Polunin, O. Flowers of Greece and the Balkans.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 1980 pp.xvi, 592 plus 64 pages. A total of 80 pages of colour illus. and 28 pages of line drawings. VG. plus in same dw.
£50.00 [ref: 40269]
Polunin, O. and Stainton, A. Flowers of the Himalaya. [with] Flowers of the Himalaya - A Supplement.
Rep. Pub. Oxford University Press. 1990 Two volume set with col. photos., & line drawings. 8vo. Nr. fine hardbacks in nr. fine dws.
This is the first book of its kind for identifying the wild flowers of the Himalaya. There are descriptions of types of climate, geology, soils and altitude effects. There is also an account of where to go plant-hunting in the Himalayas and at what seasons of the year.
£30.00 [ref: 71592]
Pooley, Elsa. Flowers, Grasses, Ferns and Fungi. Southern African Green Guide.
Pub. Southern. 1998 pp.64 with colour photographs. 8vo. A fine softback, with a few neat annotations in ink.
£15.00 [ref: 49296]
Printz, Henrik. The Vegetation of The Siberian-Mongolian Frontiers. (The Sayansk Region).
1st. Ed. Pub. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab. 1921 pp.458 with full-page b/w. plates. and photos. 4to. Minor bump to top-corner of boards. Overall a thor. vg. hdbk.
£170.00 [ref: 51969]
Proctor, G.R. Flora of the Cayman Islands.
2nd. Ed. Pub. RBG, Kew. 2012 pp.724 beautifully illustrated with over 400 colour photographs and 250 line drawings. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine hardback.
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.
£22.50 [ref: 65858]
Rechinger, K.H. Flora Iranica. Vol. 140. Papilionaceae I.
Pub. Akademische Druck-Austria. 1979 pp.89 with 60 b/w. plates. Large 8vo. Bilingual with general descriptions in German and morphological descriptions and keys in Latin. Fine softback.
£20.00 [ref: 67547]
Rivas-Martinez, S. et al. La Vegetacion de la Alta Montana Cantabrica. Los Picos de Europa.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ediciones Leonesas. 1984 pp.295 with 4 folding maps, colour photos. and b/w figs. Spanish with latin names. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback.
An excellent guide to the vegetation of the High Cantabrian Mountains.
£35.00 [ref: 65469]
Robertson, S.A. Flowering Plants of Seychelles. An annotated Check List, of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms, with Line Drawings.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 1989 pp.xvi, 327 with b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine softback with minor sunning to spine and rear cover.
Checklist of the 1,150 species recorded from these islands, about 250 of which are thought to be indigenous or endemic.
£8.00 [ref: 65842]
Saldanha, C.J. Flora of Karnataka. Volume I. Magnoliaceae to Fabaceae & Vol. II. Podosemaceae to Apiaceae.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.A. Balkema. 1985-1996 Two vol. set with col photos., line drawings and fold-out map. 8vo. Ownership insc. and other notes to ffeps., ‘Review Copy’stamp to Vol. II. Fine hardbacks in thor. vg. dws. Scarce.
A detailed flora for Karnataka, the sixth largest state by area, in India.
£80.00 [ref: 66059]