Steenbergh & Lowe -  Ecology of the Saguaro: II
A study of the reproduction, germination, establishment, growth, & survival of young saguaros. 99 illus, 1977 9 x 5 ¾ 242 pages
 
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Boele, Kroesen & Noltee -  Checklist of Brachystelma, Ceropegia, Riocreuxia and the Stapleiae
1987 11 ¾ x 8 ¼ 185 pages
 
Cover: Softback
Comments: Both the original checklist plus supplement 1990 38 pages, Front cover slightly marked, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Reynolds, G W -  The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar
197 species are described, each illustrated in B&W photos, along with 106 colour photos. Still a classic on these plants after more than 40 years. 1966 10 ¾ x 7 ¾ 537 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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Tolken, H R -  A Revision of the Genus Crassula in Southern Africa
Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium No. 8 Part 1 & 2 A technical book which revises the genus and gives detailed descriptions, distribution and other details. 1977 9 ½ x 7 two volumes 595 pages
 
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Jacobsen -  Lexicon of Succulent Plants
Although less comprehensive than the 3 volume handbook, it is more recent and includes some extra species. An affordable and manageable reference to the other succulents which is still useful. 664 pages 1974 9 ½ x 7
 
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Eggli, Urs -  A Monographic study of the genus Rosularia
Fine scholarly work dealing with a neglected genus, for both growers and botanists. 37 photos in 5 colour plates, 61 text-figs 1988 9 ¾ x 7 ¼ 119 pages
 
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Evans, Ronald -  Handbook of Cultivated Sedums
The detailed description of many species, with sketches, along with cultivation, habitat and botanical information make this a remarkable study. 1983 7 x 10 345 pages plus 16 pages of colour photos
 
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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
 
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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
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Reynolds, Gilbert -  The Aloes of South Africa
Still a classic of it’s time, well illustrated with many photos, mainly B&W as well as a number of colour photo plates which depend on the edition.. 10 ¾ x 7 ½ 526 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: 1982 fourth edition with a further 4 page update making 538, and 57 colour plates, School prize plate of original owner. Otherwise very good, Second hand book – please see important information
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Andersohn -  Cacti and Succulents
An attractively produced book covering all aspects of the plants and hobby, from habitat through cultivation and selected species, well illustrated. 8 ½ x 7 ¾ 1983 312 pages
 
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Rowley, Gordon -  Caudiciform & Pachycaul Succulents
This is the book that helped recruit more people to the swelling ranks of those growing these remarkable plants – the beautiful and the ugly! As ever Gordon covers ground not often covered by others in his easy style, and looks at the various types of caudiciforms and lavishly illustrates many in this large format book. 1988 10 x 10 282 pages Please note that Strawberry Press books are quite heavy and vulnerable to their corners being bumped in transit. I’m afraid that I cannot guarantee that there is no minor bumping on the copies I supply, but for those books with more serious damage I have reduced the price accordingly.
 
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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
 
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Comments: 1973 EP reprint, Slight wear to the dust jacket but much better than usual, Second hand book – please see important information
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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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Preston-Mafham, Ken -  500 Cacti
A compact book from a well known name in the Cactus world, this presents many popular and some less well known (he emphasises the "Opuntioids") but attractive and worthwhile plants one to a page. Concise details are given for each plant which is illustrated with a colour photo - almost all of the plants are in flower and unusually for this type of book a good proportion of the pictures are of plants in habitat and the cultivated plants have many which are from habitat seed or propagations of collected material so also of interest to the more experienced grower. 2007 6 ¼ x 5 ¾ 528 pages
 
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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
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Eggli & Taylor -  IOS Index of Names of Cactaceae
Lists all the new Cactaceae Plant Names published in the Repertorium Plantarum Succulentarum from 1950 – 1990. 222 pages 1991 9 ½ x 6
 
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Lode, Joel -  Succulent Plants of Socotra Field Guide 3rd edition
A significantly expanded and updated version of the 2010 original colour photo album of the wonderful plants to be found on the Island, with just the plant names along with a map of the island with areas of interest highlighted. 2023 9 x 6 ¼ 88 pages
 
Cover: Softback
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Breuer & Marks -  Haworthia, Haworthiopsis and Tulista: A guide for collectors and growers
This is a book for the very enthusiastic Haworthia grower. The authors are noted growers of these plants, and have used their experience of growing them in cultivation to present their view on the grouping of the plants based on Breuer’s previous publications using their morphological characteristics, distribution, and habitat ecology – no DNA analysis here! They use the concept of a cluster with a lower grouping of aggregate to bring together the plants they believe are closely related. The names of the species for each are listed and known localities plotted on a map along with their main features. The aim is to help growers identify the plants they have, and those they would like to acquire with a name they hope will be helpful. Each name is illustrated with quite a lot of plants in cultivation with habitat identification and try to show the variation from different locations aided by a distribution map. Brief introductory sections cover the plants history and cultivation. 2023 301 pages laminated illustrated hardback 12 x 8 ½
 
Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover
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Rauh -  Bromeliad Lexicon
The standard comprehensive encyclopaedia on these plants - the identical book was also published under the title “Bromeliads for Home, Garden and Greenhouse”. 431 pages plus 134 colour and 315 B+W photos. 1979 9 x 6 ½
 
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Benson -  Native Cacti of California
Sixteen pages of colour photos, plus numerous B&W photos, sketches and maps etc make this a very detailed look at these plants. 1969 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ 243 pages
 
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Comments: 1993 printing, , New
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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
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Benson, Lyman -  The Cacti of the United States and Canada
A monumental book on these plants, well detailed and with many B&W photos and sketches and 194 colour photos. 11 ¼ x 8 ¼ 1044 pages 1982
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slight fading to spine of dust jacket but generally very good, Second hand book – please see important information
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Anderson, Miles -  The World Encyclopedia of Cacti & Succulents
Miles Anderson is an American C&S Nurseryman, and in this book assisted by Terry Hewitt of Holly Gate, it cover the whole gamut of the C&S world, with a good emphasis on the “other” succulents and less common cacti, attractively produced and well illustrated. 256 pages 1998 9 x 7
 
Cover: Softback
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: Compact edition. Some wrinkling to dust jacket and pages but perfectly useable, Second hand book – please see important information
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Wauer, RolandNaturalist's Big Bend -  Naturalist's Big Bend
Described as an introduction to the trees and shrubs, wildflowers, cacti, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects. 9 x 6 149 pages plus 8 pages of colour photos 1980 edition
 
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Keen, Bill -  Cacti & Succulents Step by step to growing success
A good first introduction to the plants with good quality colour photos. 128 pages. 1990
 
Cover: Softcover
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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
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Haustein -  Cactus handbook
Nearly 500 species are described, each with a colour photo mainly 4 to a page. 320 pages 1988 8 ½ x 6
 
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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
 
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Comments: Almost like new, Second hand book – please see important information
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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
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Anderson -  The Cactus Family
A very substantial last book from this distinguished academic derived from his more than 45 years research on Cacti. It is primarily an A-Z of the genera, with concise descriptions and commentary on 125 genera and 1810 species, illustrated with more than 1000 colour photos. There are introductory sections on their features, ethnobotany, conservation, cultivation and classification. 2001 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 776 pages
 
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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
 
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Graham -  Growing Succulent Plants including Cacti
Covers cultivation, with a large part of the book detailing species to grow, with particular emphasis on the "other" succulents. 200 pages including 8 pages of colour photos and a number of line sketches. 1987 9 ½ x 6 ¼
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Very good condition, Second hand book – please see important information
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: Ex library book with just small number labels on front of cover and spine. In proper plastic cover. In very good condition, Second hand book – please see important information
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Compton herbaria & Kalos -  Proteas- Nature's Pride
Covers the whole family, including Australian Banksias. Selected species are illustrated with a colour photo, with limited information on each genus. 60 pages. No date - late 60's? 8 ¼ x 11
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Cover with neatly applied clear self adhesive plastic to protect it. Slight fold to bottom of back cover, Second hand book – please see important information
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Haage, Walter -  Cacti & Succulents - a practical handbook
How many of us started with this book – a wonderful introductory book for its time, both for its content as well as those many sketches down the side of the pages as well as the many good for its time colour photos? How many well worn copies are there still around?! 1963 9 ½ x 5 ½ 264 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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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
 
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Weniger -  Cacti of the South-West
Much admired for the very detailed data recorded of the plants of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, but with a rather strange and narrowly defined nomenclature. 184 good sized colour photos. 1972 11 ¾ x 9 ½ 249 pages plus 64 pages of colour photos.
 
Cover: Hardback
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Wear to edge of dust wrapper with small tears and small loss, but much better than often found it. Body of the book is bery good., Second hand book – please see important information
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Innes -  Complete Handbook of Cacti & Succulents
Includes a wide range of species, including many of the less common succulent species, as well as cultivation information. 224 pages including 16 pages of colour photos. 1977 10 x 7 ½
 
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Sajeva & Costanzo -  Succulents - The Illustrated Dictionary
Whilst mayrbe not quite so polished as the Preston-Mafham volume on cacti, with its 1200 colour photos it is a very useful book none the less for its illustrations of many of the “other” succulents at an affordable price. 239 pages 1995 Cassell 10 ¾ x 8 ¾
 
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Buxbaum -  Cactus culture based on biology
Seminal work on plant nutrition, and sets out Buxbaum's phylogenies. 23 colour photos in 12 plates, 95 text-figs, 7 folding maps 1958 8 ¾ x 5 ¾ 224 pages
 
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Nel -  Gibbaeum Handbook
Brief introduction and distribution comments are followed by a key and very detailed descriptions and commentary. 7 attractive colour paintings plus 50 black and photos and sketches. After all this time this is still the only book on these charismatic plants. 1953 10 x 7 ½ 117 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Dust jacket has some small tears and a small area of loss and is in a good plastic cover to preserve is as best possible - at least it hast a dust wrapper! Body of book has brown(foxing) marks to the extreme edge of pages. A slightly rough copy - but how often do you find one which isn't?!, Second hand book – please see important information
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Benson -  Cacti of Arizona
Second edition 1950 9 x 6 135 pages
 
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Marsden -  Grow Cacti
.Back in the 1950s there were few books available on the subject, and this was one of the pioneers. Covers all the basics as at that time. 1955 - 1958 second edition. 178 pages 8 ¾ x5 ½
 
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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
 
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Preston-Mafham -  Cacti and Succulents in Habitat
Ever wanted to know how these plants survive in habitat? Then this book gives a fascinating visual and narrative account. 159 pages with over 170 colour photos. 1995 9 ½ x 7 ½
 
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Cover: Softcover
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Craib & Lavranos -  The Bushman Candles
This fabulous large format book, on what hobbyists still tend to call Sarcocaulons but taxonomically are now all included in Monsonia and the title “Bushman Candles” neatly sidesteps, is based around the extensive field knowledge of the two authors. For each of the 15 species there is a full description and diagnostic features, geographic distribution and habitat preference, history, life history, autecology, conservation status and synonyms. This is supplemented by a distribution map and many colour photos in habitat. And one of the crowning glories of the book are the paintings by Ellaphie Ward-Hillhorst for the Moffet 1979 Bothalia ion of the Genus Sarcocaulon which are reproduce life sized. If this wasn’t enough there are chapter on Bushman Candle Art, Reminiscences by Moffett, Ellaphie Ward-Hillhorst by Graham Duncan, Homelands by Bowen Boshier who provided his pencil drawings to show the landscape the plants grow in, Gerhard Marx on the botanical art he provided for the book, photographing in habitat by Connall Oosterbroek who provided many of the photos, and finally their culture. For me this is an exceptional book, both on the quality and range of its contents as well as presentation. Even if you are not very interested in Bushman Candles the information on Southern African habitats and the botanical art are exceptional. Those who have been waiting a long time for it to be published won’t be disappointed by the end result! 2011 13 x 10 192 pages
 
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Craib, Charles -  Grass Aloes in the South African Veld
Quite a long introduction section describes not only the expected aspects of taxonomy, growth cycles, pollination and seed dispersal, but also the role of fire and changes to habitat, but also the background to the botanical illustration and habitat sketches. Each species is given a very comprehensive description including habitats, growth cycle and cultivation, and illustrated with a beautiful full page colour botanical art illustration by Gillian Condy. On heavier paper than the Cotyledon book and in a slip case. Again a magnificent Umdaus Press production. 2005 12 ¾ x 9 ¼ 156 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
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Guglielmone & Costanzo -  Succulents in Nature
A rather different and interesting book which looks at the concerns over succulent plant conservation. A brief introduction considers the evolution of succulent plants followed by the places and environments where they occur in the world. The areas of the world where they occur are then each considered in detail with their individual factors with final sections considering the risks and hotspots – places where there are unusually large numbers of species. Well illustrated with many interesting colour photos and maps. 2012 8 ¾ x 8 ¾ 128 pages
 
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Gunn & Codd -  Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa
The first 70 pages are an historical outline up to about 1750, whilst the rest is a dictionary of the Plant Collectors. 1981 11 x 8 400 pages
 
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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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Grantham & Klaassen -  The Plantfinder's Guide to Cacti & Other Succulents
A general introduction to these plants, with very much an emphasis on the "other" succulents, including a good helping of both the new and old as well as the familiar and the less so, 192 pages. 1999 David & Charles 10 ½ x 8
 
Cover: Hardback
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Nobel -  Environmental Biology of Agaves and Cacti
An academic study of how cacti and agaves respond to their environmental factors, looking in detail at Agave deserti, Ferocactus acanthodes and Opuntia ficus-indica. Many text figures including some B&W photos. 1988 10 ¼ x 7 ¼ 270 pages
 
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Comments: Slight wear and curl to edge of dust jacket, New
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Huey & Houk -  Wild Cactus
Covers N American Cacti natural history, ethnobotany, discovery and human impact. 127 pages with many well produced colour photos, often full page. 1996 9 ¾ x 9
 
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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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Stockwell & Breazeale -  Arizona Cacti
The authors own Fernwood Nursery which has a national collection of the plants. The attractive booklet gives introductory information on the plants with many colour photos, and a CD has many additional photos. 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ 52 2004
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , A rather worn copy with the outer cover coming away and parts missing and bumps to corners, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Unfortunatley a previous owner stuck their address label across the front of what otherwise is a very good condition copy with just slight bumping to corners., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.50
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Guiggi, Alessandro -  Iconographic Catalogue of the Cactaceae Cultivated at the Hanbury Botanical Gardens
After an introduction to these well known gardens there is a list of the plants with brief notes about source etc flowed by about 140 pages of good colour photos. 9 x 6 232 pages 2016
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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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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Fransden, Robin -  Succulents of Southern Africa
The author has set out to produce the most comprehensive guide to these plants yet produced, and whilst it doesn’t cover every known specie it includes a tremendous number of them. After a brief introduction to the area and plants, there are also brief biographies of the main personalities who discovered and made the plants better known. The vast majority of the book covers the plants by family with concise descriptions on one page and colour photos, which have come from a number of sources, on the opposite page to the text. A glossary and selected bibliography are also included. It is a substantial book and has certainly achieved its aim. 2017 10 ½ x 8 ½ 504 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , , New
Price: £(GBP)55.00
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Powell, Weedin & Powell -  Cacti of Texas A Field Guide, with Emphasis on the Trans-Pecos Species
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Cover: Softcover
Comments: , , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)25.00
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Benson -  The Cacti of Arizona first edition
The first edition of what became a long running classic. Detailed descriptions with many black and white photos and a few in colour, plus some attractive colour paintings of flowers. 1940 9 x 6 34 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Bumperd corner but generally good for its age, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Bumperd corner but generally good for its age, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)25.00
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Payne, Helen -  Plant jewels of the High Country: "Sempervivums and Sedums"
A personal account of how the author came to grow the plants and develop her nursery supplying Sempervivums and Sedums, it then goes on for the majority of the book to describe a variety of species and cultivars then available. Quite a few colour photos of widely varying quality. 1972 10 x 7 ¼ 145 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Fading to the spine and some other areas of the dust jacket which is in a good plastic cover., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)35.00
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Howes, Paul -  The Giant Cactus Forest and its World
A very wide ranging book which not only looks at the Saguaro and the other plants which it grows with but also all the other animals which live in the environment based on many field trips to the habitat. 1954 9 ½ x 7 258 pages plus 51 pages of black and white photos.
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Fading and some wear to the dust jacket which is in good plastic cover to preserve it. Body is very good and the generally very good for its age, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)40.00
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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
Comments: , , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Nobel -  Remarkable Agaves and Cacti
A classic book by a well known author, which looks at how they have been used in the past, their physiology and how they function, and their future uses. Illustrated with diagrams and black and white photos, plus 4 pages of colour photos. 1994 9 ¼ x 6 166 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Ex library with classification number neatly on spine, lending sheet on first page and security device at back. Some wear but pretty good for ex lib - it seems to have only been borrowed once!, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Ingram, Stephen -  Cacti, Agaves and Yuccas of California and Nevada
A really attractive book which covers 60 species and is more than a field guide in that it looks at the natural history of these plants, including origins, ecology, conservation, cultivation and where to see them. 262 colour photos and 16 botanical watercolours illustrated them, and there are 52 range maps. 9 ¼ x 6 ¾ 244 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)25.00
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Benson -  The Cacti of Arizona
The third edition of this book is another well researched volume, with many colour as well as B&W photos, sketches and maps. 1969 10 ¼ x 7 ¼ 218 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , No dust jacket, but the book itself is in remarkably good condition, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Schulz & Runyon -  Texas Cacti: Proceedings of the Texas Academy of Science Volume 14
A popular and scientific account of the cacti native to Texas...., 63 B&W photos 1930 9 ¼ x 6 181 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Very good for its age, with remarkably little wear to the cover and corners and fading., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)30.00
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Nobel & Park -  The Cactus Primer
Whilst somewhat technical, this book is intended for the interested amateur who wishes to know more about the Biology of Cacti, which it accomplishes well with many sketches and B&W illustrations. 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 1986 286 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , A poor dust jacket with some small tears and loss of surface especiall on the back. The body of the book is very good., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Fold to corners of front cover with slight separation of surface laminate on corner. Slight folds across the corner of a few pages, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)12.50
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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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Nobel ed, Park -  Cacti - Biology and Uses
A series of essays by research scientists dealing with structure, classification, ecology, food derivatives, breeding systems, and predators of cacti. For a semi-technical readership. 2002 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 280 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Powell & Weedin -  Cacti of the Trans-Pecos & adjacent areas
Very detailed descriptions of the 104 recognised species and varieties occurring in the 15 counties in and near the Trans-Pecos region. 64 distribution maps. 2004 10 ¼ x 7 ¼ 509 text pages, 62 pp. containing 313 colour photos
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Slight bump to middle of edge of back of cover which has slightly torn it. (RRP £60.5), Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)40.00
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Dust jacket with edge wear and tears - body of the book is quite reasonable, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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Cover: Hardback
Comments:  (RRP £60.5), New
Price: £(GBP)40.00
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Newton, Len -  Peter Bally and his succulent plant legacy
A biography, bibliography, and celebration of Peter Bally (1895-1980). 6 text-figs (incl. 3 portraits) 1999 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ 30 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Slightly worn, New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Boissevain & Davidson -  Colorado Cacti
Sub titled "An illustrated Guide Describing All of the Native Colorado Cacti" there are detailed descriptions and 45 illustrations, mainly black and white photos but also cross sections of flowers and spines. 1940 10 ¼ x 7 73 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , No dust jacket,, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Weniger -  Cacti of Texas and neighbouring states. A field guide
Very detailed descriptions of cacti of the American southwest. 187 colour photos 1984 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ 356 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Wear to cover and catch to front bottom corner by the binding which has caused a small tear and very slight fold to top right of front cover, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)20.00
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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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Schwantes -  Cultivation of the Mesembryanthemaceae
An early classic with useful information, illustrated with 65 black and white photos. 1954 8 ¾ x 5 ¾ 88 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , No dust jacket and body reasonable for its age, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)3.00
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Hewitt -  The Complete Book of Cacti & Succulents
An attractively presented book which gives good guidance on what to grow and how to do it, well illustrated with many colour photos. 1993 11 ¼ x 9 ¼ 176 pages
 
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Slight darkening of the spine (reverse fading!) and slight wavyness to page edges otherwise very good., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.50
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Coulter -  Preliminary revision of the North American species of Echinocactus, Cereus, and Opuntia
Detailed descriptions. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 3, No. 7: 1896. pages 355-462 9 ½ x 6 1/4
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: CBC FACSIMILE REPRINT, Some wear especially to corners but not bad considering its age and cheap reproduction., Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)3.00
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Champie, Clarke -  Cacti & Succulents of El Paso
After an introduction to the botany of cacti and the other succulents, the main plants to be found are described and illustrated with many B&W photos. 1974 10 ¼ x 7 100 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , A poor copy with wear to surface of the cover and fold across the front corner and tear up the spine, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Very slight wear to its cover, New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Glen & Hardy -  Aloaceae (First part): Aloe. Flora of Southern Africa 5(1), Fascicle 1
Reclassifies Aloe by the addition of two new Section names, and new status for nine others, and recognizes 199 species. The graphic plates are all reproductions in monochrome, taken from the colour renderings in Flowering Plants of Africa. 1 portrait, 26 graphic plates, 147 distribution maps 2000 9 ½ x 7 172 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Slight wear and discolouring to the cover and wear to the corners, 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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Benson -  Cactaceae, in Lundell, C. L., Flora of Texas 2(2).
Completes Benson's trilogy of regional cactus floras, prior to launching his magnum opus on the cacti of USA. 14 graphic botanical plates with analysis, 1969 10 x 7 97 pages
 
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Slight wear and uneven fading to cover, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)15.00
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