Jingwei, Zhang (Chang King-wai). (Ed.). The Alpine Plants of China.
1st. Ed. Pub. Science Press. 1982 pp.134 with col. photos., throughout. 4to. Spotting to top-edge of text block and to ends o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. 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.
£8.50 [ref: 71996]

Johns, R.J. (et al). A Guide to the Alpine and Subalpine Flora of Mount Jaya.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 2006 pp.x, 653 with col. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback with gently sunned spine.
Based on five expeditions to the area in New Guinea by Kew and its Indonesian collaborators this book is a comprehensive record of the high elevation flora of the tallest mountain in South-East Asia.
£65.00 [ref: 66032]

Johnson, C. The Grasses of Great Britian.
Pub. Robert Hardwicke. 1861 pp.xxxii, 192 plus a further 144 hand-coloured plates. Circa 20 plates have some scattered foxing, the rest being very bright and clean. In original blind and gilt decorated boards. Spine relaid and more recent end-papers added. Text pages very good to fine condition. Overall a vg. copy.
£130.00 [ref: 44119]

Johnson, D. (Ed.). Palms for human needs in Asia. Palm utilization and conservation in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.A. Balkema. 1991 pp.v, 258 with b/w. figs.and tables. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil and ‘Review Copy’stamp to ffep. Fine hardback.
For millenia, peoples of the Asian tropics have relied on palm trees to provide an array of subsistence and commercial products. This study assesses, for the first time, the current utilization patterns and conservation status of palms in this region.
£17.50 [ref: 65868]

Johnson, D.E. Weeds of Rice in West Africa. Les Adventices En Riziculture en Afrique de l’Ouest.
1st. Ed. Pub. ADRAO/WARDA. 1997 pp.xvi, 312 with colour photos., and b/w. illus., throughout. 8vo. Bilingual in English and French. Signature to half-title. Fine softback, gently sunned on spine.
Designed to be a practical, easy-to-use guide, this work brings together photographs, drawings and descriptions of the major rice weeds of West Africa. It also includes sections on weed ecology and control measures.
£40.00 [ref: 58998]

Johnson, H. The International Book of Trees. A guide and tribute to the Trees of our Forests and Gardens.
Pub. Mitchell Beazley. 1973 pp. 288 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. with very gently sunned spine housed in thor. vg. pictorial slipcase.
The first fully illustrated book to include all the major garden and forest trees of the temperate world, from America to Asia, from the familar oaks and pines to the rare, spectacular trees such as the snowbells of Japan.
£10.00 [ref: 43581]

Johnson, O. (Ed.). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland. The Tree Register Handbook.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG, Kew. 2011 pp.368 with more than 200 col. photos. 4to. Fine softback.
A Champion Tree is the largest known specimen of a particular species. This fascinating work comprises an alphabetical listing of all species by botanical name, as well as a guide to visiting Britain and Ireland's finest specimens, organised by geographical region and county.
£22.00 [ref: 72235]

Johnson, O. (Ed.). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland. The Tree Register of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Whittet Books. 2003 pp.192 with colour photos. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine.
Comprises an alphabetical listing of all species by botanical name, as well as a guide to visiting Britain and Ireland's finest specimens, organised by geographical region and county.
£20.00 [ref: 70751]

Johnston, A. & Booth, C. (Eds.). Plant Pathologist’s Pocketbook.
2nd. Ed. Pub. CAB. 1983 pp.viii, 439 with b/w. figs., in text. Small 8vo. Signature to ffep. Fine hardback in vg. dw.
£22.00 [ref: 58961]

Johnston, George. A Flora of Berwick-Upon-Tweed. Volumes I and II.
Pub. Carfrae and Son. 1829-31 Two volume set bound in one volume. 8vo. With 8 engraved plates, 2 being fold-out. Some foxing, with contents generally very clean. In contemporary half leather and marbled boards; binding showing its age on corners. Still quite handsome and a vg. copy. Scarce.
£150.00 [ref: 46218]

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