Rackham, Oliver. Ancient Woodland. Its history, vegetation and uses in England.
New. Ed. Pub. Castlepoint Press. 2003 pp.xxxvi, 584 with numerous colour and b/w. photos, text figs. and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Rackham gives detailed historical and ecological accounts of both individual woods and a range of woodland types from prehistoric times to today, and shows how changing woodland management regimes have maintained and modified the woods. He has added nine brand new chapters since the first edition was published in 1980, and photographs have been re-scanned to improve reproduction.
£125.00 [ref: 70752]

Rackham, Oliver. Radiation, Transpiration, and Growth in a Woodland Annual.
1st. Ed. Pub. Botany School Cambridge. (c.1965) pp.167-185 with b/w. photos, figs. and tables. 8vo. Fine softback.
The Small Balsam or Impatiens parviflora DC was used as the focus for this study.
£15.00 [ref: 66385]

Rackham, Oliver. The Illustrated History of the Countryside.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Seven Dials 2000 pp.240 with colour photos. throughout. 4to. Nr. fine softback.
In this fascinating companion guide to Britain’s countryside Oliver Rackham shows how every field, tree, hedge and pond holds clues to the mysteries of the past, how to recognise these clues and how to interpret them. Includes eight guided walks in areas of beauty in England, Scotland and Wales.
£7.50 [ref: 72718]

Rackham, Oliver. The Twentieth J.L. Myres Memorial Lecture. Trees, Wood, and Timber in Greek History.
1st. Ed. Pub. Leopard’s Head Press. 2001 pp.40 with col. and b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Fine softback.
A lecture delivered at New College, Oxford, on 10th May, 1999.
£12.00 [ref: 66386]

Rackham, Oliver. Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape.
Rev. 2nd. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1990 pp.xix, 234 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Preferred revised edition. A comprehensive history of Britain’s woodlands and a useful field-work guide for those who want a fuller understanding of trees, in their various forms.
£16.00 [ref: 71638]

Rackham, Oliver. Woodlands.
1st. Ed. Pub. William Collins. 2015 pp.508 with b/w. photos., maps and illus. 8vo. A new softback.
Highly recommended. First published as title No.100 in the Collin’s New Naturalist series.
£12.99 [ref: 53635]

Raistrick, R. African Violets. In Search of the Wild Violets. A monograph on the genus Saintpaulia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Reinhild Raistrick. 2006 pp.140 illustrated with fine botanical colour paintings. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
This monograph contains a record of paintings of all known African Violet species at the time of publication.
£12.50 [ref: 64819]

Ralfs, John. The British Desmidieae.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. J. Cramer. 1972 pp.xxii, 226 with 35 b/w. plates. 8vo. Signature. Occasional neat pencil annotations to margins, o/w., a fine hardback.
Originally published in 1848.
£35.00 [ref: 62522]

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Rambosson, J. Histoire et Légendes Des Plantes Utiles et Curieuses.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Firmin Didot Freres. 1871 pp.420 with b/w. plates and text figs. 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Spotting to contents which is largely confined to blank margins o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt decoration to spine in good to vg. condition.
A very attractively illustrated introduction to the world of plants, their legends, uses and curious specimens. Considers palms, the agaric mushroom, cocoa tree, coffee tree, sugar cane, cedar, tobacco, tea, fruit trees, forget-me-nots, the water lily, pine trees, carnation, olive tree, oranges, opium, pepper tree, buttercup and more.
£20.00 [ref: 70087]

Ramsbottom, J. Edible Fungi. King Penguin No. 13.
1st. Ed. Pub. King Penguin. 1943 pp.35 with 16 col. plates & text figs. 8vo. Signature, dated 1947, to ffep. Some light spotting to fore-edges of text block and occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Decorated boards thor. vg. to nr. fine.
£20.00 [ref: 71663]