The Genus Pleione. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. Volume 184, Part 3.
Pub. The Bentham-Moxham Trust. nd pp. 93-147 with colour plates and line drawings. A vg. copy in card covers.
£25.00 [ref: 37468]

XV International Botanical Congress. 2 Volumes. Abstracts and Proceedings.
Pub. IUBS. 1993 2 Volumes with colour photographs and other figs. A vg. set in card covers.
Volume 1 is entitled ‘Abstracts’ and considers many subjects including sysematics and evolution, ecology and environmental botany, growth and development, genetics and much more. Volume 2 is entitled ‘Proceedings’ and covers what workshops, academic society meetings, satellite meetings and who attended the congress and much more.
£30.00 [ref: 41280]

Abu-Irmaileh, B.E. Weeds of Jordan. (Weeds of Crop Fields).
1st. Ed. Pub. The Author. [1982] pp.xix, 433 with b/w. botanical illus. throughout. 4to. Bilingual in English and Arabic. Dedication by author to half-title. Thor. vg. softback. Very scarce.
A total of 222 weed species from 48 plant families are included, covering the common weeds in most agricultural areas of Jordan.
£125.00 [ref: 58994]

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Adams, C.D. et al. Common Weeds of the West Indies.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of the West Indies. 1968 pp.ii, 139 with b/w. illus., throughout. 8vo. Neat dedication by one of the authors to ffep. A vg. hardback. Scarce.
£45.00 [ref: 58988]

Advisory Committee for the Botanical Survey of South Africa. A Guide to Botanical Survey Work.
Pub. Pretoria. 1922 pp.89 with maps. Lacking rear part of paper cover and front paper present but detached. Contents in very good condition. Scarce.
£15.00 [ref: 44374]

Alden, B. et al. Kulturvaxtlexikon.
Pub. Natur och Kultur. 1998 pp.467. A nr. fine copy.
£22.50 [ref: 41385]

Anderson, P. and Shimwell, D. Wild Flowers and other Plants of the Peak District.
Pub. Moorland. 1981 pp.192 with b/w. photographs and other figs. Ex-Lib. A vg. copy in same dw. which has been laminated.
£12.00 [ref: 40594]

Andrews, Patrick. Structural Investigations of: I. Some Plant Polysaccharides. II. Methylene Derivatives of L-Rhamnose.
Printed by P. Andrews. 1953 pp.ii, 130 with illus. Small 4to. Thor. vg. hardback. With a reprint of an article entitled ‘Mannose-Containing Polysaccarides. I. The Galactomannans of Lucerne and Cloder Seeds’ by P. Andrews et al from the Journal of the American Chemical Society (1952) bound in at rear.
A thesis submitted by Patrick Andrews for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Bristol, March 1953.
£30.00 [ref: 58569]

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Aram, P. (Felsenstein, F. Ed.). A Practical Treatise of Flowers.
Pub. Leeds Phil. & Lit. Soc. 1985 pp.xxxiv, 95. Title written on spine of card covers. Overall a fine copy.
£25.00 [ref: 33644]

Arber, A. Herbals. Their Origin and Evolution. A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470-1670.
3rd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1990 pp.xxxii, 358 with b/w. illus., throughout. 8vo. Signature. Fine softback. Page of related handwritten notes on early herbals loosely inserted.
This book surveys the development of the printed herbal from 1470-1670, when the fields of knowledge generally were being greatly extended. A must for those interested in early botanical literature.
£10.00 [ref: 60505]