Beedy, E.C. & Pandolfino, E.R. Birds of the Sierra Nevada. Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of California Press. 2013 pp.xiv, 430 with colour photos. and fine colour illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback. As new. In-print at £57.99
Up-to-date information about the birds of the Sierra Nevada in California, complemented by maps showing geography and ecological zones. Each species account features original colour illustrations by Keith Hansen.
£30.00 [ref: 62832]

Beehler, B.M. Upland Birds of Northeastern New Guinea.
Pub. WAU. 1978 pp.ix,156 with 10 colour and b/w. plates and several figs. 8vo. A fine softback.
£10.00 [ref: 42317]

Beehler, B.M. et al. Birds of New Guinea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton Uni. Press. 1986 pp.xiii, 293 with 47 colour and 8 b/w. plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. / nr. fine dw.
Covers all of the more than 700 species of birds recorded from the region. The text contains species accounts treating identification, distribution, ecology, vocalizations, and behavior.
£25.00 [ref: 60178]

Beehler, Bruce M. et al. Birds of New Guinea.
1st. Ed. Pub. Princeton. 1986 pp.xiii, 293 with colour illus. 8vo. A vg. softback.
£30.00 [ref: 51519]

Beekman, E.M. Rumphius’ Orchids. Georgius Everhardus Rumphius.
Pub. YALE. 2003 pp.li, 172 with small illus. A vg. plus copy in same dw.
£4.00 [ref: 40793]

Beentje, H. & Bandeira, S. Field Guide to the Mangrove Trees of Africa and Madagascar.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 2007 pp.91 with detailed line drawings, maps and supporting photos. 8vo. Softback. New.
On the edge of land and sea, these trees are an important resource for shoreline communities. Their timber is used in construction and carpentry, for firewood and dyes, in cordage and medicinal products. Describes and illustrates all species of mangrove trees.
£40.00 [ref: 56729]

Beer, Amy-Jane. RSPB Spotlight: Sparrows.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2021 pp.128 with colour photography throughout. 8vo. New softback.
Introduces readers to the life and behaviour of Sparrows with eye-catching colour photography and informative expert text.
£12.99 [ref: 61611]

Beeton, Mrs. Beeton’s All About Gardening. A Popular Dictionary of Garden Work.
New & Enl. Ed. Pub. Ward, Lock. 1909 pp.576 with b/w. frontis. & text illus. throughout. Advertisements to end-papers. 8vo. Hardback. Light spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
'Beeton's All about Gardening' consists of an A-to-Z of gardening theory and practice, with articles on specific plants and varieties, seeds for the kitchen garden, techniques of grafting, pests, the storage of fruit, garden buildings and much more.
£22.50 [ref: 69909]

Beeton, Mrs. Beeton’s Gardening Book, Containing Full and Practical Instructions Concerning General Gardening Operations.
Pub. Ward, Lock, & Co. [c.1875] pp.252 with b/w. illus. and 6 page publisher’s catalogue. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Minor marking to thor. vg. boards.
With chapters on The Flower Garden, The Kitchen Garden, Fruit Growing, Pests of the Garden and a Monthly Calendar of work to be done in the garden throughout the year.
£30.00 [ref: 62455]

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Beeton, [Samuel Orchart]. Beeton’s Dictionary of Every-day Gardening : Constituting A Popular Cyclopaedia of the Theory and Practice of Horticulture.
Pub. Ward, Lock & Co. [1896] pp.xxxii, 419 with col. plates & b/w. text illus. plus 14-page Publisher’s catalogue to rear. End-papers with adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-School Lib. Contents fine. Original decorated green cloth boards lightly rubbed to extremities o/w. fine. A very pleasing copy.
The aim of this work was to afford the growing group of people with an interest in gardening ‘accurate information upon the theory and practice of it’. The book begins with an historical sketch of gardening then moves on to discuss the different types and styles of gardening, then onto the dictionary.
£30.00 [ref: 71569]