Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Among the Trees. Vol II (of II).
Ltd. Ed. Pub. Puncknoll. 1941 A very clean copy of the second volume of this two volume set. 4to. Limited to 500 copies. Attractively bound in half vellum and cream cloth boards. Nr. fine.
£75.00 [ref: 45217]

Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Famous Trees.
Ltd. Ed. Pub. Dropmore Press. 1952 pp.[x], 117, [iv] with 20 two-colour line drawings by S.W. Badmin. 8vo. Hardback. Illustrated end-papers. Minor spotting at ends, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards with gilt decoration in fine condition. Copy No. 373 from a total print run of 1,000 copies.
A beautifully illustrated look at Oak, Ash, Beech, Walnut, Douglas Fir and more.
£50.00 [ref: 67644]

Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Green Glory. The Story of the Forests of the World.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lutterworth Press. 1948 pp.239 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw. Signed by the author to title page. With five ‘Men of the Trees’ stamps tipped to ffep. Unique copy.
Environmentalist Richard St. Barbe Baker’s work touched the lives of many people. The stamps relate to St. Barbe’s proposal to plant a band of trees across Africa to stop the southern advance of the Sahara.
£95.00 [ref: 61068]

Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Men of the Trees. In the Mahogany Forests of Kenya and Nigeria.
1st. English Ed. Pub. Allen & Unwin. 1932 pp.xvii, 282 with b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. With dedication from author dated 25th. Jan. 1934 to half-title. Light spotting to ends and occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Some text block lean. Original cloth boards in vg. plus condition.
The charming dedication reads ‘Frederic Lee, with sincere regards from his fellow Man of the Trees, Richard St Barbe Baker, Ashbridge Club, Leicester, 25th Jan 1934’.
£28.00 [ref: 65214]

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Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Trees. A Book of the Seasons.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Lindsay Drummond. 1940 pp.48 with b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. Author’s inscription to half-title ‘To Lady Grogan, with all good wishes from a friend of Sir Hugh, Richard St Barbe Baker, 15th October 1941’. Contents exceptionally clean and fine. More recently rebound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A super copy.
With forty eight tree studies by the author.
£50.00 [ref: 67119]

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Barlow, C. The Natural Rubber Industry. Its Development, Technology, and Economy in Malaysia.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. Uni. Press. 1978 pp.xxiv, 500 with b/w. photos. and figs. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback in thor. vg. to nr. fine dw.
A detailed work. Records and analyses the development of the world’s largest rubber industry - that of Malaysia.
£95.00 [ref: 60950]

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]

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]

Bean, W. J. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles. Volumes I & II.
Pub. John Murray. 1919-1925 Two volume set. 8vo. Hardbacks. Neat ownership inscription, dated 1919, to front paste down of Vol. 1. Original green cloth boards. Nr. fine set.
£75.00 [ref: 56057]

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Bean, W.J. Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles. Volume III.
8th. Ed. 5th. Imp. Rev. Pub. John Murray. 2000 pp.xvi, 973 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.
£60.00 [ref: 50907]