Shishkin, B.K. (Ed.). Flora of the U.S.S.R. Vol. XXIV - Dipsacaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Campanulaceae.
Pub. Israel Program for Scientific Translations. 1972 pp.[ii], xvi, 370 with line drawings plus four maps. 4to. Softback. Contents fine. Printed paper covers show a little wear.
Describes species belonging to the Dipsacaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Campanulaceae.
£12.50 [ref: 67941]

Standley, P.C. Flora De Costa Rica. Parte 1, Nos. 1 - 4.
1st. Ed. Pub. Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. 1937-1940 pp.194. 8vo. Ex-lib. In Spanish with Latin names. A thor. vg. hardback.
All published parts of this, the slightly amended Spanish edition. Covers Cycadaceae through to Araceae on the Englerian system.
£120.00 [ref: 57549]

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Steyermark, J.A. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol. 8. Poaceae-Rubiaceae.
Pub. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. 2004 pp.xiv, 874 with over 650 botanical line drawings. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
This is the 8th book in a nine volume flora. This volume continues the alphabetical sequence of family treatments begun in Volume 2. It includes 17 families of flowering plants, from Poaceae through Rubiaceae.
£30.00 [ref: 36987]

Summerhayes, V.S. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Orchidaceae (Part 1) by V.S. Summerhayes.
1st. Ed. Pub. Crown Agents. 1968 pp.235, iii with b/w. illus. througout. Large 8vo. Softback. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and ends o/w. contents fine. Original printed paper covers vg. Loosely inserted is a six-page List of Botanical Publications, issued in 1972 by the Government Printer, Kenya.
£17.50 [ref: 71872]

Tackholm, V. & G. and Drar, M. Flora of Egypt. Vol. I to III.
1st. Ed. Pub. Fouad I University, Cairo. 1941-1954 Three volumes. 8vo. Softbacks. Vols. II & III inscribed by V. Tackholm. Contents nr. fine. Card covers vg. with some spotting, spines a little chipped with titles handwritten to spines.
A work begun in 1925 with the aim of covering all aspects of Egyptian flora. Frodin describes the work as a ‘Copiously descriptive flora of vascular plants.....with lengthy notes on habitat, ecology, biological features, properties and uses, historical and modern local ‘lore’, (and in each volume) a complete index.
£100.00 [ref: 67540]

Taylor, A.W. Wild Flowers of the Pyrenees.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chatto and Windus. 1971 pp.ix, 103 with colour and b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Address and label. Occasional tick to text with one annotation and pressed example. Corners slightly bumped o/w. nr. fine in thor. vg. dw.
£8.00 [ref: 63320]

Taylor, W.R. Plants of Bikini and other Northern Marshall Islands.
1st. Ed. Pub. Univ. of Michigan Press. 1950 pp.xv, 227 with 79 b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Fine hardback in vg. dw.
Before carrying out the atomic-bomb tests of the fifties, the commanding officers of the Joint Task Force directed that comprehensive scientific studies be made of the test sites, to establish a basis of the probable effects on the lagoon, reef, plants and animals. Part of this study was the analysis of the plant and animal life of Bikini Atoll, and other atolls in the same latitude for comparison.
£52.50 [ref: 65843]

Thommen, Edouard. Atlas de Poche de la Flore Suisse. Comprenant Les Regions Etrangeres Limitrophes.
1st. Ed. Pub. F. Rouge & Cie. 1945 pp.xiv, 296 with line drawings throughout. Small 8vo. Hardback. Signature and label. Thor. vg. in good to vg. dw.
£9.00 [ref: 63325]

Thorogood, Chris & Hiscock, Simon. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Algarve.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kew Publishing. 2014 pp.vii, 272 with colour photos. and line drawings. 8vo. Fine hardback. In-print at £35.00.
This is the first comprehensive identification guide to the rich Mediterranean flora of the Algarve region of southern Portugal, including the Cape St. Vincent Peninsula National Park.
£29.50 [ref: 66375]

Townsend, C.C., Guest, E. and Al-Rawi, A. (Eds.). Flora of Iraq. Volume Nine. - Gramineae.
Pub. Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad. 1968 pp.vi, 588 with colour frontis. and line drawings throughout. Large 8vo. Softback. Nr. fine.
£40.00 [ref: 63909]