Search Results: Botany from Paul Haynes Rare Books

First edition. Jonathan Cape. London. 1941. Half title, title, 304pp. Photo frontispiece, 15 further monochrome photo plates, folding map outlined in red. Original blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, showing light wear and spotting, with light rubbing to the extremities. Lower edge untrimmed. Toning to free endpapers. Text and map crisp and bright.

Francis Kingdon-Ward (1885-1958) English botanist, explorer, plant collector and author. A classic work of exploration and plant hunting.

"Tibet has always exercised a fascination over the minds of men... Its aloofness, its sublime heights, its well-guarded and remote approaches, above all the strange culture and religious fervour of its people, all tend to make it even in these days a land of mystery."

The story of his 1,000 mile Tibetan journey from Assam in 1935, extended with the observations on the Balipara Frontier Tract, its flowers, its people and its geography, made three years later on his second visit.

First edition. Folio. Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes at the Star, the corner of Bride Lane, in Fleet Street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in Pater Noster Row. 1710. Engraved title. Title page in red and black. 4pp dedication to Queen Anne, xxiv, 1296pp. Index Plantarum & Index Latinus [41pp]. Index Morbarum, erratum [6pp]. Numerous engravings. Full panelled calf, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, blind rules. Gilt lettering and floral tooling to second compartment. Blind tooling to boards
Small symbols inscribed to base of title page. Neat historic addenda to the margins. P22 'Angelica' in historic script to margin. P173 small portrait to margin. P180 note to lower margin re 'hen Bane'. P256 script to margin "Touch me not or Elaterium". P671 script 'Powder' to margin. P892 script to margin 'Extract'. Occasional drawn marginal manicules. P1162 script to margin 'Powder'. P312 misnumbered 351. Four leaves of index restored to margins, in slightly smaller state. P63 slight loss of text (4… Read More

First edition. Printed for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, in Gray's Inn; J. Hodges near London Bridge; J. Newbery, in St. Paul's Churchyard; B. Collins; And S. Crowder and H. Woodgate, in Pater-noster Row. London. 1756. Folio. Engraved frontispiece. Title page in red and black. (2), dedication, 533, (3) index pp. Text in double columns. Decorative engraved tailpieces. 75 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf. Spine in seven compartments with raised bands and red leather label. Relaid to joints and corners. Inner margin repair to title, lower edges of 1-4 chipped, paper fault small hole to 47/8, short closed tear to 113/4 with basic paper repair to verso, minor insect damage to lower margin 169/70, repair to outer margin 429/30. Toning/darkening to feps, frontispiece and title. Corner of front pastedown torn with loss. Creasing to title and frontispiece. Occasional spotting, a handsomely patinaed copy.
Historic pressed grasses have been loosely inserted at 269, 303, 337, 351, 419, 431, 437, 499, and at… Read More

Jonathan Cape. London. 1949. 2nd impression. Octavo. 287pp. 16 photo plates. 2 folding maps. Original blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. In the original dust wrapper, toned and chipped with loss to lower spine. Inscription to ffep. dated 1951. Handwritten addenda to preface "Died April 8th 1958, in London aged 72". Light spotting to endpapers, minor rubbing to corners, a nice copy in the original cloth. Dust wrapper in a protective cover.

Francis Kingdon-Ward, OBE, (1885-1958) botanist, explorer, plant collector, author and spy for the British Government.

An historic archive from the private collection of William Duckworth, Lake District Botanist, Plant Collector, Naturalist, of primary sources for the original discovery by Thomas Coulthard Heysham of 'Carum verticillatum' 45 years before William Duckworth had flattered himself for a time with being the first recorder of that rarity.
Baker, J. G.A Flora of the English Lake District. George Bell. London. 1885. Octavo. viii, 262, (1)pp. Original cloth, worn, gilt to spine. Bookseller's plate of Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle to fep. A well-used significant copy with fascinating primary source British plant-hunting provenance and associated material.• Signed presentation copy from Hugh Macpherson dated 1886 to William Duckworth. • Inserted handwritten letter (Black edged after the death of his father, the naturalist John Heysham, MD) dated July 7 1837, 'Carlisle', 2 pages, to the naturalist and illustrator John Curtis from the Carlisle naturalist, Thomas Coulthard Heysham, regarding his… Read More

First edition. T. Buncle & Co. Arbroath. 1945. Octavo. 62pp. Frontispiece, 5 further plates. Large folding map. Original blue cloth, gilt to spine. Map endpapers. Occasional light toning (war paper), a nice copy.Campbell writes, "By July final plans were made and the party completed: Messrs A. J. Wilmott, E. B. Bangerter and J. A. Crabbe from the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History), Mr C. V. B. Marquand, late of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and myself".
One of a number of floras currently being catalogued, formerly from the private library of Quentin Oliver Newton Kay (1939-2017)

Flora of Guernsey and the Lesser Channel Islands: namely, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, and the adjacent islets. First edition. Dulau & Co. London. 1901. Octavo. viii, 501pp. 5 coloured maps: The Islands; Guernsey (folding); Alderney; Sark; Herm. Original cloth, gilt to spine. Edges untrimmed. Partially unopened. Some foxing/toning to endpapers, otherwise a bright copy.Ernest David Marquand (1848–1918)
One of a number of floras currently being catalogued, formerly from the private library of Quentin Oliver Newton Kay (1939-2017)

First edition. G. Bell & Sons. London. 1931. Octavo. 688pp. Frontispiece portrait, 8 further plates. 2 large folding coloured maps. Original light green cloth, gilt to spine. Some mottling to upper edge of lower board. Small ink spots to p.539. A nice firm copy with no tears or misfolds to the maps.
Salmon, Charles Edgar (1872-1930) This work was published posthumously the year after his death, being completed by W. H. Pearsall who contributed the preface. Salmon's herbarium was bequeathed to the British Museum.
This copy was from the private collection of Quentin Oliver Newton Kay (1939-2017)

First edition. H.M.S.O. London. 1994. Crown octavo. viii, 379pp. 2 double page maps to end. Illustrated in colour and monochrome. Corners creased, a little edgewear. Page edges a little soiled.
This copy from the private library of one of the authors, Quentin Kay, botanist.
QUENTIN OLIVER NEWTON KAY (1939–2017) Lecturer in Botany at University College Swansea. Widely published ecological geneticist and plant population biologist. County Recorder for the Botanical Society of the British Isles in Glamorgan. "For most of his life Quentin lived in a Gower cottage in Cwm Ivy, near Whiteford National Nature Reserve. He was an obsessive collector of secondhand books, particularly local floras, and the shelves in his cottage were stacked with volumes that would have provided most BSBI members with hours of browsing entertainment, with a complementary glass of homemade elderflower wine in hand and a Haydn quartet playing from a gramophone in the background. His garden was a botanical wonderland, complete… Read More

First edition. William Pamplin. London. 1862. Octavo. l, 469pp. Four hand coloured plates, crisp and bright. Map, split to folds and incomplete, in tape repaired pocket to fep. Original green embossed cloth, gilt to spine. Ink splash to upper board, foredge and lower edge. Faded to spine, a well used copy with some neat annotation and underlining by its previous owners: Ownership ink stamp Ex Libris F. Townsend to half title upper margin. Signature of Robert Paulson to ffep.Robert Paulson (1857-1935) F.L.S. Mycologist, lichenologist, botanist. President of the Essex Field Club. Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society. British Mycological Society. Contributed to lichenology collections from Mount Everest and Spitzbergen. Contributer to Essex Nat.; Proceedings of the Linnean Society; Lichenology of the British Isles; the Lichenologist. Herbarium at British Museum Natural History.
One of a number of floras currently being catalogued, originating from the private library of Quentin Oliver Newton Kay (1939-2017)

First edition. W. Meals and Company. Carlisle. 1898. Octavo. xxxvi, 398pp. Folding map, a little creased and sunned to the fore-edge, geological map. Original cloth, gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Occasional spotting, light toning to endpapers. A couple of light marks to boards, lightly bumped to corners. Occasional marginal plant-hunting and botanical notes in an unknown hand, with dates (1920's) and locations.This copy was from the private collection of of Quentin Oliver Newton Kay (1939-2017)

First edition. Privately printed by T. Buncle & Co. Ltd. Arbroath. To be obtained from the Author, Albert Wilson, Tir-y-Coed, Ro Wen, Conway. 1938. Octavo. (3), 413pp. Frontispiece, 36 further photo-plates. Colour map of Westmorland to rear pocket (with tapered margin as published). Original green cloth, gilt to spine and upper board. Some occasional light foxing to endpapers and verso of map. A nice copy.
ALBERT WILSON (1862-1949)
This copy was from the private collection of of Quentin Oliver Newton Kay (1939-2017)

First edition. Privately printed for the Authors by V. T. Sumfield, Station Street, Eastbourne. 1907. Octavo. (2), 511pp. Tissue guarded fontispiece, 14 further plates. Folding coloured map to rear. Original green cloth, gilt to spine and upper board. Ink spot to lower margin of the title page. Some rubbing and wear to extremeties. Occasional light foxing, mainly to endpapers and verso of the map. Occasional unobtrusive marginal pencil notation. Signature of J. H. Davies to ffep in pencil.
JAMES ALFRED WHELDON MSC, ALS, ISM (1862 - 1924) His herbarium specimens are at The National Museum of Wales.
ALBERT WILSON FLS, FR MET. SOC. (1862-1949)
This copy was from the private collection of Quentin Oliver Newton Kay (1939-2017)

Simkin and Marshall; Groombridge & Sons, [1825-1850] Two Parts bound in one volume. Small quarto. Engraved half title, Title page Part I, xvi, 240pp; Title page Part II, 13, 144pp. 3066 woodcuts. Contemporary half morocco, gilt, raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Corners rubbed. Index to Part II and pp141-144 originally published in smaller state (8vo), expertly relaid to quarto. Comprehensively cataloguing the origins, date of introduction and British gardens and their owners of foreign introductions during the golden age of plant-hunting, the Floral Register was the resource for all newly introduced plants.
Benjamin Maund (1790-1864) botanist and horticulturist, "he prospered as a bookseller, stationer, printer, bookbinder, publisher, and chemist in a combination normal for the time". He experimented with seeds and plants introduced from around the world and particularly with varieties of wheat. Fellow of the Linnean Society. ODNB.
Provenance
From the library of Enid Lucy… Read More

First edition. Published for the Folk-Lore Society by Elliot Stock. London. 1883. Octavo. 11, (1), 228pp. Blue cloth, gilt to spine, faded. Short splits to joints at head of spine. Rubbed to extremities. Occasional light spotting.
William George Black CBE, FSA (1857 – 1932) Scottish antiquary, lawyer and politician. This is the authoritative English work on medical folklore. Publication of the Folk Lore Society XII.

William Blackwood and Sons. Edinburgh and London. 1871. Octavo. 4 (ads), lxvi, 321, 16 (ads)pp. Original green decorative cloth, gilt, bevelled edges. Rubbed and worn to extremities. Hinges cracked, but firm. Pages untrimmed, occasional spotting.
William Sutherland (1833-1920) Scottish horticulturalist (Herbaceous) at Kew, Florence Court and Minto Roxburghshire, home of the Earl of Minto (subject of the conservation scandal of 1992). Correspondence held at Sissinghurst.
Provenance: Signature of "J Fraser Kew" to ffep and following page. John Fraser (1854-1935) FLS, VMH, Scottish horticulturalist and expert on the genus Mentha and Salix, RHS Chiswick 1880-1882, Kew 1882-86 & 1897-1909; editor of Gardener's World Magazine.

Svmptibvs Samvelis Crispini. [Samuel Crispin]. Coloniae Allobrogvm. [Geneva] 1615. Folio. Title page in red and black. Engraved device depicting Fama to title page. [34], 746, [160], [8], 116, 3-29pp. Pages 2 and 27 incorrectly numbered 116 and 23, pagination complying with the Kew copy. Main body of text printed in double columns, with marginal printed notation. Head and tail pieces, historiated initials. Imprint date uses turned Cs. Running title: C. Plinii Secvndi Natvral Hist. Half calf, spine in seven compartments with leather label, renewed at a later date, retaining earlier marbled boards. Reinforced to hinges with linen. Some spotting, foxing, offsetting etc. A few minor dog-ears. Historic annotation in a neat hand to Lib. VI p.102 "These numbers are doubtless transposed" & to Lib. XXXIII p.653 "Ante de diminuum". A notably significant volume.
PROVENANCE
Early Inscriptions to Title Page:
D. Laurentius Strange
Charmay [indecipherable] [indecipherable] (written at an angle)
Bookplates to… Read More

Timber Press. Portland and Cambridge. 2004. Small quarto. 431pp. Frontispiece, text illustrations, colour plates. Original green cloth, gilt to spine, in the original dust wrapper. A fine copy."The first comprehensive account of medicinal uses of wild plants by the country folk of Britain and Ireland". Includes a useful bibliography.

First edition. Reeve, Brothers. London. 1846. Octavo. Half title, title, xvi, 562pp. 16pp publishers' catalogue. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. Engraved map. Recent half calf, marbled boards, spine in six compartments with raised banding, gilt motifs, rules and lettering. A little foxing to the frontispiece and map. Edges untrimmed with some browning and chipping to the edges of the frontispiece and title. Tiny hole p3. Occasional minor dogears, marks and smudges. Two subscription library stamps each to verso of the map and frontispiece with faint offsetting.

George Gardner (1810 – 1849) F.L.S. was born in Ardentinny, Argyll and Bute, where his father was gardener to the Earl of Dunmore. His travels in Brazil between 1836 and 1841 were undertaken under the patronage of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and collaboration with Sir William J. Hooker to collect natural history specimens for public and private collections. In 1842 he was elected a Member of the Linnean Society. The writing… Read More

First edition. Belfast Naturalists Field Club. Belfast. Macmillan and Bowes. Cambridge. 1888. xxxiii, (2), 331pp. Original decorative cloth, gilt lettering and motif of Rosa Hibernica to the upper board. Slight wear to corners. Ownership signatures of Mortimer and Robson, Woodside, Helen's Bay, to ffep. Published after the tragic death of Thomas Hughes Corry age 23, drowned on Lough Gill in 1883 while carrying out a botanical exploration. The details are outlined in the preface by Samuel Stewart.(One of a number of floras currently being catalogued originating from the private library of Quentin Oliver Newton Kay)