Barredo, M.C. Flowers of Menorca.
1st. Ed. Pub. GOB. 1996 pp.127 with colour photos. and line drawings throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback.
A detailed commentary on 146 Menorcan flowering plants with a separate section on the orchids of Menorca.
£18.00 [ref: 64934]

Barrington, C.A. Forestry in the Weald. Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Eastern Hampshire. Forestry Commission Booklet No. 22.
1st. Ed. Pub. HMSO. 1968 pp.31 with b/w. photos. & maps. 4to. Softback. Nr. fine.
£5.00 [ref: 70825]

Barton, L.V. Seed Preservation and Longevity.
Pub. Leonard Hill. 1961 pp.xvii, 216 with text figs. throughout. Ex-Library copy with usual stamps and markings. Fore-edges of text block lightly stained. Overall a near vg. copy in same dustwrapper.
£10.00 [ref: 46161]

Batsaki, Y. et al. The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. 2016 pp.398 with col. and b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. As new.
This richly illustrated book investigates the cultural, economic, and political significance of plants in the eighteenth century, a time of rapid and groundbreaking developments with widespread exploration, growing trade in botanical specimens and horticultural experimentation.
£70.00 [ref: 66702]

Batten, A. Flowers of Southern Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frandsen. 1986 pp.xv, 401, xxxii with 100 colour plates. Folio. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Limited edition this being copy No. 307 of 4,000.
‘Primarily a collection of paintings of the beautiful flowers of a land famous for the richness of its flora. One hundred colour plates, painted in great detail, show the flowers life size, superimposed on a finely pencilled background depicting the habit of the plant as well as its habitat.’
£75.00 [ref: 67650]

Baxter, Dr. E.W. (et al). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 62 : No. 1 to Vol. 79 : No. 4
1st. Ed. Pub. For Linnean Society of London by Academic Press. 1969-1979 Eighteen volume run comprising 70 softback parts (each volume with own full index). Large 8vo. Softback. Nr. fine run.
£120.00 [ref: 66690]

Baxter, Travor. The Eternal Yew.
1st. Ed. Pub. Self Publishing. 1992 pp.192 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine.
£12.00 [ref: 53068]

Bayer, B. Haworthia Revisited. A Revision of the Genus.
1st. Ed. Pub. Umdaus Press. 1999 pp.250 with colour photos. and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The culmination of more than 30 years of field and research work, this book presents a complete revision of the Genus and introduces 6 new species and 27 new varieties.
£150.00 [ref: 71612]

Beaman, J.H. (et al). The Plants of Mount Kinabalu. 4. Dicotyledon Families Acanthaceae to Lythraceae.
1st. Ed. Pub. NHB (Borneo)/RBG Kew. 2001 pp.xiv, 570 with 45 col. plates and col. & b/w. figs. Large 8vo. Hardback. Pencil notes to ffep. and half-title page o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. with very gently sunned spine.
Contains sections on the historical aspects of plant collecting on Mount Kinabalu, a biographical sketch of two of the most important collectors, Mary Strong and Joseph Clemens, to whom the book is dedicated, analysis of the collections, elevational distribution of the dicotyledons, a list of cultivated and introduced dicots, enumeration of the species, and indexes to numbered collections. Information is provided for each species on literature, habit, habitat, elevation range, and specimens upon which the study is based.
£45.00 [ref: 67578]

Beaman, J.H. and Anderson, C. The Plants of Mount Kinabalu. 5. Dicotyledon Families Magnoliaceae to Winteraceae.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nat. Hist. Pubs. (Borneo) / RBG Kew. 2004 pp.xiii, 607 with col. photos. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gentle sunning to spine.
The final volume of this excellent, comprehensive, account of the Kinabalu flora. The systematic section, which includes such families as Rosaceae and Rubiaceae, Melastomataceae and Myrsinaceae, is preceded by chapters on the history of botanical exploration on mount Kinabalu, ecological considerations, distribution factors, and contains at the back, a substantial directory of numbered collections. Enhanced by colour photographs, Volume 5 is a fitting finale to the remarkable achievement which this flora represents.
£50.00 [ref: 66018]