Adams, Dr. K. et al (Eds.). The Essex Naturalist. Journal of the Essex Field Club. No. 20 (New series) for the year 2002/2003.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Essex Field Club. 2003 pp.235 with col. photos. and text figs & tables. 8vo. Pencilled note to title page. Fine softback.
Contents include a review of the lichen flora of Epping forest (pp.67-82) entitled ‘Resurvey of the corticolous lichen flora of Epping Forest.’
£6.50 [ref: 67522]

Aptroot, A. et al. Veldgids korstmossen van duin, heide en stuifzand. [Field guide to lichens of dunes, heathland and drifting sand].
1st. Ed. Pub. BLWG. 2011 pp.158 with col photos. & dist. maps throughout. 8vo. Dutch text with latin names. Helpful pencil notes to ffep. and pencil underlining to text on last page o/w. a fine hardback.
A list of all genera covered within this work can be found on pages 14 and 15.
£25.00 [ref: 67496]

Berkeley, Rev. M.J. Handbook of British Mosses. Comprising all that are known to be natives of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve & Co. 1863 pp.xxxvi, 324 with 23 hand-coloured plates, 1 b/w. plate (all with letterpress) plus 16-page Reeve catalogue (not dated). 8vo. Hardback. Neat inscription. Very minor spotting at ends, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth binding, spine expertly relaid (so well undertaken it is barely noticable), all in excellent, nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed.
£100.00 [ref: 58667]

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Berry, Andre Q. et al. (Eds.). Fenn’s and Whixall Mosses.
1st. Ed. Pub. Clwyd County Council. 1996 pp.xiv, 208 with col. photos., b/w. illus.; folding map in rear pocket. Large 8vo. Pages 4 & 5 blank with photocopied versions loosely inserted. Near fine softback with sunned spine. An illustrated, fold-out, English Nature guide to Fenn’s Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve (1996) and an article from Shropshire Wildlife about the Reserve (1991) loosely inserted.
As Britain’s third largest and southernmost lowland raised mire, with a documented history of peat extraction extending over at least four hundred years, the Fenn’s and Whixall Mosses complex is an important part of Britain’s ecological and cultural heritage.
£22.00 [ref: 67053]

Birkenhead, J. Ferns and Fern Culture. Their native habitats, organisation, habits of growth, compost for different genera; cultivation in pots, baskets, rockwork, walls; in stove, greenhouse, dwelling-house, and outdoor ferneries; potting, watering, propagation, etc. Selections of ferns; suitable for stove, warm, cool and cold greenhouses; for baskets, walls, exhibition, wardian cases, dwelling-houses, and outdoor ferneries. Insect pests and their eradication, &c.
2nd. Ed. Pub. By the author. [c.1890] pp.128 plus adverts to rear. With b/w. illus. 8vo. Historical name and address (dated Jan 8th 1898) to front paste-down. A thor. vg. hdbk. in gilt illus., blue cloth boards.
£25.00 [ref: 53613]

Bosanquet, S. et al. The Mosses and Liverworts of Carmarthenshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Authors. 2005 pp.245 with col. photos. & dist. maps. Large 8vo. Fine softback. Errata slip loosely inserted.
Over 600 species, sub-species and varieties of mosses, liverworts and hornworts have been recorded from the county in habitats ranging from coastal dunes to montane crags. The distribution of each species is described, with distribution maps presented for those occurring in five or more tetrads. Accompanying notes include information on habitat, ecology, fertility and significance in a local, Welsh or British context.
£26.00 [ref: 67570]

Braithwaite, R. The British Moss-Flora.
1st. Ed. Pub. L. Reeve & Co. 1887-1905 Three volume set with 128 plates. Crown 4to. Hardbacks. A little spotting to one title page, a few spots elsewhere, o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt motif to front boards in quite remarkable, nr. fine condition. With thoughtful bookplate of W.D. Foster, M.D. Cantab. A superb set.
Volumes 1 & 2 consider Acrocarpi whilst Volume 3 focusses on Pleurocarpi.
£275.00 [ref: 62064]

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British Pteridological Society. The Occasional Paper of the British Pteridological Society, No. 1.
Facs. Ed. Pub. British Pteridological Society. 2008 pp.16 with fold-out illus. and chart at rear. 8vo. A fine softback.
This is a facsimile copy of the original published in 1875 with notes by Michael Hayward and includes a description of the Dryopteris affinis, D. filix-mas and D. oreades complex as well as a Nature Print.
£15.00 [ref: 53568]

Brodo, I., Sharnoff, S.D. & Sharnoff, S. Lichens of North America.
1st. Ed. Pub. Yale Univ. Press. 2001 pp.xxiii, 795 with col. photos. throughout, dist. maps & b/w. figs. 4to. Small, light coloured, mark to fore-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
This stunning book – the first accessible and authoritative guidebook to lichens of the North American continent – presents superb colour photographs, descriptions, distribution maps, and keys for identifying the most common, conspicuous, or ecologically significant species. A superb work.
£70.00 [ref: 68731]

Busby, A.R. and Paul, A.M. (Eds.). The Bulletin of the British Pteridological Society. Volume 3, No. 1 to No. 5.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Pteridological Society. 1984-1988 Five parts with b/w. photos. 8vo. Fine softbacks.
The history of this journal is such that in 1973, ‘A more permanent format was felt to be appropriate and the BPS Bulletin was launched “to serve chiefly the non-scientific membership, and to supply all information of interest to our members.”’ (taken from the BPS website).
£10.00 [ref: 65956]