Polunin, O. and Huxley, A. Flowers of the Mediterranean.
4th. Rev. Imp. Pub. Chatto and Windus. 1972 pp.x, 260 with colour plates and line drawings. With pencilled in notes, comments and underlining. VG. in dw.
£20.00 [ref: 36215]
Polunin, O. and Huxley, A. Flowers of the Mediterranean.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Chatto and Windus. 1967 pp.xi, 257 with col. photos., line drawings & text figs. 8vo. Some spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in vg. dw.
Polunin and Huxley’s classic text to the flora of the Mediterranean, from Spain to Greece, Turkey and Lebanon.
£4.00 [ref: 70279]
Polunin, O. and Stainton, A. Flowers of the Himalaya. [with] Flowers of the Himalaya - A Supplement.
Rep. Pub. Oxford University Press. 1990 Two volume set with col. photos., & line drawings. 8vo. Nr. fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws.
This is the first book of its kind for identifying the wild flowers of the Himalaya. There are descriptions of types of climate, geology, soils and altitude effects. There is also an account of where to go plant-hunting in the Himalayas and at what seasons of the year.
£30.00 [ref: 71592]
Poole, A.L. and Adams, N.M. Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. R.E. Owen. 1963 pp.250 with numerous b/w. illus. 8vo. Neat inscription. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Superb line drawings and clear text assist with the identification of woody plants of forest and shrubland, from the coast to subalpine areas.
£18.00 [ref: 55263]
Poole, Bryan. Botanical Etchings & Watercolours on Vellum.
1st. Ed. Pub. The London Sketch Club. 2019 pp.177 with col. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Title page signed by Bryan Poole. Fine hardback.
Published to coincide with the artist’s exhibition at The London Sketch Club.
£230.00 [ref: 66794]
Pooley, E. Mountain Flowers. A Field Guide to the Flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho.
1st. Ed. Pub. Flora Publications Trust. 2003 pp.320 with over 1,300 colour photos, and dist. maps throughout. 8vo. Presentation copy from the author to Peter and Stella Hitchins. Fine hardback. Out-of-print in hardback.
Peter Michael Hitchins (1940-2019) was a well-known South African conservationist and founder of the Game Rangers Association of Africa.
£22.50 [ref: 61523]
Pooley, E. The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand & Transkei.
1st. Ed. Pub. Natal Flora Publications Trust. 1993 pp.512 with col. photos. & dist. maps throughout. 8vo. Ownership insc. VG. softback. Signed by author to title page.
Covers 780 tree species with colour photographs, clear line drawings, distribution maps, and easy-to-use leaf key.
£12.50 [ref: 61524]
Pooley, Elsa. Flowers, Grasses, Ferns and Fungi. Southern African Green Guide.
Pub. Southern. 1998 pp.64 with colour photographs. 8vo. A fine softback, with a few neat annotations in ink.
£15.00 [ref: 49296]
Pope, C. et al. The Isle of Wight Flora.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dovecote Press. 2003 pp.255 with colour photos., and b/w. dist. maps. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Authorative account of the status and distribution of flowering plants, mosses, liverworts and stoneworts, supported by chapters on the island's geology, climate and the vegetation history as understood from the pollen record.
£35.00 [ref: 62803]