Biografi

The collectors: creating Hans Sloane's extraordinary herbarium

Carine, M. (ed.) · 2020 · Acanthophyllum Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Natural History Museum. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. A sketchy account of the components of Sir Hans Sloane's herbarium, by multiple authors, credited only on the rear jacket flap. Anyone intending to study this rather complicated herbarium should first read this book. Several spe...

The correspondence of John Bartram 1754-1797

Berkeley, Edmund & Berkeley, Dorothy Smith · 1992 · Acanthophyllum Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

University Press of Florida. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. Fine copy, no dust jacket. Two bookplates. Transcripts of correspondence both to and from John Bartram (b. 1699), America's first native-born botanist of note, and a major source of plant introductions into Europe. Wit...

Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists

Desmond, Ray · 1994 · Acanthophyllum Books

£72.00 (€86.30 | $95.12 | ¥15,190)

Taylor & Francis / Natural History Museum. Good. No Jacket. Spine missing. A well-used copy. This book is rather clumsily bound. Bookplate.

Lord Bute: essays in re-interpretation

Schweizer, K.W. (ed.) · 1988 · Acanthophyllum Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Leicester University Press. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Bookplate.

Mark Catesby's legacy: natural history then and now

Brush, M.J. & A.H. · 2018 · Acanthophyllum Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

Catesby Commemorative Trust. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. Bookplate.

Darwin and his flowers: the key to natural selection

Allan, M. · 1977 · Acanthophyllum Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Faber and Faber. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Author's inscription. Bookplate.

William Robinson 1838-1935: father of the English flower garden

Allan, M. · 1982 · Acanthophyllum Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Faber and Faber. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. "A thoroughly bad book" - owner's inscription. See review by E.C. Nelson in Moorea vol. 2, 1985 (copy loosely inserted).

William Stukeley: lanscape historian or garden designer

Shields, S. · 2023 · Acanthophyllum Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

The Antiquary, issue 3. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. One article in a longer pamphlet.

Lord Bute

Coats, A.M. · 1975 · Acanthophyllum Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Shire Publications. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. Bookplate, signature.

John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute 1713-92: botanical and horticultural interests and legacy

Phillips, C. & Shane, N. (eds.) · 2014 · Acanthophyllum Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Luton Hoo Estate. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. Bookplate.

Tom's weeds: the story of Rochford's and their house plants

Alan, M. · 1970 · Acanthophyllum Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Faber & Faber. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Scarcely used.

William Robinson, the wild gardener

Bisgrove, R. · 2008 · Acanthophyllum Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Frances Lincoln. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Inscribed by the author, with a loosely inserted apology for wrongly stating that the recipient (Charles Nelson) was the director of Glasnevin Botanic Garden. Owner's bookplate.

Nature's alchemist: John Parkinson, herbalist to Charles 1

Parkinson, Anna · 2008 · Acanthophyllum Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Frances Lincoln. 1st edition. As new. As new. Cleverly constructed biography which skates over the gaps in the record, painting a convincing picture of the life of a talented Catholic Lancastrian in London at the turn of the 17th century. 336 pp. Owner's bookplate.

What's left of Nelson

Marriott, L. · 1995 · Acanthophyllum Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Dial House. 1st edition. V.g.. No Jacket. No inscriptions.

Dr. John Mitchell: the man who made the map of North America

Berkeley, E. & D.S. · 1974 · Acanthophyllum Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Univeristy of N.C. Press. 1st edition. Good. No Jacket. Ex-library copy. Later owner's bookplate.

Loddiges of Hackney: the largest hothouse in the world

Solman, D. · 1995 · Acanthophyllum Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Hackney Society. 1st edition. Fine. No Jacket. Bookplate.

John Lightfoot: his work and travels

Bowden, Jean · 1989 · Acanthophyllum Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Bentham-Moxon Trust, Kew and Hunt Institute, Pittsburgh. 1st edition. New. No Jacket. With a biographical introduction and a catalogue of the Lightfoot herbarium, this book mainly describes the various travels undertaken by the Duchess of Portland's chaplain, usually in the co...

James Lee and the Vineyard Nursery Hammersmith

Willson, E.J. · 1961 · Acanthophyllum Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Hammersmith Local History Group, London. 1st edition. V.g.. V.g.. Bookplate. This is both a biography of the nurseryman and a history of the nursery run by Lee with his partner Kennedy, whose name denotes its former use as a vineyard in former times. An appendix lists the many...

Isaac Lawson, physician and naturalist: Linnaeus's Scottish patron

Nelson, E.C. · 2020 · Acanthophyllum Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Svenska LinnŽsŠllskapets. rsskrift rgŒng 2020, Uppsala. V.g.. No Jacket. First article of the Yearbook of the Swedish Linnaeus Society

The contented botanist: letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific

Ducker, S.C. (ed.) · 1988 · Acanthophyllum Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Melbourne University Press. 1st edition. Fine. Fine. Owner's bookplate.