Berry, A.Q. et al. (Eds.). Fenn’s and Whixall Mosses.
Pub. Clwyd Archaeology Service. 1996 pp.xiv, 208 with colour photos. A thor. vg. sbk. Map inserted in pocket at rear. Also, with two guides to Fenn’s and Whixall Mosses pub. by English Nature.
£35.00 [ref: 48221]

Birkenhead, J. Ferns and Fern Culture.
Pub. John Heywood. [1897] pp.128 with engraved illus. 8vo. Original decorated cloth boards. Fine condition.
£35.00 [ref: 41776]

Bower, F.O. The Ferns (Filicales). Treated comparatively with a view to their natural classification. Volume I, II & III.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1923-28 Three volumes with b/w. illus. 4to. Ex-lib. Faint, scattered foxing to endpapers o/w. contents clean and bright. Most of original spines of vols. I and II relaid, edges of all volumes repaired. A vg. repaired ex-lib. hdbk. set. in original green cloth boards.
Contents. Volume 1 - Analytical examination of the criteria of comparison; Volume 2 - The Eusporangidae and othe relatively primitive ferns; Volume 3 - The Leptosporangiate ferns.
£50.00 [ref: 53622]

British Pteridological Society. The Occasional Paper of the British Pteridological Society, No. 1.
Facs. Ed. Pub. British Pteridological Society. 2008 pp.16 with fold-out illus. and chart at rear. 8vo. A fine softback.
This is a facsimile copy of the original published in 1875 with notes by Michael Hayward and includes a description of the Dryopteris affinis, D. filix-mas and D. oreades complex as well as a Nature Print.
£15.00 [ref: 53568]

Campbell, Douglas Houghton. The Structure & Development of the Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae).
1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1895 pp.viii, 544 with b/w.illus. Royal 8vo. Some very faint, scattered foxing to endpapers. A thor. vg. hdbk. in original, gilt illus., green cloth boards.
£25.00 [ref: 53616]

Cooke, M.C. A Fern Book for Everybody. Containing all the British ferns, with the foreign species suitable for a fernery.
Pub. Warne. [c.1889] pp.124 plus publisher’s adverts to rear, with 12 chromolithograph plates. 12mo. Hardback. Old signature to ffep. Boards and binding held in place with thick blue tape. Contents very clean and vg. Scarce.
£12.00 [ref: 53610]

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Creed, P. & Haynes, T. A Guide To Finding Mosses. In Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire.
Pub. Pisces Publications. 2013 pp.73 with many delightfully vivid colour photographs throughout. A new softback copy. With such excellent photography, this guide would be of use to all those interested in this subject no matter where they live.
This guide focuses on the species most likely to be found by the beginner, but it also includes striking, rarer examples from the local area. Covering over 200 species, it includes easy-to-follow descriptions. Information on key habitats and the best places to look, is also provided.
£5.95 [ref: 47618]

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Druery, Charles T. Choice British Ferns: Their varieties and culture.
Pub. London: L. Upcott Gill. [c.1888] pp.iv, 167 plus adverts to rear. With b/w. plates and illus. 8vo. Signature (dated 1901) to ffep. A vg. hdbk. in charming decorated brown cloth boards.
£50.00 [ref: 53618]

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Duncan, U.K. Introduction to British Lichens.
1st. Pub. T. Buncle. 1970 pp.lxxiv, 292 with 128 plates. A vg. copy with come fading to board spine.
£15.00 [ref: 38019]

Dyer, A.F. & Page, C.N, (Eds.). Biology of Pteridophytes.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 1985 pp.xv, 474 with b/w. microscopic photos. and illus. 4to. A thor. vg. softback.
£12.00 [ref: 53575]