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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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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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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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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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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Christopher Logue. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1328650
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Wonderful full-colour pop-ups. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0224013009. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Foxing else contents clean. Pop-ups in excellent working order.

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DE HISTORIA ET VERITATE UNICORNIS ON THE HISTORY AND TRUTH OF THE UNICORN
Written by Michael Green.
Stock no. 1328649
Published by Running Press. 1st PB 1983. Very good condition.

The facsimile and translation of an original manuscript. Green cardwraps. 64 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0894712063. Rubbing to cover edges. Joints inside covers are cracked. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE ARABLE WEEDS OF EUROPE WITH THEIR SEEDLINGS AND SEEDS
Written by M. Hanf.
Stock no. 1828961
Published by Basf. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Includes loosely inserted supplement: The Division of Weed Seedlings into Groups and Identification of Weeds According to Vegetative Characteristics. Matt white pictorial boards. 494 pages including index. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. Light browning to boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Supplement is present with a few marks to covers else clean.

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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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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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FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN
Written by Raymond Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1328648
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Revolting! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Fungus coming in the window. Colour illustrations throughout with the text. ISBN: 0241895537. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly browned. Dent to edge of rear cover. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of textblock.

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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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MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Chris Beetles. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1328647
Published by Pavilion; Michael Joseph. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A tribute to Attwell's enduring talent and style with biographical summary, colour illustrations and bibliography. ISBN: 1851452826. Slight bumping to spine. Foxspots else contents fine.

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