Babington, Charles, C. Flora Bathoniensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Indigenous to the Vicinity of Bath.
Pub. E. Collings. 1834 pp.vi, 62, (i), plus index. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original cloth with gilt lettering in good to vg. condition.
£30.00 [ref: 68527]

Baer, W. and Lack, H.W. Pflanzen auf Porzellan 1750-1850. Ausstellung zum 300jahrigen Bestehen des Botanischen Gartens Berlin.
1st. Ed. Pub. Schloss Charlottenburg. 1979 pp.125 with 3 col. plates and b/w. text illus. 4to. Fine softback with gently bumped corners and light sunning to spine. German text.
Exhibition catalogue.
£9.00 [ref: 66306]

Bagnall, J.E. The Flora of Warwickshire. The Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens. The Fungi (Hymenomycetes and Gastromycetes) by W.B. Grove and J.E. Bagnall.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gurney & Jackson. 1891 pp.xxxiv, 519, viii. 8vo. Hardback. Limited edition of 500 copies, this copy no. 116 and signed by the author. Folding map in rear pocket in fine condition. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth nr. fine. A super copy.
As well as an account of the botany of Warwickshire, this work also includes chapters on the topography, geology and meteorology of the county.
£60.00 [ref: 66370]

Baines, H. [and] Balfour, J.H. et al [and] Francis, G.W. The Flora of Yorkshire [with] A Catalogue of British Plants. Part First. Containing the Flowering Plants and Ferns [with] An Analysis of the British Ferns and their Allies.
Pub. Longman et al; Maclachlan et al; Simpkin et al. 1840-1842 Three works bound in one volume. 8vo. Hardback. Some light coloured marking to plates, o/w. contents fine. Contemporary half-calf good, showing some wear and repair. With an advert (c.1840) pasted to rfep. for Edward Newman’s ‘A History of British Ferns’ which was published in 1840.
The person who had the work bound was clearly keen on Ferns. All works are complete and with maps and plates present as published. Francis’ ‘British Ferns’ is the second edition in which all the plates were redrawn.
£100.00 [ref: 65446]

Baker, H.A. & Oliver, E.G.H. Ericas in Southern Africa.
1st. Pub. Purnell. 1967 pp.lxv, 180 with 166 plates by Irma Von Below, Fay Anderson, and others. Fine copy in vg. dw.
£45.00 [ref: 36466]

Baker, J.G. A Flora of the English Lake District.
1st. Ed. Pub. George Bell & Sons. 1885 pp.viii, 262. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Lib. Contents fine. More recent green library binding, corners slightly bumped o/w. fine.
£18.00 [ref: 63204]

Baker, J.G. Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. J. Cramer. 1970 pp.19, xlix, 557. 8vo. Previous owner’s insc. in pencil and neat bookstamp of Anthony Huxley to ffep. Fine hardback. Scarce.
This is the 1970 reprint of the 1877 edition.
£38.00 [ref: 65833]

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Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Among the Trees. Vol II.
Ltd. Ed. Pub. Puncknoll. 1941 pp.xvi, 100 plus many b/w. photographic plates. 4to. Hardback. Lower fore-corners very gently bumped o/w. a fine hardback. Limited to 500 copies. Attractively bound in half vellum and cream cloth boards.
Written following the success of his first book - ‘Among the Trees’. As such it is a standalone and complimentary volume. A beautifully produced meditation on trees.
£60.00 [ref: 45217]

Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Green Glory. The Story of the Forests of the World.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lutterworth Press. 1948 pp.239 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. Signed by the author to title page. With five ‘Men of the Trees’ stamps tipped in to ffep. A unique copy.
Environmentalist Richard St. Barbe Baker’s work touched the lives of many people. The stamps relate to St. Barbe’s proposal to plant a band of trees across Africa to stop the southern advance of the Sahara.
£35.00 [ref: 61068]

Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Men of the Trees. In the Mahogany Forests of Kenya and Nigeria.
1st. English Ed. Pub. Allen & Unwin. 1932 pp.xvii, 282 with b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. With very charming dedication from author dated 25th. Jan. 1934 to half-title. Light spotting to ends and occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Some text block lean. Original cloth boards in vg. plus condition with some sunning to spine.
The charming dedication reads ‘Frederic Lee, with sincere regards from his fellow Man of the Trees, Richard St Barbe Baker, Ashbridge Club, Leicester, 25th Jan 1934’.
£28.00 [ref: 65214]

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