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C.Arden (Bookseller) – Website Our Website Is Now 2 Years Old and Regularly Updated with New Stock C. Arden, Bookseller ‘Radnor House’, Church Street, Hay-on-Wye, (via) Hereford, HR3 5DQ, U.K. Tel: +44 (0) 1497-820471 Fax: +44 (0) 1497-820498 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ardenbooks.co.uk Catalogue No.90 Botany 1 – 162 Darwin 163 - 188 Entomology 189 – 221 Fine, Illustrated & Antiquarian 222 – 236 Gardening 237 – 364 Natural History 365 – 460 New Naturalists – Main series 461 – 572 New Naturalists – Monographs 573 – 593 Ornithology 594 – 908 Zoology 909 – 983 New Naturalists The most recent title No.115 ‘Climate and Weather’ was published at the end of August and has been a popular title. We have several copies left (see item 572 in this catalogue). We expect to take delivery of NN.116 ‘Plant Pests’ by David Alford in early January 2011. We will charge catalogue customers £45.00 plus post (RRP £50.00) and if you would like a copy, do let us know. There are a number of special offers in our listing of New Naturalists. Ornithology We have listed a very large number of titles in our ornithology section. This comprises a recently purchased ornithological collection which includes quite a number of specialist titles on Hummingbirds. C.Arden (bookseller) – website Our website is now 2 years old and regularly updated with new stock. We have also added several thousand book images which we hope makes purchasing easier. Bee & Bee-keeping book catalogue Our stock of new, second-hand and antiquarian bee & bee-keeping books continues to grow. We now have around 300 titles. We now publish dedicated bee & beekeeping book catalogues and list stock on our website. Payment of invoices in STERLING please. We accept Visa, Mastercard & Eurocard, but only when placing your order. Cards may not be used to pay an invoice at a later date. We do not accept American Express credit cards. All postage on books is extra. We are always interested in purchasing large or small collections in our specialist subject area 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 pbk paperback Botany 1. Australian Plants Society Maroondah. Flora of Melbourne. A Guide to the Indigenous Plants of the Greater Melbourne Area. 3rd. Ed. Pub. Hyland House. 2001. pp.viii,393 with col. photos & hundreds of line drawings. Pbk. Nr. fine copy. In print at £28.99. [39846] £15.00 2. Baker, K.F. & Snyder, W.C. Ecology of Soil-Borne Plant Pathogens. Prelude to Biological Control. 1st Pub. John Murray. 1965 pp.571 with text figs. A VG copy in partly stained dw. [23374] £35.00 3. Bates, J.W. et al (Eds.). Bryology for the twenty-first century. Pub. Maney. 1998 pp.xii, 382 with b/w. photographs and figs. A vg. copy in card covers. [39869] £9.50 4. Blamey, M. and Grey-Wilson, C. The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. Pub. Hodder and Stoughton. 1989 pp. 544 with colour plates. A nr. fine copy in same dw. [39408] £20.00 Illustrated by Marjorie Blamey, this very comprehensive work describes over 2,400 plants. 5. Blunt, W. & W.T. Stearn. The Art of Botanical Illustration. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 1994 pp.368 with 125 coloured plates and many text figs. A fine copy of this out of print book. [39588] £60.00 This edition revised and enlarged by William Stearn with a greatly extended chapter on 20th century. Still a must for the serious botanical artist. 6. Bould, C. and Hewitt, E.J. Diagnosis of Mineral Disorders in Plants. In 3 Volumes. Principles, Vegetables and Glasshouse Crops. Pub. London. 1983 3 Volumes with numerous colour photographs throughout all. Spines faded sl. on all volumes o/w. a vg. plus set in illus. boards. [39728] £80.00 7. Bowen, H.J.M. The Flora of Berkshire. Holywell Press, Oxford, 1968. Pp.389. VG, in slightly rubbed dw. [39879] £40.00 8. Brewis, A. et al. The Flora of Hampshire. Pub. Harley Books. 1996 pp.xii, 386 with 16 colour plates, b/w. photographs, figs. and distribution maps. A fine copy in same dw. [39886] £35.00 9. Britten, J. European Ferns. Pub. Cassell. ND pp.vii, xliv,196 with 30 fine coloured plates by D. Blair. Boards show a little wear although, design on front board clear and bright. Contents including plates are in fine condition. [39872] £300.00 10. Campo, C. Gomez & Colaboradores, Y. Libro Rojo De Especies Vegetales Amenazadas De Las Islas Canarias. 1st. Pub. Canaries. 1996 pp.663 with 14 coloured photos. A little distortion to the first few pages of text due to damp o/w. vg. pbk. copy. [35802] £25.00 11. Cheers, G. Letts Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World. Pub. Letts. 1992 pp.ix, 174 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dw. [39858] £35.00 This book helps you identify and cultivate an astonishingly diverse and interesting range of carnivorous plants. 12. Clapham, A.R. Flora of Derbyshire. 1st. Pub. Derby Museum. 1969 pp.382. A vg. copy in dw. which is sl. grubby. [39877] £35.00 13. Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G and Warburg, E.F. Flora of the British Isles. Complete 5 Volume Set. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1962 5 Volumes. All dw. sl. chipped and worn o/w. a vg. set. [39558] £40.00 14. Cockayne, L. New Zealand Plants and Their Story. Pub. R.E. Owen. 1967 pp.268 with b/w. photographs and other figs. A vg. plus copy in illus. boards. [39863] £15.00 15. Cole, M.M. The Savannas. Biogeography and Geobotany. 1st. Pub. Academic Press. 1986 pp.xvii. 438 with b/w. plates and maps. VG. copy in green cloth boards. [35631] £35.00 16. Coomans, H.E. & Coomans-Eustatia, M. Flowers from St. Martin; The 19th Century Watercolours of West Indian Plants painted by Hendrik van Rijgersma. Pub. De Walberg Pers, Bloemendaal, 1988. pp.159 with portrait frontispice & 58 reproductions of watercolours. Fine, in dw. [15337] £18.00 A Dutch physician living on the island of St. Martin for 14 years, Van Rijgersma provides the first botanical documentation of the area with his scientifically-correct watercolours and accompanying text. 17. Cooper, J.I. Virus Diseases of Trees and Shrubs. Pub. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. 1979 pp.74 with figs. throughout. A vg. copy in card covers. [39671] £12.00 18. Dallimore, W. & Jackson, A. Bruce. A Handbook of Coniferae including Ginkgoaceae. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1931. pp.xiii,582 with frontis. & 31 b/w plates. A vg. copy in grubby dw. [39730] £20.00 19. Dallimore, W. & Jackson, A. Bruce. A Handbook of Coniferae including Ginkgoaceae. 1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1923 pp.xi,570 with frontis. & 31 b/w plates. Sl. foxing to contents. Overall a good-vg. copy. [39822] £30.00 20. Daoud, H.S. Flora of Kuwait. Volume 1: Dicotyledoneae. Pub. KPI. 1985 pp.xii, 224 with 248 colour photographs. VG. to fine copy in same dw. [35938] £20.00 Following the sudden and tragic death of Hazim S Daoud in 1976, this work was continued and revised by Ali Al-Rawi. In quite a number of cases, two photographs are provided of the same specimen to aid identification. 21. Darlington, A. The Pocket Encyclopedia of Plant Galls in Colour. Rev. Ed. Pub. Blandford. 1975 pp.191 with 293 coloured illus. plus other text figs. VG. in dw. Scarce. [39814] £20.00 22. Davies, P. & J. & Huxley, A. Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe. 1st. Pub. Chatto & Windus. 1983 pp.xii, 256 with 328 coloured photos. Vg. in dw. [36065] £12.50 This most comphrehensive volume not only covers Britain and Western Europe but the Mediterranean from Portugal to Israel including Spain, Italy, Greece and all the major islands. Plus parts of western Asia as far as the Urals. As well as identification it includes information on distribution, orchid biology and classification. 23. De Tabley, Lord; Moore, S. Ed. The Flora of Cheshire. 1st. Pub. Longmans, Green, & Co. 1899 pp.cxiv, 399 with coloured folding map to rear. A little light foxing to endpapers and title page o/w a very good copy in bright gilt boards. There is also a 3pp. Notes Additional to the Flora of Cheshire by Spencer Moore. Rep. Jour. Bot. 1900. [35700] £85.00 24. Dennis, Dr. R.W.G. Concise Guide to British Fungi. Pub. Saiga. 1984 pp.v, 74 with 111 colour plates at rear of text. A vg. copy in same dw. [39864] £12.00 25. Dennis, R.W.G. New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti. Pub. C.U.P. 1960 pp.225. A vg. copy in paper covers. [39880] £18.00 26. Desmond, R. and Hepper, F. Nigel. A Century of Kew Plantsmen. A celebration of the Kew Guild. 1st. Ed. Pub. Kew Guild. 1993 pp.viii, 188 with over 100 photographs. Fine in vg. dw. [36034] £18.00 This work includes reminiscences of colleagues and working conditions by gardeners who worked under the directorship of Sir William and Sir Joseph Hooker, Sir William Thiselton-Dyer; the experiences of Kewites serving in the outposts of the British Empire and on plant hunting expeditions. Brief biographies of 50 distinguished botanists, horticulturalists and botanical artists makes this a useful reference tool. 27. Dickinson, C.H. and Pugh, G.J.F. Biology of Plant Litter Decomposition. Vol..2. Pub. Academic Press. 1974 pp.xiv, 245-775 plus index. VG. in dw.
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