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Books on Cacti and Succulents for Sale:
[3988] Alexander, E. J.. Succulent Plants of New and Old World Deserts. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1950. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good NY Botanical Garden. 3rd edition. 1950. 8vo. 64 pages with many b/w photos. Staple bound.
$15.95
[1768] Bertrand, A.. Succulent Plants. London: Crosby Lockwood, & Son Limited, 1959. 2nd Edition. sm 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Poor. 2nd revised edition. London 1959. Sm 8vo. 120 pages text plus 28 pages with colour and b/w photographs. Cloth w.dj. On the culture of many different succulent variety primarily for indoor purposes. Very good.
$6.95
[583] Carruthers, L. and R. Ginns. Echeverias. Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1973. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. A guide to cultivation and identification. 1st edition. London 1973. 8vo. 110 pages with many diagrams and 48 colour photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good/very good.
$8.95
[1784] Chidamian, Claude. Cacti and other Succulents. Garden City: 1958. Garden City 1958. 8vo. xiii, 243 pages with some b/w photos. Cloth. Very good.
$5.95
[2426] Dorr, Kathy. Bromeliads are my Hobby. Bellflower, CA: Marka Publishing Comp., 1974. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good Bellflower, Ca 1974. 8vo. 28 pages with some diagrams. Staple-bound. Very good.
$4.95
[3831] Earle, W. Hubert. Cacti of the Southwest. Phoenix: 1970. 4th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 4th printing. Phoenix 1970. 8vo. 112 pages with 130 b/w photos. Softcover.
$6.95
[4036] Foster, Mulford B.. Bromeliads. A Cultural Handbook. Bromeliad Society, 1977. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Very Good 8vo. 104 pages with many b/w photos. Paperback. with key to the subfamilies and genera of the Bromeliaceae.
$5.95
[3024] Gick, James E.. Cacti & Succulents from Mother Nature. Laguna Hills, CA: Gick Publishing, 1977. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good 40 pages. Staple-bound. With very many colour illustrations. Very good.
$2.75
[5510] Green, G. Gilbert. Cacti and Succulents. London: Faber and Faber, 1953. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 1st edition. London 1953. 8vo. 240 pages with 166 b/w photos. Cloth w.dj.
$9.95
[4037] Hanson, Bea. Bromeliads for Everyone. Auckland: 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good 8vo. 35 pages. Staple-bound.
$49.95
[7231] Haselton, Scott E.. Epiphyllum Handbook. An Introduction to the Orchid Cacti. Pasadena, CA: Abbey Garden Press, 1972. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 1st ed. Pasadena 1946. Sm 8vo. 231 pages with 170 photos. Cloth.
$45.94
[7230] Haselton, Scott E.. Epiphyllum Handbook. An Introduction to the Orchid Cacti. Pasadena, CA: Abbey Garden Press, 1946. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 1st ed. Pasadena 1946. Sm 8vo. 231 pages with 170 photos. Cloth.
$49.94
[1263] Houghton, Arthur D.. The Cactus Book. New York: 1930. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good NY 1931. Sm 8vo. xii, 147 pages with 18 b/w photographs. Cloth. Detailed growing instructions. Very good.
$6.95
[6006] Isley, Paul T. . Genus Tillandsia. The World’s Most Unusual Air Plants. US: , 1977. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Revised ed. US1977. Sm 8vo. 16 pages with colour photos. Staple-bound.
$79.95
[3446] Jacobsen, H.. Succulent Plants. London: Ernst Benn, 1959. 5th Printing. Lg 8vo. Cloth. Good Description, cultivation and uses of succulent plants, other than cacti. 5th printing. London 1959. 4to. xv, 293 pages with 277 b/w photos. Cloth (slightly rubbed along spine with 1 inch split along rear joint). (Weight 2.5 pds or 1.2kg)
$7.95
[1668] Kramer, Jack. Bromeliads, the Colorful House Plants. ill. Andrew R. Addkison. Princeton: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1965. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good Toronto, NY, London 1965. 8vo. 113 pages with 18 colour photos and 31 line-drawings and a great chart. Cloth. Information on 150 species with many year-round blooming flowers. Very good. (Weight 0.5lb or 300 gr)
$11.95
[3357] Kramer, Jack. Cacti as Decorative Plants. ill. Michael Valdez. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback. Very Good NY 1974. 4to. 115 pages with many diagrams and b/w photos. Paperback. (Weight 1 pound or 500 gr)
$10.95
[2705] Lamb, Edgar. The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & other Succulents. Blandford, 2nd printing. London 1958. 8vo. 310 pages with very many photos. Cloth. Very good.
$28.95
[3007] Lamb, Edgar and Brian. Pocket Encyclopedia of Cacti. New York: MacMillan, 1970. 1st American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. Including other succulents. 1st US edition. NY 1970. 12mo. 217 pages with 326 colour photos. Cloth w.dj. (Weight 1lb or 500 gr)
$6.95
[6858] Lindsay, George, Hugo Cota, Madelyn Lee, Larry Mittich, Frank Thrombley. The Taxonomy of the Genus Ferocactus. Explorations in the USA and Mexico. Tireless Termite Press, 1996. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. USA 1996. 8vo. 444 pages with 187 b/w and colour photos. Cloth w.dj. Signed by the authors.
$249.95
[2749] Neale, W. T.. Cacti and other Succulents. Neale & Co., Worthing, UK 1935. 8vo. 160 pages with 80 b/w photos. Wrappers. Very good.
$22.95
[7019] Reynolds, G.W.. A New Aloe from Kenya. A New Aloe from Tanzania. Two New Aloes from Madagascar [SIGNED]. Journal of South African Botany, 1965. 1st Edition. Lg 8vo. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good Reprint from Journal of South African Botany. 1965. 8vo. 13 pp with 6 photos. Staple-bound. Signed by the author.
$149.95
[7023] Reynolds, G.W.. Les Aloes de Madagascar. Revision [SIGNED]. Tananarive: 1958. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good Tananarive. 1958. Lg 8vo. 156 pp with 18 colour and 103 b/w photos. Cloth. Ouvrage honore de souscriptions speciales. Signed by the author.
$749.95
[3226] Richter, Walter. Zimmerpflanzen von heute und morgen: Bromeliaceen. Neudamm: J. Neumann, 1962. 1st edition. Lg 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. Neudamm 1962. Lg 8vo. 380 pages with many b/w and colour photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good. (Weight 2.5 lbs or 1.1 kg)
$32.95
[2152] Richter, Walter. Bromeliads. American Bromeliad Society, 1977. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Excerpts from Zimmerpflanzen von heute and Bromeliaceen. Translated by Adda Abendroth. 1977. 92 pages. Paperback. Very good
$9.95
[3213] Ringh, Chr. de. Vademecum bij het verzamelen en kweeken van cactussen en overige vetplanten. Utrecht: Druten, 1929. 1st Edition. sm 8vo. Soft Cover. Very Good Utrecht 1929. Sm 8vo. 118 pages with 48 b/w photos. Wrappers.
$19.95
[2392] Roan, H. M.. Cactus and other Succulent Plants. London: Nicholas Kaye Limited, 1956. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 4th enlarged edition. London 1956. 4to. 91 pages with very many b/w photos. Cloth. Very good.
$6.95
[3895] Schultes, Richard Evans. Plantae Austro-Americanae IX. Cambridge: 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Includes the section of Bromeliaceae by Lyman B. Smith. Botanical Museum Leaflets. Harvard University. Staple-bound. Pages 179-228 plus plates22-37.
$27.95
[858] Shewell-Cooper, W.. The A.B.C. of Cacti and Succulents. London: English Universities Press, 1957. 1st Edition. Sm 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. London 1957. 12mo. (xiii), 200 pages with 28 photographs. Cloth. Introductory cultural guide. Very good.
$7.95
[6690] Shreve, Forrest. The Cactus and its Home. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins Company, 1931. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- 1st ed. Baltimore 1931. 195 pp with 42 b/ w photos. Cloth (unevenly faded). Else tight and clean and very good condition.
$12.95
[4005] Storms, Ed.. Lithops and Other Succulents. Fort Worth, TX: 1977. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good 1977 Catalog. Lithops and other Succulents. 14 pages with b/w photos
$12.95
[1378] Thornber, John James and Frances Bonker. The Fantastic Clan. New York: 1932. The Cactus Family. Studies of that unique and fascinating growth, the cactus plant, treating all of the most important groups of Cacti known, with scientific accuracy, and depicting the charm of the desert land... the American desert of the Southwest. NY 1932. 8vo. xiv, 194 pages with many b/w photographs. Cloth. Very good.
$13.95
[6958] Wall, Bill. Bromeliads. London: Royal Horticultural Society, 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good RHS Wisley Handbook 1988. 8vo. 64 pp with many colour photos. Paperback.
$8.95
[7071] Wooton, E. O.. Cacti in New Mexico. Santa Fe: 1911. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good NM Agric. Exper. Station Bulletin. Santa Fe 1911. 8vo. 70 pages plus a number of b/w photos. Staple-bound.
$85.95