Stewart, Alban

Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906: Part II: A Botanical Survey of the Galapagos Islands + Part V: Notes on the Botany of Cocos Island + Part VII: Notes on the Lichens of the Galapagos Islands.

San Francisco: The California Academy of Sciences, 1911-1912. First edition. Pp. 1-288; 375-404; 431-445; 23 full page plates (1 map, 3 line-drawings, 19 black-and-white photographs). Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, volume 1, January 20, 1911. This is the first comprehensive flora (including lichens) of the Galapagos Islands that lay 1000km off the coast of Ecuador and of the flora of Cocos Island, off the coast of Costa Rica. All three parts are authored by Alban Stewart, botanist of the 1905-1906 expedition. No ownership marks. Small indentation (1/4 inch long) near the margin of pages 255-262 (likely caused during the printing process); otherwise, a bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 6240

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Tanaka, Yoshitaka and Tin Tin Yee

Wild Orchids in Myanmar: Last Paradise of Wild Orchids, 3 volumes, complete

Hong Kong: Orchid Press, 2003-2007. First edition Pp. 103; 108; 108, 300+ fine color photos of orchids. Color pictorial boards (hardback), with color pictorial dust jacket, beautiful color pictorial endpapers, 4to (10.75 x 10.5 inches). Volume 1: Highlight Edition, Volume 2: A Poem of Wild Orchids and Volume 3: Shangri-La of Wild Orchids. A total of six volumes were planned in 2003 but only three have been published. Since five years have passed since volume 3 was published, it is doubtful any more will appear. Fine (new) condition..

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Book number: 3617

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany flora orchids Myanmar Burma East Asia ISBN 9-7491-7203-5 9-7427-2910-7 9-7898-8977-6

Tester, John R. and Marshall, William H.

A Study of Certain Plant and Animal Interrelations on a Native Prairie in Northwestern Minnesota

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1961. First edition. Pp. viii, 51; frontispiece black-and-white photo of prairie research area, 1 text-figure (chart). Original stiff printed wrappers, lettered in green on the front cover, 8vo. Occasional Papers, Number 8, Minnesota Museum of Natural History, The University of Minnesota. Name stamp of ornithologist William H. Behle on the front wrapper. No other ownership stocks. Rear wrapper has a faint corner crease; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8452

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Thiselton-Dyer, W.T.

FLORA CAPENSIS: BEING A SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTS OF THE CAPE COLONY, CAFFRARIA, and PORT NATAL, Volume IV, Section I: Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae.

London: Lovell, Reeve, and Co., 1909. Publisher's gray-green cloth with gilt decorations, thick lg 8vo. Near fine copy..

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Book number: 1359

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Plants Botany South Africa Flora Natural Sciences Natural Science

Thone, Frank E. A.

Trees and Flowers of Yellowstone National Park

Saint Paul, MN: J. E. Haynes, 1923. First edition. Pp. 70; numerous text-figures (line-drawings), some black-and-white photos. Original printed green and white pictorial wrappers, sm 8vo (6.75 x 5 inches). The first edition of this early guide to the plant life of Yellowstone National Park. Signature of Helen Smith on the front wrapper and first endpaper. Wrappers a little soiled; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8766

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Watson, Sereno

Bibliographical Index to North American Botany; or Citations of Authorities for all the recorded Indigenous and Naturalized Species of the Flora of North America with A Chronological Arrangement of the Synonymy, Part I: Polypetalae (all published)

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1878. First edition Pp. vi, 476, (index). Later blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt panel lines, lg 8vo. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, no. 258. This is the complete work; no other parts were ever published. This is a detailed taxonomic guide to all groups within the Polypetalae. Small paper repair to one outer corner of the title page, both the cloth binding and the text are bright, clean and unused; a near fine copy..

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Book number: 3755

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Botany flora natural history reference works plants flowers North America Polypetalae plant identification buttercup

Winterringer, Glen S. and Lopinot, Alvin C.

Aquatic Plants of Illinois: An illustrated manual including species submersed, floating and some of shallow water and muddy shores

Springfield: State of Illinois, 1966. First edition. Pp. 142, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s pictorial printed olive-green wrappers, lettered in white on cover, 8vo. From the series: Illinois State Museum Popular Science Series, Vol. VI. The collection and identification of plants was jointly undertaken by the Illinois State Museum and the Illinois Department of Conservation in 1964-1965. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on front endpapers, rear endpapers, titlepage, page 86, and page edges. Light sunning to spine, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 9227

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Young, M. D. and Solbrig, O. T. (editors)

The World's Savannas: Economic Driving Forces, Ecological Constraints, and Policy Options for Sustainable Land Use (Man and the Biosphere Series, Volume 12)

Carnforth, UK: Parthenon Publishing, 1993. First edition. Pp. xx, 350, numerous maps and other figures. Pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. Presents the results of an international workshop held at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi (Kenya) from 23-26 January 1991. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Empty paper pocket on the rear endpaper. No other ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 9797

Catalogue: Botany and Floras