Cooke, M.C. Introductions to Fresh-Water Algae with and Enumeration of all British Species.
Pub. Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1890 pp.vi, 334 with 13 engraved plates. Spine re-laid. Good.
£20.00 [ref: 42044]

Cooling, E.N.G. (Comp.). Pinus Merkusii. Fast Growing Timber Trees of the Lowland Tropics No.4.
1st. Ed. Pub. C.F.I. 1968 pp.ix, 169 with plates and figs. 4to. Small address label. VG. plus softback. Scarce.
A detailed study. Considers Pinus Merkusii in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia.
£40.00 [ref: 62999]

Coombes, A.J. A-Z of Plant Names.
Pub. Chancellor Press. 1994 pp.xii, 195. A vg. copy in illus. boards.
The aim of this book is to provide a guide to the derivation, meaning and pronunciation of the scientific names of the more commonly grown plants.
£4.00 [ref: 46366]

Cooper, C.S. and Westell, W.P. Trees & Shrubs of the British Isles. Native & Acclimatised.
1st. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1909 Two volume set with 16 full-page colour plates and 70 full-page b/w. plates. 4to. Hardback. TEG. Front board of Vol. I gently bowed, a little spotting to ends and occ. elsewhere o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in thor. vg. condition.
£40.00 [ref: 70749]

Cooper, D. Flora Metropolitana: or Botanical Rambles within Thirty Miles of London.
1st. Ed. Pub. S. Highley, London. 1836 pp.xvi, 139. Crown 8vo. Hardback. Minor mark to front end-papers o/w. contents fine. Original cloth binding in fine condition. Association copy reading ‘Dr. Ramsbottom from the Author’ to top of title-page. A very pleasing copy.
£80.00 [ref: 53786]

Cooper, D. Flora Metropolitana: or Botanical Rambles within Thirty Miles of London.
1st. Ed. Pub. S. Highley, London. 1836 pp.xvi, 139 with publisher’s Errata. Crown 8vo. Hardback. Light marks and spotting to end-papers o/w. contents fine. Internal hinges very neatly strengthened. Original cloth binding in vg. plus condition.
‘Being the results of numerous excursions made in 1833, 34, 35, furnishing a list of those plants that have been found on the different heaths, woods, commons, hills, etc. surrounding the metropolis.’
£30.00 [ref: 64774]

Cooper, R.E. et al. (Eds.). George Forrest, V.M.H. Explorer and Botanist who by his discoveries and plants successfully introduced has greatly enriched our gardens. 1873-1932.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Issue. Pub. The Scottish Rock Garden Club. 1973 pp.89 with b/w. photos. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback.
George Forrest (1873–1932) was a Scottish botanist, who became one of the first western explorers of China's then remote southwestern province of Yunnan, generally regarded as the most biodiverse province in the country. Altogether, Forrest made seven trips to Yunnan, collecting samples and seeds and in total, he brought back perhaps 31,000 plant specimens.
£8.50 [ref: 51888]

Cooper, W. Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Illustrated by W.T. Cooper.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nokomis Editions. 2004 pp.xiii, 616, with fine col. illus. throughout. Large 4to. Inscription in pencil to title page. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunning to spine.
This definitive work, 17 years in the making, covers the fruiting plants of Australia's tropical rainforest in Queensland extending from Rockhampton on the Tropic of Capricorn through to the Torres Strait. It identifies and describes 2,436 species of which 1,236 are illustrated in vibrant colour. Each species (except for a few which are leafless) is accompanied by a line illustration of its leaf as an aid to identification. There are keys to the families, genera and species and the meaning of every botanical name is explained.
£175.00 [ref: 68229]

Cooper, W. Fruits of the Rain Forest. A Guide to Fruits in Australian Tropical Rain Forests.
1st. Ed. Pub. RD. Press. 1994 pp.327 with full-page col. illus throughout & line drawings to text. 4to. Hardback. Upper corners of bumped o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Over 600 species, beautifully illustrated by William T. Cooper.
£85.00 [ref: 71424]

Cope, T. The Wild Flora of Kew Gardens. A Cumulative Checklist from 1759.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG, Kew. 2009 pp.vi, 305 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Softback. Nr. fine. RRP £32.99.
With nearly 2,000 taxa included, this book notes the past and present distribution of wild species within the Gardens, and demonstrates the extent to which the wild flora of the Kew estate has changed over the last 250 years.
£12.50 [ref: 63229]