Johnson, O. Arboretum. A history of the trees grown in Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Whittet Books. 2015 pp.474 with colour photos., throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Signed by author to title page.
Johnson shapes a multitude of species and stories into a single historical narrative that progresses from the first post-glacial incomers, through the ancient planting of yews, to the arrival of a conifer that conjures prehistory of a different kind, the Wollemi pine.
£30.00 [ref: 70726]

Johnson, O. The Sussex Tree Book.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pomegranate Press. 1998 pp.96 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine softback.
An illustrated tour of our Sussex champion trees, native and exotic. Well illustrated, it discusses tree lore and contains a detailed gazetteer.
£13.50 [ref: 64990]

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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Jones, E.W. & Edwardson T.E. (Eds.). Forestry. The Journal of the Society of Foresters of Great Britain. Vol. 44. No.2.
Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1971 pp.246 with b/w. photos., and figs. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback.
Includes articles on “The History and Development of Dartington Woodlands, Devon”; “Thomas Johnes (1748-1816) - Pioneer of Upland Afforestation in Wales”; and “Rates of Spread of some Wind-driven Fires”.
£8.00 [ref: 58599]

Jones, M.M. The Lookers-Out of Worcestershire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Worcs. Nats.’ Club. 1980 pp.vi, 216 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature to ffep. Minor spotting to ends o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
A memoir of Edwin Lees, the Worcester naturalist and the History of the First Hundred Years of the Worcestershire Naturalists’ Club, which he founded with two friends in 1847.
£4.00 [ref: 68542]

Jones, W.R.D. William Turner. Tudor Naturalist, Physician and Divine.
1st. Ed. Pub. Routledge. 1988 pp.223. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. with sunning to spine.
A biography of the sixteenth century physician known as ‘the father of English botany’.
£14.00 [ref: 64986]

Jonsson, M. Carl von Linné. Boningar, trädgårdar och miljöer. (Dwellings, gardens and environments).
1st. Ed. Pub. Forum. 2003 pp.203 with col. photos. & illus. Swedish text. Large 8vo. Fine hardback. Half-title inscribed by the author.
£10.00 [ref: 70830]

Jordan, M. A Guide to Wild Plants. The Edible and Poisonous Species of the Northern Hemisphere.
Pub. Millington. 1976 pp.240 with colour photographs. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
A very interesting guide. The identification, habitat, recipes and history of each edible or poisonous plant is discussed.
£8.00 [ref: 39390]