Henderson, L. & Musil, K.J. Plant Invaders of the Transvaal.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dept. of Agriculture & Water Supply, Pretoria. 1987 pp.iii, 71 with colour photos. 8vo. Ex-lib. Bi-lingual in English and Afrikaanse. Nr. fine softback.
£18.50 [ref: 58963]
Hennig, B. (Ed.). Handbuch Für Pilzfreunde [Handbook for Mushroom Enthusiasts]. Dritter Band. Hellblättler und Leistlinge [Vol. 3. Agarics, light-gilled Mushrooms and Chanterelles].
Pub Gustav Fischer. 1964 pp.268 with col. plates & b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. German with Latin names. Some marks to front paste down o/w. a fine hardback in good dw.
£7.50 [ref: 72448]
Henrey, Blanche. British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800. Comprising a history and bibliography of Botanical and Horticultural books printed in England, Scotland and Ireland from the earliest times until 1800.
Pub. O.U.P./ Sandpiper. 1999 Three volume set with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardbacks in fine dws.
An essential reference guide.
£50.00 [ref: 67598]
Henrey, Blanche. British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800. Comprising a history and bibliography of Botanical and Horticultural books printed in England, Scotland and Ireland from the earliest times until 1800.
1st. Ed. Pub. O.U.P. 1975 Three volume set with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine hardbacks in thor. vg. slip case.
An essential reference guide.
£55.00 [ref: 68415]
Henslow. Rev. G. How to Study Wild Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Religious Tract Soc. 1896 pp.224 with 57 b/w. illus. within text plus 32-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Minor speckling to fore-edges of text block, o/w. contents fine. Original wine-red boards fine. A super copy.
£30.00 [ref: 62774]
Henty, E.E. Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. Vol. II.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Melbourne Univ. Press. 1995 pp.ix, 276 illustrated with line drawings. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine hardback in nr. fine in dw. Handwritten notes referring to vols. I and III., loosely inserted.
A large part of this volume is dedicated to an account of the Elaeocarpaceae. The treatment of the difficult parasitic group Loranthaceae will also be welcomed.
£17.50 [ref: 65823]
Hepper, F.N. and Friis, I. The Plants of Pehr Forsskal’s ‘Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica’. Collected on the Royal Danish Expedition to Egypt and the Yemen 1761-63.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG. in assoc. with Botanical Museum, Copenhagen. 1994 pp.xii, 400 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Nr. fine softback. Out-of-print. Very scarce.
Pehr Forsskål was a member of the Royal Danish Expedition to Egypt and the Yemen, 1761-1763. He died in the Yemen, but his plants and notes were brought back to Europe by Niebuhr, the sole survivor of the expedition. This book gives a history of the expedition, provides a list of all Forsskål's collections with their location, references to them, and present and former identifications.
£40.00 [ref: 65246]
Hering, T. A Key to the Commoner Species of Russula.
Pub. Tom Hering. c.1990 pp.9. A4 softback. Fine.
Aranged by Tom Hering from information in R.W. Rayner’s Russula (3rd. Ed., 1985) including a section on Methods (p.9).
£7.50 [ref: 66742]
Herre, H. The Genera of the Mesembryanthemaceae. Including a full set of botanical drawings by the artists of the Bolus Herbarium of the University of Cape Town, and others, and also distribution maps for each genus, identification keys, a scientific system, a contribution concerning the poisonous genus, and also a history of the introduction, with notes on and portraits of the various scientific workers from the beginning to the present day.
1st. Ed. Pub. Tafelberg-Uitgewers Beperk. 1971 pp.316 with col. & b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 4to. Ex-Libris stamp to ffep. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
A comprehensive survey and full descriptions of the genera of the mesembryanthemaceae and illustrated with colour drawings and plant sections. The book is of interest and reference use to both the specialist botanist and the garden enthusiast.
£45.00 [ref: 67627]
Herrick, Sophie B. The Wonders of Plant Life. Under the Microscope.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. W.H. Allen. 1884 pp.248 with 85 b/w. illustrations. 8vo. Hardback. Neat, possibly contemporary to date of publication, signature. Contents fine. Original cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed.
£80.00 [ref: 64928]