Squire, D. Self-Sufficiency: Foraging for Wild Foods.
1st. Ed. Pub. IMM Lifestyle Books. 2016 pp.128 with colour illus. 8vo. Small indent to front, fore-corners bumped o/w. fine softback.
Arranged into wild plants, herbs, fruits, nuts, mushrooms, seaweeds and shellfish, this book has all of the information you need to forage for yourself. Clear illustrations to help you identify a wholesome and natural food store, all for free. Hints on how to prepare and eat your foraged food are also included, along with advice on seasonality.
£5.00 [ref: 64174]
Stace, C. New Flora of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1995 pp.xxx, 1226 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Signs of a label to endpapers. Nr. fine softback.
Designed to be user-friendly, this was the first complete scientifically rigorous Flora to be produced since 1952.
£5.00 [ref: 70833]
Stace, C. New Flora of the British Isles.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1997 pp.xxvii, 1130 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. A fine softback. Previous owner’s neat label to top of front cover.
The standard work on the identification of the wild vascular plants of the British Isles.
£30.00 [ref: 54768]
Stace, C. New Flora of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1991 pp.xxx, 1226 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
Designed to be user-friendly, this was the first complete scientifically rigorous Flora to be produced since 1952.
£17.50 [ref: 61234]
Stace, C.A. (Ed.). Hybridization and the Flora of the British Isles.
Pub. Academic Press. 1975 pp.xiii, 626. 8vo. Dustwrapper a little sunned and creased in places o/w. a nr. fine hdbk. copy.
£40.00 [ref: 52187]
Stace, C.A. (Ed.). Hybridization and the Flora of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1975 pp.xiii, 626. 8vo. Hardback. Previous owner’s name and label to front endpapers. Light spotting to text block edges o/w. a fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
This is an authoritative reference work for field botanists who wish to discover hybrids in the wild. Every one of the 975 hybrids that has been recorded from the British Isles is recorded here.
£30.00 [ref: 63431]
Standley, P.C. Flora De Costa Rica. Parte 1, Nos. 1 - 4.
1st. Ed. Pub. Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. 1937-1940 pp.194. 8vo. Ex-lib. In Spanish with Latin names. A thor. vg. hardback.
All published parts of this, the slightly amended Spanish edition. Covers Cycadaceae through to Araceae on the Englerian system.
£120.00 [ref: 57549]
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Stapleton, C. Bamboos of Nepal. An Illustrated Guide.
Pub. RBG. Kew. 1994 pp.67 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Some neat pencil ticks to checklist, spine very gently sunned o/w. a fine softback.
A very practical useful guide to the cultivation of Nepalese bamboos. With illustrations of the genera and species, with notes on identification, distribution, utilisation, and propagation.
£15.00 [ref: 41258]
Stearn, L.F. (Ed.). Supplement to the Flora of Wiltshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wilts. Archaeological and Nat. Hist. Soc. 1975 pp.xvi, 150 with line drawings, figs. & tables. Large 8vo. Signature of Wilfrid Hogarth Dowdeswell, pioneer of curriculum innovation in science education in this country, dated 1976, to ffep. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. a fine hardback.
£8.00 [ref: 68523]
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Stearn, W. Botanical Latin. History, Grammar, Syntax, Terminology and Vocabulary.
3rd. Ed. Rev. Pub. David & Charles. 1991 pp.xiv, 566 with some text illus. A nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£20.00 [ref: 50778]