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The Geography of the Flowering Plants

Good, R. · 1969 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.73 | ¥4,745)

Wiley London xvi, 518, 16 plates, 9 maps, 86 line-drawings. . HB. Fine in d/w.. 3rd edition, fouth impression..

30 Trees: And Why Landscape Architects Love Them

Henderson, R. · 2024 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Birkhäuser 232, 159 col illus, 62 b/w illus. . HB. Bottom edge of rear board bumped.. This book presents the favourite trees of 30 internationally renowned landscape architects. In each case, the designers describe the characteristics that represent the essence of the selected...

British Edible Fungi: How to distinguish and how to cook them

Cooke, M.C. · 1891 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. London 237, 12 col plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. maroon cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover, spine slightly faded, minor rubbing/light wear to extemitites. Owner's name to half-title. Vg.. First edition. Attractive chromolithographic plates..

Androsaces

Smith, G.F.; Lowe, D.B. · 1977 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Alpine Garden Society 140, 16 plates b/w photos, line drawings. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Covers cultivation, phylogeny and description of the species in cultivation..

British Rust Fungi

Wilson, M.; Henderson, D.M. · 1966 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Cambridge University Press xviii, 384, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w.. First edition. A standard work on the subject, covering all the species of Uredinales or Rust Fungi known in Britain at the time of publication and taking into account extensive research..

Garten aus Leidenschaft einblicke. emotionen. perspektiven

Heumann, Thomas · 2015 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt München 176, col photos throughout. . HB. Square 4to (300x300mm), orig. cloth in matching slipcase. Withdrawn from the RHS Lindley Library, minor paper residue where a label has been removed from endpaper, small bookplate with withdrawn stamp and barco...

Silva: The Tree in Britain

Miles, Archie · 1999 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Ebury Press 399, numerous col photos. . HB. Large 4to, (325x230mm). Vg in d/w.. Third impression. A beautifully illustrated work. Flyleaf states 'it is the most detailed and comprehensive book published on British Trees for 100 years'.. [9780091867881]

Etosha Waiting for the Rains

Dowing, Pete · 2021 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Pete Downing London 116, col photos, map. . HB. Large 4to (300x300mm), orig. pictorial boards. Vg. Gift inscription to endpaper.. Foreword by Mark Carwardine. Photographer and artist Pete Downing spent a month in 2019 capturing the wildlife of Namibia’s harsh yet extraordinary...

Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat

Struzik, E. · 2021 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Island Press 256, 8 photos, 7 illus. 229x152mm. HB. As new in d/w.. In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwe...

The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland

-Purvis, O.W.; Coppins, B.J.; Hawksworth, D.L.; James, P.W.; Moore, D.M. (Eds) · 1994 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

NHM/British Lichen Society London ix, 710, 44 text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w (spine faded). Ownership label inside front cover.. Reprint (first published 1992). Comprehensive account of all lichens (in excess of 1700 taxa in 262 genera) occurring in the British Isles. Full descrip...

Mushrooms: The natural and human world of British fungi (British Wildlife Collection 1)

Marren, Peter · 2012 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

British Wildlife Publishing 272, 200 col photos. 242x166mm. HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. Mushrooms, the first volume in a major new series of books on British natural history, provides a remarkable insight into the natural and human world o...

Wild Orchids of Scotland

Allan, B.; Woods, P. · 1993 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

HMSO Edinburgh viii, 135, fine col photos, b/w illus, distribution maps. . HB. Vg in d/w (light shelf wear). Small ownership label to title page.. With Photographs by Sidney Clarke. Detailed descriptions of all 28 native species found in Scotland. Comprehensive illustrated key...

The Orchid-Grower's Manual, containing Descriptions of the Best Species and Varieties of Crchidaceous Plants in Cultivation

Williams, Benjamin Samuel; Williams Henry · 1894 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Victoria and Paradise Nurseries London xix, 796, [20]-ads, numerous b/w illus. . HB. 8vo (240x180mm), orig. dec. cloth, some light marginal wear. Bevelled boards. Illustration facing p.136 not present, which is also the case with other copies as checked (Boston Public Library ...

The Book of Orchids

White, W.H. · 1911 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

John Lane The Bodley Head ix, 100, b/w frontis, 8 b/w photos. . HB. 8vo, orig. dec. cloth. Vg.. Second edition, revised. Handbooks of Practical Gardening..

Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

Legon, N.W.; Henrici, A. (Eds) · 2005 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Kew 534, . 297x210mm. PB. Good. Well used, owner's label to front cover.. The first comprehensive checklist of the fungi of Great Britain and Ireland, providing publication references and brief habitat, frequency and distribution details for all 3,760 species of mushroom, toad...

Broadleaves

Edlin, H.L. · 1985 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

HMSO London 104, 53 col photos, line drawings. . PB. Vg.. Second edition. Revised by Alan F. Mitchell. Forestry Commission Booklet no. 20.. [9780117100398]

Die Flechten Baden-Württembergs. Teil 1-2

Wirth, V. · 1995 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Ulmer Stuttgart 1006, 555 col photos, 1000 distribution maps. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth. Vg in d/w's. Small ownership label to half-titles.. Second revised and enlarged edition. Scarce. Text German. Comprehensive treatment of the Lichens of Baden-Württemberg (southwest Ge...

Flore analytique des champignons supérieurs (Agarics, Bolets, Chanterelles) comprenant les espèces de l'Europe occidentale et centrale ainsi que la plupart de celles de l'Algérie et du Maroc

Kühner, R.; Romagnesi, H. · 1978 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Masson Paris xiv, 556 [3], 677 text figs. . HB. Large 8vo (257x180mm), orig. artificial leather. Light tape marks to endpapers. Small ownership label. Vg.. Text French. First edition, third impression (first published 1953).. [9782225537134]

Monographie des Leccinum d'Europe

jhLannoy, G.; Estades, A. · 1995 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

La Fédération Mycologique Dauphiné-Savoie 229, 44 col plates + 3 col pictorial section keys, line drawings. . HB. 4to (305x215mm), orig. artificial leather, gilt. Paper cracked at front inner hinge, but binding firm. Vg.. Text French. A well-illustrated monograph of this diffi...

Flora Agaricina Neerlandica Vol. 1-6: Critical Monographs on Families of Agarics and Boleti Occurring in the Netherlands

Bas, C.; Noordeloos, M.E.; Kuyper, T.H.W.; Vellinga, E.C. · 1988 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.57 | ¥105,451)

Balkema/Taylor & Francis vii, 182; vi, 137; vi, 183; v, 191; 169; 227, text figs. . HB. 6 vols, 4to, Vols 1-5, orig. cloth, covered with self-adhesive protective film, Vol. 6, orig. laminated boards. Owner's small address label to front covers and endpapers. Good set.. Vols 1-...