Fraser, M. The Smallest Kingdom. Plant and Plant Collectors at the Cape of Good Hope.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2011 pp.220 with colour illus., thoughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £27.99
‘The Smallest Kingdom’ is a beautifully illustrated account of the botanical exploration of South Africa's Cape Floral Kingdom and the plants that this region has given to the gardens of the world over the last four centuries.
£15.00 [ref: 57096]

Freeth, N. & Landsberg, O. Going Nowhere: Exploring London’s Abandoned Places.
1st. Ed. Pub. Baffin Books. 2017 pp.151 with colour photos. throughout. Small 4to. New softback.
An exploration in words and photographs of London’s stranger, lonelier locations, the stubbed out roads and railways and broken-off bridges and viaducts. With text by Nick Freeth and photographs by Olivia Landsberg.
£9.99 [ref: 62721]

Frowine, S.A. Fragrant Orchids. A Guide to Selecting, Growing, and Enjoying.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2005 pp.200 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. New hardback in new dw.
Profiles 110 fragrant orchids, with information on cultivation techniques and notes on the plants fragrance and intensity. With six extensive lists featuring a further 350 orchids grouped by ease of culture, intensity of fragrance and season of bloom.
£30.00 [ref: 60956]

Fry, Carolyn (et al). The Last Great Plant Hunt. The Story of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Project
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew. 2011 pp.192 with 155 colour photographs. Large 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £27.99.
This wonderfully illustrated work describes the importance of seed collecting and the work of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, the process of collecting and taking care of seeds, the uses of banked seed, and the future of seed conservation worldwide.
£22.50 [ref: 62164]

Gale, Rowena & Cutler, David. Plants in Archaeology. Identification manual of artefacts of plant origin from Europe and the Mediterranean.
1st. Ed. Pub. Westbury. 2000 pp.xiii, 512 with b/w. microscopic photos. Large 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £75.00.
A practical guide to the identification of vegetative plant materials used in Europe and the southern Mediterranean from the early prehistoric to c. 1500 AD. One hundred and sixty species illustrated with over 600 photomicrographs.
£65.00 [ref: 50922]

Gardner, C. & Gardner, B. Flora of the Mediterranean. With California, Chile, Australia and South Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury Wildlife. 2019 pp.ix, 422 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £40.00.
With 600 stunning colour photographs, and presenting a breadth of flora never before brought together in a single volume, the authors offer a unique window on the flora of the Mediterranean world.
£36.00 [ref: 61001]

Gardner, Martin. The Yew Hedge. Conserving ancient trees from the UK and beyond.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Edinburgh. 2022 pp.170 with 57 b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. New. RRP £20.00.
Tells the fascinating story of some remarkable native forests and heritage trees of the European yew (Taxus baccata) located in the UK and overseas. The progeny of the trees have been planted to form a unique conservation hedge which now surrounds the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. It comprises of almost 2,000 trees collected from 16 countries where they are threatened.
£18.00 [ref: 62940]

Garrigues, R. and Dean, R. Birds of Costa Rica.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Helm. 2014 pp.xiii, 425 plus quick find index, with 174 plates of col. illus. 8vo. New softback. RRP £30.00.
Features descriptions and illustrations of all 903 species definitely known from Costa Rica, including pelagics and species regular to Cocos Island.
£27.00 [ref: 65651]

Gascoigne, J. Captain Cook. Voyager Between Worlds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hambledon Continuum. 2007 pp.xvi, 288 with b/w. illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP £35.00
In his voyages, Captain Cook came across peoples with hugely different systems of thought and cultures. John Gascoigne explores what happened when the two systems met, and how each side interpreted the other in terms of their own beliefs and experiences.
£27.50 [ref: 57090]

Gatter, W. Birds of Liberia.
Rep. Pub. Helm. 2013 pp.320 with colour plates, text figs. and maps throughout. Front end papers a little cracked, binding not affected. Would be sold as ‘new’ but for this very minor defect. In a new dustwrapper. In-print at £60.00; Save £22.00.
£38.00 [ref: 45733]