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
Cover: Hardback
Comments: A copy with slight split to the base of the spine, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.50
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Anderson - 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: Softcover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Becherer - Success with Cacti
A small introductory book which covers the expected basic of growing Cacti and is well illustrated with many colout photos. 1989 8 x 6 ½ 64 pages
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)3.00
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Bell, Shirley-Anne - Growing Cacti and Other Succulents in the Garden
Covers all aspects of growing these plants outside in Britain, whether as permanent planting or summer bedding, with a wealth of ideas all well illustrated with colour photos. 2001 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ 200 pages
Cover: Softcover
Comments: (RRP £14.95), New
Price: £(GBP)12.50
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Bell, Shirley-Anne - Growing Cacti and Other Succulents in the Conservatory and Indoors
An introductory book which puts more emphasis on displaying the plants than is usually found, along with the expected cultivation and selection sections, all well illustrated. 2001 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ 168 pages
Cover: Card
Comments: (RRP £14.95), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Bell, Shirley-Anne - Success with Cacti and Other Succulents
A good introductory book to these plant, giving good information on where to grow them, how to look after them and which species you might grow. 2005 9 ¾ x 7 ¼ 160 pages
Cover: Softcover
Comments: (RRP £12.95), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Cerutti & Starosta - Cacti
A general book on cacti, the main feature being the stunning colour photos, mainly large format, which take up a large portion of the book. 128 pages 1996 11 ¼ x 9
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)7.50
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Chapman & Martin - Exotic cacti
Another colourful beginner's book in the same attractive style as previous titles from these authors. 78 colour photos, numerous sketches 1989 11 x 5 ¾ 96 pages
Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)7.00
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Charles, Graham - Cacti and Succulents
A wide range of plants are illustrated with very good colour photos makes this a very good introductory book from this well know personality from the Cactus world. 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 2003 192 pages
Cover: Hardback
Comments: (RRP £25), New
Price: £(GBP)18.50
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Fröhring - Guide de l'amateur de cactus
A grower's handbook in 4 parts. The first part describes and illustrates the 100 most beautiful species. Part two is on cultivation; part 3 botany; part 4 history, evolution, conservation, etc. Well-produced with good quality photos and graphics, and sure to be popular with French readers. 161 colour photos, 104 text-figs & maps,1998. French. 11 ¼ x 7 ¼ 287 pages
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)15.00
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Glass & Foster - Cacti and Succulents for the Amateur
A well illustrated with B&W photos overview to the plants and their cultivation by these two knowledgeable and well known personalities of the 1980’s. 80 pages 1977 10 ¼ x 7
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Glass Innes & Schneck - Identifying cacti. The new compact study guide and identifier
A small pocket-sized guide, based on selections from the previous texts of Schneck, Cacti, and Innes & Glass, The illustrated encyclopedia of cacti. 125 colour photos, 8 text-figs 1996 8 x 6 80 pages
Cover: Hardback
Comments: (RRP £6.5), New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Gloser & Husak - Sukulentni rostliny
80 succulents illustrated & described, plus general notes on cultivation. 80 colour photos Czech 1987 8 ¼ x 6 118 pages
Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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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
Comments: (RRP £20), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Groner, G. & Gotz - Schone Kakteen
Handsome little beginner's guide. 65 colour photos 1992 9 x 6 ½ 96 pages
Cover: Softcover
Comments: Slightly damaged cover, New
Price: £(GBP)4.00
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Groner. & Gotz - Schone Kakteen
Handsome little beginner's guide. 65 colour photos German 1990 9 x 6 ½ 96 pages
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Grunert, Viedt & Kaufman - Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten
General guide. 74 colour photos, 120 b/w , numerous line drawings German 1977 9 ½ x 6 ¾ 351 pages
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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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
Comments: , A copy in poor conditon, with the dust wrapper with many tears and very worn,and the body of the book in reasonable condition, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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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
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)9.00
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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
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Slightly worn cover, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)7.00
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Innes - Cacti & succulents
Beginners guide to cultivation and brief descriptions of a selection of genera. 28 colour photos, 5 sketches 1988 8 ¾ x 6 ½ 96 pages
Cover: Softcover
Comments: (RRP £3.95), New
Price: £(GBP)3.00
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Innes & Wall - Cacti, succulents and bromeliads. A Wisley Gardening Companion
Brings together the 3 earlier texts: Innes, Cacti (1987 & 1992), Innes, Succulents (1989), and Wall & Innes, Air plants & other bromeliads (1988 & 1994). 142 colour photos, 9 text-figs 1995 8 ¾ x 5 ½ 192 pages
Cover: Hardback
Comments: (RRP £12.99), New
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Innes, Clive - The Handbook of Cacti & Succulents
Covers a wide range of plants, giving descriptions and cultivation information, and illustrated with many colour photos. Written by a UK nurseryman. 1988 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 176 pages
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Lamb - Popular Exotic Cacti in Colour
The “Old Timers” in the hobby will smile when they see this one! Although published as long ago as 1975, the full colour photos are very well reproduced for the time at full page size for each of the 100 cactus and other succulent species described. An excellent book for the person new to growing these plants, showing many of the more attractive and easily grown plants as well as some to aspire to as experience grows. And just look at those plant names – oh the nostalgia for pre the more recent reclassifications! A supply of new books unearthed recently! 176 pages 1975 8 x 6
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Special offer! Originally published at £4.25 30 years ago, you can beat inflation by buying this with any other regular priced book for only £4, or £3 with any other two regular priced books., , New
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Lamb - Colourful Cacti and Other Succulents of the Deserts
A book from these classic authors which describes how these plants grow in habitat. 236 pages including 82 pages of colour photos.
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Martin & Chapman - Succulents and their Cultivation
Covers the entire range of the "other" succulent plants. An ideal introduction to the subject. 299 pages plus 16 pages of B&W/colour photos. 1977 8 ¾ x 5 ½
Cover: Hardback
Comments: Book in very good condition, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)12.00
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Cover: Hardback
Comments: Damaged to front of dust cover and faded spine, Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)10.00
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Matis, J., Stanik, R., Lux, A. & Drab - Obrazkovy minilexikon sukulentov
Multilingual, Czech, German, Spanish, English. A B&W pictorial guide to succulents. 1992 8 x 6 66 pages
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , New
Price: £(GBP)2.00
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Pavey - Cacti & Succulents
An unashamedly good quality colour photo album of these plants, with only very brief narrative. 64 pages 1979 10 ¾ x 8
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Pizzetti - Macdonald Encyclopedia of Cacti
300 species described, each with a colour photo two to a page. A useful and interesting book. 384 pages 1985 7 ½ x 4 ½
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)5.00
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Cover: Softcover
Comments: American imprint, Remainder mark and slight wear, New
Price: £(GBP)8.50
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Preston-Mafham, Ken - 500 Cacti
A compact introductory book from a well known name in the Cactus world, this presents many popular and some less well known (he emphasises the "Oputioids") but attractive and worthwhile plants one to a page. Well illustrated with concise details and many colour photos - almost all of the plants in flower and unusually for this type of book many of the pictures are of plants in habitat and the cultivated plants are almost all from habitat seed or propagations of collected material. 2007 6 ¼ x 5 ¾ 528 pages
Cover: Softcover
Comments: , , New
Price: £(GBP)8.50
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Riha & Subik - Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Cacti & Other Succulents
Over 400 wide ranging species are described, each with a good quality photo of which about half are in colour. 352 pages 1981 9 ¼ x 6 ½
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)8.50
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Schneck - Cacti
A general introduction to the subject, with many good quality colour photos. 112 pages 1992 11 ¼ x 8 ¾
Cover: Hardback
Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information
Price: £(GBP)8.00
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