Grasses from Mike Park Ltd

New York: Orange Judd Company , 1917. A few small text illustrations, small thick octavo, pp xxviii, 421 + publisher's catalogue 4 pages, the fore-edge a bit marked and very slightly worn, a cancelled War Office stamp on the front endpaper, brown cloth in very good condition. From the library of the botanist Ron Payne with his signature… Read more about this item

Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1986. [Originally published 1936]. Illustrated with botanical line drawings throughout, octavo, pp 439, blue cloth slightly faded. From the library of the botanist Ron Payne, with his signature on the front endpaper and two tiny notes on the first two pages. . Cloth. Very Good.

Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1973. Well illustrated with botanical line drawings, octavo, pp xxii, 378, very clean internally, green cloth in excellent condition, the dustwrapper is age-toned on its spine, and very slightly worn with a tiny nick to the rear cover. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and browned.

Government Printer, 1978. Third edition, well illustrated with small line drawings and 16 colour plates, small thick octavo, pp 466, clean internally, paperback, the covers slightly worn and age-toned, the spine slightly creased. [Includes the ferns, grasses, rushes, orchids, conifers and Liliaceae & Iridaceae.]. Third edition. Good.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1811. Large octavo, pp viii, 304, very clean internally, full tree calf (probalbly conyemporary), rather worn, joints cracking, front hinge cracked and weak, marbeld endpapers. [Comprises poetry, followed by "Discourse Concerning the irritability of Flowers", with one engraved plate; "Swedish Pan"; "Observations on the Grasses" with 17 hand-coloured plates of grasses (with one… Read more about this item

The Bentham-Moxon Trust, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1985. Illustrated with 52 botanical line drawn plates and a colour frontispiece, large thick octavo, pp xiv, 833-1969, very clean internally, blue cloth very slightly rubbed. Includes the grasses, ferns and orchids, as well as iridaceae, Liliaceae etc. [From the library of the botanist Ron Payne, with his signature on the front endpaper.].… Read more about this item

Allahabad: Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Illustrated with 16 plates of botanical line drawings and three folding plates, octavo, pp (6), 180, the front endpaper stained but otherwise clean internally, green cloth very slightly bruised, in a slightly worn and age-toned dustwrapper. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn.

Bloemfontein: Orange Free State Provinial Administration, 1973. Illustrated throughout wih simple line drawings, small octavo, pp 127, very slightly age-toned at the margins otherwise very clean internally, paperback, the covers slightly rubbed and creased.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Windhoek, 1974. Illustrated with line drawings, large octavo, pp 62 + plates, very clean internally, paperback, the title has been written in English on the upper cover, otherwise very good.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Lae: Division of Botany, Department of Forests, 1969. Illustrated with simple line drawings, large octavo, pp 215, clean internally, paperback, the covers very slightly marked and lightly creased. SCARCE. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Peradeniya: The Government Press, 1956. Illustrated with 52 botanical line drawings and a coloured map, large octavo, pp xvi, 229, (i), upper and lower corners a little bruised, page 228 with a lsight tear, otherwise clean and firm internally, paperback, the covers a bit worn and marked, a number on the upper cover and the word Ceylon hand written on… Read more about this item

London: Linnean Society, 1991. A fifty page article contained in the complete issue of Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 106 number 4. Also includes Webb's History of the Herbarium, Trinity College Dublin; and Ridall & Goldblatt's Leaf Anatomy and Phylogeny of the Ixiodeae. Paperback, covers slightly worn. [From the library of the botanist Ron Payne, though not… Read more about this item

Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co, 1948. Octavo, illustrations 65 - 380 (this is correct !), attractive and detailed line drawings, a few neat marginal notes, pp 380, xxiii, the page block firm and tight, but the covers poor and almost detached, permanently plastic laminated. A working copy.. First Edition. Paperback. Poor.

Tournay: J. Casterman, 1823. Illustrated with 16 lithograph plates, small octavo, pp 153,(i), partly untrimmed, the errata leaf pasted to the rear endpaper, the occasional blemish, lacking the front endpaper, but overall rather good internally, original boards, slightly chipped printed paper title label on the spine. From the library of the Kew grass botanist C.E. Hubbard, with both his stamp… Read more about this item

Liege: Departement de Botanique, 1989. Illustrated with distribution maps, octavo, pp 127, [81], very clean internally, paperback, the lettering "Burundi" in ink on the spine, the upper cover rather foxed and blotched, otherwise a very good copy. SCARCE. [Lejeunia, Nouvelle serie number 132]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Washington: National Museum of Natural History, 2000. Large octavo, not illustrated, pp 128, paperback, the lower corner very slightly bruised, otherwise a very good copy. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1986. Large octavo, pp (6), 389, the date of 1986 has been added to the title page in ink, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, the covers very slightly worn and with slight creases to the top cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Topeka: Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1937. Illustrated with botanical line drawings and distribution maps, octavo, pp 349, waterstained and damp-wrinkled in part, paperback, the upper cover detached and heavily repaired with tape. A presentation copy to the botanist and bryologist Frances E. Wynne, signed by author on the verso of the frontispiece map. A good working copy only. .… Read more about this item

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1988. Slender octavo, not illustrated, pp 77, soft covers, a very good copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paternoster Row, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1814. Second edition. Illustrated with 10 engraved folding plates slightly foxed, pp xiv, 479, [9], a signature and date on the title page, otherwise very clean internally, original leather covers, rubbed, re-backed with a new leather spine, new cream endpapers. [The final hundred pages comprise the Duke of Bedford's "Account of… Read more about this item