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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
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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
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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jacket.0 674 21676 8.V.g./Good.V.g./good wrapper (some sl.edge wear).Pioneering project to extract valuable, previously unpublished, information from the labels of herbarium specimens in the Harvard University's 2.5 million botanical collections.In English.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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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