Druce, George Claridge. The Comital Flora of the British Isles. (Flora Comitalis Britannicae : Fl. Com. Brit.).
1st. Ed. Pub. T. Buncle. 1932 pp.xxxii, 407 interleaved with plain pages for notes, with fold-out map in pocket at rear. 8vo. Hardback. Charming ownership inscription (dated 1932) to ffep. Spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
Being the distribution of British (including a number of non-indigenous) plants throughout the 152 vice-counties of Great Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands, with the place of growth, elevation, world distribution, grade, chief synonyms, and first names by which the plants were recorded as British.
£15.00 [ref: 50133]

Du Breuil, M. (Wardle, William). The Scientific and Profitable Culture of Fruit Trees. Including Choice of Trees, Planting, Grafting, Training, Restoration of Unfruitful Trees, Gathering and Preservation of Fruit etc.
1st. Ed. Pub. William Wesley. 1862 pp.iv, [ii], 228, plus vi adverts. With 191 engravings in text. 8vo. A fine copy in original green cloth boards, handsomely decorated on spine. Neat ownership inscription dated ‘Dec. 2, 1887; Funchal Madeira’ to verso of ffep.
The Pear, Apple, Peach, Plum, Cherry and Apricot tree are all treated within this work.
£49.00 [ref: 52428]

Du Plessis, N. & Duncan, G. Bulbous Plants of Southern Africa. A guide to their cultivation and propagation.
1st. Ed. 1st. Imp. Pub. Tafelberg. 1989 pp. 192 with 47 full-page col. illus. by Elise Bodley and b/w. figs. Fine hardback in fine dw., housed in publisher’s nr. fine pictorial slipcase.
A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide for identifying South African geophytes, with an enumeration of various techniques for propagating them. Elise Bodley has exhibited at the Audubon Naturalist Society and all of the watercolours in this book were exhibited at the Naturalist Centre at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
£85.00 [ref: 71877]

Dubbeldam, A. Wild Flowers of Mann.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lily Publications Ltd. 2004 pp.192 with col. photos. & illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback.
Beginning with a review of the origins of the Isle of Man's flowers and the folklore associated with them, the book then moves on to consider the Island's habitats and their flora.
£18.00 [ref: 68543]

Ducker, S.C. (Ed.). The Contented Botanist. Letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific.
1st. Ed. Pub. Melbourne Univ. Press. 1988 pp.xvi, 413 with col. & b/w. illus. and maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. with very gently sunned spine.
William Henry Harvey (1811-1866), professor of Botany from Dublin, was a prolific letter writer and during his career he engaged in friendly correspondence with Sir William Hooker and other outstanding scientists of his time. His letters give us an insight into the inquiring mind of an outstanding Victorian botanist.
£22.50 [ref: 67148]

Duncan, R. James Duncan and the Garden of Mauritius.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lurs Publishing. 2007 pp.x, 182 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Ownership insc. Nr. fine hardback. Scarce.
The story of James Duncan (1802-1876) a Victorian gardener from Scotland who found himself reponsible for saving the Royal Botanic Garden (now the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic garden) in Mauritius, as told, with extracts from his letters, etc. by his great great grandson.
£20.00 [ref: 61518]

Duncan, U.K. Lichen Illustrations. Supplement to “A Guide to the Study of Lichens”.
1st. Ed. Pub. T. Buncle. 1963 pp.vii, 144 with 142 b/w. line drawing plates. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Duncan published this volume of 142 plates of (for the most part) common British lichens to support publication of her earlier ‘A Guide to the Study of Lichens’ which was first published in 1959.
£20.00 [ref: 72418]

Dunér, D. (Ed.). Svenska Linnésällskapets Årsskrift. Årgång 2019. Yearbook of the Swedish Linnaeus Society.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uppsala 2019 pp.179 with col. & b/w. illus. Principally Swedish text with some sections in English. 8vo. Fine softback.
£9.50 [ref: 70817]

Dunér, D. (Ed.). Svenska Linnésällskapets Årsskrift. Årgång 2020. Yearbook of the Swedish Linnaeus Society.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uppsala 2020 pp.162 with col. & b/w. illus. Principally Swedish text with some sections in English. 8vo. Fine softback.
£9.50 [ref: 70818]

Dunér, D. (Ed.). Svenska Linnésällskapets Årsskrift. Årgång 2021. Yearbook of the Swedish Linnaeus Society.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uppsala 2021 pp.198 with col. & b/w. illus. Principally Swedish text with some sections in English. 8vo. Upper corner gently bumped o/w. a fine softback.
£9.50 [ref: 70819]