Jefferies, Richard. The Wood from the Trees.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Pilot Press Ltd. 1945 pp. 143 with b/w. photographs. 8vo. A vg. plus hdbk. in nr. vg. dw.
£12.00 [ref: 49271]
Johns, Rev. C.A. The Forest Trees of Britain.
8th Ed. Pub. SPCK. 1899 pp.xi, 431 with frontis. vignette and b/w. illus. throughout plus 4-page SPCK catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Small Ex-libris label. Pencil inscription to verso of frontis. Internal hinges a little tender. Minor spotting to fore-edge of text block and ends o/w. contents fine. A little spine lean. Original cloth boards with gilt motif to front in thor. vg. condition.
Johns describes each species, noting also pests and diseases, uses for the wood, and associated myths and legends. The work is noteworthy for its meticulous engravings of leaves, seeds and blossom, and of the trees in natural setting.
£10.00 [ref: 71666]
Johnson, H. The International Book of Trees. A guide and tribute to the Trees of our Forests and Gardens.
Pub. Mitchell Beazley. 1973 pp. 288 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. with very gently sunned spine housed in thor. vg. pictorial slipcase.
The first fully illustrated book to include all the major garden and forest trees of the temperate world, from America to Asia, from the familar oaks and pines to the rare, spectacular trees such as the snowbells of Japan.
£10.00 [ref: 43581]
Johnson, O. Arboretum. A history of the trees grown in Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Whittet Books. 2015 pp.474 with colour photos., throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Signed by author to title page.
Johnson shapes a multitude of species and stories into a single historical narrative that progresses from the first post-glacial incomers, through the ancient planting of yews, to the arrival of a conifer that conjures prehistory of a different kind, the Wollemi pine.
£30.00 [ref: 70726]
Johnson, O. The Sussex Tree Book.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pomegranate Press. 1998 pp.96 with colour photos. and b/w. illus. 4to. Fine softback.
An illustrated tour of our Sussex champion trees, native and exotic. Well illustrated, it discusses tree lore and contains a detailed gazetteer.
£13.50 [ref: 64990]
Johnson, O. (Ed.). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland. The Tree Register of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Whittet Books. 2003 pp.192 with colour photos. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine.
Comprises an alphabetical listing of all species by botanical name, as well as a guide to visiting Britain and Ireland's finest specimens, organised by geographical region and county.
£20.00 [ref: 70751]
Jones, E.W. & Edwardson T.E. (Eds.). Forestry. The Journal of the Society of Foresters of Great Britain. Vol. 44. No.2.
Pub. Oxford Uni. Press. 1971 pp.246 with b/w. photos., and figs. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback.
Includes articles on “The History and Development of Dartington Woodlands, Devon”; “Thomas Johnes (1748-1816) - Pioneer of Upland Afforestation in Wales”; and “Rates of Spread of some Wind-driven Fires”.
£8.00 [ref: 58599]
Krussmann, Gerd Die Laubgeholze. Alphabetisches Verzeichnis nebst Beschreibung und Bewertung der in Deutschland winterharten Laubgeholze.
Pub. Paul Parey. 1951 pp.viii, 401 with illustrations. Red cloth boards bowed. Overall a very good copy.
£45.00 [ref: 45216]
Krussmann, Gerd. Manual of Cultivated Conifers.
2nd. Rev. Ed. 2nd. Prt. Pub. Timber Press. 1991 pp.361 with b/w. photos and figs. 4to. Some spotting to top-edge of text block o/w., a fine hardback in fine dw., with gentle sunning to spine.
Preferred edition. Recommended.
£32.00 [ref: 56838]
Kunkel, G, The Trees of Liberia. Field notes on the more important trees of the Liberian Forests, and a field identification key.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bayerischer. 1965 pp. 270 with 80 b/w. photos. and line drawings throughout. Large 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine hardback.
Report No. 3 of the German Forestry Mission to Liberia.
£32.50 [ref: 65830]