Miles, Archie. The British Oak.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Constable. 2016 pp.304 profusely illustrated with colour and b/w. photographs & illus. A new hardback in new dw. RRP £30.00.
Comprehensively explores the history, culture, topography and biology of the oak tree in Britain. Highly acclaimed.
£22.50 [ref: 50950]

North, Marianne and Mills, Christopher. Marianne North. The Kew Collection.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. RBG Kew. 2019 pp.304 with more than 800 colour illus. Large 4to. New hardback. A superb work.
For the first time, this unique and stunning book brings together all of Marianne North's Kew collection. The paintings are arranged geographically as they appear in the Gallery, and Marianne's original titles are included alongside each painting.
£40.00 [ref: 56734]

Peterken, G. Meadows. British Wildlife Collection No. 2.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. British Wildlife Publishing. 2018 pp.431 with 250 colour & b/w. photos and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £40.00.
Highly recommended. ‘Meadows’, the second volume of a major new series of books on British natural history, provides one of the most wide-ranging and eloquent treatments of this quintessential British habitat.
£36.00 [ref: 54852]

Peterken, George. Trees and Woodlands British Wildlife Collection No. 12.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2023 pp.416 with colour photos. and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £40.00.
In ‘Trees and Woodlands’, George Peterken brings together decades of scientific research, while also incorporating his personal experiences, to explore the ecology, nature conservation and wider cultural value of our native trees and shrubs, and the various ways they have combined as woodland.
£36.00 [ref: 64294]

Pratt, E.A. The Wild Flowers of the Isle of Purbeck, Brownsea and Sandbanks and Wild Trees and Ferns. Where to find them and help with identification of similar species.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Brambleby Books. 2017 pp.316 with 32 colour photographic plates and 22 maps. 8vo. New softback. Last copy.
An essential companion on any ramblings in this wild-flower rich area of Dorset.
£18.00 [ref: 54035]

Pressel, S. (et al). Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of Ascension Island.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces Publications. 2017 pp.vi, 137 with over 300 colour photos., and maps throughout. 8vo. New softback.
A very well illustrated and informative guide, covering 87 species, including 60 mosses, 23 liverworts and 4 hornworts.
£12.95 [ref: 54604]

Preston, C.D. & Hill, M.O. Cambridgeshire’s Mosses & Liverworts. A Dynamic Flora.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces. 2019 pp.vi, 326 with colour photos., figs., and dist. maps. Large 8vo. New softback.
Describes the current bryophyte flora of the vice-county, based on surveys undertaken between 2000 and 2018. Detailed accounts of the 341 species recorded from the county since 1660 are given and changes in its bryoflora are analysed.
£27.50 [ref: 57285]

Pridgeon, A.M. et al. (Eds.). Genera Orchidacearum. Volume 1. General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. O.U.P. 2009 pp.xiv, 197 with colour and b/w. photos and other text illus. 4to. A new hardback in illus. boards, gently bumped to top-edge. RRP. 167.50
Genera are comprehensively described, including the complete nomenclature, distribution, anatomy, cultivation, economic uses, taxonomic notes, and a select bibliography.
£67.50 [ref: 54435]

Proctor, G.R. Flora of the Cayman Islands.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2012 pp.788, beautifully illustrated with 400 colour photographs and 250 line drawings. New hardback. RRP £85.00.
The three islands comprising the Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac) support 415 native taxa in a land area little over 260 square kilometers, 29 of which are uniquely Caymanian. This full colour Flora of the Cayman Islands by George R. Proctor is a total revision of his first edition.
£59.50 [ref: 47789]

Rackham, Oliver. The History of the Countryside. The classic history of Britain’s landscape, flora and fauna.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2020 pp.xvi, 445 with b/w. photographs and other figs. throughout. 8vo. New softback. RRP £16.99
This marvellous book traces the history of the British countryside from the late Ice Age to the present. It examines how indigenous plants and wildlife, as well as the general topography, have altered over the centuries, and how the changing nature of the landscape shapes our lives.
£15.00 [ref: 59234]