Holmes, N. &. Raven, P. Rivers. British Wildlife Collection No. 3.
Pub. British Wildlife Publishing. 2014 pp.432 with 200 stunning colour photographs and illustrations. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £40.00.
Volume 3 in the British Wildlife Collection, Rivers is the definitive one-book study of this never-more-topical subject. Including detailed information about each of the huge variety of river-types to be found in Britain, their flora and fauna.
£36.00 [ref: 47795]

Holyoak, D.T. The Distribution of Bryophytes in Ireland. An Annotated Review of the Occurrence of Liverworts and Mosses in the Irish Vice-Counties, Based Mainly on the Records of the British Bryological Society.
1st. Ed. Pub. Broadleaf Books. 2003 pp.564 with CD-ROM. 4to. New hardback. RRP £55.00.
Accompanied by a CD-ROM which contains all of the vice-county records from the text of the book in a searchable format, allowing lists to be generated for each vice-county, locality, year, collector, or publication.
£35.00 [ref: 55341]

Hooker, Joseph Dalton. Joseph Hooker’s Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya.
1st. Ed. Fac. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2017 pp.ix,14 plus 30 colour plates with accompanying text. Small folio. New hardback. RRP £25.00
Joseph Hooker’s plant hunting trip to Sikkim-Himalaya between 1848 and 1851 resulted in a much celebrated collection of Rhododendrons. Walter Hood Fitch was chosen to bring Hooker’s line drawings of these wonderful plants to life through the production of colour lithographs for inclusion in Hooker’s ‘Rhododendrons of Sikkim Himalaya’ (published 1849-1851). This superb facsimile edition is reproduced from an original held at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All three parts of the original book are brought together, with all 30 plates beautifully reproduced alongside Hooker's original descriptions.
£23.50 [ref: 57095]

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Hoppe, Ansgar. A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps.
Pub. Pelagic Publishing. 2013 pp.192 with colour photos. Small 8vo. A new softback. Last two copies.
Simple and reliable identification of more than 500 mountain flowers, by flower colour and flower shape.
£19.99 [ref: 49323]

Howard, J. RSBP Spotlight: Snakes.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury Wildlife. 2020 pp.128 with colour photos., throughout. 8vo. New softback. New for Summer 2020.
A very informative guide to discovering the secrets of the UK's three native snake species, the Barred Grass Snake, the Smooth Snake and the Adder. Includes how to identify and spot them in the wild and the latest scientific discoveries about their life-history and ecology.
£12.99 [ref: 58309]

Howells, J. Clematis : The Montanas. A Book for Gardeners.
1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 2005 pp.216 with colour photos throughout. Small 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £12.95.
Montanas are the most popular of the Clematis family. Explains the history of each variety, their strengths and weaknesses, how to choose the right one for the right place and provides advice on cultivation and display.
£11.25 [ref: 60486]

Hulbert-Powell, C. The Walnut Tree. Tales of Growing and Uses.
1st. Ed. Pub. Unicorn Press. 2019 pp.192 with colour photos., throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP 30.00.
The first definitive guide to growing and harvesting walnut trees. The advice offered in this book will be invaluable to anyone planning to plant a walnut grove, or who just wants to know about the history, folklore, and uses of the walnut tree and its fruit.
£20.00 [ref: 71339]

Ing, Bruce. Biodiversity in the North West: The Mildews of Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2020 pp.viii, 68 with colour photos. 8vo. New softback.
A detailed catalogue of all the species ever recorded in the region. The records date back to the nineteenth century but are mostly concentrated in the last sixty years, up to the present.
£10.99 [ref: 59371]

Ing, Bruce. Biodiversity in the North West: The Puffballs, Earthballs and Other Gasteroid Fungi of Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and the Isle of Man.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2024 pp.viii, 55 with colour photos. 8vo. New softback.
After a short introduction to the biology of the fungi, the physical and biological environment of the North West and the Isle of Man is described. The main part of the book is a detailed catalogue of all the species recorded in the region, with information about their ecology, distribution and abundance.
£10.99 [ref: 68140]

Ing, Bruce. Biodiversity in the North West: The Rusts and Smuts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and the Isle of Man.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2022 pp.x, 89 with colour photos. 8vo. New softback.
After a short introduction to the biology of rusts and smuts, the physical and biological environment of the North West and the Isle of Man is described. The main part of the book is a detailed catalogue of all the species recorded in the region.
£10.99 [ref: 68139]