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1951016364London: Collins 1951. Finely illustrated with 12 colour plates and 21 black and white collotype plates all with tissue guards folio pp viii 20 half brown morocco and gray boards very slightly marked the morocco lightly rubbed at the fore-edge. The endpapers are a little foxed which also affect the first preliminary pages. Number 49 of a limited edition of 250 copies specially bound and on hand-made paper; signed by the three contributors - Geoffrey Grigson Handasyde Buchanan and William Thomas Stearn. Very heavy - extra postage will be required. Half-Leather. Very Good. Collins Hardcover
1673017309The Bell in St Paul's Churchyard: John Martyn 1673. Illustrated with three engraved folding plates an engraved portrait one engraving within the text small thick octavo pp xiii i 499 i title to the Catalogus Stirpium v i 115 with the errata leaf lacking the title page which is supplied in an old-style photo copy the plates are a little browned and creased and one is splitting along the fold some age-toning and signs of use throughout signs of damp damage to the lower margins throughout with some pages frayed and flaking very slight loss of text to about fifteen pages bound in a recent very simple full calf no title to the spine. A good working copy of a very scarce title. John Ray FRS 1627 - 1705 was an English naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Ray rejected the system of dichotomous division by which species were classified according to a pre-conceived type system and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. He was among the first to attempt a biological definition for the concept of species. In the spring of 1663 Ray started together with Willughby and two other pupils Philip Skippon and Nathaniel Bacon on a tour through Europe from which he returned in March 1666 parting from Willughby at Montpellier whence the latter continued his journey into Spain. He had previously in three different journeys 1658 1661 1662 travelled through the greater part of Great Britain. But from this Continental tour Ray and Willughby returned laden with collections on which they meant to base complete systematic descriptions of the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Willughby undertook the former part but dying in 1672 left only an ornithology and ichthyology for Ray to edit; while Ray used the botanical collections for the groundwork of his Methodus plantarum nova 1682 and his great Historia generalis plantarum 3 vols. 1686 1688 1704. The plants gathered on his British tours had already been described in his Catalogus plantarum Angliae 1670 which formed the basis for later English floras. . First Edition. Full Leather. Fair. John Martyn Hardcover
1992BO-4Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1992. Comprehensive text presents detailed papers from leading international plant experts dealing with the uncertain etiology of diseases in plants and practical methods of plant diseases control. Topics covered include lethal yellowing of palms; plant viroids in Poland; tropical mollicute diseases of plants; etiological research on coconut and oil palm diseases of unknown origin; vectorless pathogens with undiscovered vectors; noninfectious diseases of uncertain etiology; coconut diseases of unknown etiology; plant diseases associated with mites as vectors of known viruses and unknown etiological agents; etc. 230 pgs. Illustrated with black/white and mostly color plates. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. Minor tiny scuff on outer edge. Endpapers slightly recessed. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
1984ES-103Orlando FL.: Academic Press 1984. Comprehensive revised reference text presents detailed updated topics covering the role of allelopathy in the prevention of seed decay and in the nitrogen cycle; chemical nature of allelopathic compounds; factors affecting concentrations of allelochemics in plants; mechanisms of action of alllelopathic agents; terminology and early history of allelopathy; important roles of allelopathy in forestry agriculture plant pathology and natural ecosystems; etc. Includes a listing of the phyla of plants that have allelopathic species. 422 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Academic Press Hardcover
1791018452Turici Helvetorum Zurich: Ziegleri & Filiorum 1791. Octavo pp xvi; lxxx 526 light foxing and blemishing with some light pencil marginalia contemporary full calf rubbed and scuffed with wear at the corners marbled endpapers. Edited by the Swiss botanist Paul Usteri and published within two years of the first edition. This copy was owned by the Scottish botanist and plant collector George Don - 1798-1856 - with his signature on the first blank. The pencil notes though look to be by another hand. In this study of flowering plants Jussieu adopted a methodology based on the use of multiple characters to define groups an idea derived from naturalist Michel Adanson. This was a significant improvement over the "artificial" system of Linnaeus whose most popular work classified plants into classes and orders based on the number of stamens and pistils. Jussieu did keep Linnaeus' binomial nomenclature resulting in a work that was far-reaching in its impact; many of the present-day plant families are still attributed to Jussieu. Morton's 1981 History of Botanical Science counts 76 of Jussieu's families conserved in the ICBN versus just 11 for Linnaeus for instance. Writing of the natural system Sydney Howard Vines remarked "The glory of this crowning achievement belongs to Jussieu: he was the capable man who appeared precisely at the psychological moment and it is the men that so appear who have made and will continue to make all the great generalisations of science.". Second edition. Full-Leather. Good. Ziegleri & Filiorum Hardcover
1864015335Wien: Wilhelm Braumuller 1864. Illustrated with 173 plates apparently being photographic printings of nature printed plates octavo pp xxviii 4 319 marbled edges very clean internally neatly bound in red cloth spine slightly faded. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. RARE. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Wilhelm Braumuller Hardcover
021536Codicote & Lehre: Wheldon & Wesley Ltd & J. Cramer Seven volumes bound in ten octavo extremely clean internally blue cloth in very good condition. Volumes 3 & 7 1894 & 1900 are the early printings the others are the Wheldon & Wesley reprint of 1973. Complete with the scarce supplement to Volume V part II original boards published in 1933. An excellent set. A heavy set - extra postage will be needed. Cloth. Very Good. Wheldon & Wesley Ltd & J. Cramer Hardcover
724166Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. 5 volume 1st edition set in DJs. 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980. Bookplates to ffep on each volume. D/J of vol 1 price clipped. All books in vg condition D/Js are all in good condition and have some rubbing and creasing to edges with several small closed tears and slight fading to spines. Cambridge at the University Press hardcover
009842Sydney: The Government of the State of New South Wales 1903 - 1924. Volumes 1 - Volume VIII in 75 parts as published lacking only two parts Vol III part 5 & Vol IV part 3 quarto with 287 of 295 litho plates and numerous photographic plates paperback a little worn frayed and dusty throughout Part 1 is in much poorer condition than the rest and has worn and detached covers with marginal damage to the pages. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE . First Edition. Paperback. Fair. The Government of the State of New South Wales Paperback
1993BO-39Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1993. Comprehensive highly acclaimed reference text presents detailed topics covering the philosophy and technology of crop improvement disciplines including genetic and cytogenetic structure of plants; statistical applications and field plot technique in plant breeding; the pedigree system; backcross breeding and bulk population methods; heterosis and inbreeding cross-fertilized crops; interspecific and intergeneric hybridization; Haploid breeding systems; cell and molecular biology tools for plant breeding; mass and pure-line selection; asexual breeding systems; cultivar release seed certification and multiplication and proprietary protection; etc. 531 pp. Illustrated. Rear cover corners slightly bumped. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/ . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
1888chd10bLondon: John Murray. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Contemporary rebind. Rebacked with slight loss to head of spine. Minor scuffing to leather. Label to front pastedown. Marbled eps and fore-edge. Endpapers lightly foxed. 1888. Second Edition. Burgundy hardback half-leather cover on marbled boards. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". xiv 377pp. With b/w illustrations. . John Murray hardcover
189076929Washington D.C.: Department of Agriculture 1890=95. First edition. Octavo. viii 434 pp. 35 full page botanical lithographs many folding. Nicely bound in half red morocco over marbled boards. smooth spine with two morocco gilt lettering labels gray endpapers. Frontispiece bound adjacent to the article it concerns p. 293. Deaccessioned from the Field Museum with their small perforated stamp at base of title and with stamp in copyright page along with their cancel stamp. About nine plates have old and competent repairs to the versos. Overall a clean and complete copy of this first official botanical report on the plants of Southern California and the Southwest and the founding volume of the U. S. National Herbarium.It consists of nine reports with those of Edward Palmer being the most important. The only copy listed on OCLC seems to be lacking a large portions. Department of Agriculture hardcover
1914022866Wellington: John Mackay Government Printer 1914. First edition. Two volumes. Large quarto pp 8 iv 122 plates with their text pages; vi 129 plates with their text pages slight foxing to the fore-edges a little foxing to the first title page which also has a vertical crease to it otherwise extremely clean and bright internally original green cloth with black embossed decoration on the front covers the spine heads a little creased otherwise in really extremely bright condition The plates are drawn by Matilda Smith. From the library of Kenneth Lazenby a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. with his bookplate in each volume. The number of plates is regularly given as 250; this is incorrect as it overlooks the fact that there is a bis plate at 31A. This is noted in the copies at London Library and at Oxford and Cambridge. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Matilda Smith. John Mackay, Government Printer Hardcover
1905017314The Carnegie Institution of Washington 1905. First edition. Illustrated with thirty fine botanical plates of which 11 are in colour 82 text illustratione large quarto pp xiv 279 an exceptionally clean copy internally recently bound in strong blue cloth with a red label. Very good. A heavy book - extra postage may be needed. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. The Carnegie Institution of Washington Hardcover
19016247793Taylor & Francis Ltd. 1901. Volumes 1 1901 and 2 1908. First editions.This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3600grams ISBN: Taylor & Francis Ltd. hardcover
18769826710John Murray 1876. Fourth Thousand With 30 b/w in-text woodcuts. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo. Green cloth binding with blind borders on boards and gilt lettering on backstrip. Quite shelf worn with bumped frayed corners exposing some board. Chipped spine re-attached with broad clear tape. Both hinges split. Black end papers. Library sticker at front. Title pages and first contents page secured with tape. Other contents page and errata slip are together but detached from binding. Rest of pages secure. 32 page publishers catalogue bound in at rear. Some foxing to endpapers and some of the publishers catalogue. Several pages have chipped edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover
18779261917John Murray 1877. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 8vo green leather boards. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Very light shelf wear. Red speckled page edges. Staining from rebounding tape on title page. White tape at back for binding. Some pages slightly age-toned and very light foxing. Pages and text are clear Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover
1949018696London: The Hand & Flower Press 1949. Illustrated with twenty delightful etched plates each one signed in pencil by Betty Shaw-Lawrence small quarto pp 90 2 a decorated title page engraved by Alfred Richard Lane top edge gilt the other edges untrimmed half-morocco and boards a slight fading to the spine otherwise a very good copy. Limited edition of 260 copies numbered and signed printed at the Ditchling Press - this one being number 12. From the library of the Kew botanist Vicki Matthews. with her bookplate in her married name - Victoria and Brinsley Burbidge. Also with the earlier bookplate of Rae Wilson designed by J. Younger. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Betty Shaw-Lawrence. The Hand & Flower Press Hardcover
1811019740Geneva: J.J. Paschoud 1811. Two volumes bound in one octavo pp xxii 361; 326i the hinge at the first title page cracking but still firm and safe lacking the lower corners of the the three index leaves and the corrigenda slight loss of text otherwise extremely clean and tight internally original pink paper-covered boards a contemporaru cloth spine which is splitting a little on the upper joint and rather dry. SCARCE. From the library of C.E. Hubbard the foremost grass taxonomist of the twentieth century and with his signature and stamp on the front endpaper. Also with an earlier unidentified signature on the title page. First Edition. Quarter leather. Good. J.J. Paschoud Hardcover
1738015037At the West-End of St Paul's London: W. Innys & R. Manby 1738. Third edition with amendments. Small octavo pp xiv 376 illustrated with 19 engraved plates fore-edge a little thumbed but otherwise very clean and crisp internally marbled endpapers contemporary full polished calf a thin decorated gilt line around the borders a little marked and worn the spine gilt decorated with raised bands lacking the top 25mm of the spine and lacking small portions at the top of each joint the joints cracking slightly. still an attractive copy. In Vegetable Staticks Hales studied transpiration - the loss of water from the leaves of plants. He estimated the surface area of the leaves of the plant and the length and surface area of the roots. This allowed Hales to compare the calculated influx of water into the plant with the amount of water leaving the plant by transpiration through the leaves. He also measured 'the force of the sap' or root pressure. Hales commented that "plants very probably draw through their leaves some part of their nourishment from the air". He prefigured the cohesion theory of water movement in plants although his ideas were not understood at the time so he did not influence the debate on water transport in plants in the 19th century. He also speculated that plants might use light as a source of energy for growth i.e. photosynthesis based on Isaac Newtons suggestion that "gross bodies and light" might be interconvertible. He also describes experiments that showed that "air freely enters plants not only with the principal fund of nourishment by the roots but also thro the surface of their trunks and leaves". While Hales work on the chemistry of air appears primitive by modern standards its importance was acknowledged by Antoine Lavoisier the discoverer of oxygen. Hales invention of the pneumatic trough to collect gases over water is also considered a major technical advance. Modified forms of the pneumatic trough were later used by William Brownrigg Henry Cavendish and Joseph Priestley in their research. Blanche Henrey 779. Full-Leather. Good. W. Innys & R. Manby Hardcover
1929020734London: Martin Hopkinson 1929. Illustrated octavo pp 224 the fore-edge foxed scattered foxing throughout the hinge before the half-title stretched green cloth slightly marked the dustwrapper is a little worn stretched and repaired but largely complete and now protected in a removable clear cover. E.A. Bowles' copy with an inscription "from the author" on the half-title with a book review pasted in and also an obituary of Hall pasted on the front endpaper. There are just a few small annotations by Bowles. But a folder a the rear contains a frayed advertising flyer for the book a tiny pressed specimen of a tulip species preserved in Myddelton House notepaper four signed letters to Bowles from the author an offprint of an article by Hall from The Journal of Botany and a typed list of tulip species from the Dutch nurseryman Jan Roes. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. Martin Hopkinson Hardcover
1965023062Gregg Press 1965. Facsimile reprint with a biographical and bibliographical introduction by William T. Stearn. Five volumes small octavo red cloth a very good set. RARE. . Cloth. Very Good. Gregg Press Hardcover
1851014829Salzburg: Obere' schen Buchdruckerei 1851. . The Hinterhuber brothers were Austrian botanists and pharmacists. Full-Leather. Very Good. Obere' schen Buchdruckerei Hardcover
022693Published by W. Pamplin 45 Frith Street Soho: Printed for the authors All published and rare. Octavo one folding plate of maps LACKING THE MAIN MAP pp xvi 280 285 2 page publication list age-toned and rather weak internally the front hinge cracking one internal hinge cracking one gathering protruding slightly original brown cloth rather worn and faded the spine pulled at top and bottom the front joint splitting for a third of its length. Despite the conditionor perhaps because of it this rare work has a fine provenance. With the signature of the Victorian botanist J.S. Henslow then later with the signature of the Kew botanist Jan Gillett and later still the stamp of the fellow Kew botanist Alan Radcliffe-Smith. Hooker's Introductory Essay occupying half the book is a seminal work in itself. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Printed for the authors Hardcover
009890Sydney: The Government of the State of New South Wales 1909 - 1922. Volumes 1 and 2 in contemporary galf calf rubbed but otherwise clean and sound Volumes 3 4 & 6 in original parts paperbacks slightly worn and browned LACKING Vol 3 part2 Vol 4 part 4 and Volumes 5 and 7 in their entirety with many plain litho plates throughout. Duplicates from the National Museum Herbarium Dublin with their labels and stamps on the covers of the parts withdrawn stamps on the title pages of the two bound volumes and neat stamps on the verso of the plates throughout. Very heavy - extra postage will be required. First Edition. Good. The Government of the State of New South Wales paperback
