Greene, S.W. & Greene, D. M. (et al). Antarctic Moss Flora: I. The Genera Andreaea, Pohlia, Polytrichum, Psilopilum and Sarconeurum. Scientific Reports No. 64.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Antarctic Survey. 1970 pp.118 with b/w. maps, line drawings & tables. 4to. Nr. fine softback.
The first of a series dealing with the mosses of the Antarctic botanical zone.
£19.50 [ref: 69962]

Greenwood, E. Flora of North Lancashire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Palatine. 2012 pp.viii, 647 with col. photos. & dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Additional photocopies of pages 97-112 loosely inserted.
The first definitive account of the past and present occurence of flowering plants and ferns found in north Lancashire.
£32.50 [ref: 68261]

Greig, B.J.W. (et al). Honey Fungus.
Pub. HMSO. 1991 pp.7 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine softback. From the collection of Ted Blackwell, highly regarded Fungus Recorder for Herefordshire. With article from the North West Fungus Group loosely inserted ‘Rust, Smuts, Mildews and Moulds from the RHS’ (1999) loosely inserted, also notes regarding Armillaria references to be found in ‘Mycologist’.
Forestry Commission Bulletin 100.
£7.50 [ref: 72430]

Greville, R.K. Algae Britannicae. Or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands belonging to the order algae.
Pub. Maclachlan & Stewart. 1830 pp.lxxxviii, 218 with 19 colour plates. Ex-Lib. with stamps to contents and plates. Bound in brown leather library binding.
£180.00 [ref: 42188]

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Grey-Wilson, C. Poppies. A Guide to the Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 1993 pp.208 with col. photos. & line drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gently sunned spine. Title page signed by the author.
The first book devoted exclusively to these most loved and cherished of plants.
£27.50 [ref: 71588]

Grey-Wilson, C. Poppies. A Guide to the Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation.
Rev. Updated Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 2005 pp.256 with col. photos. & line drawings 8vo. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block and spine gently sunned o/w. a fine softback.
The first book devoted exclusively to these most loved and cherished of plants. The preferred revised and updated edition.
£6.00 [ref: 68815]

Grey-Wilson, C. &. Cribb, P. Guide to the Flowers of Western China.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2011 pp.vi, 642 over 2,000 col. photos & maps. Small 4to. Owner’s name to ffep and half-title. Fine hardback.
China's rich flora is unrivalled in temperate latitudes of the world, with 30,000 species of plants. Nowhere is this floral richness better seen than in the west of the country.
£35.00 [ref: 71873]

Grierson, M. & Green, P.S. A Hawaiian Florilegium. Botanical Portraits from Paradise.
1st. Ed. Pub. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii. 1996 pp.x, 102 with fine colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine hardback.
With his general introduction to the flora of Hawaii and then individually, for each painting, botanist Peter Green narrates the interaction of plants and people - through the ethnobotany and legends of the early Hawaiians, the taxonomic research of botanists past and present, and the history that brought such an amazing mix of species to the Islands. Wonderful illustrations by Mary Grierson.
£75.00 [ref: 68867]

Grierson, M. (illus.); Brickell, C. (text) & Stearn, C. (intro). An English Florilegium. Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, Herbs. The Tradescant Legacy.
1st. Ed. Pub. Thames and Hudson. 1987 pp.240 with 52 colour plates depicting 150 plants. Folio. A little minor spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
William Stearn introduces this work with an absorbing account of the John Tradescants, the remarkable father and son gardeners and plant hunters. In artwork commissioned for this book, Mary Grierson illustrates 150 of the plants that the Tradescants knew, grew and in some cases, introduced to 17th Century England. Christopher Brickell supports this with extensive notes describing the plates and setting the plants in their botanical and horticultural context.
£32.50 [ref: 71430]

Grieve, B.J. How to Know Western Australian Wildflowers. Part 2: Dicotyledons (Amaranthaceae to Lythraceae). A Key to the Flora of the Extratropical Regions of Western Australia.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Univ. Western Australia Press / Wildflower Society of Western Australia. 1988 pp.xv, 731 with col. photos & text figs. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Nr. fine hardback.
This revised edtion of Part II, like all books in the series, is designed for quick and easy identification with simple, straightforward drawings for most species.
£15.00 [ref: 65828]