Miller Jr., O.K. Mushrooms of North America.
5th. Printing Pub. E.P. Dutton. 1981 pp.368 with 292 col. photos. plus line drawings to rear. 8vo. Fine softback in thor. vg. dw.
A comprehensive, well illustrated field guide with a key to determine in which major group a mushroom belongs and 72 other keys to determine exact species. A total of 680 species are considered.
£6.00 [ref: 72446]
Miller, A. and Morris, M. Plants of Dhofar. The Southern Region of Oman. Traditional, Economic and Medicinal Uses.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sultanate of Oman. 1988 pp.xxvii, 361 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
This in-depth flora documents the plants of Dhofar in the south of Oman and contains extensive notes on their traditional, economic, and medicinal uses.
£90.00 [ref: 68212]
Miller, DF. and Warren, R. Orchids. of the High Mountain Atlantic Rain Forest in Southeastern Brazil.
Pub. Salamandra. 1994 pp.vi, 182 with nearly 200 colour photographs. VG. in card covers.
£30.00 [ref: 34900]
Miller, J.H. Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests. A Field Guide for Identification and Control.
Rev. Ed. Pub. USDA. 2003 pp.iv, 93 with colour photos., throughout. Landscape 4to. Nr. fine softback.
Intended to provide accurate identification and effective control of the 33 plants or groups that are invading the forests of the 13 Southern States of America at an alarming rate.
£15.00 [ref: 58965]
Miller, Thomas. Common Wayside Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Routledge, Warne and Routledge. 1860 pp.185 with col. half-title page and 22 further col. illus. 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Charming inscription dated Feb. 1862 to ffep. Occ. spotting with some damp staining to bottom margin area of latter pages, o/w. contents thor. vg. Wonderful full morocco leather binding with rich gilt decoration in vg. condition. Scarce.
A visual guide to wayside flowers, with a poem to accompany each with a colour illustration by Birket Foster and a description by Thomas Miller.
£150.00 [ref: 67095]
Miller, W. A Dictionary of English Names of Plants. Applied in England and Among English-speaking people to cultivated and wild plants, trees and shrubs.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Murray. 1884 pp.viii, 264. 8vo. Hardback. Signature dated 1891 to front pastedown, then two early signatures to title page and preface. Three sections loose - still a very readable copy. Light spotting to fore-edges and occ. internally. Closed tears to ffep. and p.63. Orignal brown cloth boards vg.
£10.00 [ref: 70083]
Milliken,W. (et al). The Ethnobotany of the Waimiri Atroari Indians of Brazil.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG, Kew.
1992 pp.ix, 146 with col. photos. and b/w. figs. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. ‘Brazil’ written on front cover. Nr. fine softback.
The Waimiri Atroari are a Carib-speaking tribe of Amazonian Indians, whose population has declined since intensive contact with the outside world commenced in the 1970s. A study of their ethnobotany was carried out in 1989 on behalf of Programa Waimiri Atroari. Plant-use data are presented for over 300 species, together with information regarding their distribution and ecology.
£19.50 [ref: 65869]
Mills, C. The Botanical Treasury. Celebrating 40 of the World’s Most Fascinating Plants through Rare Prints and Classic Texts.
1st. Ed. Pub. Andre Deutsch. 2016 pp.175 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine softback with a set of 40 individual colour prints (A4) suitable for framing all contained within a fine clamshell case.
From the treasures of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, forty plants are featured in this book of illustrations and facsimile documents together with a set of beautiful prints featuring such botanical artists as Ehret, Redoute, Marianne North and the Bauers.
£40.00 [ref: 68880]
Milne, Colin. A Botanical Dictionary: Or, Elements of Systematic and Philosophical Botany.
1st. Ed. Pub. William Griffin. 1770 pp.[564] plus index and two folding charts. 8vo. Some spotting / light marking to fore-edges of text block and occ. spotting to contents o/w. contents generally fine. Original full-calf binding with boards held by one cord and showing some rubbing and wear.
The long-title continues ‘Containing Descriptions of the Parts of Plants; an Explanation of the scientific Terms used by Morrison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnaeus, and other eminent Botanists; a brief Analysis of the principal Systems in Botany; a critical Enquiry into the Merits and Defects of the Linnean Method of Arrangement, and Distribution of the Genera’.
£70.00 [ref: 69515]
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Milne, J. Flowers in Watercolour. A step-by-step guide from simple flower studies to more advanced compositions.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 1992 pp.128 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback. in nr. fine dw.
Here, Judith Milne presents her simple and highly effective techniques, allowing the reader to follow step-by-step. Judith specialises in plant studies and has illustrated for Kew Gardens.
£5.00 [ref: 49399]