Halliday, G. A Flora of Cumbria. Comprising the vice-counties of Westmorland with Furness, Cumberland and parts of North-west Yorkshire and North Lancashire.
1st. Ed. Pub. University of Lancaster. 1997 pp.611 with colour photos. and dist. maps. 4to. Small address label. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£50.00 [ref: 62968]
Halpin, A. The Naming of Flowers.
1st. UK. Ed. Pub. Pavilion 1992 pp.63 with col. illus. throughout. Small 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. with a hint of sunning to spine.
This little book identifies 27 familiar flowers by their Latin and common names and offers interesting snippets of folklore and facts about both the plant and its name.
£5.00 [ref: 70097]
Hamberg, E. I Carl von Linnés fotspår. [In the footsteps of Carl von Linne]. 100 years of the Swedish Linnean Society.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uppsala Univ. 2018 pp.256 with col. & b/w. photos. Swedish text. Large 8vo. Fine hardback.
£18.00 [ref: 70845]
Hamilton, Geoff. Successful Organic Gardening.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dorling Kindersley. 1987 pp.288 with col. and b/w. photos and line drawings throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
The complete guide to growing flowers, fruit and vegetables naturally.
£4.50 [ref: 66921]
Hamilton,R.M. The Orchid Doctor: Remedies, Recipes, Recommendations and Referrals.
Rep. Pub. Robert M. Hamilton. 1989 pp. vi, 152. Foreword by Dr. O. Wesley Davidson. Vg. copy in card covers.
£7.00 [ref: 33380]
Hammel, B.E. et al (Eds.). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volume VIII. Dicotiledoneas (Sabiaceae - Zygophyllaceae).
1st. Ed. Pub. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. 2015 pp.657 with col. & b/w. photos., and line drawings. Small 4to. New hardback. Still in shrinkwrap. In-print at £155.00.
‘Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica’ is a concise, illustrated guide to all of the species of native, naturalized and commercially cultivated vascular plants of this Central American country. This identification manual includes brief formal descriptions and informal notes about each of a total of 37 families, 193 genera, and 832 species. Keys to all the genera and species are also included. The treatments are illustrated with 210 line drawings, 37 black-and-white photographs, and eight pages of colour plates.
£90.00 [ref: 67541]
Hanbury, F.J. and Marshall, E.S. Flora of Kent. Being an account of the flowering plants, ferns, etc., with notes on the topography, geology and meteorology, and a history of the botanical investigation of the county.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frederick J. Hanbury. 1899 pp.lxxxiv, 444 with 2 folding maps - one coloured. 8vo. Hardback. Contents thor. vg. to nr. fine. Original green cloth boards vg. plus.
£50.00 [ref: 63205]
Hansen, Eric. Orchid Fever. A horticultural tale of love, lust and lunacy.
1st. Ed. Pub. Methuen. 2000 pp.272 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Light spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. With loosely inserted lengthy newspaper article (Daily Telegraph, Apr. 2000) by Eric Hansen about enigmatic orchid collector Henry Azadehel.
An exhilarating journey to the heart of an orchidaceous darkness.
£7.50 [ref: 52706]
Hansen, Lars. (Ed.). The Linnaeus Apostles. Global Science & Adventures.
1st. Ed. Pub. IK Foundation & Co. Ltd. 2007-2012 Eight volumes bound in eleven (a complete set) with reproductions of 18th century plates, photographs, fold-out maps and two tapa cloth samples (as published). 4to. Fine hardbacks in nr. fine to fine dws. Comes with the Publisher’s 32-page, illustrated, catalogue providing a detailed overview of each volume’s content and full information on the series’ production process. Also comes with the Publisher’s introductory letter providing detail of the series in an illus. postcard. In-print at £930.00.
The Apostles of Linnaeus were a group of students who carried out botanical and zoological expeditions throughout the world that were either devised or approved by botanist Carl Linnaeus. All the accounts of the apostles' journeys to every continent are published here for the first time in English; those of the apostles who left no travel journals are described through their correspondence or other sources. In the introductory and concluding volumes world experts in various subject fields will provide accounts of the 18th century, of Linnaeus, of travelling and the hardships of field work, together with biographies and a comprehensive new bibliography of the publications of the apostles.
£650.00 [ref: 66449]
Harding, P. Mushroom Hunting. Need to know? How to safely identify edible mushrooms.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2006 pp.192 with col. photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback.
This practical guide will show you how to identify, pick and cook edible mushrooms. Over 75 of the best edible species with warnings about poisonous lookalikes are detailed, along with advice on where you will find them and when, and recipes for seasonal dishes.
£9.50 [ref: 71537]