Catalogue No. 121 – Sale, Special Offers and Recent Acquisitions
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C. Arden, Bookseller Darren Bloodworth The Nursery, Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5DT, U.K. Tel: +44 (0) 1497-820471 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ardenbooks.co.uk Catalogue No. 121 – Sale, Special Offers and Recent Acquisitions Sale items : Botany 1 - 112 Entomology 113 - 140 Fine, Illustrated & Antiquarian 141 - 151 Gardening 152 - 207 General 208 - 254 Natural History & Zoology 255 - 266 New Naturalist s 267 - 302 Ornithology 303 - 346 Special offers : Botany 347 - 404 and recent Entomology 405 - 440 acquisitions Fine, Illustrated & Antiquarian 441 - 458 Gardening 459 - 512 Natural History & Zoology 513 - 562 New Naturalists 563 - 611 Ornithology 612 - 688 The stock in the Sale part of this catalogue (items 1 to 346) is an attempt to clear the remains of stock from the year’s previous catalogues. Book prices have already been reduced in many cases and further reductions are available to those who wish to take a risk that their chosen books will be available 10 or even 20 days after receiving this catalogue. Books will be dispatched once orders are complete – this may take up to three weeks if you order books at 50% off. How the Sale works First 10 days of sale…….All books available at prices shown in the catalogue After 10 days……………..If books are still available, we reduce their prices by 25% After 20 days……………..If books are still available, we reduce their prices by 50% We have also included over three hundred Special offers and recent acquisitions at the end of the catalogue (items 347 to 688). These Special offers and recent acquisitions are available at the prices indicated and are not part of the Sale terms. Books can be ordered using the order form enclosed, by telephone, email or letter. For Sale books, please indicate your price preference when ordering (full, 25% off or 50% off). We number and date orders so that the first customer to order a book/s at reduced prices will be successful if the book is unsold after the first 10/20 days. We accept debit and credit cards, bank transfers, cheques and Paypal. We do not accept American Express. Postage on books is charged at cost. We are always interested in purchasing large or small collections in our specialist subject areas and are quite happy to travel to view. Abbreviations Vg very good t.e.g. top edges gilt pp pages Dw dust wrapper illus. illustrations f.e.p. front end paper o/w otherwise nd no date a.e.g all edges gilt b/w black & white sl slightly sfbk Softback July 2020 Sale section - Botany 1. Ainsworth, G.C. & Sussman, A.S. (Eds.). The Fungi - An Advanced Treatise. Volume III. The Fungal Population. 1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 1968 pp.xix, 738 with b/w. photos., and figs. 8vo. A fine hardback in vg. plus dw. [57236] £15.00 Reviews the ecology of fungi through an analysis of their diverse habitats. Also discussed are the parasitic and symbiotic associations of fungi with other organisms. 2. Alpine Garden Soc. Index to the Bulletin. Volumes XVI - XXX. 1st. Ed. Pub. Alpine Garden Soc. 1964 pp.183. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback. Index for the years 1950 to 1964. [57262] £5.00 3. Baker, H.A. & Oliver, E.G.H. Ericas in Southern Africa. 1st. Ed. Pub. Purnell. c.1967 pp.lxvi, 180 with colour illus. plates. 4to. Nr. fine hdbk. in vg. dw. [51127] £20.00 4. Balfour, J.H. First Book of Botany. Pub. W. Collins. 1873 pp.vii, 118 with with many text figs plus 10 pages of adverts. Hardback. Original boards in good to vg. condition. [34021] £11.00 5. Bentham, G. and Hooker, Sir. J.D. Handbook of the British Flora. Volume 1 [of 2]. A description of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to, or naturalised in, the British Isles, for the use of beginners and amateurs. 6th. Rev. Ed. Pub. L. Reeve & Co. 1892 pp.lxxx, 584. Small 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Foxing at ends, o/w., contents fine. Half leather over green cloth boards, in thor. vg. condition. [57626] £15.00 6. Boulger, G.S. Familiar Trees. First, Second and Third Series. New. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Cassell. c.1907 Three volume set with colour illus., and b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardbacks. Ex-lib. Contents fine. Half leather bound with gilt lettering to spine, all in vg. plus condition. [57623] £40.00 7. Brown, Jane. Tales of the Rose Trees. Ravishing Rhododendrons and Their Travels Around the World. Pub. HarperCollins. 2004 pp.xi, 308 with colour & b/w. plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [46315] £10.00 A thorough examination of the Rhododendron’s history and uses. 8. Cash, Catherine. The Slipper Orchids. 1st. Ed. Pub. Helm. 1991 pp.xi, 228 with 225 colour photo. plates. 4to. A vg. hardback in vg. dw. [53254] £15.00 9. Charters, H. Fires in State Forests in the Years 1929-1952. Forestry Commission, Forest Record Number 23. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1954 pp.31 with b/w. text figs. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback. [50344] £9.00 10. Cheers, G. Letts Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World. 1st. Ed. Pub. Letts. 1992 pp.x, 174 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. [57246] £30.00 A guide to identifying and cultivating an astonishingly diverse and interesting range of carnivorous plants. 11. Clapham, A.R. et al. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1959 pp.xxxiii, 579 with a few b/w. text figs. Small 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature to ffep. Some minor evidence of a spill, o/w. a vg. hardback. [54842] £6.00 Published in response to a need for an easily portable guide, while maintaining enough detail to aid in identifying all species that are generally common in lowland districts of the British isles. 12. Clapham, A.R. et al. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1968 pp.xxxv, 586. Small 8vo. Hardback. Ex-lib. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57275] £6.00 Published in response to a need for an easily portable guide, while maintaining enough detail to aid in identifying all species that are generally common in lowland districts of the British isles. 13. Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles Illustrations. Volume I. Pteridophyta to Papilionaceae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge University Press. 1957 pp.144 with illus throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [57779] £9.00 14. Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles Illustrations. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Polemoniaceae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge University Press. 1960 pp.119 with illus throughout. 4to. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw. [57854] £9.00 15. Clemants, S.E. Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae of New York State. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 485. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of the State of New York. 1992 pp.vi, 100 with illus. and dist. maps. 4to. Nr. fine softback. Scarce. [57271] £35.00 Sale section – Botany 16. Coats, A.M. The Book of Flowers. Four Centuries of Flower Illustration. 1st. Ed. Pub. Phaidon Press. 1973 pp.208 with colour and b/w. illus., throughout. Small folio. Faint speckling to top of text block, o/w., a fine hardback in fine dw. With original publisher’s flyer loosely inserted. [57774] £15.00 Covering the period from 1485 to 1850 and limited to flowers represented on paper or vellum. Ninety percent of the subjects were reproduced in this work for the first time. 17. Cowen, D.V. Flowering Trees and Shrubs in India. 2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. Thacker & Co. 1952 pp.xvi, 142 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Faint scattered foxing o/w., a thor. vg. hardback in good dw. [57245] £15.00 18. Crooke, Myles. Adelges Attacking Japanese and Hybrid Larches. Forestry Commission, Forest Record Number 17. 1st. Ed. Pub. H.M.S.O. 1952 pp.19 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A fine softback. [50341] £8.00 19. Davidian, H.H. The Rhododendron Species. Vol. II - Elepidotes. Part 1. Arboreum -Lacteum. 1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1989 pp.344 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. [57341] £15.00 20. Davidson, J. Conifers, Junipers and Yew. Gymnosperms of British Columbia. 1st. Ed. Pub. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1927 pp.xviii, 72 with 36 colour and b/w. plates of illustrations. 8vo. Ex-Lib. Nr. fine hardback. [57259] £18.00 Presents an illustration of each genus and description of each species found in British Columbia. 21. De Jong, Dr. P.C. et al (Eds.). Catalogue of Plant Collections. 1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. Botanic Gardens, Utrecht. 1986 pp.470 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. [57231] £16.00 A catalogue of the plant collections held at Utrecht Botanic Gardens. 22. Dennis, R.W.G. Concise Guide to British Fungi. 1st. Ed. Pub. Saiga Publishing. 1984 pp.v, 74 plus 111 colour plates. 8vo. Initials to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. [57255] £8.00 23. Dony, J.G. Flora of Bedfordshire. 1st. Ed. Pub. Luton Museum and Gallery. 1953 pp.532 with b/w. photos and dist. maps. 8vo. With previous owner’s name to ffep., and 2 pages of informed annotations loosely inserted. A thor. vg. hardback in vg. dw. [54836] £15.00 24. Edees, E.S. Flora of Staffordshire. Flowering plants and ferns. 1st. Ed. Pub. David & Charles. 1972 pp.viii, 280 with b/w. photos., and dist. maps. 8vo. Dust marks to top of text block, o/w.