Hulten, E. Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories. A Manual of the Vascular Plants.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Stanford. 1981 pp.xxii, 1,008 with endpaper maps, col. photos., b/w. line drawings and dist. maps. 4to. Very minor spotting to fore-edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw., housed in publisher’s original cardboard outer produced purely for this book.
This key work is the first comprehensive botanical manual for this region and took the author 40 years to complete. It describes and illustrates all known flowering plants and vascular cryptogams to occur in Alaska, the Yukon, the Mackenzie District, and the eastern extremity of Siberia.
£100.00 [ref: 67103]
Hyde, M.A. and Clement, E.J. Flora of Central Zimbabwe.
Typescript. c.1997-2002 Running to hundreds of pages. 4to. Fine condition.
An interesting, never completed and unpublished typescript. With a separate folder comprising notes and letters all relating to the development of this manuscript.
£40.00 [ref: 67942]
J. Cullen, S.G. Knees & H.S. Cubey (Eds.). The European Garden Flora. Flowering Plants. A manual for the identification of plants cultivated in Europe, both out-of-doors and under glass. Volume 5. Dicotyledons: Boraginaceae to Compositae.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 2011 pp.xix, 639 with text b/w. illus. 4to. New hardback. In-print at £245.00.
Volume 5 completes the series, and includes many important ornamental families, such as Labiatae, Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Acanthaceae, Campanulaceae, and the largest family of Dicotyledons, the Compositae.
£40.00 [ref: 46099]
Jaeger, E.C. Desert Wild Flowers.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Stanford University Press. 1947 pp.xxx, 322 with line drawings and b/w. photographs. Ink inscription to ffep. o/w. contents in thoroughly vg. condition. Dustwrapper chipped and worn in places. Overall a vg. copy.
Covers the three desert parks of Southwestern America, being Death Valley National Monument, Joshua Tree National Monument and Boreo State Park.
£12.00 [ref: 46185]
Jingwei, Zhang (Chang King-wai). (Ed.). The Alpine Plants of China.
1st. Ed. Pub. Science Press. 1982 pp.134 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Features text and 197 colour photographs of Chinese alpine plants of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau (“Roof of the World”) as they appear in their natural habitat.
£10.00 [ref: 58570]
Johns, R.J. (et al). A Guide to the Alpine and Subalpine Flora of Mount Jaya.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 2006 pp.x, 653 with col. photos. 8vo. Fine hardback with gently sunned spine.
Based on five expeditions to the area in New Guinea by Kew and its Indonesian collaborators this book is a comprehensive record of the high elevation flora of the tallest mountain in South-East Asia.
£65.00 [ref: 66032]
Kaiyun, Guan. Highland Flowers of Yunnan.
1st. Ed. Pub. Yunnan Science & Technology Press. 1998 pp.252 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Dual English and Chinese text. Neat address label to ffep. Gently bumped on spine ends, o/w. a fine hardback. Out-of-print.
Illustrates 485 species of highland plant, with a description of their habitat, distribution, and ecological environment.
£60.00 [ref: 56273]
Kaiyun, Guan. Highland Flowers of Yunnan.
1st. Ed. Pub. Yunnan Science & Technology Press. 1998 pp.252 with colour photos. 4to. Dual English and Chinese text. Bumped on corners, o/w. a fine hardback. Out-of-print.
A total of 458 species covered, all with colour plates and descriptions.
£20.00 [ref: 52463]
Kirk, T. The Students’ Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1899 pp.vi, 408. 4to. Contents fine. Original boards thor. vg., gently rubbed on tips.
£25.00 [ref: 25675]
Kunkel, G. Flora de Gran Canaria. Vol. I. Arboles y Arbustos Arboreos. Vol. II. Enredaderas, Trepadoras y Rastreras. Vol. III. Las Plantas Suculentas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ediciones del Excmo. 1974-78 Volumes I - III with colour plates of illus. throughout. Large 4to. Spanish with latin names. Thor. vg. hardbacks.
£75.00 [ref: 65499]