McCosh, D. & Rich, T. Atlas of British and Irish Hawkweeds. (Pilosella L. and Hieracium L.).
1st. Ed. Pub. BSBI. 2011 pp.i, 496 with b/w. silhouettes & dist. maps. 8vo. Fine softback.
Each species account has Latin and English names, distribution map, representative silhouette, brief notes, list of vice-counties from which it has been recorded, and IUCN threat category.
£12.00 [ref: 68807]

McCune, B. & Geiser, L. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Oregon State Univ. Press. 2009 pp.xl, 464 with colour photos throughout. Fine softback.
This comprehensive guide to the region's macrolichens will enable the user to identify specimens and provides information on their distribution and abundance.
£19.50 [ref: 67529]

McLean, Brenda. A Pioneering Plantsman. A K Bulley and the Great Plant Hunters.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Stationary Office. 1997 pp.xvi, 184 with colour, b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. A little spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
‘This is the story of Arthur K. Bulley (1861-1942), a Liverpool cotton broker in an era of Empire and exploration.’
£16.00 [ref: 72245]

McMurtrie, M. Scottish Wild Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 2001 pp.279 with 132 full-page col. plates & text illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Although not intended as a complete flora of Scotland, this work is exceedingly representative. Plants have been arranged, as far as possible, in groups according to colour for ease of identification.
£20.00 [ref: 71402]

McNary Wood, K. Flowers of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 2003 pp.viii, 215 with col. photos. throughout. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Occ. informed pencil annotations to margins. Nr. fine softback.
£38.00 [ref: 65892]

Mee, M. Margaret Mee’s Amazon. Diaries of an Artist Explorer.
1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Coll. Club./RBG. 2004 pp.319 with col. illus. & photos. throughout. 4to. Light printer’s creasing to p.75-80 o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist. The half-title has an inscription from Margaret Mee’s husband Greville Mee which reads ‘With many grateful thanks for all you have done in memory of Margaret’, with an additional inscription from Ruth Stiff offering her thanks for Prof. Lucas’s ‘wonderful efforts’. Loosely inserted is a two page handwritten letter from Greville Mee (dated Chiswick 28.10.04) thanking Gren for his involvement in seeing this book into production and offering his sincere thanks for all he has done in furthering Margaret Mee’s aims and ideals. A wonderful, unique copy.
In the letter Greville thanks Gren for his help in getting this book published and that ‘you were one of the principals behind it, indeed, I believe that without you it would not have happened’. Gren did much to support the work of Margaret Mee including being the person behind the concept of a 3-year exhibition of her work in the USA called ‘Margaret Mee: Return to the Amazon’. He was ‘an invaluable help’ and provided unstinting support to Ruth Stiff, the exhibition’s Curator.
£150.00 [ref: 67604]

Mee, Margaret & Wanderley, Maria Das Graças Lapa. Bromélias Brasileiras [Brazilian Bromeliads]. Aquarelas de Margaret Mee.
1st. Ed. Pub. Instituto de Botanica de Sao Paulo. 1992 pp.159 with col. illus. throughout. Dual language - Portuguese and English text. Large 4to. Hardback. Pictorial boards and publisher’s printed acetate sleeve. Fine.
The book shows 59 of Margaret Mees’s exceptional watercolours representing 17 genera and 56 species of Bromeliaceae.
£75.00 [ref: 68832]

Mee, Margaret and de Botton Brautigam, Sylvia. (Ed.). Margaret Mee.
1st. Ed. Pub. Fundaçao Botanica Margaret Mee. 2006 pp.365 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Hardback. Dual language - Portuguese and English text. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Very scarce.
An outstanding collection of the exquisite botanical illustrations by Margaret Mee. Margaret had a deep interest and admiration for Brazilian nature and flora. Her contribution to the study and dissemination of this flora is of enormous importance. Her watercolours, with their great sensitivity and rich botanical information, earned her admiration and recognition both nationally and internationally.
£195.00 [ref: 68842]

Meikle, R.D. Flora of Cyprus.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bentham-Moxon Trust. 1977-1985 Two volume set with colour frontis., and b/w., illus. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. to front paste downs. Nr. fine hardbacks.
Volume 1 of this exhaustive flora covers 50 families, whilst Volume 2 completes this survey of the flora of Cyprus and covers a further 61 families.
£40.00 [ref: 72264]

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Mendes E.J. (Ed.), (& Fernandes A.) Flora de Mocambique.
1st. Ed. Pub. Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar. 1969-1993 53 parts bound in 51 softbacks with b/w. illus. 4to. Ex Oxford University lib. Some parts uncut. Portuguese with Latin names. Thor. vg. Please contact us for more details.
An illustrated, serially issued flora of vascular plants, intended to assist with the identification of the flora of Mocambique. Published in individual family parts over twenty five years. Numbering of parts follows a predetermined sequence but publication is not in systematic order.
£150.00 [ref: 56287]

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