Jao, C.C. Desmidiaceae from Kwangsi. Studies on the Freshwater Algae of China. XIX.
1st. Ed. Pub. Inst. of Botany Academia Sinica. 1949 pp.37-95 with 8 b/w. plates of line drawings. 8vo. Ex-academic library. Thor. vg. softback.
£25.00 [ref: 62739]

Jefferies, Richard. The Wood from the Trees.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Pilot Press Ltd. 1945 pp. 143 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
An exploration of the world-wide timber industry.
£12.00 [ref: 49271]

Jekyll, G. and Mawley, E. Roses. Introduced and revised by Graham Stuart Thomas.
Rev. Ed. Pub. The Ayer Co. 1983 pp.xxvi, 166 with col. & b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Quarter cloth boards thor. vg. with small indent in thor. vg. dw.
Originally published in 1912. In ‘Roses’ Gertrude Jekyll brings her garden sense to the best-loved flower of all.
£12.50 [ref: 70861]

Jenkins, C. and Birch, H. New Ideas in Botanical Painting. Composition and Colour.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 2022 pp.128 with col. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback.
The first part of this book – Botanical: Grow – explores time well-spent in the garden and covers much of the traditional details of botanical painting, from observation to capturing light, colour and texture. The second part – Contemporary: Paint – explores how Carolyn works with photography, using the computer to help with composition. This practical guide contains all the techniques and practices you need to create beautiful botanical art, plus step-by-step photography, crop, composition and photoshop demonstrations, to bring luminous colours, textures and impact to your own work.
£10.00 [ref: 66789]

Jenkinson, M.N. Wild Orchids of Dorset.
1st. Ed. Pub. Orchid Sundries. 1991 pp.120 with colour photos. and dist. maps. Small 4to. Fine softback.
£10.00 [ref: 68345]

Jenkinson, Martin N. Wild Orchids of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
1st. Ed. Pub. Orchid Sundries Ltd. 1995 pp.198 with colour photos. and dist. maps. Small 4to. Nr. fine softback.
£9.50 [ref: 68344]

Jenkinson, Martin N. Wild Orchids of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
1st. Ed. Pub. Orchid Sundries Ltd. 1995 pp.198 with 155 colour photos. and dist. maps. Small 4to. Corners gently bumped o/w. a fine hardback.
This book followed the success of Jenkinson’s prior work ‘Wild Orchids of Dorset’. A detailed insight into the orchid flora of this area complete with flowering period charts, distribution maps and colour photographs.
£15.00 [ref: 68348]

Jeppe, Barbara. Spring and Winter Flowering Bulbs of the Cape.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Univ. Press. 1989 pp.viii, 143 with 62 full-page, fine colour plates. Folio. Hardback. Contents fine. Handsomely bound in green half morocco over marbled boards in fine condition and housed in publisher’s fine cloth slipcase.
With over four hundred species illustrated, this is the first extensive survey of the rich and diverse bulbous flora of the south-western Cape and Namaqualand.
£85.00 [ref: 71878]

Jermyn, S.T. Flora of Essex.
1st. Ed. Pub. Essex Nat. Trust Ltd. 1974 pp.302 with colour plates and fold-out maps (inc. large geological map at rear) plus publisher’s overlay and page of Corrigenda. Large 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
£8.00 [ref: 62292]

Jingwei, Zhang (Chang King-wai). (Ed.). The Alpine Plants of China.
1st. Ed. Pub. Science Press. 1982 pp.134 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Features text and 197 colour photographs of Chinese alpine plants of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau (“Roof of the World”) as they appear in their natural habitat.
£10.00 [ref: 58570]