Howitt, R.C.L. and B.M. A Flora of Nottinghamshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Privately. 1963 pp.vi, 252 with fold-out map at rear. 8vo. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block otherwise a fine hardback.
This book describes the plants found in the region, including flowering plants, ferns, mosses, and other organisms. A significant work for anyone interested in the botanical diversity of Nottinghamshire.
£17.50 [ref: 43534]
Hsiang, Rue-Chih. Phalaenopsis. Superior Parentages and Awards (1862-1978).
Pub. Orchid Society of the Rep. of China. [1987] pp.583 with col. & b/w. photos. 4to. Hardback. Text in English and Chinese. Some spotting to top-edge of text block, front internal hinge a little tender o/w. a fine hardback. With Publisher’s Corrigenda loosely inserted.
£30.00 [ref: 34676]
Hubbard, W.F. & Chittenden, F.H. The Basket Willow. With a chapter on insects injurious to the Basket Willow.
Pub. Washington. 1904 pp.100 with fold-out map, photographic and illustrated plates plus figs. in text. 8vo. Softback. Ex-lib. Minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Superficial wear to spine of covers, o/w. fine. Scarce.
A fascinating period insight into the history and cultivation of Basket Willow in the USA and Europe. With a chapter dedicated to the manufacture of willow ware in the United States.
£25.00 [ref: 48561]
Hudson, H.J. Fungal Biology.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1986 pp. 298 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Nr. fine softback with small owner’s label to front cover.
A book on fungi viewed from an ecological standpoint emphasizing the ecological diversity and extreme versatility of the fungi.
£6.50 [ref: 72427]
Hulten, E. Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories. A Manual of the Vascular Plants.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Stanford. 1981 pp.xxii, 1,008 with endpaper maps, col. photos., b/w. line drawings and dist. maps. 4to. Very minor spotting to fore-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw., housed in publisher’s original cardboard outer produced purely for this book.
This key work is the first comprehensive botanical manual for this region and took the author 40 years to complete. It describes and illustrates all known flowering plants and vascular cryptogams to occur in Alaska, the Yukon, the Mackenzie District, and the eastern extremity of Siberia.
£100.00 [ref: 67103]
Hulton, P. & Smith, L. Flowers in Art from East and West.
Pub. British Museum Publications. 1979 pp.x, 150 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Publisher’s Erratum slip loosely inserted. Fine softback.
This book illustrates the various ways flowers have been depicted throughout history in Eastern and Western cultures.
£5.00 [ref: 68571]
Hulton, P. & Smith, L. Flowers in Art from East and West.
Pub. British Museum Publications. 1979 pp.x, 150 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine softback.
This book illustrates the various ways flowers have been depicted throughout history in Eastern and Western cultures.
£4.00 [ref: 49470]
Hulton, P. (et al). Luigi Balugani’s Drawings of African Plants. From the Collection made by James Bruce of Kinnaird on his travels to discover the source of the Nile 1767-1773.
1st. Ed. Pub.Yale / Balkema. 1991. pp.viii, 140 with portrait frontis., map and reproductions in col. & b/w. of paintings and sketches. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. When in-print this book retailed at £95.00.
Balugani was the artist to James Bruce’s journey to the source of the Nile. This volume contains many of the field sketches as well as the finished watercolours.
£25.00 [ref: 68586]
Hulton, P. and Smith, L. Flowers in Art from East to West.
Pub. BMP. 1979 pp.x, 150 with b/w. and colour photographs. A vg. copy in same dw.
£8.00 [ref: 40780]
Hummel, F.C. The Volume-Basal Area Line. Forestry Commission Bulletin No. 24
Pub. H.M.S.O. 1955 pp.iv, 84 with text figs. A vg. copy in card covers.
£5.00 [ref: 45765]