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THE FLORA OF CARDIFF, A descriptive List of of the Indigenous Plants found in the district of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society with a List of the other British and exotic species, found on Cardiff Ballast Hills.
by Storrie, John
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- 1886
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$25.63
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Cardiff: The Cardiff Naturalists' Society, 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. v 129 pp, gilt titling, bling stamping on front board, some foxing, armorial bookplate, a good copy.. Item Price
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NATURAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BRITISH GRASSES - 62 DRIED GRASS SPECIMEN PLATES
by Hanham, Frederick
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- 1846
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$1,538.04
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Bath, London: Binns and Goodwin, Whittaker & Co., 1846. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (31x 42cm). pp xx 130. 62 specimens of dried British grasses mounted on separate plates each with printed title and border. Bound in publisher's red leather, a little irregular edge wear, elaborate gilt detail to spine and boards, gilt vignette to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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NOVA PLANTARUM GENERA IUXTA TOURNEFORTII METHODUM DISPOSITA
by Micheli, P.
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- Facsimile Edition
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- 1976
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$51.27
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London: The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. 8v0. 1976 facsimile of the first edition of 1729 ; pp viii, [28], 232, 108 plates. Facsimile edition limited to 200 numbered copies, this one numbered 40. Introduction by D.L.Hawksworth. Originally published in 1729. Early work by Pier Antonio Micheli (1679-1737). Bound in brown cloth with… Read more about this item Item Price
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NATURAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BRITISH GRASSES - 62 DRIED GRASS SPECIMEN PLATES
by Hanham, Frederick
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- 1846
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$525.50
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Bath, London: Binns and Goodwin, Whittaker & Co., 1846. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (31x 42cm). pp xx 130. 62 specimens of dried British grasses mounted on separate plates each with printed title and border. Bound in publisher's blue moire silk, elaborate gilt detail once to spine, now showing much of the backstrip, silk mainly missing, gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TEA PHYTOLOGIST Four Issues - December 1950; March 1954 ; Spring 1964, and Lent Term 1971.
by Various
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- 1950
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$237.11
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Cambridge: Botany School, 1950. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Editions. 4t0 (26.5 x 18 cm). The Tea Phytologist, a brilliant and hilarious spoof publication produced by the Botany School, Cambridge University (Department of Plant Sciences) which parodied Arthur Tansley's New Phytologist. This small but significant collection includes four issues - December 1950 (complete with loosely inserted slip "Instructions… Read more about this item Item Price
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ESSENTIALS OF GENERAL CYTOLOGY
by Gresson, R. A. R.
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- First Edition
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- 1948
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Edinburgh: Edinburgh at the University Press, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (A4). 184 pages, b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket good, with some general wear and rubbing to edges, lightly chipped to head/tail of the spine, a few short nicks, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, very good. … Read more about this item Item Price
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PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF PLANT BIOSYSTEMATICS
by Solbrig, Otto T.
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- 1970
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$23.07
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London: The MacMillan Company, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 226 pages; b/w illustrations. Original green cloth hardback binding, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, small neat previous owner's signature otherwise unmarked. A very good copy.. Item Price
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THE STORY OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1804-1968 [plus original prospectus]
by Fletcher, Harold R.
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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$19.23
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Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Royal Horticultural Society, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 564 pages, colour and b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket very good, with a little rubbing. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Loosely inserted is the original tri-fold prospectus for this book with… Read more about this item Item Price
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OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 1899. [two Volume set]. Volume I: Vanua Levu, Fiji. A Description of its leading Physical and Geological features. Volume II: Plant-dispersal.
by Guppy, H. B.
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- First Edition
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- 1903
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$307.61
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 1903-06. Two volumes, pp. vol. I: xix, 392; vol. II: xxvi, 627; with 11 plates, 7 maps of which 2 folding and 4 in colour. A very good set with outstanding provenance [see below]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering, light general wear, gilt to spines dulled, light… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE REPORT ON THE PRIMULA CONFERENCE HELD AT SOUTH KENSINGTON ON APRIL 20 TH 1886 & ORCHID NOMENCLATURE CONFERENCE [Bound with] THE BRITISH CHARACEAE [and] SOMERSET RUBI [and] A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE FLORA OF BRECONSHIRE
by Various
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- 1886
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$66.65
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London: Royal Horticultural Society and Others, 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. A collection of original botanical works bound together as follows [not necessarily bound in this order] THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Vol. VII. - No. 2 REPORT ON THE PRIMULA CONFERENCE HELD AT SOUTH KENSINGTON on April 20th and 21st 1886 and on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Die Etymologie der Phanerogamennomenclatur. Eine Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen, der deutschen, französischen, englischen und holländischen Pflanzennamen.
by Kanngiesser, Friedrich
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- 1908
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Gera: F. von Zezschwitz, 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 191, [1]. Original green cloth with white lettering, very good. Contents clean and tight, original patterned end papers, no inscriptions or other marks. A very good copy. [Original grünes Tuch mit weißer Schrift, sehr gut. Inhalt sauber und fest, original gemusterte Endpapiere, keine Inschriften… Read more about this item Item Price
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International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants - 1995
by Trehane, P.
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- 1995
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- Paperback
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- 9780948117015
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$15.38
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Wimborne: Quaterjack Publishing, 1995. Book. Fine. Paperback. 8vo. 175 pages. Covers fine with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy, clean and bright.. Item Price
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TAXONOMIC TERMINOLOGY OF THE HIGHTER PLANTS
by Featherly, H. I.
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- 1954
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Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State College Press, 1954. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. From the library of the great Botanist W. T. Stearn with his signature and bookplate to the front end paper. 166 pages. Original brown cloth binding very good. Contents clean and tight. The scarce first edition. [Provenance: from the library of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants: Third International Symposium
by Andrews, S; A. Leslie; C. Alexander
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9781900347891
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$30.76
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London: Kew Publishing, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 553 pages; b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket fine with slight wear to edges only, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy.. Item Price
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IMPORTANT 19TH CENTURY HERBARIUM ALBUM CONTAINING c. 360 MAINLY IRISH MOSS SPECIMENS INCLUDING MANY "Specimens not previously described as being indigenous to that Island" WITH LOCATION NOTES, DATES AND BRYOLOGISTS.
by Orr, David
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- 1869
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$1,666.21
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Unknown: Not Appropriate, 1869. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. An important 19th Century Herbarium album of predominantly Irish mosses, compiled by David Orr, containing many specimens not previously described from Ireland, and therefore historically, highly significant (though the reliabilty of some of Orr's specimens is questioned - see below). "These specimens marked thus X were found and identified… Read more about this item Item Price
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DICTIONARY OF THE NAMES OF BRITISH PLANTS Intended for the Use of Amateurs and Beginners...
by Fitzgerald, Henry Purefoy
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- First Edition
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- 1885
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$48.70
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London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1885. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. No date but 1885; pp. 90. Publisher's green cloth boards blocked in black and gilt; very good and bright with a little gentle wear only. Contents clean and tight, original end papers, the front with a few neat pencil notes and the bookplate of Norman Douglas… Read more about this item Item Price
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HANDBOOK OF FLOWER POLLINATION BASED UPON HERMANN MULLER'S WORK 'THE FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS BY INSECTS' [complete in Three volumes]
by KNUTH, Dr. Paul; J. R. Ainsworth Davis [Translator]
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- 1906
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$185.85
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Oxford: Oxford at the University Press, 1906. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Small 4to. 1906-1909. Frontispiece portraits, b/w in-text illustrations throughout. Original green cloth with gilt lettering,very good with light general wear only, generally bright, vol. II slightly lighter colour. Contents clean and tight, endpaper slightly tanned otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good complete set of three… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE POLLINATION OF FLOWERS BY INSECTS
by Richards A. J.
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 9780125874601
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$44.86
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London: Academic Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to. 213 pages, b/w illustrations & photographs. Original dust cover in good condition, protected by clear removeable archival sleeve. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no annotation. A very good copy.. Item Price
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LES PROPRIETES OSMOTIQUES DES TISSUS DU CACTUS GEANT Carnegiea Gigantea
by Homes, Marcel V. L.
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- 1940
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Belgium: J. Duculot, 1940. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. an offprint from La Societe Royale De Botanique De Belgique t. LXII fasc. 2. 1940, pp. 89-129. Original printed card wrappers very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing, edges tanned. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy.. Item Price
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SUR L'EXPRESSION DES VARIATIONS HYDRIQUES CHEZ LES VEGETAUX
by Homes, Marcel; Ansiaux, Jacques-R.
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- 1945
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Belgium: J. Duculot, 1945. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. An offprint from La Societe Royale De Botanique De Belgique t. LXVII 1945, pp. 41-57. Original printed card wrappers very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing, edges tanned. Contents clean and tight. A very good copy.. Item Price
$12.82