Angel, H. British Wild Orchids.
Pub. Jarrold. 1977 pp. 40 with colour photographs. Nr. fine in card covers.
£5.00 [ref: 31206]
Beckett, E. Wild Flowers of Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza.
Pub. A.A.Balkema. 1988 pp.ix, 221 with 8 colour plates and some illus. A nr. fine copy in illus. boards.
This book offers a means of identification on three levels. For the complete beginner there are illustrations of the most striking wild plants. For those who wish to go further, there is help in the form of a botanical key. For those who already have this skill there is a key to all the wild flowerng plants.
£70.00 [ref: 38101]
Blamey, M and Grey-Wilson, C. The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe.
Pub. Hodder and Stoughton. 1989 pp. 544 with over 2,400 plants described and illustrated in colour. A couple of lightly coloured stains to top-edge which do not affect the contents. VG. in same dw.
Out-of-print and still considered to be the most comprehensive book of its kind.
£30.00 [ref: 36654]
Burtt, B.D. A Field Key to the Savanna Genera and species of Trees, Shrubs and Climbing Plants of Tanganyika Territory. Part 1: Genera and some Species, Part 2: The species of the more important genera with general index.
Pub. Government Printer. 1953-57 2 volumes with 25 photographic plates. One page of text lacking bottom corner otherwise VG. in original boards.
Volume 1 is the second revised edition of this work and dates to 1957. Volume 2 is the first edition, 1953.
£30.00 [ref: 37078]
Burtt, B.D. A Field Key to the Savanna Genera and Species of Trees, Shrubs and Climbing Plants of Tanganyika Territory. Part 1: Genera and Some Species.
Pub. Dar es Salaam, The Government Printer. 1939 pp.xvi, 53. Ex-Oxford Forest Lib. with usual library markings. Internal hinges tender, contents very clean. Good - vg.
£10.00 [ref: 37079]
Davies, P. & J. and Huxley, A. Wild Orchids. of Britain and Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chatto and Windus. 1983 pp.xii, 256 with 328 colour plates. VG. in vg. dw.
Geographic spread covering Iceland and Norway, the British Isles, across the continent through the orchid rich areas of France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria; throughout the Mediterranean from Portugal to Israel via Spain, Italy, Greece and all the major islands. Even the rarities from western Asia as far as the Urals are incorporated.
£15.00 [ref: 34323]
Davies, P. and Gibbons, B. Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Southern Europe.
Pub. Crowood. 1993 pp. 320 with colour photographic plates. Covers have come loose at spine o/w. vg.
£9.50 [ref: 38138]
Duperrex, A. Orchids of Europe.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Blandford. 1961 pp.xiv, 235 with 32 colour illus. and many line drawings. Some small entries to text and notes on rear end papers, o/w. internally very clean. In chipped dw., with several areas of loss.
£7.50 [ref: 31225]
Elliott, G. Australian Plants Identified. A Guide to the Identification of over 1000 commonly grown Australian Native Plants.
1st. Pub. Hyland House. 1990 pp, viii, 232 with 200 photographs, supported by line drawings throughout. Pbk. A good copy.
£18.00 [ref: 28408]
Fitter, A. An Atlas of the Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe.
1st. Pub. Collins. 1978 pp. 272 with colour maps. VG. copy in sl. rubbed and worn dw.
£12.50 [ref: 33244]