New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Octavo, brown boards. pp (x), 277. Index. Fine copy. Jacket has nicks at head of spine, else fine. A qualified scientist's examination of the pros and cons.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. First printing of this second edition, revised. 12mo. Card covers. pp (xvi), 417. Colour photos, b&w drawings, index. Fine copy.

New York: DK, 2005. Folio, glossy pictorial boards. pp 512. Colour illustrations, index. Fine in fine jacket. Illustrations of about 2000 plants, gives the origin and natural habitat of each and the conditions for growing in a garden, and indicates which plants are under threat in the wild. 3 kg parcel

Ottawa: Ministère Fédéral de l'Agriculture, 1913. Olive cloth gilt lettered. 160 pp + 27 chromolithographed botanical plates (grasses, clovers, etc.). Small shallow chip to front free endpaper, else a fine, especially fresh copy. No owner names. The plates are often removed and framed. Text is in French. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1975. Thick octavo, green cloth. pp (743), illustrations in text. Green endpaper lightly sunned at margins; crease to half-title leaf, light foxing to top page edges, binding a little skewed, else fine, no owner names or text marks. Pale green jacket has slightly sunned spine, VG otherwise. 2 kg parcel

Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates/ Cornell University Press, 1959. Octavo, green cloth. pp (xii), 380, illustrations in text. Two small private owner labels inside front cover, else a fine, jacketless copy, no marks in text. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.

Stuart, Florida: Horticultural Books, 1980. Quarto, green boards. pp (xiv), 252. Photos on every page. Very small ink owner name at front, else fine. Thin dust jacket has a few small chips, VG. "Published in 1959, James C McCurrach's Palms of the World contained over 400 illustrations covering 140 substantially well known palm genera. This book is presented as a supplement to the earlier volume. It provides a compilation of data on rare palms, including more than 250 photographs of more than 100 genera, many never before illustrated." - jacket. 1.5 kg parcel.

San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2003. Quarto. pp 816. Colour photos, index. Fine in fine jacket. Note: 3 kg parcel, extra postage will be required.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no date (1860). Original green pictorial cloth stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered, yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. pp iv, 164 + 41 chromolithographed colour plates with tissue guards. Spine slightly sunned, with a bit of wear to tips; 1860 ink name inside front cover, later ink ownership inscription to upper outer corner of title page; in all, a VG clean and tight copy, hinges not cracked, all plates quite clean and bright. First published in 1855. Also published as volume 6 of 'Flowering plants and ferns of Great Britain'

Waterloo, ON: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, 1985. pp (viii), 364. Line drawings, index. Mild cover rubbing, near fine otherwise.

New York: McGraw-Hill, c1950. Later printing of the second edition. Octavo, grey coth. pp (viii), 719. Index, line drawings. High school library discard: call number on spine, covers a bit bowed; pouch at rear, rubber stamp to verso of title, else a clean, tight and unworn copy, no other library marks. 1.5 kg parcel.

Brighton, UK: R. Folthrop, 1853. Small octavo, original dark green cloth decorated in blind, spine in gilt. pp xl, (360), (8, ads) + 5 (of 6) colour plates + 6 b&w plates. LACKING the colour frontispiece. Spine lightly darkened, moderate wear at tops, with cloth split to front joint neatly repaired; moderate wear to outer corners; 1864 ink ownership name on front free endpaper crossed out in red, 1946 ink owner name on half-title; cracked inner hinges neatly repaired with archival paper; otherwise a VG clean and tight copy. First ed. was in 1848.

London: Bloomsbury, 2005. Squarish octavo, reddish boards. pp (8), (472). Colour illustrations, index. Fine in VG jacket. 2 kg parcel.

London: Lorenz Books, 2003. Quarto, glossy pictorial boards. pp 256. Maps, colour illustrations, index. Fine in fine jacket. 2 kg parcel.

Oxford: CABI International, 1996. Thick octavo, glossy boards. pp (4), 1484. LACKING THE TITLE LEAF, else a fine copy, no owner names. Note: 3 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required.

Ithaca, New York: Comstock / Cornell University Press, c1987. 4th printing of the paperback edition. pp xviii, (587). Line drawings, index. Rubber stamp on first leaf, else a fine copy. A classic handbook for weeds of the Northern United States and Canada.