Large 8vo, pp xx, 466, paperback, slight wear to the covers, the lower cover slightly creased, a very good copy internally. [Haploids. Diploids. Mutation and Mutagenesis. Somaclonal variation. Somatic morphogenesis. Protoplast. View More...
Illustrated, large octavo, pp xxiv, 413, (i), slightly used and weak internally, one manuscript correction in ink, blue cloth a little worn, un un-lettered spine, a duplicate from East Malling Research Station with a stamp on front endpaper and verso of title page, a shelf number on the spine, traces of labels removed from endpapers. RARE. View More...
["Characteristics of the most important for the pharmacology and technology plant species in illustrations, with explanatory text or Atlas of Pharmaceutical Botany"]. Small quarto, illustrated with 100 lithograph plates, (of which 4 are partially and lightly hand-coloured), pp (2), 116, light waterstaining at the base of the text pages but the plates are not affected, a little age-toning, the first plate rather age-toned but the rest very bright, recently bound in a new marbled cloth, with black spine label. View More...
{Originally published 1846.} Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and five plates, octavo, pp 108, exceptionally clean internally, paperback, a very good copy. [Phytopathological Classics Number 8. Sir John Burnett's copy, with his signature on the upper cover.] View More...
Illustrated, large octavo, pp 534, slightly used internally, paperback, covers slightly worn, spine wrinkled and slightly fraying at the head. [Professor Jack Hawkes' copy, with his signature on the front endpaper and the outer cover. He contributed one of the papers, many of which are in English.] A heavy book - extra postage may be needed. View More...
Illustrated with botanical line drawings, octavo, pp 286, a very good copy in dustwrapper. Nigel Hepper's copy, signed by author and artist. SCARCE. [Covers Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.] View More...
Illustrated, octavo, pp xii, 293, x, very clean internally, cloth very slightly marked, otherwise a very good copy. SCARCE. [Signature of E. Milsum on front endpaper] View More...
1985 - 1994. Two volumes, covering families A-D and E-I. Two frontispieces, two maps, but no other illustrations, large octavo, pp xvi, 960; xii, 636, very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper of the first volume is a little rubbed. [From the library of the Kew botanist Nigel Hepper, with his signature in the first volume.] Very heavy - extra postage may be needed. View More...
[1842 - {1846}]. Large thick quarto, 172 fine hand coloured plates each with at least one page of descriptive text (often more), two or three early pages with fox blotches, slightly affecting a few plates, plate 4 has been folded at the name to avoid losing any text when trimmed by the binder (see illustration), with plate 24 the red pigment has oxidised slightly and offset to the text, the later few plates and text are slightly age-toned at the margins; with the title page to the first volume but any others have been discarded by the binder, five contents pages are present, and then an owner ... View More...
Dritte Abtheilung. Small slim quarto, pp vi, 50, (ii), with 12 very fine hand-coloured lithographic plates. The text pages show a little age-toning, with some foxing around the margins; the plates are exceptionally bright and clean. Neatly bound in green cloth, probably dating from the 1930's. The bookplate is of Kenneth Lazenby, a founder member of the Alpine Garden Society. RARE. View More...
Large octavo, pp xviii, 471, not illustrated, very clean internally, brown cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is a bit rubbed, with a tear to its back cover. [From the library of Dr Peter Moore, with his small label on the front endpaper]. View More...
Second edition. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xiv, 304, slightly marked and used internally, an ex-library copy with stamp on both sides of the title page, lacking the front endpaper, an inked number on the half-title, green cloth very good, in a torn and slightly worn price-clipped dustwrapper. View More...
A few illustrations within the text, octavo, pp (6), 278, an old pencil price rather heavy on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean inernally, paperback, covers very slightly worn. [Plants as a source of food; nutrition from the soil; energy in crop production; origins of modern agriculture; strategies for pest control; plant breeding and the green revolution etc.] View More...
Very well illustrated throughout, folio, pp xiv, 194, very clean internally, grey cloth in excellent condition, a very good new copy in dustwrapper. {Limited edition of 999 copies - this one being number 406}. [This fabulous large format book, on what hobbyists still tend to call Sarcocaulons but taxonomically are now all included in Monsonia and the title "Bushman Candles" neatly sidesteps, is based around the extensive field knowledge of the two authors. For each of the 15 species there is a full description and diagnostic features, geographic distribution and habitat preference, history, l... View More...
Fourth impression. 12mo, (measures 105mm x 132mm], illustrated with line drawings, pp 72, (4), slightly used internally, paperback, the covers slightly worn and creased. From the library of the botanist F.R. Irvine and originally gifted to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with their small stamp inside the front cover. RARE. [Prepared for the wartime use of castaway airman and military. A guide to useful plants and useful and harmful sea creatures. This fourth printing has a four page supplement on coconuts, toddy, making foot protection and fish spears.] View More...
12mo, pp viii, 212, not illustrated, a little foxing to the fore-edge, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, covers showing only the slightest signs of wear. A small format work, but very concentrated information. VERY SCARCE. View More...
63 coloured and 37 plain plates, 12mo, pp vi, 173, some foxing throuoghout, half-title slightly marked, grey cloth a little dull and worn, lower cover a little marked. SCARCE. View More...
[1984 reprint of the original work of 1930]. Illustrated, octavo, pp xvi, 312, (4), paperback, a very good copy. [A work of considerable detail.] View More...
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