Legon, N.W. and Henrici, A. Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2005 pp.xvii, 517. 4to. Nr. fine softback. Several pages of pencilled checklists loosely inserted.
A comprehensive work, providing publication references and brief habitat, frequency and distribution details for all 3,760 species of mushroom, toadstool, bracket fungus, puffball, earthstar, stinkhorn, club and coral, tooth and jelly, fungus as well as the rusts and smuts, recorded in the British Isles.
£22.00 [ref: 65602]

Legon, N.W. and Henrici, A. Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG., Kew. 2005 pp.xvii, 517. 4to. Nr. fine softback. From the collection of Ted Blackwell, highly regarded Fungus Recorder for Herefordshire. Comes with notes regarding ’Carex Rust’ stapled to p.332 and a handwritten note to Ted regarding corrections and alterations to the checklist.
A comprehensive work, providing publication references and brief habitat, frequency and distribution details for all 3,760 species of mushroom, toadstool, bracket fungus, puffball, earthstar, stinkhorn, club and coral, tooth and jelly, fungus as well as the rusts and smuts, recorded in the British Isles.
£15.00 [ref: 72429]

Leighton, Rev. W.A. The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens. Elucidated by Their Sporidia.
Pub. Ray Society. 1851 pp.[vi], 101, [i], 30 hand coloured lithographs, 18 pp. list of Subscribers plus 3 pp. ‘Report of the Council of the Ray Society’ (dated Ipswich, July 9th, 1851). Med 8vo. Very minor amount of foxing to one plate and small portion of text, remainder in fine condition. Original Ray Society boards, more recent replacement spine - all in vg. to fine condition. Limited to 1,000 copies.
£40.00 [ref: 50525]

Leighton, Rev. W.A. The Lichen-Flora of Great Britain, Ireland and The Channel Islands.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Rev. W.A. Leighton. 1879 pp.xviii, 547 8vo. Ex-lib. copy. Thor. vg. to nr. fine hardback. Last and best edition.
£45.00 [ref: 60701]

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Leith-Ross, P The John Tradescants. Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen.
1st. Ed. Pub. Peter Owen. 1984 pp.320 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. Neat bookstamp of Anthony Huxley to ffep.
A definitive account of the lives and works of John Tradescant, father (1570-1638), and son (1608-1662). Of especial interest are the complete texts of the Tradescant’s own plant lists (with modern botanical names), dating back to 1629.
£10.00 [ref: 54751]

Leith-Ross, P. The John Tradescants. Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Peter Owen. 1998 pp.333 with ilus. 8vo. Fine softback. With the bookplate of Sir Roy Strong.
£18.00 [ref: 60452]

Leith-Ross, Prudence. The John Tradescants. Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen.
1st. Ed. Pub. Peter Owen. 1984 pp.320 with b/w. illus. & portraits. 8vo. Hardback. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A definitive account of the lives and works of John Tradescant, father (1570-1638), and son (1608-1662). Of especial interest are the complete texts of the Tradescant’s own plant lists (with modern botanical names), dating back to 1629.
£10.00 [ref: 63954]

Leonard, P. Keys to the British Species of Lactarius.
1st. Ed. Pub. P. Leonard. c.1996 pp.27 with tables. Stapled typescript. A4 softback. Title and author’s name handritten to margin of first page.
£7.50 [ref: 66720]

Leonard, P. Lactarius. Synoptic Keys to British Species of Lactsrius.
Pub. Patrick Leonard. 2006 pp.13 with col. codes. A4 stapled softback. Fine.
Covers all species in the checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota.
£6.00 [ref: 66740]

Lewis, J. Walter Hood Fitch. A Celebration.
1st. Ed. Pub. HMSO & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1992 pp.viii, 34, plus 73 full page colour plates. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
This first book to be written on Walter Hood Fitch, celebrates his remarkable achievements and marks his long association with one of the world’s most famous botanical gardens.
£7.50 [ref: 62776]