Atherton, Ian et al. (Eds.). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland. A Field Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Bryological Society. 2010 pp.v, 848 with colour photos., throughout b/w., illus., and dist. maps. 8vo. Fine softback.
Recommended - the most up-to-date, user-friendly guide to identifying British and Irish bryophytes in the field.
£32.50 [ref: 59427]

Berkeley, Rev. M.J. Handbook of British Mosses. Comprising all that are known to be natives of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve & Co. 1863 pp.xxxvi, 324 with 23 hand-coloured plates, 1 b/w. plate (all with letterpress) plus 16-page Reeve catalogue (not dated). 8vo. Hardback. Neat inscription. Very minor spotting at ends, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth binding, spine expertly relaid (so well undertaken it is barely noticable), all in excellent, nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed.
£100.00 [ref: 58667]

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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. Their native habitats, organisation, habits of growth, compost for different genera; cultivation in pots, baskets, rockwork, walls; in stove, greenhouse, dwelling-house, and outdoor ferneries; potting, watering, propagation, etc. Selections of ferns; suitable for stove, warm, cool and cold greenhouses; for baskets, walls, exhibition, wardian cases, dwelling-houses, and outdoor ferneries. Insect pests and their eradication, &c.
2nd. Ed. Pub. By the author. [c.1890] pp.128 plus adverts to rear. With b/w. illus. 8vo. Historical name and address (dated Jan 8th 1898) to front paste-down. A thor. vg. hdbk. in gilt illus., blue cloth boards.
£25.00 [ref: 53613]

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]

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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