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BASTIN, S. LEONARD  Flowerless plants: how and where they grow
Cassell & Company, 1913, 1st edition.Green cloth.V.g./No jacket.Edgewear to tips of spine.xi, 152 pp. In English.
GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 95.25 US$ 141.61 | JP¥ 12597] Book number: 3640
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BERKELEY, M.J.  Handbook of British mosses
L.Reeve, 1895, 2nd edition.Foxed.Good /No Jacket.Light edge wear to spine and corners, foxing to half-title, frontispiece and t.p. and to last few col.plates at end; fore-edge spotted.In general, a lightly-used copy.viii, (2), 324 pp. 24 col.plates, (16) pp.In English.
GBP 115.00 [Appr.: EURO 129 US$ 191.59 | JP¥ 17043] Book number: 3538
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CHAPMAN, V.J.  The marine algae of Jamaica
The Jamaica Institute, Jamaica Institute Bulletin.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.Trace of library stamp on front cover. In English.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP¥ 2964] Book number: 5817
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FERRY, B.W., BADDELEY, M.S. & HAWKSWORTH, D.L. (EDS)  Air pollution and lichens
Athlone Press, University of London, 1973, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 485 11140 3.V.g./V.g. A collection of essays covering a variety of topics, particularly the effect of sulphur dioxide on lichens but also covering other pollutants such as airborne fluorides.x, 389 pp. many text figures, maps and tables. In English.
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP¥ 3705] Book number: 2898
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FRITSCH, KARL  Beitrag zur Flora von Constantinopel
Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 1899, Band 68: Denkschriften der K.Acad.d.Wiss. math.-nat.Klasse (offprint).Disbound.V.g./No Jacket.The Cryptogamic chapter forming part 1 of a paper by Dr Karl Fritsch with the subtitle ""Bearbeitung der von J.Nemetz in den Jahren 1894-1897 in der Umgebungen von Constantinopel gesammelten Pflanzen"" (a study of the plants collected in the vicinity of Istanbul by J.Nemetz between 1894 and 1897).It is accompanied by an attractive chromolithographic plate, with tissue guard, drawn by W.Liopolt and showing 13 figures of lichens.Pp.219-250.In German.
GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 | JP¥ 5928] Book number: 2649
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HIBBERD, SHIRLEY  The sea-weed collector: a handy guide to the marine botanist (etc.)
Groombridge & Sons, n.d.[1872], 39421.Decorative red cloth with impressed black and gilt design.Good /No Jacket.All edges gilt; spine frayed at xtremities; rear f.e.p.detached, front hinge starting; internally v.g.with no foxing.vii, 152 pp. In English.
GBP 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 89.75 US$ 133.28 | JP¥ 11856] Book number: 3535
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HILL, MARK O. & EDWARDS, BRYAN  Mosses and liverworts of Dorset
Dorset Environmental Records Centre, 2003.Soft cover.0 9511394 2 8.V.g./ No Jacket .Signed by the senior author (inscribed 'to Monica'), and with tiny stains at top and bottom of spine, not affecting text, otherwise nearly new.Unparalleled in its detail, this first atlas of moss and liverwort distribution in a small southern English county testifies to an intensive effort by a large team of recorders.Although the county of Dorset is geologically diverse the patterns of distribution only rarely reflect this, the exceptions mostly being indicators of heathland (of which large tracts exist in the New Forest).The mapping scale is at tetrad level (2 x 2 km), though early work was done at 10 x 10 km level and so the coverage of common species is somewhat uneven.(3), 176 pp. In English.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 2345
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JOHNSON, CHARLES (ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN E. SOWERBY)  The ferns of Great Britain
John E.Sowerby, Lambeth, 1855, ?1st.Ribbed cloth./.Plates part-coloured.In English.
GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 101 US$ 149.94 | JP¥ 13338] Book number: 3511
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LARGE, E.C.  The advance of the fungi
Jonathan Cape, 1940.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Bookplate of J.E.Hyde-Linaker with coat of arms; inscription and former owner's signature.Some tears to dust jacket, spine water-stained, top edge of text spotted, ?bookmark print-through on pp.172-3, generally good.A rattlingly good read, concentrating on fungal diseases and their impact on agriculture and horticulture.Illustrated with 6 full-page monochrome plates and 58 text figures.In English.
GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 | JP¥ 4446] Book number: 226
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ORMEROD, ELEANOR A.  A manual of injurious insects, with methods of prevention and remedy (etc.)
W.Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, n.d.(c.1881).Brown cloth, no jacket.V.g./No jacket.4 autochrome plates, 79 illustrations from photographs by the author.Jacket sl.worn at edges; owners' signatures on t.p.xxxvii, 323 pp. In English.
GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 123.25 US$ 183.26 | JP¥ 16302] Book number: 3639
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PRATT, ANNE  The ferns of Great Britain
SPCK, n.d.[c.1855], 2nd edition.Rebound in modern half brown leather, raised bands, gilt title on red leather patch./.In English.
GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 101 US$ 149.94 | JP¥ 13338] Book number: 3502
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RAMSBOTTOM, JOHN  Edible fungi
King Penguin, 1943.Decorative paper-covered boards.Good /No Jacket.Good, spine rubbed and cracked, owner's signature, peripheral foxing not affecting text.Plates annotated in pencil with English names.In English.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 273
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RAMSBOTTOM, JOHN  A handbook of the larger British fungi
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1923, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Ex-library copy with bookplate, classmark on spine and a few stamps.iv, 222 pp. In English.
GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.65 | JP¥ 3260] Book number: 3497
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ROGERS, RODERICK W.  The genera of Australian lichens
University of Queensland Press, St.Lucia, 1981.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7022 1579 1.As new/Fine.Nearly new, in fine dust-jacket sl.sunned along spine; small price sticker at rear (""The Co-op Bookshop""); owner's signature on front endpaper.Pioneering work on the genera of Australian lichens, providing keys to genera; alphabetical list of genera describing their morphology, chemistry, phycobiont and distribution; an index to useful floras and monographic literature, with bibliography; glossary; and taxonomic index.In English.
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 | JP¥ 2668] Book number: 277
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SPORNE, K.R.  The Morphology of Pteridophytes: the structure of ferns and allied plants
Hutchinson, 1966, 2nd ed. Paper covers.V.g./ No Jacket .The 1966 second edition of a work first published in 1962.D.j.price clipped, labels on spine of d.j.and main spine; v.g.The author concentrates on anatomy and in doing so presents considerable evidence of evolutionary relationships and adaptations.A small but influential book.In English.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 | JP¥ 1186] Book number: 303
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STEP, EDWARD  Toadstools and mushrooms of the country side
Hutchinson , n.d.(c.1929).Hard covers.V.g./No jacket.A tidy copy; cover unevenly sunned, otherwise near fine.143 pp. In English.
GBP 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.5 US$ 59.98 | JP¥ 5335] Book number: 3625
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WAKEFIELD, ELSIE M. & DENNIS, R.W. G.  Common British Fungi: a guide to the more common larger Basidiomycetes of the British isles
P.R.Gawthorn, London, 1950.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Fair /No Jacket.Spine split at back along c.2/3 of one edge; stitching a little loose; text and plates in good condition.The 111 full-page colour plates are of a high standard, and the taxonomy reflects the considerable expertise of the two authors.Some pencilled locality notes in margin of text, mostly from around Berkhamsted and Tring. In English.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP¥ 2964] Book number: 318
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WAKEFIELD, E.M. & DENNIS, R.W.G.  Common British fungi: a guide to the more common larger Basidiomycetes of the British isles
P.R.Gawthorn, London, n.d.(1950).Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. 11 col.plates, 6 text figures.Jacket chipped at top of spine.vii, 290 pp. In English.
GBP 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 54 US$ 79.97 | JP¥ 7114] Book number: 3992
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WATSON, E. VERNON  British mosses and liverworts
Cambridge University Press, 1963 repr.of 1955 edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket, with self-adhesive transparent protective cover,.Fair /No Jacket.Binding loose esp.between pp.418 and 419, owner's signature, no key in rear pocket; a working copy.Lightly annotated with notes on Alderney (Channel Island) bryophytes copied from an earlier bryophyte flora. In English.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 | JP¥ 1186] Book number: 315
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WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN SAMUEL  Select ferns and lycopods, british and exotic: comprising descriptions of nine hundred and fifty choice species and varieties (etc.)
London: the author, 1873.Hard cover with impressed gilt design.V.g./No Jacket.viii, 353, xii pp.
GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 US$ 74.97 | JP¥ 6669] Book number: 3577
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