Exell, A.W. Supplement to the Catalogue of Vascular Plants of S. Tome (with Principe and Annobon).
Pub. British Museum. 1956 pp.[vi], 58 with three figures. Sm. 4to. Softback. Nr. fine.
£18.00 [ref: 60875]
Feinbrun-Dothan, Naomi. Flora Palaestina. Part Three. Ericaceae to Compositae. Text and Plates.
1st. Ed. Pub. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. 1977 - 1978 Two volumes with 757 b/w. plates of fine botanical line drawings & 2 maps. Large 8vo. Ex-British Natural History Museum. Nr. fine hardbacks.
£50.00 [ref: 68407]
Flugge-de-Smidt, R.A. Flowers by the Roadside.
Pub. Johannesburg. 1947 pp.88 with colour illus. and b/w. photographs. A vg. copy in sl. grubby illus. boards.
Mr. Flugge-de-Smidt, in this charming collection, advanced a cultural reason for halting the depredations of soil erosion and indiscriminate burning of veld pasture lands in South Africa.
£8.00 [ref: 46196]
Friedmann, F. Flowers and Trees of Seychelles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Editions Delroisse. 1986 pp.195 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback.
At least 75 different species of plant are endemic to the islands making the Seychelles a botanist’s paradise and protected as a World Heritage site.
£17.50 [ref: 64731]
Galbraith, D. A Field Guide to the Flora of South Georgia.
1st. Ed. Pub. South Georgia Heritage Trust. 2011 pp.72 with colour photos throughout. 8vo. New softback.
A handy photographic identification guide to the 26 native plants that inhabit the fragile ecosystem of South Georgia, together with information on the island, its habitats and botanical exploration. The most distinctive introduced plants are also covered, and the threats posed by such species are reviewed.
£17.95 [ref: 60703]
Gardner, M.F. (et al). Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile. Distribution, Conservation and Propagation.
1st. Eng. Ed. Univ. Austral de Chile/RBG, Edinburgh. 2006 pp.187 with col. photos. and dist. maps. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine softback. Just 500 copies printed.
The result of a three year intensive study by the RBG Edinburgh and the University of Valdivia of some of Chile's most threatened plant species. The major part of the book gives up to date information on the distribution, habitat, identification, conservation and propagation of 46 threatened species.
£9.00 [ref: 65875]
Germishuizen, G. Transvaal Wild Flowers. Paintings by Anita Fabian.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1982 pp.292 with more than 130 superb colour plates of illus. 4to. Neat ownership insc. Some cockling to contents, o/w. a fine hardback in vg. dw. with tide mark to bottom.
£12.50 [ref: 64514]
Germishuizen, G. & Fabian, A. Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Fernwood Press. 1997 pp.472 with 220 full page colour illus. plates. Large 8vo. Neat ownership insc. Nr. fine softback.
The culmination of 20 years work, this volume illustrates some 1,300 of almost 6,000 wildflower species that occur in this region. From grasses to trees, all illustrations are painted directly from nature.
£20.00 [ref: 61516]
Groves, R.H. Australian Vegetation.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1981 pp.xiii, 449 with b/w. tables and figs. 8vo. Signature. Some spotting to top edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
‘Australian Vegetation’ provides a synthesis of ecological processes that influence vegetation traits throughout the continent. This authoritative book will inspire readers to learn and explore first-hand the vegetation of Australia.
£19.50 [ref: 65472]
Gubb, Alfred S. The Flora of Algeria.
Pub. Bailliere, Tindall & Cox. 1909 pp.(iii), 98 with b/w. photos. throughout plus index and advertisements. 8vo. Hardback. Ex. Lib. with stamps. Some spotting. Neat edge repairs to adverts, o/w. contents nr. fine. Recently re-bound in cloth. Scarce.
Produced by the author for visitors to Algiers and the broader Algerian countryside. Comprises photographs of plants with their Latin names and brief descriptions.
£25.00 [ref: 64944]