Camus, J.M. et al. A World of Ferns.
1st. Ed. Pub. Natural History Museum. 1991 pp.112 with many colour photos. 4to. A fine softback.
Published to commemorate 100 years of the British Pteridological Society. A fascinating insight into the natural history of ferns around the world.
£7.00 [ref: 53602]
Cooke, M.C. A Fern Book for Everybody. Containing all the British ferns, with the foreign species suitable for a fernery.
Pub. Warne. [c.1889] pp.124 with 12 chromolithograph plates. 12mo. Ffep. and rfep. removed. Front paste-down partly removed. Otherwise, contents in thor. vg. condition. Rear board becoming detached. Spine missing. Original illus. boards. Scarce
£20.00 [ref: 53577]
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Cooke, M.C. A Fern Book for Everybody. Containing all the British ferns, with the foreign species suitable for a fernery.
Pub. Warne. [c.1889] pp.124 plus publisher’s adverts to rear, with 12 chromolithograph plates. 12mo. Hardback. Old signature to ffep. Boards and binding held in place with thick blue tape. Contents very clean and vg. Scarce.
£12.00 [ref: 53610]
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Creed, P. & Haynes, T. A Guide To Finding Mosses. In Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire.
Pub. Pisces Publications. 2013 pp.73 with many delightfully vivid colour photographs throughout. A new softback copy. With such excellent photography, this guide would be of use to all those interested in this subject no matter where they live.
This guide focuses on the species most likely to be found by the beginner, but it also includes striking, rarer examples from the local area. Covering over 200 species, it includes easy-to-follow descriptions. Information on key habitats and the best places to look, is also provided.
£5.95 [ref: 47618]
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Dixon, H.N. The Student’s Handbook of British Mosses.
3rd. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Wheldon & Wesley. 1924 Two hardbacks. 8vo. Historical ownership inscription to ffeps. Thor. vg. in original boards.
£35.00 [ref: 50507]
Dobson, F. Lichens. An Illustrated Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. Richmond. 1979 pp.xl, 320 with colour photographic plates, b/w. photos, dist. maps and other figs. A vg. copy in illustrated boards which are sl. darkened.
£20.00 [ref: 44676]
Dobson, F. Lichens. An Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish Species.
5th. Rev. Ed. Pub. Richmond Publishing Co. 2005 pp.480 with colour photos. throughout, b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Neat bookplate to ffep. Lightly dustmarked fore-edge of text-block, o/w. a fine hdbk.
£38.00 [ref: 54984]
Druery, Charles T. Choice British Ferns: Their varieties and culture.
Pub. London: L. Upcott Gill. [c.1888] pp.iv, 167 plus adverts to rear. With b/w. plates and illus. 8vo. Signature (dated 1901) to ffep. A vg. hdbk. in charming decorated brown cloth boards.
£50.00 [ref: 53618]
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Duncan, U.K. A Guide to the Study of Lichens.
Pub. Arbroath. 1959 pp.xxvii, 164 with 19 b/w. photographic plates at rear of text. A vg. plus copy in red cloth boards.
£10.00 [ref: 40879]
Duncan, U.K. Introduction to British Lichens.
1st. Pub. T. Buncle. 1970 pp.lxxiv, 292 with 128 plates. A vg. copy with come fading to board spine.
£15.00 [ref: 38019]