Perring, F.H. & Walters, S.M. Atlas of the British Flora.
Pub. Thomas Nelson. 1962 pp.xxiv, 432 with overlays. VG. in chipped dw. with a little loss to top of spine.
£10.00 [ref: 40127]
Perry, A.R. Mosses and Liverworts of Woodland. A Guide to Some of the Commonest Species.
1st. Ed. Pub. National Museum of Wales. 1992 pp.40 with col. & b/w. photos, dist. maps. and text illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
An excellent introductory guide, with brief descriptions and distribution maps for Britain and Ireland. The guide contains photographs for some 21 species of mosses and 8 species of liverworts - collectively the most abundant bryophytes, especially in woodland habitats, in the British Isles.
£9.00 [ref: 72421]
Perry, A.R. and Ellis, R.G. (Eds.). The Common Ground of Wild and Cultivated Plants. Introductions, invasions, control and conservation.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nat. Mus. of Wales. 1994 pp.x, 166 with b/w. & col. photos., b/w. maps & illus. Large 8vo. Ex-Lib. Thor. vg. to nr. fine softback.
£9.00 [ref: 64511]
Pessei, A. Le piante officinali della Sardegna [the medicinal plants of Sardinia].
1st. Ed. Pub. Il Maestrale 2000 pp.192 with col. photos. throughout. Small 8vo. Italian with Latin names. Fine softback.
A brief history and pocket guide to the medicinal plants of Sardinia.
£10.00 [ref: 69164]
Petch, C.P. & Swann, E.L. Flora of Norfolk. [with] Supplement to the Flora of Norfolk.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jarrold & Sons and F. Crowe & Sons. 1968 & 1975 pp.288 with 115 coloured plates, endpaper maps. 4to. Hardback. Inscription and address label to ffep, label with author’s signature to verso of half-title. Fine in vg. dw., price-clipped. Fine softback supplement with author’signature to title page and signed letter from the author loosely inserted.
The first detailed guide to appear for fifty-five years and commemorates the centenary year of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society.
£17.50 [ref: 63240]
Petch, C.P. and Swann, E.L. West Norfolk Plants To-Day. [With] Supplement to “West Norfolk Plants Today”.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.S.B.I. 1962-64 pp.xiii, 89 with plates and folding map. 8vo. Softback. Address label. Light spotting to rear endpapers. Thor. vg. Three page supplement thor. vg. and loosely inserted.
An account of the distribution of native plants of West Norfolk which includes a list of the native species presumed extinct.
£6.50 [ref: 63178]
Petch, Dr. C.P. & Swann, E.L. Flora of Norfolk.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jarrold & Sons. 1968 pp.288 with 115 coloured plates, endpaper maps. 4to. Hardback. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and a little minor spotting to half-title o/w. a fine hardback.
The first detailed guide to appear for fifty-five years and commemorates the centenary year of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society.
£4.00 [ref: 70831]
Peters, C.R. (et al). Edible Wild Plants of Sub-Saharan Africa. An Annotated Checklist, Emphasizing the Woodland and Savanna Floras of Eastern and Southern Africa, Including the Plants Utilized for Food by Chimpanzees and Baboons.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG., Kew. 1992 pp.239. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
In this work the authors have attempted to compile a list of plants eaten, arranged by family, with a note of the plant part consumed and whether it is eaten by humans, baboons or chimpanzees.
£45.00 [ref: 65416]
Philips, Roger & Rix, Martyn. The Botanical Garden. Volume I: Trees and Shrubs; Volume II: Perennials and Annuals.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 2002 Two volume set. 4tos. Fine hdbks. in nr. fine dws. with slipcase in nr. fine condition.
£35.00 [ref: 50512]
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Phillips, E.P. The Genera of South African Flowering Plants. Botanical Survey of South Africa. Memoir No. 10.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cape Times. 1926 pp.702. 4to. Hardback. Ownership inscription on ffep. (dated Kenya 13/1/30). Minor spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Original printed boards in thor. vg. condition.
Produced to meet the demand for a handy account of South African Phanerogams.
£15.00 [ref: 50120]