1. Irish Society of Botanical Arts.

EireAnnach [Éireannach] – Celebrating Native Plants of Ireland. Botanical Art Worldwide 2018.

Dublin, ISBA, 2018. Quarto (21 cm wide x 29.5 cm high). 136 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent. close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

2. 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.

3. [Cyprus Content] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry] / Storrs, Sir Ronald Henry Amherst.

Typed Letter Signed / Monogrammed (TLS with manuscript corrections) from Sir Harry Luke to Sir Ronald Storrs. The two – page letter plus addenda was written by Luke in September 1927, during his posting as Colonial Secretary in Sierra Leone, and reached Storrs during his Governorship in Cyprus. Luke writes about [Mr.] St.Barbe Baker and two pamphlets [by Baker] he sent Storrs of which one is “full of a passionate idealism canalized into the planting of trees in dry countries”. Luke continues: “He is now in the Forestry Service in Nigeria….I imagine he would be the very man for countries such as Ubr and Palestine, which wage a constant and unequal campaign against drought and inadequate rainfall. If you were to think it worth while to place him in touch with yourself, he might conceivably be of value in the direction of organizing voluntary tree-planting in the Regno di Cipro. In the matter of the Handbook [of Cyprus] I enclose on a separate sheet a very few corrigenda and suggestions…..” [The Corrigenda on page three of the letter (Addenda) deals with corrections of Date of publications of e.g.: “Cyprus under the Turks” etc.].

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. [Sierra Leone], 13th September, 1927. Folio. 3 sheets. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

4. Eucalyptus – Turnbull, J.W. / Eldridge, K.G./Orme, R.K./ Walduck, T.G. / Potts, B.M. / Griffin, A.R. / Paton, D.M. / Harwood, C.E. / Destremau, D.X. and many others.

Colloque International sur les Eucalyptus Résistants au froid [International Conference on Eucalyptus Resistance to cold / frost]. [Includes for example: The natural environment of eucalyptus as the basis for selecting frost resistant species, Natural variation in Eucalyptus gunnii Hook F., Eucalyptus from Tasmania’s cold country, Physiology of frost resistance in eucalyptus etc. etc. etc. 26-30 septembre 1983 Bordeaux-France.

Nangis, 1983. 8°. 652 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition.

5. Wright, R.C.

Greenhouse Ferns and Romance of Plant Life.

Second Edition. London, Jarrold & Sons, (1898). Octavo. Frontispiece, 148 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages of advertising. Front pastedown and endpaper are also filled with advertising. Hardcover / Original, very decoratively illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt ornament. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

6. Wright, Noel.

Glimpses of South Africa. Containing Sixteen Pages of Illustrations From Photographs by the Authors.

London, A. & C. Black Ltd., 1929. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 246 pages. 31 monochrome photographs. One fold-out map of Cape of Good Hope Peninsula at front. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering and design on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges. Occasional spotting to some pages. Interior bright and clean otherwise.

7. Webster, A.D.

Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs. Second and cheap Edition.

London, Gardening World Office, 1897. 8°. 140, XVI pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with some stronger signs of external of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Very firm binding. This is the original edition. This is NOT the Reprint.

8. Webb, Professor D.A.

The Red Tree Trail: Fifty Trees of Distinction in The Birr Castle Demesne.

1992. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 19 pages. Original pamphlet. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

9. Thomas, Graham Stuart.

Perennial Garden Plants or The Modern Florilegium. A concise account of herbaceous plants, including bulbs, for general garden use.

Third Edition. London, J.M Dent / The Royal Horticultural Society, 1993. 15.5 cm x 25 cm. XVI, 463 pages including many photographs and illustrations. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

10. Sutton and Sons.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1906. 22.2cm x 14.3cm. 444 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

11. Stresau, Frederic B.

Florida, My Eden – Exotic and Native Plants for Use in Tropic and Sub-Tropic Landscape.

Florida, Florida Classics Library, 1986. 23cm x 15.2cm. VIII, 301 pages. With illustrations of beautiful trees, plants and flowers. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

12. Stewart, Keith.

Rosa Antipodes. The History of Roses in New Zealand.

First Edition. Auckland, David Bateman, 1994. 20cm x 26cm. 232 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Wonderful publication. All edges gilt. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

13. 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].

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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].

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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.