Cover: Hardback
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Backeberg -  Cactus Lexicon
Still a classic, with many hundreds of plants described. 828 pages including 280 pages of photos, with about 25% in colour. 1977 English edition of the 1976 German edition. 9 ½ x 6 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Fading to spine of dust jacket which they almost always have but otherwise in remarkably better condition than usually found in, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Backeberg -  Die Cactaceae
The classic monumental work first published 1958 – 62 in 6 volumes, with over 4000 pages and 3500 mainly monochrome illustrations. German language. 9 ½ x 7
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Volume 1 only - mainly Opuntyias and Tephrocacti, Original edition with poor dust jacket with very obvious tape repair. Body of the book is quite reasonable., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Barthlott -  Cacti
Whilst it covers the usual range of topics for such a book, such as cultivation and species to grow, this book is unusual for other topics it goes into, such as their uses, the photomicrographs of seeds, pollen and spines, and the inclusion of more epiphytic cacti than most other books. 249 pages including 84 pages of colour photos. 1979 8 ¼ x 5 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Dust jacket in a neatly applied self adhesive clear plastic cover., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.50
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Barthlott & Hunt -  Seed-diversity in the Cactaceae subfamily Cactoideae
Largely based on research from the 1970s, this book has 86 pages of SEM pictures, 4 species per page with an overall picture and close-up of each, to illustrate the variation within the seeds of these plants. These are supported by an introductory section, descriptions of each specie’s seeds, and a survey of other literature relating to the subject. 2000 9 ¾ x 6 ¾ 173 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Cover: Softcover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Bloom, Edward -  Collectors' Cacti
Although published a while ago, this book still has much useful information on the more challenging and desirable Cacti species and has some impressive pictures of ex habitat plants before such activities were banned. 1960 8 ¾ x 5 ½ 123 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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Borg -  Cacti
Although somewhat outdated, it is still a useful classic. 512 pages and 63 pages of B&W photos. 1970 4th edition 8 ½ x 5 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , 1976 printing with dust jacket in much better condition than usual with very little fading or wear, Second hand book – please see important information
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Britton & Rose -  The Cactaceae
The Dover reprint of the 1937 second edition, the four volumes combined in to two books, of this classic with 137 plates and 1142 text-figs etc. 11 x 8 1054 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Ex library books with just small number labels on front of cover and spine and stamps inside front and back cover. Slight wear and small tears to edges of dust jackets., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: , No dust jackets abd some wear to boared and their corners. Volume numbers neatly written on the spines, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Craig -  The Mammillaria Handbook
Classic book on the subject still with useful information today Originally published 1945 with many B&W photos. 390 pages 10 x 6 ½
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: 1989 Lofthouse Publications reprint, In very good condition, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: Original edition, No dust jacket - as published?, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: 1979 EP reprint, A couple of 1/2 inch tears and edge wear to dust jacket, Second hand book – please see important information
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: Original edition, No dust jacket - as published? Bump to corner and slight marks but generally better than usual, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Cullmann & Gotz & Groner -  The Encyclopedia of Cacti
An introductory book which doesn’t pitch itself at a low level. About one third is introduction to growing the plants, and the rest an A-Z of Cacti to grow with good colour illustrations. 340 pages 1984 10 ¾ x 8 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Dust wrapper better than often found in, Second hand book – please see important information
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Innes & Glass -  Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Cacti
Many colour photos - typically 4 - 6 per page, of both plants in habitat and cultivation make this an interesting book. Covers a wider range of plants than the Preston-Mafham illustrated dictionary, especially columnar plants and epiphytes. 320 pages 1991 11 ¼ x 9 ¾
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Different imprint under just the title "Cacti" but contents identical. Dust jacket in good plastic cover. Slight wavyness to edge of pages, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Innes, Clive -  Cacti
Written by a well known personality of the hobby who started the reference collection at Ashington, this book gives his selection of species worth growing, well illustrated with colour photos. 1990 10 ¾ x 7 ¾ 160 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Some edge wear to dust jacket otherwise very good. (RRP £16.99), Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Loflin, Brian & Shirley -  Texas Cacti
A field guide to the area, with an introduction to the area and the plants followed by the detailed information organised by plant shape with a full page colour photo sometimes with additional thumb images on one side and descriptions and distribution map on the opposite page. 9 ¼ x 6 291 pages 2009
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Fading to the spine and adjacent area, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)30.00
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Lowell, Sue -  Cactus Flowers
A small book with quite a number of mainly full page colour photos with accompanying text. 2005 6 ¼ x 6 ¼ 64 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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Lutz -  Feldliste Eberhard Lutz 1986 bis 1999. Sonderheft 1999 des A.f.M.
Lutz field numbers 1-673 for USA native cacti. 2 photos German 1999 8 ¼ x 6 55 pages
 
Cover: Plastic
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
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Marsden -  Mammillaria - Cacticulture series book II
Leans heavily on Craig's book, but with the addition of overly extensive notes on cultivation. A-Z treatment. 6 colour photos, 19 photos. 1957 8 ¾ x 5 ¾ 407 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , In remarkab;y good condition for its age - which they aren't usually!, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Pilbeam -  Mammillaria
The final (?) word from this author, at least surely in book form! As usual, authoritatively and entertainingly written and well illustrate by Bill Weightman. 376 pages 1999 Cactus File Handbook 10 ½ x 7 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: In very good condition, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)50.00
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Pilbeam -  Sulcorebutia and Weingartia - a Collector's Guide
A good guide to these colourful easy to flower cacti, with descriptions of the species and mono photos of many forms not illustrated in colour. 144 pages plus 24 pages of colour photos. 1985 10 x 7 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Maybe the very slightest fading to the spine of the dust jacket but otherwise almost like new - you don't often see it in as good condition as this!, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)25.00
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Pilbeam -  Cacti for the Connoisseur
This book, from this popular prolific author on cacti and succulents, homes in on the more desirable species which a specialist collector might wish to concentrate on. 167 pages plus 32 pages of colour photos. 1987 10 x 7 ½
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Little wear - just a slight manufacturing wrinkle across part of the dust jacket., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Pilbeam & Weightman -  Mammillaria - A Colour Supplement
The colour photos issued 1981 – 1987, to complement Pilbeam's Mammillaria – A Collector’s Guide 1987 6 x 8
 
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Price: £(GBP)40.00
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Preston-Mafham -  Cacti - The Illustrated Dictionary
Packed with good quality colour photos, 6 to a page, covering the "Globular" species. 224 pages 1991 10 ¾ x 8 ¾
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Almost like new, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)12.50
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Comments: , Dust jacket in a neatly applied self adhesive clear plastic cover., Second hand book – please see important information
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Fading to the spine and catch and small tear to spine of dust jacket and some other edge wear. Body of book is very good., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)8.50
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Ritter -  Kakteen in Sudamerika
Published in four volumes as follows: 1: Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, 2: Argentina, Bolivia, 3: Chile, 4: Peru, Field number list, & general index. Total 1692 pages and 1416 photos (mainly B&W) Numerous descriptions, including new taxa, all in German. Essential for the dedicated South American Cactus fan. 1979-81 8 x 5 ½
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: VOLUME 2 ONLY WHICH COVERS BOLIVIA & ARGENTINA, , Second hand book – please see important information
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Yetman, David -  The Great Cacti - Ethnobotany & Biogeography
A book devoted to the tall columnar cacti which looks at not just the species and their botany but also their uses and history, well illustrated with over 300 colour photos. Over 100 species are covered, with 75 in greater detail. An easy read and injects enthusiasm for these plants. 2007 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 297 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: ,  (RRP £67), Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)50.00
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