Pradhan, U.C. and Lachungpa. S.T. Sikkim-Himalayan Rhododendrons.
1st. Ed. Pub. Primulaceae Books. 1990 pp.130 with 56 colour photographs and numerous b/w. figs. Small 4to. Hardback. Occ. annotations to margins and notes to ffep. o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards vg., with mottling in thor. vg. dw., with gently sunned spine. Title page inscribed by both authors.
Provides a complete taxonomic revision of all the 36 species including several sub-species and varieties known from this region. The 59 colour plates and 54 figures made in the field illustrate the species, varieties and the winter bud and leaf arrangement.
£95.00 [ref: 70747]

Praeger, R. Lloyd. Open-Air Studies in Botany: Sketches of British Wild-Flowers in their Homes.
1st. Ed. Pub. Charles Griffin. 1897 pp.xiii, 266 with 7 b/w. photographic plates and text figs., plus 56-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Neat early signature. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, only very occ. spotting to margins internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth thor. vg. to nr. fine.
Praeger was instrumental in developing advanced methodologies in Irish botany and was involved in the establishment of 'paleoecology' as a distinct field of study in Ireland.
£65.00 [ref: 64764]

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Praeger, Robert Lloyd. The Genus Sedum in Cultivation. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. XLVI.
1st. Ed. Pub. RHS. 1921 pp.314 with 185 b/w. figs. Large 8vo. Ex. Lib. Contents fine. More recent red cloth binding very gently sunned to spine o/w. fine.
This is highly respected Irish Naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger’s detailed work, with a worldwide focus, on the cultivation of the Genus Sedum.
£25.00 [ref: 71921]

Press, M.C. and Graves, J.D. Parasitic Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chapman & Hall. 1995 pp.x, 292 with b/w. figs. Small 4to. Fine hardback.
Provides full coverage relating to the biology, diversity and control of parasitic flowering plants, which cause huge crop losses the world over.
£75.00 [ref: 65215]

Preston, C.D. Pondweeds of Great Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook No. 8.
1st. Ed. Pub. BSBI. 1995 pp.352 with b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine softback, with minor spotting to fore-edges of text block and gently sunned to spine.
Covers the genera Potamogeton, Groenlandia, and Ruppia. Also useful for identifying pondweeds elsewhere in Europe.
£12.00 [ref: 68795]

Preston, C.D. & Croft, J.M. Aquatic Plants in Britain and Ireland.
Pub. Harley Books. 1997 pp.365 with b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 4to. A fine hdbk.
£45.00 [ref: 49194]

Preston, C.D. & Croft, J.M. Aquatic Plants in Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Harley Books. 1997 pp.365 with b/w. illus. and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. Out-of-print in hardback.
This is not principally an identification manual, but instead provides a summary of the distribution, habitat and reproductive biology of 200 taxa in 72 genera, with individual distribution maps.
£45.00 [ref: 56305]

Preston, C.D. (et al). New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. An Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. O.U.P. 2003 pp.xi, 910 with distribution maps throughout. Small folio. Stamped ‘Damaged’ to title page since this copy does not have the CD-ROM. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£30.00 [ref: 64691]

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Preston, C.D. et al. New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. An Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. O.U.P. 2003 pp.xi, 910 with distribution maps throughout. Small folio. A fine hdbk. in fine dw. Out-of-print. Importantly, this copy comes with the CD ROM as published, and also the ‘publisher’s insert’ which replaces page 627.
£90.00 [ref: 53466]

Preston, C.D. et al. New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. An Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. O.U.P. 2002 pp.xi, 910 with dist. maps throughout. Small folio. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Out-of-print. Importantly, this copy comes with the CD ROM as published, and also the ‘publisher’s insert’ which replaces page 627.
This immense work (which replaced the previous Atlas of the British Flora (1962) provides distribution maps and accompanying text for 2,412 flowering plants and ferns found in Great Britain and Ireland.
£100.00 [ref: 52734]