Dawson, W.R. Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society of London. Part I.- The Smith Papers.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Linnean Society. 1934 pp.114. 4to. Fine softback with some gentle sunning to spine.
The Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., First President of the Society.
£18.00 [ref: 68020]

de Bary, Dr. A. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns. Translated & Annotated by F.O. Bower & D.H. Scott.
1st. Ed. Pub. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1884 pp.xvi, 659 with 241 b/w. woodcuts. Large 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Remains of label to front paste down, inscription to ffep., signature to half-title. Some spotting to ends, occ. underlining and informed annotations o/w. contents fine. Original quarter leather over cloth boards showing some rubbing to extremities o/w. vg.
£75.00 [ref: 69653]

Dean, G. Flowering Legacy. The Biography of Pauline Dean.
1st. Ed. Pub. Botanical Publishing. 2009 pp.174 with col. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine softback.
A biography of Pauline Dean, the botanical artist, winner of eight gold medals at the RHS.
£10.00 [ref: 66800]

Desmond, Ray. Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists. including Plant Collectors and Botanical Artists.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Taylor & Francis. 1977 pp.xxvi, 747. Crown 4to. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in Publisher’s green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration.
The preferred third edition. A useful resource for historians, botanists, and archivists.
£80.00 [ref: 71919]

Desmond, Ray. Great Natural History Books and their Creators.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Library and Oak Knoll Press. 2003 pp.176 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
A most useful reference book.
£8.00 [ref: 70828]

Dixon, P.S. & Irvine, L.M. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta. Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Natural History). 1977 pp.xi, 252 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Covers gently shelf-rubbed and gently sunned to spine o/w. a fine softback.
The first of three parts comprising Volume 1, this book covers the orders Nemaliales and Gigartinales. A general introduction to the Rhodophyta deals with such topics as morphology, reproduction and economic utilization. Each species is then described and illustrated and notes on the ecology and distribution are given. Keys to aid identification are also included.
£15.00 [ref: 68399]

Dony, J. G. Bedfordshire Plant Atlas.
Ist. Ed. Pub. Borough of Luton Museum & Art Gallery. 1976. pp. 132 with overlays & numerous distrib. maps. 4to. Softback. Signature. With two overlays. VG. plus softback. Extensive list alien plants recorded in Bedfordshire between 1946 and 1978 loosely inserted.
£5.00 [ref: 63186]

Dony, J.G. et al. English Names of Wild Flowers.
2nd. Ed. Pub. B.S.B.I. 1986 pp.viii, 117. 8vo. Softback. Neat signature to top of title page. Some informed notes in pencil. A thor. vg softback.
£9.00 [ref: 54867]

Du Plessis, N. & Duncan, G. Bulbous Plants of Southern Africa. A guide to their cultivation and propagation.
1st. Ed. 1st. Imp. Pub. Tafelberg. 1989 pp. 192 with 47 full-page col. illus. by Elise Bodley and b/w. figs. Fine hardback in fine dw., housed in publisher’s nr. fine pictorial slipcase.
A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide for identifying South African geophytes, with an enumeration of various techniques for propagating them. Elise Bodley has exhibited at the Audubon Naturalist Society and all of the watercolours in this book were exhibited at the Naturalist Centre at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
£85.00 [ref: 71877]

Ducker, S.C. (Ed.). The Contented Botanist. Letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific.
1st. Ed. Pub. Melbourne Univ. Press. 1988 pp.xvi, 413 with col. & b/w. illus. and maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. with very gently sunned spine.
William Henry Harvey (1811-1866), professor of Botany from Dublin, was a prolific letter writer and during his career he engaged in friendly correspondence with Sir William Hooker and other outstanding scientists of his time. His letters give us an insight into the inquiring mind of an outstanding Victorian botanist.
£22.50 [ref: 67148]