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| to select author names starting with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z back to page 1 of full catalog (starting with NO authornames) | This selection contains 204 title(s) on 9 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| ADAMS, H. ISABEL; REVISED BY JAMES E. BAGNALL Wild flowers of the British Isles Heinemann, 1910, 2 vols.2nd edition, first published 1897.Green cloth, gilt title.V.g./No jacket.A very good (near fine) set of this attractively illustrated book, the figures resembling somewhat the work of Rennie Macintosh and the captions reminiscent of Rev.Keble Martin's.The text was revised by the noted botanist James E.Bagnall.Vol.1: xv, 168 pp.; vol.2: 199 pp. In English. GBP 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 392.25 US$ 583.1 | JP¥ 51869] Book number: 3637 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| ALLARD, R.W. Principles of plant breeding John Wiley & Sons , 1960, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Slight edge wear, but a sound copy.xi, 485 pp. In English. GBP 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.5 US$ 59.98 | JP¥ 5335] Book number: 5094 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| ALTSCHUL, SIRI VON REES Drugs and foods from little-known plants: notes in Harvard University Herbaria Harvard University Press, 1975, 2nd printing, first published 1973.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 674 21676 8.V.g./Good.V.g./good wrapper (some sl.edge wear).Pioneering project to extract valuable, previously unpublished, information from the labels of herbarium specimens in the Harvard University's 2.5 million botanical collections.In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 | JP¥ 5928] Book number: 1049 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA American Journal of Botany Botanical Society of America / Highwire Press, 1999-2008, vol.86 (6) - 95 (8) only.Loose parts.ISSN 0002-9122.As new /.A ten-year run of this journal, comprising 69 loose parts. In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 | JP¥ 7410] Book number: 6078 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| ANDERSON, W.P. (ED.) Ion transport in plants Academic Press, 1973, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 12 058250 3.V.g./V.g. Inscribed by the author on ffep.Slight edge wear to jacket, otherwise near fine.xvii, 630 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 | JP¥ 2371] Book number: 5181 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| ARCHER, THOMAS CROXEN Profitable plants: a description of the principal articles of vegetable origin use for food, clothing, tanning, dyeing, building, medicine, perfumery, etc. George Routledge, n.d.(c.1860), Popular Economic Botany series; reprint of first edition of 1853.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Includes 20 hand-coloured plates.Corners showing some edge wear, edges untrimmed; a very good copy. In English. GBP 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 213 US$ 316.54 | JP¥ 28158] Book number: 5532 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BAAS, PIETER Bewaarloon: afscheidscollege uitgesproken É op 11 oktober 2005 Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, 2005.Paper covers.As new/No Jacket.Professor Pieter Baas's valedictory lecture, delivered on the occasion of his retirement as Director of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands in Leiden.Staple bound, 16 pp.Postcard loosely inserted with author's inscription; the card depicts an oil painting of Pieter Baas by Carla Rodenberg. In Dutch. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 2431 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BAKER, MARGARET Discovering the folklore of plants Shire Publications, Tring, 1996, The 'Discovering' series.Paper covers.0 7478 0178 9.Fine /No Jacket.Fine.Alphabetically arranged by their English names, this book romps through the attributes of many plants with folk traditions, devoting considerable space to certain species such as Elder (Sambucus nigra).Illustrated with numerous small text figures.The author, who also wrote a book on topiary for Shire, has a nice way with words. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 942 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BAKER, HERBERT G. Plants and civilization Macmillan, 1964.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.vii, 183 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 5337 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BAUMGARDT, JOHN PHILIP How to identifyflowering plant families Timber Press, 1992, 1st edition, 3rd impression.Paper covers.0 917304 21 7.Fine /No Jacket.A guide to plant identification at the family level.Illustrated with sketches of typical members of each family, floral diagrams showing placentation and orientation of floral parts, and lists of the main genera found in each family.Subtlted 'a practical guide for horticulturists and plant lovers', it is exactly that.269 pp. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 | JP¥ 2668] Book number: 3160 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BELLAMY, DAVID Botanic man: a journey through evolution Hamlyn, 1978, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 600 31457 X.V.g./V.g. One of Bellamy's best series: how human evolution relates to the plant world.208 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 2666 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BLOCKEEL, TOM & LONG, DAVID G. A check-list and census catalogue of British and Irish bryophytes British Bryological Society, 1998.Paper covers.0 9507639 7 7.As new/No Jacket.Nearly new.The latest checklist of British and Irish mosses and liverworts with their vice-comital distribution, age class and status.In English. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 14.99 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 1053 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF CHINA / INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Acta phytoecologia sinica / Zhiwu Shengtai Xuebao Science Press, Beijing, 2001, Vol.25 nos.1 & 2 only .Loose parts.ISSN 1005-264X.V.g./.Two loose parts of this bimonthly journal, edited by Ma Ke-Ping.The subjects covered approximate to those of the ""New Phytologist"" journal. In Chinese, English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 6071 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BRADLEY, RICHARD; WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GORDON ROWLEY Collected writings on succulent plants [Historia plantarum succulentarum; New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, Ch. 5; A philosophical account of the works of nature, Ch. 3] The Gregg Press Ltd, 1964, 1st edition thus.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Pages sl.tanned at edges.Includes loosely inserted 24-page photocopy (headed in Rowley's distinctive typewriter font) of Caroline Davidson's introduction to the Prospect Books reprint edition of Bradley's ""Country Housewife"" (1980).Rowley has selected Bradley's writings on succulent plants from two of his major compendia and appended them to Bradley's major work, translated as ""A history of succulent plants"" (facsimile of the first edition, which is very rare in a complete state).Rowley's introduction not only sets Bradley's pioneering work on applied botany into context, with a short bibliography, but also collates and re-identifies the plants illustrated in the Historia Plantarum Succulentarum (1716-27).The 'flier' for this work, published in 1710, is also included, though the facsimile here is of lower quality.The book bears only the original pagination.The plate of Aloe americana is printed on a fold-out.In English & Latin. GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 67.25 US$ 99.96 | JP¥ 8892] Book number: 5810 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BRETT, C. & WALDRON, K. Physiology and biochemistry of plant cell walls Chapman & Hall, 1996, 2nd edition.Topics in plant functional biology: 1.Paper covers.0 412 58060 8.As new / No Jacket .Series edited by M.Black and B.Charlwood.Revised and updated edition of a textbook focussing on the structure and function of plant cell walls, including formation, growth and role in intercellular transport.xiii, 255 pp. numerous text figures and tables. In English. GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 95.25 US$ 141.61 | JP¥ 12597] Book number: 2348 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BRIGGS, D. & WALTERS, S.M. Plant variation and evolution Cambridge University Press, 1984, 2nd edition, first published in 1969.Paper covers.0 521 27665 9.V.g./No Jacket.Discreet owner's signature on ffep. trace of price label on rear cover, reading creases, some light pencil underlining, else near fine.A much improved version of the classic textbook of biosystematics.xv, 412 pp. In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 | JP¥ 2075] Book number: 3764 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BRIMBLE, L.J.F. Flowers in Britain: wild, ornamental and economic and some relatives in other lands Macmillan, 1945, reprinto of 1944 edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. front cover with gilt impressed motif (of Honeysuckle), small bookseller's sticker at foot of f.e.p.A lively account of Britain's wild and domesticated flora and its economic relatives.x, 393 pp. well illustrated with monochrome photographs, text figures and 17 colour plates. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 1146 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BRIMBLE, L.J.F. Flowers in Britain: wild, ornamental and economic and some relatives in other lands Macmillan, 1947, reprint of 1944 edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Front cover with gilt impressed motif (of Honeysuckle), bottom corner bumped.A lively account of Britain's wild and domesticated flora and its economic relatives.x, 393 pp. illustrated with monochrome photographs, text figures and 17 colour plates. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 2100 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BROOKER, S.G., CAMBIE, R.C. & COOPER, R.C. Economic native plants of New Zealand DSIR, Botany Division, 1988.Paper covers, 'perfect' binding.0 477 02526 9.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. owner's signature.xii + 181 pp.Scarce. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 | JP¥ 2668] Book number: 182 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY; CARLSON, P.S. Basic mechanisms in plant morphogenesis Associated Universities, Inc. 1974, 1st edition.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.vii, 429 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 5086 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BROOKS, F.T. Imperial Botanical Conference, London, July 7-16, 1924: report of proceedings Cambridge University Press, 1925.Publisher's green cloth, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Good, spine a little frayed at extremities, p.xv detached.Conference report. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 | JP¥ 5928] Book number: 1232 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BROWN, WILLIAM H. The plant kingdom: a textbook of general botany Ginn & Company, Boston, 1935, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Owner's signature on front pastedown, ffep chipped (removing part of a name).Fore-edge sl.soiled.ix, 869 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP¥ 2964] Book number: 6123 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| CAIN, STANLEY A. Foundations of plant geography Harper & Brothers, 1944, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Jacket torn, slight shelf wear.xiv, 556 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 | JP¥ 2371] Book number: 4859 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| CALIGARI, P.D.S. & BRANDHAM, P.E. (EDS.) Wheat taxonomy: the legacy of John Percival Linnean Society of London, 2001, Special issue no.3.Paper covers.As new /No Jacket.190 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 5032 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| GEORGE FORREST CENTENARY The journal of the Scottish Rock Garden Club, vol. 13 part 3 no. 52 Scottish Rock Garden Cllub, 1973.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Good, spine a little turned in.A collection of papers published to mark the plant collector George Forrest's centenary.In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP¥ 2964] Book number: 1245 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. |
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