31. McCann, Charles.

Trees of India. A Popular Handbook.

First Edition. Bombay, D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1947. 25cm x 15cm. viii, 63, 156 pages. With 78 coloured plates and 17 black and white illustrations. Frontispiece photograph: The Stem of a young Baobab. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine separating from block. Endpaper signed by preowner.

32. North, Marianne.

A Vision of Eden – The Life and Work of Marianne North. Preface by J. P. M. Brenan ; Foreword by Anthony Huxley ; Biographical note by Brenda E. Moon.

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. 26 cm. 240 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

33. Nuttall, G. Clarke.

Beautiful Flowering Shrubs, Trees and Heather. Revised and brought up to date by Roland Luff.

London, The Garden Book Club, ca.1953. 8°. XI, 258 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Traces of foxing to edges.

34. Plüss, B.

Unsere Gebirgsblumen. Als Ergänzung zum “Blumenbüchlein für Waldspaziergänger” herausgegeben. Mit vielen Bildern.

Freiburg, Herdersche Verlagshandlung, 1902. 12,5 x 16,5 cm. 200 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Illustriertes Leinen. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

35. Robinson, William.

The Wild Garden.

Facsimile of 1894 Edition. London, The Scolar Press, 1977. 15 cm x 23 cm. XXXIV, 304 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

36. Russell, Michael.

Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural History. Illustrated by a Map and Twelve Engravings, Chiefly by Jackson.

First Edition. Edinburgh / London, Oliver & Boyd / Simpkin & Marshal, 1833. 11 cm x 17 cm. 440 pages. Fold-out-map of Nubia and Abyssinia placed before titlepage. Twelve single-page engraved illustrations. Nine of these are by Jackson, two by Branston and one by Wright. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with ‘Edinburgh Cabinet Library’– label on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Abrasions and tears evident to spine. Binding still firm and strong. Minor, clean tear in fold-out map. Some foxing to map, tissue-guard and titlepage. Private gift-inscription by preowner James Johnstone (possibly the scottish MP for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire) to his sister A.E.Webster on endpaper. [Edinburgh Cabinet Library – XII].

37. Schütt, P./ Schuck, H.J./ Stimm, B. (Hrsg).

Lexikon der Baum- und Straucharten. Das Standardwerk der Forstbotanik. Morphologie, Pathologie, Ökologie und Systematik wichtiger Baum- und Straucharten. Bearbeitet von Dr. Gregor Aas, Dr. Ralph Baasch, Dr. Helmut Blaschke, Dr. Maria Dobner, Dr. Elke Krug, Dr. Jospef Maier, Dr. Harald Schill, Dr. Hans Joachim Schuck, Prof. Dr. Peter Schütt, Dr. Bernd Stimm.

Sonderausgabe 2002. Hamburg, Nikol Verlagsgesellschaft, 2002. 17 x 24 cm. 581 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

38. Schweinfurth, Georg.

The Heart of Africa – Three Years’ Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa. From 1868 to 1871. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. With an Introduction by Winwood Reade. In Two Volumes. With Maps and Woodcut Illustrations.

Reprint of the original edition London, 1873. 2 Volumes (complete set). Farnborough, Gregg International Publishers Ltd., 1969. 14 cm x 22 cm. Volume 1: XVI, 559 pages. 79 illustrations by J.D. Cooper. Fold-out map at front showing “Dr Schweinfurth’s Discoveries in Central Africa”. Volume 2: Frontispiece, X, 521 pages. 45 illustrations by J.D. Cooper. Map at front titled “Sketch Map of Dr Schweinfurth’s Routes, 1868-1871”. Recent Hardcover [publisher’s green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Binding in excellent condition. Tiny blemish to lower spine of Volume two. Otherwise in excellent, close to new condition.

39. Smythe, F.S.

Kamet Conquered.

First edition. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932. 15 cm x 23.5 cm Frontispiece, XVI, 420 pages. 59 additional illustrations. Fold-out trace map at rear showing route of 1920 Kamet Expedition. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to board edges at top and bottom. Some light foxing to title- and halftitle pages and very occasional hints of foxing to an otherwise bright and clean interior.

40. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Useful and Ornamental Planting with an Index.

London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1832. 22.9cm x 14.2cm. IV, 151 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Library of Useful Knowledge].