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Illustration from Cacti - Kupper & Roshardt |
Illustration from Cactus Culture - Watson |
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If you're looking for a book not listed below, e-mail us with the details plus the approximate price you wish to pay and we'll do our best to find it for you!
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Current List
Bertrand A..Succulent Plants..1953, translation byV Higgins, 112 pages, 19 colour photographs, 39 b/w, d/w..............£20
Bertrand A Succulent Plants..same
as above , but without d/w ,loose frontispiece...£12
Borg..Cacti.1959, 487 pages, 130 b/w photographs d/w ...............£16
Buxbaum Franz..Cactus Culture Based on Biology..1958 [first edition] 23 colour, 95 line illustrations & b/w photographs, an excellent book on cactus cultivation that no Cactophile should be without. no d/w ...................£20
Cahill L.W & Painting P.J....Cacti & Succulents..Large type series,1974,184 pages,8 b/w photographs,From a series of books designed to assist readers who prefer larger type,a basic book for the beginer........................£5
Court Doreen..Succulent Flora of South Africa..A guide to 164 genera in nine family groups,1981, 224 pages, 282 colour plates, 158 text-figs, hardbound,d/w,one of the best books on South African succulents................................. £60.
Fern Brian & Pearcy Leslie..Choice Mammillarias.. 1987. 88 pp., 7 colour plates on cover, 62 text-figs., 2 maps.covers 60 species,published by Abbey brook cactus nursery,softback......£5
Flora in Focus..Cacti the flowering Desert..new,80 pages,110 colour photos ,basically a colour picture book,stunning photographs,one page with slight crease,d/w.........................£5
Gilbert Green ..Cacti & Succulents ..1953, 237 pages, 17 colour, 186 b/w photographs. d/w.............................£15
Ginns R..Cacti & other Succulents..1975, 129 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 5 line drawings. d/w....................£5
Ginns R..Cacti & other Succulents..1963, penguin softback, 191 pages, 125 b/w photographs, 5 line drawings...................£6
Kupper&Roshardt..CACTI..1960.translated by Vera Higgins, 127 pages, 60 pages of coloured drawings[illustrated above], lacks d/w (ex libris)......................£20
Higgins Vera..Succulent Plants Illustrated first edition 1949, 71 pages, 24 full page plates [b/w] each depicting at least 3 succulents, no d/w (ex libris)..............£8
Higgins Vera..Study in Cacti..1946, 146 pages. 28 b/w photographs. no d/w.......£8
Higgins Vera..Study in Cacti..1933 [first edition] 160 pages, 16 b/w photographs, no d/w......................£12
Higgins & Marrable..Cactus
Growing for Beginners.. 1937., 84 pages. Line drawings & b/w
photographs, an interesting beginners book covering all the basics, no
d/w.................£5
Huxley A J..cacti & Succulents..1954, amateur gardening handbook no 3, 92 pages, 18 line drawings, colour photograph on cover. A basic handbook..............£5
Huxley Anthony..House Plants,Cacti
& Succulents..1972. 133 pages,, 101 colour photographs, d/w.........................£7
Innes Clive..Succulents..1992, a Wisley Handbook. 64 pages, lots of colour photographs, and line drawings, a basic introduction to succulents...............£2:50
Lamb Edgar..Cacti & Succulents the illustrated reference on..Vol 1..1963, 309 pages, 32 colour, 214 b/w photographs, d/w (ex libris)...............£12
Lamb Edgar..Cacti & Succulents the illustrated reference on..Vol 2..1959 [first edition], 350 pages, 76 colour, 140 b/w photographs, d/w (ex libris)............£12 Or £20 for the two volumes.
Lamb Edgar..Pocket encyclopaedia of Cacti in Colour including other Succulents...1974, 217 pages, 326 colour photographs, 21 line drawings, no d/w........£7
Lamb Edgar & Brian..Colourful Cacti and other Succulents of the Deserts..1974, 236 pages, 140 colour photographs, 5 maps [USA], 3 drawings, d/w..........£10
Lamb Edgar & Brian..Popular Exotic Cacti in colour..1976?, 176 pages, 98 colour photographs, 2 maps, d/w....................£8
Lamb Edgar & Brian..pocket Encyclopaedia of Cacti in colour ,including other succulents..1969 [1st edition] 217 pages, 326 colour photographs ,some line drawings, d/w.....£6
Lamb Edgar..The Flowering of your Cacti..1955, 80 pages, 48 b/w photographs, 2 colour [cover & frontispiece] some useful tips.....................£6
McQuown F.R..Fine Flowered Cacti...1971,92 pages, 1 colour photograph ,30 b/w,80 line drawings,cover mostly Epiphyllums...............................................£10
Neale W T..Cacti & other Succulents..1935[first edition] hard back, ,200 pages, 160 b/w photographs,no d/w..................£20
Pavey Gina..Cacti & Succulents..Nature series, 1979,60 pages, 141 colour photographs, a book of colour photographs with a one page introduction.d/w.............£6
Roan HM..Cactus & other Succulents....1949 [national cactus & succulent society book] hardback, 65 pages, 113 b/w photographs, 10 line drawings, no d/w.........£7
Rowley Gordon..Adenium & Pachypodium Handbook..1983, 95 pages ,52 b/w photographs and drawings,softback booklet published by BCSS,and still much sort after.....................£8
Rowley Gordon..Flowering Succulents..1959.
80 pages, 10 colour plates, 6 b/w. plates,
6 line drawings,a wonderfull little hardback
book by a very popular author..........................£6
Shellard Alan..Geraniums growing and showing....1984,68 pages,7 colour ,16 b/w photographs,5 line drawings,basically a guide to growing and showing Pelargoniums [hybrids not species]............£5
Shurly E..Cacti..1962 , 160 pages ,50 colour drawings in 15 plates,2 pages b/w drawings ,d/w..........£8
Subic & Kaplicka..Cacti & Succulents a concise guide in colour...1977, 266 pages, 96 colour drawings,d/w................£4
Van Ness
Martha..Cacti & Succulents Indoors and Outdoors..1971,
112 pages, 26 line drawings, 46 b/w photographs, 2 coloured photographs
on d/w. covers cacti & succulent growing inside and out, mainly in
USA..............£8
Ashingtonia ..vol 2 ,,no 1 to 6. journal of the Ashington botanical trust, well illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, plus line drawings, these issues contain revision of genus Rebutia by John Donald. Along with much more...............£2 each or £10 for all.
US Journal vol.XLIV , no 5 ,September-October ,1972 .articles by Werner Rauh ,Glass & Foster ,plus a 9 page article on Cyclads...........£3:50
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