Watson, E.V. British Mosses and Liverworts.
Rep. Pub. C.U.P. 1963 pp.xvi, 419 with illus. Good copy well used.
£15.00 [ref: 36355]

Watson, E.V. British Mosses and Liverworts. An introductory work, with full descriptions and figures of over 200 species, and keys for the identification of all except the very rare species.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1955 pp.xvi, 419 with b/w. photos., and illus., plus ‘Field Key to the Commonest and most Conspicuous Species of Mosses and Liverworts’ in pocket at rear. 8vo. Fine hardback, laminated boards.
£25.00 [ref: 57234]

Watson, Mark F. et al. Flora of Nepal. Volume 3 - Magnoliaceae to Rosaceae.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 2011 pp.xx, 425 with line drawings and dist. maps. 4to. Partially erased pencil insc. to ffep, o/w. a fine hardback.
Documents 600 species in 21 families from Magnoliaceae to Rosaceae.
£35.00 [ref: 66476]

Watson, W. Census Catalogue of British Lichens.
1st. Ed. Pub. The British Mycological Society. 1953 pp.xix, 91. 8vo. Occ. informed pencil annotation to text. Contents fine. In vg. original soft covers.
A catalogue of British Lichens compiled over thirty years resulting in a complete list of the lichens of the British Isles with the Vice-county distribution for every species and variety.
£4.00 [ref: 67527]

Watson, W.P. (et al). The Mattioli Woodblocks.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, Bernard Quaritch, Antiquaariat Junk. 1989 pp.29 with 5 full-page plates, with printed folder in pocket at rear containing a large fold-out sheet of photographs and nine individual plates illustrating prints from the original woodblocks. 4to. Hardback. Bound in quarter leather over patterned cloth boards. Fine. Copy No. X of 50 hors commerce copies from a total print run of just 150 copies.
‘The large woodblocks designed by Georgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck for editions of Mattioli’s herbal, ‘Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Medica materia’, in 1562 and 1565, represent the apogee of the art of botanical woodcut illustration in the sixteenth century, and the 110 woodblocks described in this catalogue are a remarkable survival of the artifacts of illustrated book production in that century.’.
£125.00 [ref: 69184]

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Webb, Rev. R.H. and Coleman, Rev. W.H. Flora Hertfordiensis : or A Catalogue of Plants found in the County of Hertford, with the Stations of the Rarer Species.
1st. Ed. Pub. William Pamplin. 1849 pp.xlvi, 390 with hand-coloured fold-out map plus notice and 22-page supplement up to 1851 at rear. Small 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Bookplates to front paste down, neat inscription to ffep. Contents fine. Original green cloth binding with gilt decoration to front. in thor. vg. condition.
The result of field research by two amateur naturalists whose aim it was to create the first Flora of Hertfordshire.
£30.00 [ref: 64775]

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Webb, Rev. R.H. and Coleman, Rev. W.H. Flora Hertfordiensis: or A Catalogue of Plants found in the County of Hertford, with the Stations of the Rarer Species.
1st. Ed. Pub. William Pamplin. 1849 pp.xlvi, 390 plus notice and supplement up to 1851 at rear. With hand-coloured fold-out map at front of volume. Small 8vo. Contents beautifully clean and in fine condition. Some sections uncut. Original green cloth binding in thor. vg. condition. With dated signature (1921) of C.E. Salmon, author of ‘Flora of Surrey’, to ffep.
£115.00 [ref: 53843]

Weber, A. (Ed.). An Introductory Field Guide to the flowering plants of the Golfo Dulce Rain Forests, Costa Rica. Corcovado National Park and Piedras Blancas National Park.
1st. Ed. Pub. Biologiezentrum des OO Landesmuseums. 2001 pp.462 with 106 col. photo. plates and line drawings to text. 4to. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine softback with gently sunned spine.
Over 900 selected species from the area are described, many of which are illustrated. Details are given on distribution, pollination biology, fruit- and seed dispersal, and use, whilst a general section covers geology, soils and climatic patterns of the region.
£45.00 [ref: 65896]

Weber, E. Invasive Plant Species of the World. A Reference Guide to Environmental Weeds.
1st. Ed. Pub. CABI. 2003 pp.vii, 548. Large 8vo. Signature. Nr. fine hardback. In print at £100.00.
A reference guide to 450 major invasive plant species. Entries for each species include description, distribution, habitats invaded, ecology and control.
£50.00 [ref: 58903]

Webster, A.D. British Orchids. Containing an exhaustive description of each species, to which is added chapters on structure and other peculiarities, cultivation, fertilisation, classification, and distribution.
2nd. Enl. Ed. Pub. J.S. Virtue. 1898 pp.xii, 131 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-WH Smith Lib., the only indication of this being their charming with blind stamp to rear endpaper o/w. contents fine. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering and motif very gently rubbed to tips o/w. fine. A very pleasing copy indeed.
£20.00 [ref: 69500]