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DARWIN, CHARLES. On the various contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are fertilised by insects, 1862, upper hinge cracked, rubbed , FIRST EDITION, earlier issue with 32 pp. of inserted advertisement at end dated Dec, 1861. Freeman 800 (variant a ). Bookplate of Rachel Hunt--HENSHALL, JOHN. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of Orchidaceous Plants, 1845, rebacked, remains of original backstrip laid down --WATSON, W. Orchids: their culture and management, [1890]--GODFERY, M.J. Colonel . Monograph & Iconograph of Native British Orchidaceae, Cambridge 1933, dust-jacket (torn) --BURBERRY, H.A. The Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book, Liverpool 1894, water damage --WATERTON, CHARLES. Natural History Essays [1870]--FOORD, J. Decorative Flower Studies, 1901, head and tail of spine repaired --BROOKE, JOCELYN. The Wild Orchids of Britain, 1950, no. 879 of the edition of 1140--REYCHLER, LUCIEN. Mutation with Orchids, Results obtained by Crossings with Mutants of Cattleya, 1928; Complément de l'Album La Mutation chez les Orchidées, 1930; both Brussels, original wrappers , editions for private circulation only, with presentation pages on versos of titles, the first inscribed by the author to the Viscount Ullswater--DUNSTERVILLE, G.C.K. and LESLIE A. GARAY. Venezuelan Orchids illustrated, 1959-1976, 6 vols., dust-jackets --HUNT, P. FRANCIS. Orchidaceae. Plates drawn by Mary A. Grierson, 1973, original vellum, g.e., cloth slipcase , no. 5 of 600 signed copies from the edition of 620--SPRUNGER, SAMUEL, editor . Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Cambridge University Press [1986], dust-jacket --LINDLEY, JOHN. Sertum Orchidaceum, a Wreath of the Most Beautiful Orchidaceous Flowers, New York and Amsterdam [1973, facsimile reprint of the 1838 edition]; London except as noted, together 14 works in 19 vols., various sizes, large folio-8vo, original cloth unless otherwise described, the first 3 and the 7th blocked in gilt or colors, 2 unboxed , illustrated, largely in color. (19)