Bown, Deni. Aroids. Plants of the Arum Family.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2000 pp.392 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Ownership insc. with additional notes, in pencil to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine.
Preferred, revised, second edition. A lively and accessible account of the Araceae family, this is a much needed survey of an economically important family of plants which has considerable curiosity value and visual impact.
£80.00 [ref: 66017]

Bradley, Peter. British Herbal Compendium. Volume 2. A handbook of scientific information on widely used plant drugs.
1st. Ed. Pub. BHMA. 2006 pp.xvi, 411 with many figs. in text. Large 8vo. New hardback.
Companion volume to the BHMA’s British Herbal Phamacopoeia. It covers further plant drugs, major botanicals, including Agnus Castus, Echinacea, Gingko, Saw Palmetto, St. John’s Wort, and on many others widely used but less well documented.
£59.50 [ref: 52419]

Bradshaw, A.D. & Chadwick, M.J. The Restoration of Land. The ecology and reclamation of derelict and degraded land.
1st. Pub. Blackwell Scientific Pub. 1980 pp.xi, 317 with illus, graphs and tables. A vg. copy in dw. with sl. faded spine.
£20.00 [ref: 36707]

Braithwaite, M.E. et al. Change in the British Flora 1987-2004.
1st. Ed. Pub. Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2006 pp.iv, 382 with colour photo., dist. maps and text figs. Small 4to. Fine softback.
By comparing the results of the 1987-1988 Monitoring Scheme survey and its repeat in 2003-2004, the BSBI has been able to report on the changes in British Flora in more detail than ever before. Includes maps and accompanying text for individual species and groups to give an indication of general trends.
£10.00 [ref: 63632]

Braithwaite, R. The British Moss-Flora.
1st. Ed. Pub. L. Reeve & Co. 1887-1905 Three volume set with 128 plates. Crown 4to. Hardbacks. A little spotting to one title page, a few spots elsewhere, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt motif to front boards in quite remarkable, nr. fine condition. With thoughtful bookplate of W.D. Foster, M.D. Cantab. A superb set.
Volumes 1 & 2 consider Acrocarpi whilst Volume 3 focusses on Pleurocarpi.
£275.00 [ref: 62064]

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Bramwell, D. (Ed.). Plants and Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1979 pp.x, 459 with b/w. photos., figs., maps. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The aim of this work was to draw attention to the scientific importance of islands, to review knowledge of insular floras and to emphasize the necessity for further research on the taxonomy and biology of island plants.
£45.00 [ref: 56252]

Brand, A.W. European Agaricus Species. [with the] Second Edition Supplement.
2nd. Ed. Pub. A.W. Brand. 1987-1988 Two volumes, pp.185, 29. 4to. Dedication by author to ffep. Nr. fine softbacks. From the library of Drs. Patrick & Joyce Andrews with a letter from the author to Patrick discussing the difficulties of identifying specimens loosely inserted. With some annotations by Patrick. Scarce.
A privately printed manuscript described by A.W. Brand as a ‘compilation’. He discusses the difficulties of identifying individual species and he goes on to say “This is not an attempt to revise Agaricus......The purpose of this paper is to draw together and attempt to co-relate the available information from the very scattered sources and present it in a useable form.” The Supplement contains a translation of an article by Henri Mesplede entitled ‘Le Genre Psalliota - Revision’, published in the Bulletin de la Societe Mycologique du Bearn in 1981/82.
£80.00 [ref: 58741]

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Brand, B. et al. Guide to the Literature for the Identification of British Basidiomycetes.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Mycological Soc. [2001] pp.51. 8vo. Fine softback.
£12.00 [ref: 59706]

Bray, Lys de The Art of Botanical Illustration. The Classic Illustrators and their Achievements from 1550 to 1900.
Pub. Grange Books. 1997 pp.191 with col. & b/w. illus. thruoghout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A well illustrated history of botanical illustration , centered on the period from around 1500 to 1900, ending with coverage of the leading artists of recent times.
£7.50 [ref: 70843]

Breitenbach, J. and Kranzlin, F. Fungi of Switzerland. Vol. I. Ascomycetes.
1st. Ed. Pub. Mykologia. 1984 pp.310 with col. photos. & line drawings throughout. 4to. From the collection of Ted Blackwell, highly regarded Fungus Recorder for Herefordshire with his occ. informed annotations and small address label to front paste-down. Some marking to fore-edge of text block and prelims., o/w. contents fine. Pictorial boards vg. with tape strengthening to spine and some rubbing to extremities.
A monumental work. Identification is significantly aided through the provision of descriptions, habitat and collection data, drawings of microscopic features, and colour photographs.
£50.00 [ref: 72480]