Bentham, G. et Hooker, J.D. Genera Plantarum. Ad Exemplaria Imprimis in Herbariis Kewensibus Servata Definita. Voluminis Secundi. Pars II. Sistens Dicotyledonum Gamopetalarum Ordines XXXIX, Stylidieas-Plantagineas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Reeve & Co. 1876 pp.viii, 746. 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. / nr. fine condition.
£20.00 [ref: 63022]

Bentham, G. et Hooker, J.D. Genera Plantarum. Ad Exemplaria Imprimis in Herbariis Kewensibus Servata Definita. Voluminis Tertii. Pars I. Sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum Ordines XXXVI. Nyctagineas-Ceratophylleas et Gymnospermearum Ordines III. Gnetaceas-Cycadaceas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Reeve & Co. 1876 pp.vii, 459. 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
£20.00 [ref: 63023]

Bentham, George. Revision of the Suborder Mimoseae. The Transactions of The Linnean Society of London Volume XXX. Part the Third.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Linnean Society. 1875 pp.335-669 with five b/w. plates to the rear. 4to. Hardback. From the library of botanist Roger Polhill with his bookplate to front pastedown. Contents fine. More recent black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in fine condition.
£30.00 [ref: 65423]

Bentley, M. Growing Plants Without Soil. (Vermiculaponics).
1st. South African Ed. Pub. Hydro-Chemical Industries Ltd. 1955 pp.212 with over 200 colour and b/w. photos. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in good plus dw. with a little loss to extremities.
‘The author, after years of experimenting with a new growing medium has evolved a simple system which all can follow. The medium used is Vermiculite and with this mineral and closely following the directions explicitly detailed in this book you will achieve results which will astonish and delight you.’
£15.00 [ref: 64589]

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Benton, T. The Bumblebees of Essex.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lopinga Books. 2000 pp.vii, 179 with colour photos, b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Very minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback.
The first book on the bumblebees of any British county. Covers all of the bumblebees of Essex and southern England, plus a selection of insects which mimic bumblebees. Identification keys are provided, along with detailed distribution information.
£10.00 [ref: 69038]

Benton, T. The Bumblebees of Essex. The Nature of Essex Series No. 4.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lopinga Books. 2000 pp.vii, 179 with 68 colour photographic plates and numerous b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Some dust marks to top edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback. Loosely inserted, 2 leaflets printed by the Oxford Bee Company with advice on attracting blue and red mason bees.
The first book on the bumblebees of any British county, this important work identifies all the bumblebees of Essex and southern England and includes chapters on their natural history and ecology.
£9.00 [ref: 54041]

Benton, T. The Bumblebees of Essex.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lopinga Books. 2000 pp.vii, 179 with colour photos, b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback.
The first book on the bumblebees of any British county. Covers all of the bumblebees of Essex and southern England, plus a selection of insects which mimic bumblebees. Identification keys are provided, along with detailed distribution information.
£14.00 [ref: 63284]

Benton, T. and Firmin, J. The Butterflies of Colchester and North East Essex.
1st. Ed. Pub. Colchester Nat. Hist. Soc. 2002 pp.vi, 115 with col. photos. & b/w. figs. 8vo. Spoting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a nr. fine softback. Inscription ‘To Sally, best wishes, Ted Benton’ on title page.
A history, natural history and guide. The dedication is to Sally Corbet who taught entomology and ecology, most recently at the University of Cambridge.
£10.00 [ref: 71248]

Beolens, Bo., et al. The Eponym Dictionary of Birds.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2014 pp.624. A new hdbk. in new dw. A fascinating read. RRP £50.00.
Those interested in birds often come across bird names that include a person’s name, for example Bewick’s Swan or Pallas’s Warbler. Such names are called eponyms and this book explains the origins of over 4,000 eponymous names.
£45.00 [ref: 47940]

Berg, Bengt. Birds of the North.
1st. Ed. Pub. P.A. Norstedt & Soner. 1925 pp.63 with 60 full-page fine b/w. photographic plates. Large 4to. Contents nr. fine. Original patterned and textured paper covered cloth boards with gilt motif to front in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition.
Bengt Berg was a Swedish ornithologist, zoologist, wildlife photographer, and writer. He is best remembered for photographs and films of birds, taken on several expeditions. His avifauna photography is highly celebrated.
£80.00 [ref: 63653]

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