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]
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]
Akerele, O. et al. The Conservation of Medicinal Plants.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1991 pp.xvi, 362. 8vo. Fine hardback with gently sunned spine. Out-of-print.
Nearly all cultures, from ancient times to today, have used plants as a source of medicine. In many developing countries, traditional medicine is still the mainstay of health care and most of the drugs and cures used come from plants. In developed countries many people are turning to herbal remedies. However, in the face of increasing demand, a vastly increasing human population and extensive forest destruction, there can be no guarantee that we will continue to benefit indefinitely from this valuable resource.
£22.00 [ref: 65496]
Allan, Mea. The Hookers of Kew. 1785-1911.
1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1967 pp.273 with col. frontis., b/w. photos. and illus., plus fold-out family tree. 8vo. Light spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. contents fine. Cloth boards thor. vg. in vg. dw.
The major 20th Century biography of this famous family.
£30.00 [ref: 66960]
Allan, Mea. The Hookers of Kew. 1785-1911.
1st. Ed. Pub. Michael Joseph. 1967 pp.273 with col. frontis., b/w. photos. and illus., plus fold-out family tree. 8vo. Signature. Nr. fine hardback in good to vg., neatly repaired dw.
The major 20th Century biography of this famous family.
£35.00 [ref: 64787]
Allen, D.E. Rubus in Surrey (v.c.17). A list of the species considered reliably on record compiled by D.E. Allen 1997-2000 from the published literature, field records and searches of the relevant main herbaria.
Pub. D.E. Allen. 2001 pp.19. A4. Softback. With 3 pages of handwritten notes following a Rubus Meeting with David Allen on 29th July 2001 loosely inserted. Fine.
£15.00 [ref: 61626]
Allman, T. (Pub.). The Botanical Keepsake. An Arrangement of British Plants.
Pub. T. Allman. 1846 pp.viii, 233 with 28 hand-coloured plates. Small 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Charming dedication, dated 1857, to ffep. Light spotting to endpapers and occ. internally o/w. contents nr. fine. A little spine lean. Original cloth binding with gilt decoration in vg. condition with some marks and bumping to extremities. Scarce.
Charming. Intended as an introduction to botany and the text is presented as a dialogue between the teacher (Miss H.) and her pupils (Sophia and Mary). The flowers in the plates were drawn from nature.
£100.00 [ref: 63896]
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Anderman, Tomas. Herr Archiater of Hammarby. Carl von Linne in the Parish of Danmark.
1st. Ed. Pub. Danmarks Hemygdsforening. 2007 pp.96 with col. illus. 8vo. Minor mark to blank margin of early leaves and minor abrasion to front cover o/w. a fine softback. Scarce.
This book charts the home life of the Linne family and is a useful companion to the Linne historical sites.
£17.50 [ref: 66516]
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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