Baker, Richard St. Barbe. Among the Trees. Vol II.
Ltd. Ed. Pub. Puncknoll. 1941 pp.xvi, 100 plus many b/w. photographic plates. 4to. Hardback. Lower fore-corners very gently bumped o/w. a fine hardback. Limited to 500 copies. Attractively bound in half vellum and cream cloth boards.
Written following the success of his first book - ‘Among the Trees’. As such it is a standalone and complimentary volume. A beautifully produced meditation on trees.
£60.00 [ref: 45217]

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. dw. Signed by the author to title page. With five ‘Men of the Trees’ stamps tipped in to ffep. A 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.
£35.00 [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 very charming 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 with some sunning to spine.
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 plus 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.
Baker, famously known as the "Man of the Trees," was a lifelong advocate for forest preservation and this volume contains forty eight tree studies by the author.
£40.00 [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 with b/w. photos. & line drawings. 8vo. Hardbacks. Neat ownership inscription, dated 1919, to front paste down of Vol. 1. A little spotting to ends o/w contents fine. Original green cloth boards thor. vg. to nr. fine.
Volume I is a 2nd edition reprint with Vol. II being 4th edition.
£45.00 [ref: 56057]

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Bean, W.J. Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles. Volume I. A-C.
8th. Rev. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Rev. Pub. John Murray. 1976 pp.xx, 845 with b/w. photos. & line drawings. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
This second impression allowed for corrections to the text. Furthermore, the information concerning a large number of specimen trees has been revised, the treatment of Amelanchier entirely brought up-to-date and a few additional descriptions of plants have been inserted where space allowed.
£20.00 [ref: 50906]

Bean, W.J. Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles. Volume III. N-Rh.
8th. Rev. Ed. 5th. Imp. Pub. John Murray. 2000 pp.xvi, 973 with b/w. photos. & line drawings. 8vo. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Used by the professional and amateur alike. A mass of accurate information is combined with an informal style to produce a blend of botanical description, horticulture and personal experience that is unique.
£22.00 [ref: 50907]