Phillips, R. & Rix, M. The Botanical Garden. Vol. I & II.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 2002 Two volume set with colour photographs throughout. 4to. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. fine hardbacks in fine dws., just gently sunned to spines.
This major two volume reference work covers over 1,000 genera and is the most comprehensive work of its kind, bridging the divide between scientific texts and everyday horticultural books. It provides an unrivalled insight into the relationships between garden plants and the natural environment from which they come.
£29.50 [ref: 71421]

Phillips, Roger. Grasses, Ferns, Mosses & Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ward Lock 1980 pp.191 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine softback.
Large format book with excellent colour photographs
£10.00 [ref: 71940]

Pickering, H. Wild Flowers of Mombacho Nicaragua. Flores Silvestres del Mombacho.
1st. Ed. Pub. Botanical Research Inst. of Texas. 2006 pp.217 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to half-title. Fine softback with gently sunned spine. Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Covers the whole of Volcan Mombacho including both the evergreen, humid forest above 800m and the dry, deciduous forest below this level.
£14.50 [ref: 65877]

Pickston, M. The Language of Flowers.
7th. Imp. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1983 pp.[27] with charming col. decoration to margins. Small 8vo. Hardback. Previous lady owner’s name to ffep., with photograph of a man loosely inserted (probably a love of said owner) and a pressed flower also loosely inserted. Nr. fine hardback.
Facsimile reprint of hand written, illustrated, manuscript which we believe dates to 1913. An alphabetical list of flowers and their meanings.
£10.00 [ref: 70101]

Pielou, E.C. The World of Northern Evergreens.
1st. Ed. 3rd. Prt. Pub. Comstock Pub. Assocs. 1994 pp.x, 174 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine softback. Out-of-print.
Discusses the distinctive features of various evergreen trees, describes how they reproduce and grow. Considers the impact of fire, wind, snow, ice, clear-cutting and air pollution.
£12.00 [ref: 56275]

Pierrot, R.B. Les Bryophytes du Centre-Ouest. Classification, Determination, Repartition.
1st. Ed. Pub. Societe Botanique du Centre-Ouest. 1982 pp.124 with map. French text with Latin names. 8vo. Fine softback. Out of print.
This issue of the bulletin is a revised and expanded second edition of the identification keys originally published in Bulletin Special No. 1 in 1974 under the title "Clés de Détermination des Bryophytes de la Région Poitou-Charentes-Vendée". New species have been described since, and so the title of this new edition has changed to reflect the bigger area now considered. There are three genus-level identification keys for Hepatica, and acrocarp and pleurocarp mosses.
£7.50 [ref: 67551]

Piers, F. Orchids of East Africa.
2nd. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. J. Cramer 1968 pp. 304 with 2 col. plates & 116 b/w. figs. Large 8vo. Softback. Neat ownership details to ffep. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, ends and very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Card covers thor. vg.
£15.00 [ref: 50050]

Pietropaolo, James & Patricia. Carnivorous Plants of the World.
Rep. Pub. Timber Press. 1999 pp.206 with colour photographs & b/w. figs. Large 4to. Nr. fine softback.
Well-illustrated and complete introduction, with information on all genera presently viewed as carnivorous.
£12.00 [ref: 64495]

Pietropaolo, James & Patricia. Carnivorous Plants of the World.
Rep. Pub. Timber Press. 1999 pp.206 with colour photographs & figs. Large 4to. Fine softback.
‘The most comprehensive guide to culture, propagation and hybridization available’.
£12.00 [ref: 49929]

Pietsch, T.W. The Curious Death of Peter Artedi. A Mystery in the History of Science.
1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Scott & Nix. 2010 pp.x, 222 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A work of historical fiction told through the voice of Carl Linnaeus which explores the friendship between Carl Linnaeus and Peter Artedi, a fellow scientist who drowned in Amsterdam in 1735 under mysterious circumstances.
£19.50 [ref: 66514]