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). Bryophyte Recording Handbook. A guide to recording mosses and liverworts prepared by members of the British Bryological Society.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Bryological Society. 2012 pp.i, 42. 8vo. Fine softback.
£10.00 [ref: 68741]

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]

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. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print. Importantly, this copy comes with the CD ROM as published, and also a map overlay, loosely inserted.
Definitive account of the current distribution of British and Irish vascular plants, presenting an up-to-date summary of the range of British and Irish plant species, and demonstrating the large changes which have taken place in the range and frequency of many species since the Atlas of the British Flora was published in 1962. The accompanying CD-ROM will enable the user to view, print, and manipulate the records of mapped species.
£50.00 [ref: 65021]

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Preston, Rev. T.A. The Flowering Plants of Wilts. With sketches of the Physical Geography and Climate of the County.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wiltshire Arch. & Nat. Hist. Soc. 1888 pp.lxvix, 436 with hand-col. map of Wiltshire and one further fold-out map. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate of Henry Arnold Oliver to front pastedown. A little light spotting to verso of col. map, sections uncut o/w. contents in fine condition. Original, decorated green cloth with gilt motif, in nr. fine condition.
£35.00 [ref: 53792]

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Pridgeon, A.M. et al. (Eds.). Genera Orchidacearum. Volume 1. General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. O.U.P. 2009 pp.xiv, 197 with col. & b/w. photos and other text illus. 4to. New hardback lightly spotted to top-edge of text block and gently bumped to top corner. RRP £172.50.
Genera are comprehensively described, including the complete nomenclature, distribution, anatomy, cultivation, economic uses, taxonomic notes, and a select bibliography.
£50.00 [ref: 72616]