Adams, C.D. et al. Common Weeds of the West Indies.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of the West Indies. 1968 pp.ii, 139 with b/w. illus., throughout. 8vo. Neat dedication by one of the authors to ffep. A vg. hardback. Scarce.
£45.00 [ref: 58988]

Adams, Dr. K. et al (Eds.). The Essex Naturalist. Journal of the Essex Field Club. No. 20 (New series) for the year 2002/2003.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Essex Field Club. 2003 pp.235 with col. photos. and text figs & tables. 8vo. Pencilled note to title page. Fine softback.
Contents include a review of the lichen flora of Epping forest (pp.67-82) entitled ‘Resurvey of the corticolous lichen flora of Epping Forest.’
£6.50 [ref: 67522]

Adams, H. & Adams, A. The Genera of Recent Mollusca. Vols. I-III.
1st. Pub. Van Voorst. 1858 3 vols. Scattered foxing to end-papers & half-title in all 3 volumes. Otherwise internally very clean. Some pages uncut. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, sl. sunned. Blue cloth boards are very good with a few light marks from placing on shelf. Ex-lib. Prinknash Abbey. A nice set.
£250.00 [ref: 31987]

Adams, H.G. Nests and Eggs of Familiar Birds.
New Rev. Ed. Pub. O. Newnam. 1903 pp.238 with 16 col. plates illustrating 86 eggs. 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Rear internal hinge a little tender. A few minor marks internally o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards with gilt lettering lightly rubbed to extremities and very gently sunned to spine o/w. fine.
£50.00 [ref: 72497]

Adams, H.G. & H.B. The Smaller British Birds. With descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habits etc.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Gibbings and Co. 1894 pp.iv, 252 with 16 colour plates of birds by A.F. Lydon and 16 colour plates of eggs. Small 4to. Bookplate to ffep. Some spotting very largely confined to end-papers and fore-edges of text block, o/w. contents fine. Original, gilt decorated boards in thor. vg. condition.
Informed and charmingly written. Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) was a British watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. He worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer (of Driffield), to whom he had been apprenticed from an early age.
£95.00 [ref: 62932]

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Adams, Henry and Arthur. The Genera of Recent Mollusca; Arranged according to their Organization.
1st. Ed. Pub. John van Voorst. 1858 Three volume set with 138 copper-engraved plates, 128 of which feature hand-colouring as published. Large 8vo. Hardback. Ex. Academic lib. the only indications of this being a stamp to each title-page and ffep, plus paper label to spine. Three pages a little clumsily opened, occ. minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Publisher’s blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine, marked in places and a little shelf rubbed to extremities, o/w. thor. vg. Vol. III has benefited from sympathetic relaying of spine.
Preferred variant with hand-colouring to the soft tissue parts of the molluscs. Originally issued in Parts, this work has the text-leaf which indicates when each Part was published.
£395.00 [ref: 63124]

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Adams, J.F. Beekeeping. The Gentle Craft.
Rep. Ed. Pub. Wynwood Press. 1988 pp.182 with line drawings. 8vo. Softback. Thor. vg. softback.
A wise and witty treatise on one of the oldest known cultures, written for the enthusiastic amateur.
£3.50 [ref: 71313]

Adams, K. & Pelz, P. Grasses in the Garden. Design Ideas, Plant Portraits and Care.
1st. Ed. Pub. Garden Art Press. 2015 pp.160 with colour photos throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £25.00. Out of print.
Demonstrates the diversity of grasses, their range, colour and size. Practical advice on their purchase and care to help ensure striking year-round displays.
£20.00 [ref: 60481]

Adams, W.H. Grounds for Change. Major Gardens of the 20th Century.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bulfinch Press. 1993 pp.216 with 90 col. & 22 b/w. photos. & illus. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
‘Spans the globe to take brave looks at the various styles of the great landscape designers of this past century’.
£16.00 [ref: 63693]

Adams, W.H. The French Garden 1500-1800.
1st. Pub. Scolar Press. 1979 pp.159 with illus. Fine in dw.
£20.00 [ref: 23141]