPRUS
- TURKEY
A FLORA OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS
Written by Sylvia M. Haslam; Peter D. Sell; Patricia A. Wolseley.
Stock no. 1828878
Published by Malta University Press.
1st
1977.
Good condition.
Blue & white cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. lxxi and 560 pages including index. Coers are edge-rubbed, creased and scuffed. Text block browned and slightly grubby. Hinge is split between pages 194 and 195, page 193/194 detached as a result. Contents are a little grubby to prelims and last few pages otherwise clean.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- MALTA
- ISLANDS
- FLORA
THE MOTHS OF THE BRITISH ISLES SERIES I (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Richard South; H.M. Edelsten; D.S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1828877
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1973.
Very good condition.
New Edition. 4.75 x 6.75 inches. Edited and revised by H.M. Edelsten and D.S. Fletcher. Blue illustrated endpapers. Coloured frontis plus colour and b/w illustrations. With accurately coloured figures of every species also drawings of eggs, caterpillars, chrysalids and food plants. Series I. Blue boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 0723200017. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Large black felt-tip label with symbol to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers and prelims.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- MOTHS
- INSECT
- WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES
FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Charles N. Colyer; Cyril O. Hammond.
Stock no. 1828876
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Wayside and Woodland Series. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles and fly vignette to front. Pink pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 383 pages including index. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards (shelf-wear) else boards clean and bright. Text block is lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is in three pieces: detached at front spine edge and rear flap. dustwrapper is very worn and creased, faded at spine, some loss including most of the lower half of the spine.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
- WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES