Acanthophyllum Books

Nathaniel Colgan 1851-1919: the life, times and genealogy of an enigmatic Dubliner

Colgan, J. · 2022

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Four Courts Press. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. A mini-biography of the author of the Flora of County Dublin.

Joseph Hooker, botanical trailblazer

Griggs, P. · 2011

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Kew Publishing. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. A well illustrated travelogue.

Wilson's China a century on

Flanagan, M. & Kirkham, T. · 2009

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Kew Publishing. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Reconstructs the travels of the noted plant collector, with numeous colour photographs of the plants he introduced to cultivation.

The smallest kingdom

Fraser, M.; Fraser, L. (ill.) · 2011

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Kew Publishing. 1st edition. As new. As new. Still in its polyester wrapper.

ThŽrŽsien Cadet, botaniste et ecologiste

Chesne, S. & Micheneau, C. · 2007

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Editions Orphie. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. Scarcely used.

A vision of Eden: the life and work of Marianne North

North, Marianne; preface by J.P.M. Brenan; introduction by Anthony Huxley · 1980

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Webb & Bower, in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Abridged edition. V.g.. V.g.. An account, largely in her own words, of the intercontinental travels of an intrepid woman artist specialising in botanical landscapes, Marianne North, who is celebrated by having her...

The plant hunters: the adventures of the world's greatest botanical explorers

Fry, C. · 2009

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Andre Deutsch / Kew Publishing. 1st edition. Fine. Fine (slip case). Documents in folders within the text.

Brothers of the spade: correspondence of Peter Collinson of London, and of John Custis, of Williamsburg, Virginia, 1734-1746

Swem, E.G. · 1957

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Barre Gazette, Barre, MS. 1st edition. Good. No Jacket. Ex-library copy, with bookplates; little used.

William Byrd II an his lost history: engravings of the Americas

Pritchard, M.B. & Sites, V.L. · 1993

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Colonial Williamsburg foundation. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Scarcely used. Bookplate.

The compleat naturalist: a life of Linnaeus

Blunt, W. · 1984

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Collins. 1st paperback edition. Fine. No Jacket. Bookplate.

Empire's nature: Mark Catesby's new worl vision

Meyers, A.R.W. & Pritchard, M.B. · 1998

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Omobundro Institute / Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. Bookplate.

William Dampier in New Holland: Australia's first natural historian

Lloyd, C. · 1966

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Faber and Faber. 1st edition. V.g.. No Jacket. Bookplate and owner's signature.

The Chelsea gardener: Philip Miller 1691-1771

Le Rougetel, H. · 1990

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Natural History Museum Publications. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Bookplate.

British and Irish herbaria

Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E. · 1984

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

BSBI. 1st edition. V.g.. No Jacket. Two book plates by the same owner. A very useful reference work for botanical curators. 333 pp.

No ordinary gardener: Thomas Knowlton 1691-1781

Henrey, Blanche (edited by Chater, Arthur) · 1986

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

British Museum (Natural History). 1st edition. Fine. v.g.. A comprehensively researched biographical account of a talented 18th century gardener who despite a somewhat shaky grasp of English spelling and grammar produced a large body of correspondence which throws new light on...

William Dampier in New Holland: Australia's first natural historian

George, A.S. · 1999

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Bloomings Books. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Bookplate. A comprehensive account of the plants collected by Dampier, set within the travelogue he published.

Mark Catesby, the colonial Audubon

Frick, G.F. & Stearns, R.P. · 1961

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

POD reprint. Facsimile reprint. Fine. No Jacket

The collectors: creating Hans Sloane's extraordinary herbarium

Carine, M. (ed.) · 2020

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Natural History Museum. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. A sketchy account of the components of Sir Hans Sloane's herbarium, by multiple authors, credited only on the rear jacket flap. Anyone intending to study this rather complicated herbarium should first read this book. Several spe...

The correspondence of John Bartram 1754-1797

Berkeley, Edmund & Berkeley, Dorothy Smith · 1992

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

University Press of Florida. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. Fine copy, no dust jacket. Two bookplates. Transcripts of correspondence both to and from John Bartram (b. 1699), America's first native-born botanist of note, and a major source of plant introductions into Europe. Wit...

Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists

Desmond, Ray · 1994

£72.00 (€86.30 | $95.12 | ¥15,185)

Taylor & Francis / Natural History Museum. Good. No Jacket. Spine missing. A well-used copy. This book is rather clumsily bound. Bookplate.