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The Complete Guide to North American Trees. Curtis, Dr. Carlton C. The Complete Guide to North American Trees.
Pub. The New Home Library. 1943 pp.339 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Name to ffep. A fine hdbk. in vg. dw.
£15.00 [ref: 51647]

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Dale, Ivan R. & Greenway P. J. Kenya Trees & Shrubs.
1st. Pub. Buchanan’s Kenya Estates Limited. 1961 pp, with over 100 colour and b/w figures, maps and line drawings. Fold-out map of Kenya. Some mild foxing through the book, spine becoming detached at front and mildly sunned, o/w a good working copy.
£40.00 [ref: 28703]

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Davy, J. Burtt. Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire. Tanganyika Territory. Part 1 and 2.
Pub. Imperial Forestry Institute Oxford. 1940-1949 Two volumes. 8vo. Ex-Oxford Uni. Softbacks in thor. vg. condition.
£60.00 [ref: 37094]

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The Palms of Madagascar. Dransfield, J. & Beentje, H. The Palms of Madagascar.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew & Int. Palm Soc. 1995 pp.xii, 475 with colour photographs and line drawings throughout. 4to. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw., gently sunned on spine. This edition out of print.
Madagascar is home to one of the richest and most exciting palm floras of the world, which until now has remained poorly known. Here, in this volume, for the first time ever the palms of Madagascar are described in English. All 171 Madagascar palms are treated, including 70 species previously unknown to science and described for the first time. Of these 171 species, 166 occur only on Madagascar and nowhere else, making this an area of global importance for palm diversity.

£120.00 [ref: 65845]

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Du Breuil, M. (Wardle, William). The Scientific and Profitable Culture of Fruit Trees. Including Choice of Trees, Planting, Grafting, Training, Restoration of Unfruitful Trees, Gathering and Preservation of Fruit etc.
1st. Ed. Pub. William Wesley. 1862 pp.iv, [ii], 228, plus vi adverts. With 191 engravings in text. 8vo. A fine copy in original green cloth boards, handsomely decorated on spine. Neat ownership inscription dated ‘Dec. 2, 1887; Funchal Madeira’ to verso of ffep.
The Pear, Apple, Peach, Plum, Cherry and Apricot tree are all treated within this work.

£49.00 [ref: 52428]

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British Woodland Trees. Edlin, H.L. British Woodland Trees.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 1944 pp.ix, 182 with b/w. photos. and line drawings. 8vo. Very minor spotting, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
This book deals with every tree planted commercially in British woodlands, together with all native trees, and the principal ornamental species.

£9.50 [ref: 64985]

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British Woodland Trees. Edlin, H.L. British Woodland Trees.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. B.T. Batsford. 1945 pp.ix, 182 with b/w. photographs and line drawings. Boards are heavily faded and foxed along with foxed fore-edges. Small inscription to fep. Overall good-vg. copy in cloth boards.
£9.00 [ref: 42890]

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Forestry and Woodland Life. Edlin, H.L. Forestry and Woodland Life.
1st. Ed. Pub. B. T. Batsford. 1948 pp.viii, 184 with colour frontis. and b/w. photos. 8vo. Minor spotting o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
£15.00 [ref: 61402]

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Treasury of Trees. Edlin, H.L. and Nimmo, M. Treasury of Trees.
1st. Ed. Pub. Countrygoer Books Ltd. 1956 pp.xix, 318 with b/w. photographs throughout. 4to. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block and to endpapers o/w. contents fine. More recent handsome half-calf binding in fine condition.
‘The body of this book is divided into two sections which correspond with the two natural divisions into which are grouped all the trees in Britain and other temperate regions. These are the broadleaved trees, or hardwoods, and the coniferous trees, or softwoods.’. Almost 100 trees which can be found in Britain are presented.

£30.00 [ref: 70773]

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Know Your Conifers. Edlin, Herbert L. Know Your Conifers. Forestry Commission Booklet No. 15.
2nd. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1970 pp.63 with b/w. photos. and illus. 4to. Softback. Contents fine. Card covers vg. plus. Front cover illus. by Tunnicliffe.
£5.00 [ref: 70826]

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