Succulent Liliaceae League of America and the Haworthia Review, 1946 - 1948

By: N/A

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Preston, 1998

Seller ID: 006071

ISBN: 0953400409

Condition: New

Illustrated with black and white photographs in the text, small quarto, pp 98, paperback, a very good copy. [A facsimile reprint of this very scarce publication. A plant index and a few brief notes and articles are added here which are not in the original printing.] View more info

British Cactus & Succulent Society Journal - Volumes 7, 8, and Volume 9 part 1 & 2

By: N/A

Price: £20.00

Publisher: BCSS:

Seller ID: 014608

Condition: Very Good

1989 - 1991. Large octavo, well illustrated, slight foxing to the first cover, otherewise very clean. In original parts in the standard red binder. View more info

Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States - Washington, Oregon and California : Volume 2 Buckwheats to Kramerias (Polygonaceae to Krameriaceae)

By: Abrams, Leroy

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Stanford & London, Stanford University Press: 1944

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 012475

Condition: Good

Well illustrated with many small line drawings, large thick octavo, pp viii, 635, a little age-toned, a neat name on the front endpaper, otherwise good and clean internally, green cloth, slightly rubbed, spine a little dull. [Covers Chenopodiaceae, Portulacaceae, Ranunculaceae, Droseraceae, Crassulaceae, Saxifragaceae, Rosaceae, Leguminosae etc.] View more info

Threatened Cacti of Mexico

By: Anderson, E.F.; Montes, S.A. & Taylor, N.P.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 006358

ISBN: 0947643702

Condition: Very Good

Well illustrated, large 8vo, pp 135,very slightly age-toned, otherwise a very good copy of the hardback edition in a slightly rubbed dustwrapper. View more info

Seed-Diversity in the Cactaceae subfamily Cactoideae

By: Barthlott, Wilhelm & Hunt, David

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Milborne Port, David Hunt: 2000

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 010501

ISBN: 0953813401

Condition: New

Illustrated with black and white scanning-electron microscope images, pp 173, paperback, a very good copy. View more info

The New Haworthia Handbook

By: Bayer, M.B.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Kirstenbosch, National Botanic Gardens of South Africa: 1982

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 013374

ISBN: 0620056320

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp (6), 124, lower corner pf pages very slightly bumped, soft cloth, very slightly worn. SCARCE. View more info

Genera Plantarum, Volume III part I (Volume 3 part 1)

By: BENTHAM, George & HOOKER, J.D.;

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, L. Reeve & Co & Williams & Norgate: 1880

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 011505

Condition: Good

Large 8vo, pp viii, 459, with the signature of the Kew botanist Alan Radclyffe-Smith on the front endpaper and also his tiny book label, the very odd pencilled note within the text, otherwise an extremely clean copy internally, original blue cloth very slightly frayed, the front endpaper is a little cracked, otherwise a good sound copy. [Cover such important families as the Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Polygonaceae, Proteaceae and of course the Euphorbiaceae.] View more info

Biotic Communities of the American Southwest-United States and Mexico Desert Plants Volume 4 Nos 1-4. Special Issue.

By: Brown, David E. (editor)

Price: £8.50

Publisher: The University of Arizona: 1982

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 015228

Condition: Fair

Well illustrated, quarto, pp 342, lower corner damp-wrinkled throughout, paperback, covers slightly worn with similar damp-wrinkle. View more info

Essay on Flowers and My Madness (Ensaio sobre as flores e a minha loucura)

By: Capela, Pedro

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Preston,

Edition: First Edition.

Seller ID: 006072

ISBN: 0955272661

Condition: New

[Not dated - c. 2005]. Well illustrated in colour, small quarto, pp 88, paperback, a very good copy. [A bizarre, eccentric, poetic journey through the endangered Mozambique flora. En route the author provides many useful photographs of aloes, cycads and other tropical plants. Bilingual text in English and Portuguese]. View more info

Lithops - Flowering Stones

By: Cole, Desmond T. & Naureen A. Cole

Price: £600.00

Publisher: Cactus & Co.: 2005

Edition: Second edition

Seller ID: 011584

ISBN: 8890051175

Condition: New

Second edition. Very well illustrated, large tall quarto, pp (2), 364, a very good new copy in dustwrapper. RARE. View more info

A Field Guide to the Common and Interesting Plants of Baja California

By: Coyle, Jeanette & ROBERTS, Norman C.

Price: £22.50

Publisher: La Jolla, California, Natural History Publishing Company: 1975

Seller ID: 005987

Condition: Good

Well illustrated, pp xi, 206, hardback, the dustwrapper has been permanently sealed to the cover, otherwise a good sound clean copy. View more info

Grass Aloes in the South African Veld

By: Craib, Charle

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Hatfield, South Africa, Umdaus Press: 2005

Seller ID: 010190

ISBN: 1919766413

Condition: New

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION - Number 1893 of 2000. Well illustrated by Gillian Condy and Murray Ralfe, large tall quarto, pp xii, 156, a very good new copy in dustwrapper, in slipcase. (A heavy book - extra postage may be needed) View more info

The Mammillaria Handbook, with descriptions, illustrations and key to the species

By: Craig, Robert T.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Wakefield & New York, Micro Methods Ltd & Johnson Reprint Corporation: 1965

Seller ID: 005989

Condition: Very Good

Well illustrated in black and white, large 8vo, pp xvi, 390, signature on front endpaper, endpapers slightly marked otherwise a very good copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper which is permanently sealed to the book. View more info

Coryphantha - Cacti of Mexico and Southern USA

By: Dicht, R.F. & Luthy, A.D.

Price: £90.00

Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Springer: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 014493

ISBN: 3450223061

Condition: As New

Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 200, pictorial boards, a very good copy, as new. [This unique reference work presents the first comprehensive taxonomy of Coryphantha, with a complete key to the genus. It contains a new taxonomic classification of all 43 species and 11 subspecies, with morphological and ecological descriptions. These cacti, which grow in Mexico and southern USA, are characterized by their typical grooved tubercles and large flowers. The book is the result of many years of viewing the literature and fieldwork by the author team and their ongoing commitment to map out the nom... View more info