Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Famous Trees.
Ltd. Ed. Pub. Dropmore Press. 1952 pp.[x], 117, [iv] with 20 two-colour line drawings by S.W. Badmin. 8vo. Hardback. Illustrated end-papers. Minor spotting at ends, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards with gilt decoration in fine condition. Copy No. 373 from a total print run of 1,000 copies.
A beautifully illustrated look at Oak, Ash, Beech, Walnut, Douglas Fir and more.
£50.00 [ref: 67644]

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. plus dw. Signed by the author to title page. With five ‘Men of the Trees’ stamps tipped to ffep. 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.
£95.00 [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 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.
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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Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Trees. A Book of the Seasons.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Lindsay Drummond. 1940 pp.48 with b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. Author’s inscription to half-title ‘To Lady Grogan, with all good wishes from a friend of Sir Hugh, Richard St Barbe Baker, 15th October 1941’. Contents exceptionally clean and fine. More recently rebound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A super copy.
With forty eight tree studies by the author.
£50.00 [ref: 67119]

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Balfour, J.H. and Sadler, J. Flora of Edinburgh. Being a list of plants found in the vicinity of Edinburgh.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Adam and Charles Black. 1871 pp.vii, 188 with b/w. folding map. Small 8vo. Hardback. Tick marks to margins and occ. underlining to text. Original green cloth boards vg plus. Scarce second edition.
A list of the ferns, mosses hepaticae, lichens and characeae were added to this edition.
£50.00 [ref: 67114]

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Balick, M.J. (et al). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize. With Common Names and Uses.
1st. Ed. Pub. New York Botanical Garden Press. 2000 pp.ix, 246 with b/w. figs. Small 4to. Owner’s details in pencil to half-title. Fine softback.
Contains 3,408 native and naturalised vascular plants in 1,219 genera and 209 families. For each species the following information is provided: synonyms, references, uses (locally and regionally), habit, voucher and type specimens. Cultivated plants are treated separately at the end of each family.
£75.00 [ref: 67635]

Ballantyne, G.H. The Flowering Plants of Kinross. A checklist, with locations, of past and present species.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Scottish Wildlife Trust. 1985 pp.xvi, 111 with b/w. map of Kinross-shire at rear of book. Hardback. Nr. fine.
£7.00 [ref: 47996]

Bally, P.R.O. The Genus Monadenium. With descriptions of 21 new species.
1st. Ed. Pub. Benteli. 1961 pp.111 with 88 b/w. figs. and 32 col. and b/w. plates (in natural sizes) loosely inserted in rear pocket. 4to. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist with his signature to ffep. and his address in Nairobi to dw. turn-in.
Monadenium is a genus of about 50 species related to Euphorbia. Almost all the species are native to tropical East Africa. A large number are found in Kenya and Tanzania. Most grow at elevations from 2,000 feet to 3,500 feet.
£95.00 [ref: 67621]

Barlow, C. The Natural Rubber Industry. Its Development, Technology, and Economy in Malaysia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. Uni. Press. 1978 pp.xxiv, 500 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback in thor. vg. to nr. fine dw.
A detailed work. Records and analyses the development of the world’s largest rubber industry - that of Malaysia.
£95.00 [ref: 60950]

Barnes, H.F. Gall Midges of Economic Importance.
1st. Ed. Pub. Crosby, Lockwood & Son. 1946-1951 Six volumes with b/w. photos. 8vo. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws. A great opprtunity to obtain the first six books of this eight volume set.
Contents: Vol. 1 - Root and Vegetable Crops; Vol. 2 - Fodder Crops; Vol. 3 - Fruit; Vol. 4 - Ornamental Plants and Shrubs; Vol. 5 - Trees; Vol. 6 - Miscellaneous.
£49.50 [ref: 66474]