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, E.A. Summary descriptions of National Vegetation Classification - grassland and montane communities.
1st. Ed. Pub. JNCC. 1997 pp.vi, 92. 4to. Signature to title page. Nr. fine softback.
Provides summary descriptions of the accounts given in British Plant Communities, Vol. 3 : intended as aids to field workers.
£15.00 [ref: 70870]
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]
Cope, T. & Gray, A. Grasses of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 13.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.S.B.I. 2009 pp.612 with line drawings throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. Out of print in hardback.
Grasses of the British Isles contains descriptions of 15 tribes, 67 genera and 220 species and the information includes description, distribution, habitat and additional information as well as plates illustrating the different species.
£40.00 [ref: 68162]
Cope, T. & Gray, A. Grasses of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 13.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.S.B.I. 2009 pp.612 with line drawings throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. Out of print in hardback.
Grasses of the British Isles contains descriptions of 15 tribes, 67 genera and 220 species and the information includes description, distribution, habitat and additional information as well as plates illustrating the different species.
£40.00 [ref: 71848]
Coppins, B. J. & Gregory, N. M. (Eds.). Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Volume 44, No.3.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edinburgh: HMSO. 1987 pp.iv, 359-627 with b/w. photos., and illus. Large 8vo. A little spine lean, o/w., a vg. softback.
This volume was dedicated to Professor D.M. Henderson on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, with contributions from many of his mycological colleagues. The mycological contents focus largely on leaf rusts, honey and lichenized fungi.
£18.00 [ref: 57188]
Coppins, B.J. Checklist of Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Lichen Soc. 2002 pp.vii, 87. 4to. Nr. fine softback.
Includes all validly published taxa recognized as occuring in the British Isles. Aims to provide an updated list to that in the Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland (Purvis et al.) in preparation of a revised edition of that standard work.
£7.00 [ref: 66084]