Codd, L.E. The South African Species of Kniphofia. Bothalia : Vol. 9, Parts 3 and 4.
1st. Ed. Pub. Botanical Research Institute, South Africa 1968 pp.363-513 with 27 col. plates plus b/w. photos. & dist. maps. Small 4to. Softback. Contents fine. Card covers nr. fine with initials to top corner of front cover.
A detailed and very well illustrated insight into the Red Hot Pokers of South Africa.
£19.50 [ref: 69506]

Connold, Edward T. British Vegetable Galls. An introduction to their study.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hutchinson. 1901 pp.xii, 312 with b/w. photos. 4to. Very light spotting and some informed pencil annotations to margins o/w. contents fine. Original cloth with gilt lettering in nr. fine condition.
This work presented the collector and student with information on around two-thirds of the then known number of vegetable galls. Complete lists of all known plant galls are also given with a brief description of each.
£22.00 [ref: 50836]

Cook, J. Gordon. Your Guide to the Soil.
Pub. Merrow. 1965 pp. 471. Ex-lib. DW. spine sunned, lightly pulled. Contents vg.
£20.00 [ref: 35858]

Cooke, M.C. Introduction to Fresh-Water Algae. With an Enumeration of all the British Species.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1902 pp.vi, 339 with 13 b/w. engraved plates. 8vo. Hardback. Signature. Minor foxing including to some plates, o/w. contents fine. Original red cloth in thor. vg. condition.
£30.00 [ref: 58866]

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Cooke, M.C. Introductions to Fresh-Water Algae with and Enumeration of all British Species.
Pub. Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1890 pp.vi, 334 with 13 engraved plates. Spine re-laid. Good.
£20.00 [ref: 42044]

Cooper, E.A. Summary descriptions of National Vegetation Classification - grassland and montane communities.
1st. Ed. Pub. JNCC. 1997 pp.vi, 92. 4to. Signature to title page. Nr. fine softback.
Provides summary descriptions of the accounts given in British Plant Communities, Vol. 3 : intended as aids to field workers.
£15.00 [ref: 70870]

Cope, T. The Wild Flora of Kew Gardens. A Cumulative Checklist from 1759.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG, Kew. 2009 pp.vi, 305 with colour photos. throughout. 8vo. Softback. Nr. fine. RRP £32.99.
With nearly 2,000 taxa included, this book notes the past and present distribution of wild species within the Gardens, and demonstrates the extent to which the wild flora of the Kew estate has changed over the last 250 years.
£12.50 [ref: 63229]

Cope, T. & Gray, A. Grasses of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 13.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.S.B.I. 2009 pp.612 with line drawings throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback. Out of print in hardback.
Grasses of the British Isles contains descriptions of 15 tribes, 67 genera and 220 species and the information includes description, distribution, habitat and additional information as well as plates illustrating the different species.
£40.00 [ref: 68162]

Cowling, R. & Richardson, D. Fynbos. South Africa’s Unique Floral Kingdom.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Fernwood Press. 2000 pp.156 with fine colour photos. throughout by Colin Paterson-Jones. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
The first popular book to cover this, the smallest, but richest of the world's six floral kingdoms. Covers all aspects of the Fynbos environment, its organisms and ecosystems, as well as conservation concerns, and animal life.
£26.00 [ref: 60901]

Cox, G.W. Alien Species in North America and Hawaii. Impacts on Natural Ecosystems.
1st. Ed. Pub. Island Press. 1999 pp.xii, 387. 8vo. Occasional pencil underlinings in text. Nr. fine softback.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the invasive species phenomenon, examining the threats posed and the damage already been done to ecosystems across North America and Hawaii.
£12.50 [ref: 59013]