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'The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete.' Original boards, large format, colour photos throughout, University of California Press, 1992, vg; 'The Histo...

TOM SLACK. 'Happy is the Day,' 'Thody Bros,' 'Interesting Things About Birds.' All signed and inscribed by authour, original cloth, unclipped dj's...

'Penzance: A Natural History and Antiquarian Society: Report and Transactions.' 1880-1898, collated in four rebound books, ex-libris lable, good c...

SETON GORDON. 'Afoot in the Hebrides.' First edition, original cloth, owner signature on end leaf, Country Life Ltd, London, 1950, g; With four ot...

FREDERICK FORSYTH. 'The Devil's Alternative.' Signed by author, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Hutchinson, London, 1979, g. Dr Rob S...

FREDERICK FORSYTH. 'The Day of the Jackal.' Reprinted before publication, original cloth, unlipped dj, tear to dj folds, watermarks, spotting to e...

BOTANY. 'Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants.' Nine vols plus supplement to, original cloth, unclipped dj's, some toning to early vols spines, illu...

BOTANY. 'Flora and Sylva: A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden.......' Three Vols, 1903-05, 66 chromolithographed plates, original half vellum gi...

D. D. C. POCHIN MOULD. 'Roads From the Isles.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, holes to dj spine, library stamp end leave, Oliver and...

RUSSELL BRADDON. 'Cheshire V. C.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Evans Brothers Ltd, London, 1954, g; With twenty-four other books. ...

MARY RENAULT. 'The Bull from the Sea.' First UK edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, oxing to edge of text block, spine dj faded, Northumberland...

DETLEF HABERLAND. 'Engelbert Kaempfer 1651-1716 A biography.' First English edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, The British Library, 1996, fine...

J. R. R. TOLKIEN. 'Lord of the Rings.' Folio Society, cardboard slip case, illustrations by Ingahild Grathmer, 1977, vg; With two 'The Hobbit' pub...

GRAHAM STUART THOMAS. 'The Old Shrub Roses.' Original cloth, clipped dj, Phoenix House, London, 1955, g; With three other Thomas's and twenty-seve...

HORTICULTURE. 'Great Flower Books 1700-1900,' by Sacheverell Sitwell, H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1990, fine; With nine other large format picture bo...

LEN BURGE. 'Cornish Church Sundials.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, ex-libris stamp, spotting to title page, Short Run Press, 2002, g. Dr Rob Seni...

NATHANIEL LORD BRITTON and JOSEPH NELSON ROSE. 'The Cactaceae.' Original cloth, rubbed edges to spine, ex libris lables to end paper, The Carnegie...

PETER R. O. BALLY. 'The Genus Monadenium.' Signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, unclipped dj, 32 plates in natural size and 88 figures ...

HORTICULTURE and BOTANY. 'The Land of the Blue Poppy,' by Frank Kingdon Ward, first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, Minerva, 1973, vg; With t...

HORTICULCTURE and BOTANY. 'Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine.' First edition, original cloth, clipped dj, Curwen Books, London, 1981, fine;...

ROBERT SOUTHEY. 'The Life of Nelson.'; Original gilt decorative boards, illustrations complete by Westall, Bickers and Son, London, 1895, g; With ...

DRENDOLOGY. 'Ancient Woodland: its history, vegetation and uses in England.' New edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Castlepoint Press, Kirkcud...

'Britain in Pictures.' Seventeen copies including medicine, English country houses, cartoonists, birds etc. (17) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cor...

GABRIEL HEMERY and SARAH SIMBLET. 'The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest & Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century.' Original boards, illustrate...

C. C. VYVYAN. 'On Timeless Shores: Journeys in Ireland.' Signe by author, original cloth, unclipped dj, rubbed edges to dj, Peter Owen, London, 19...

HORTICULTURE. 'The Garden Plants of China,' and 'Gardens in China,' by Peter Valder; 'Trillium Genius Illustrated', by Kazuko and Junichiro Sameji...

HORTICULTURE. Nine books authored by H. L. V. Fletcher and eight by Margery Fish; With nine other books. (27) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwa...

SIR HERBERT MAXWELL. 'British Fresh-Water Fishes.' First edition, original green cloth with gile embossed title and spine, sporadic foxing and on ...

JOHN GERARD. 'The Herbal or General History of Plants.' 1975 facsimile of the complete 1633 edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Johnson, origi...

L. R. PRAEGER. 'The Genus Sedum.' 'An Account of the Sempervivum Group,' Repints, Verlag J. Cramer and Wheldon & Wesley, Germany, 1967; With the '...

BOTANY. 'A Handbook of Succulent Plants,' by Hermann Jacobs, signed (?), first Engish edition, three vols, carboard slip cases, Blandford Press, L...

BOTANY. 'Excelsa Taxonomic Series: The Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society of Rhodesia.' A complete run from 1-17, plus no 10and 20, including dupl...

RICHARD ST BARBE BAKER. 'Among The Trees.' Signed by author, two vols, vol I 90/1000, vol II 435/500, light spotting to end papers, some soiling t...

H. J. Elwes and A. H. Henry. 'The Trees of Great Britain.' Facsimile in seven volumes, original cloth, unclipped dj, republished by S. R. Publishe...

C. H. GREY. 'Hardy Bulbs.' Three vols, first editions, original cloth, vol II having unclipped dj although slightly rubbed and faded to spine, Wil...

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD. Nine books including 'Garden Flowers,' 'Meadows,' and 'Exoctic planting for adventurous gardeners,' all vg to fine. (9) Dr Rob ...

CHARLES DARWIN. 'The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms with Observations on Their Habits.' Original cloth, bumped to ends o...

NEVIL SHUTE. 'A Town Like Alice.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, dj torn and creased, foxing to text block edge, sporadic foxing throughout, Willia...

ALISTAIR MACLEAN. 'The Guns of Navarone,' 1957; 'South by Java Head,' 1958; 'The Last Frontier,' 1959; 'Fear is the Key,' 1961; 'The Golden Rendez...

HUGH LOFTING. 'Dr Doolittle's Garden.' First edition, original cloth, endpaper slightly loose with pencil inscription, Jonathan Cape, London, 1928...

EDGAR LAMB. 'The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents.' Five volumes, original cloth, unclipped dj's, spines faded, Blandford Press, ...

HORTICULTURE and BOTANY. 'Florilegium Imperiale: Botanical Illustrations for Francis I of Austria,' H. Wlater Lack, carboard slip, original cloth,...

HORTICULTURE. 'The New Flora and Silva,' E. H. M. Cox, 12 volumes, original cloth, some faded to spine, Duau & Com ltd, London, 1929-1940. (12) Dr...

E. A. BOWLES. 'A Handbook of Narcissus.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, Martin Hopkinson, London, 1934; ' A Handbook of Crocus & Colchicum,' author...

BOTANY. 'Agaves of Continental North America,' Howard Scott Gentry, original cloth, unclipped dj, The University of Arizona Press, Tuscon, second ...

S. REYNOLDS HOLE. 'A Book About Roses.' Original decorative cloth, ex libris, snd edition, William Blackwood and Sons, 1870; 'A book about the Gar...

HORTICULTURE and BOTANY. 'A garden Potpourri from The Garden Club of Virginia Journal,' original cloth, unclipped dj, The Dietz Press, Virginia, 1...

L. HUXLEY. 'Life & Letters of Sir J. D. Hooker.' Two vols, original cloth, Library stamp on title page, John Murray, London, 1918; CHARLES SQUIRE....

BOTANY. 'The Flora of British India,' by J. D. Hooker, seven volumes, original cloth, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, India, 1990. (7) Dr Rob Sen...

BOTANY. 'The Euphorbia Journal,' ten vols, original cloth, unclipped dj's, colour illustrations throughout, Strawberry Press, California, 1983. (1...

BERNARD WALKE. 'Twenty Years at St. Hilary.' First edition, Methuen & Co, London, 1935. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yor...

HERBAL. 'The Great Herbal of Leonhart Fuchs,' edited by Frederick G. Meyer, Emily Emmart Trueblood & John L. Heller, 2 volumes, cardboard sleeve, ...

B. O. COVENTRY. 'Wild Flowers of Kashmir.' Three vols, original cloth with gilt embossed title, colour illustrations throughout, Raithby Lawrence ...

HAZEL BERRIMAN. 'Crysede: The Unique Textile Designs of Alec Walker.' Royal Instituion of Cornwall, Truro, 1993. Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cor...

BRYAN PEARCE. 'The Path of the Sun: A Biography,' by Ruth Jones, signed by Brian Pearce and dated 1978, original cloth, unclipped dj, Sheviock Gal...

H. WALTER LACK. 'Alexander von Humboldt and the Botanical Exploration of the Americas.' Folio, carboard slip case, Prestel; CHARLES CRAIB. 'Grass ...

G. BRAMWELL EVENS. 'Romany an Raq.' Eight various titles. (8) Dr Rob Senior arrived in West Cornwall from his native Yorkshire in the early 1960’s...

DENDROLOGY. Seventeen books including 'Shrubs & Trees for Australian Gardens', 'Flowering Trees & Shrubs in India,' and 'A Book of Trees: An antho...

FRANCES A. BARDSWELL. 'Sea-Coast and Gardening.' Original cloth, b+w illustrations, spotting throughout, Sherrat & Hughes, London, 1908; W. J. BEA...

ORNITHOLOGY. 'The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs,' by T. A. COWARD, three vols, original cloth, unclipped dj, reprints, Frederick Warne...

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