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GENERAL CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

A Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World

Title - A Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World
Author - Gordon Cheers
Price -  $Aus 250       
 Text - English
Cover - Hardcover
Print - 1992
Pages - 174 pages, 236 color photos, 7 b/w photos, 24 maps, 37 drawings.
Comment - One of the good earlier written books with beautiful photos.

 

Amazing World of the Carnivorous Plants

Title - Amazing World of the Carnivorous Plant
Author - Insectivorous Plant Society
Price -  $Aus 100                                              
Text - Japanese with English language comments at the back
Cover - Softcover
Print - 2003
Pages - 159 pages, approximately 700 color photos of approximately 350 species, figures and maps.
Comment - Reads like a photo album showcasing hundreds of photos taken by 23 photographers.

 

Carniflora Magazine

Title - Carniflora Magazine
Author - Gert Hoogenstrijd
Price - $Aus 40                                                
Text - Half English, half Dutch
Cover - Paperback
Print - 2002
Pages - 50 pages full of color photos and information
Comment - Interesting, well written, magazine style.  Worth the money.

 

Carnivorous Plants

Title - Carnivorous Plants
Author - Adrian Slack
Price -  $Aus 60 Hard cover
             $Aus 50  Soft cover                                             
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover and Soft cover available
Print - 1986
Pages - 240 pages, 16 color photos, 105 b/w photos, 50 drawings
Comment - One of the basic, must have, books in any carnivorous plant collectors library. It is one of the best earlier written books.  Highly recommended to all new growers.

 

Carnivorous Plants

Title - Carnivorous Plants
Author - Adrian Slack
Price -  $Aus 80                                              
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - Reprint 2000
Pages - 240 pages, 16 color photos, 105 b/w photos, 50 drawings.
Comment - One of the basic, must have, books in any carnivorous plant collectors library. Highly recommended to all new growers.

 

Carnivorous Plants

Title - Carnivorous Plants
Author - Cynthia Overbeck
Price -  $Aus 100 Soft cover
            $Aus 125 Hard cover                                   
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover or hard cover available
Print - 1982
Pages - 48 pages, 54 color photos
Comment - Recommended for carnivorous plant book collectors only, as the information is very basic.

 

Carnivorous Plants

Title - Carnivorous Plants
Author - Gordon Cheers
Price -  $Aus 100                            
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1983
Pages - 95 pages, 25 color photos, drawings, 10 maps
Comment - A small book, mostly dedicated to cultural information on the cultivation of the common carnivorous plants.  Written by one of the greats in the C.P. world

 

Carnivorous Plants

Title - Carnivorous Plants
Author - Tony Camilleri
Price -  $Aus 50 overseas
             $Aus 40 posted within Australia                                           
 Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1998
Pages - 103 pages
Comment - More than 100 very high quality color photos. A great book and with superb photography of carnivorous plants.

 

Carnivorous Plants A Wisley Handbook

Carnivorous Plants A Wisley Handbook

Title - Carnivorous Plants, A Wisley Handbook
Author - Paul Temple, Royal Horticultural Society
Price -  $Aus 25                                
 Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1989
Pages - 64 pages, 40 color photos, 7 tables
Comment - A good little book for beginners. Two different covers available.

 

Carnivorous Plants

Title - Carnivorous Plants
Author - Randall Schwartz
Price -  $Aus 200                            
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1974
Pages - 128 pages, black and white photos
Comment - Recommended for carnivorous plant book collectors only.

 

Carnivorous Plants

Title - Carnivorous Plants
Author - Randall Schwartz
Price -  $Aus 100                                 
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1975
Pages - 128 pages, black and white photos
Comment - Recommended for carnivorous plant book collectors only.

 

Carnivorous Plants Care and Cultivtion

 Title - Carnivorous Plants Care and Cultivation
Author - Marcel Lecoufle
Price -  $Aus 850 Hard cover 1990
             $Aus 800 Hard cover 1990 water damaged dust cover                
            $Aus 750 Soft cover 1993                                             
 Text - English
Cover - Hard cover and soft cover available
Print - 1990 and 1993 available  
Pages -  144 pages, 152 color photos, 22 black and white drawings, 4 maps
Comment - A good book, but has been superseded by more recent Carnivorous plant books.  It is now a highly desirable collector's prize. RARE.

 

Carnivorous Plants of the World

Title - Carnivorous Plants of the World
Author - J. & P. Pietropaolo
Price - $AUS 100                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - Revised edition 1996
Pages - 206 pages, 57 color photos, 63 b/w drawings
Comment - One of the most underrated carnivorous plant books of all time.  I highly recommend this book.

 

Carnivorous Plants of the World

Title - Carnivorous Plants of the World
Author - James & Patricia Pietropaolo
Price - $AUS 200                                               
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1986
Pages - 206 pages, 57 color photos, 63 b/w drawings
Comment - One of the most underrated carnivorous plant books of all time.   Highly recommended and worth the money.

 

Carnivorous Plants of the World in Color

Title - Carnivorous Plants of the World in Color      
Author - Katsuhiko and Masahiro Kondo
Price - $Aus 1500                                               
Text - Japanese
Cover - Paperback with plastic cover
Print - 1983
Pages - 232 pages, 220 color photos, excellent resource of photos
Comment - This very rare book is one of the jewels in any carnivorous plant book collector’s library.

 

Cultivating Carnivorous Plants

Title - Cultivating Carnivorous Plants     
Author - Allen A. Swenson
Price - $Aus 100                       
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1977
Pages - 160 pages, 66 black and white photos, 13 black and white drawings
Comment - An interesting carnivorous plant book collectors book.  Worth the money.

 

Fleischfressende Pflanzen

Title - Fleischfressende Pflanzen (Carnivorous Plants)
Author - Thomas Carow
Price -  $Aus 25                                              
Text - German
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2005
Pages - 48 pages, 64 color photos
Comment - An excellent book written in German, with lovely photos.

 

Fleischfressende Pflanzen

Title - Fleischfressende Pflanzen (Carnivorous Plants)
Author - Thomas Carow and Ruedi Furst
Price -  $Aus 40                        
Text - German
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2002
Pages - 72 pages, 2 b/w 25 color photos, drawings
Comment - Excellent booklet written in German.

 

Growing Carnivorous Plants

*** NEW BOOK AVAILABLE NOW ***
Title - Growing Carnivorous Plants
Author - Barry A. Rice
Price - $Aus 75 overseas  
            $Aus 55 posted within Australia                                           
 Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 2006
Pages - 224 pages, filled with color photos
Comment - Barry Rice, editor of the International Carnivorous Plant Society newsletter, has used his years of accumulated knowledge to produce this beautiful book, exploring new ground in many areas of the carnivorous plant field.

 

Guide to Growing Carnivorous Plants

 

If you are starting out in Carnivorous Plants, and want a low cost book to get you started, then this is the book for you.
Title - Guide to Growing Carnivorous Plants
 Author - A Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Publication
Price - $Aus 30 overseas  
            $Aus 25 posted within Australia                                           
 Text - English
Cover - Soft cover A4 size
Print - 1998
Pages - 58 pages, no pictures
Comment - Lots of good general information on growing carnivorous plants and definitely recommended for anyone starting off in carnivorous plants. Well worth the price.

 

Insect Eating Plants and How To Grow Them

Title - Insect Eating Plants and How To Grow Them
Author - Adrian Slack
Price - Hard cover $Aus 1,000  SPECIAL $Aus 800 (= 20% discount)
           Soft cover $Aus 800   SPECIAL $Aus 640 (= 20% discount)           
 Text - English
Cover - Hard cover or Soft cover available
Print - 1986
Pages - 172 pages, 103 color photos plus black and white drawings.
Comment - Describes over 200 species from 15 genera.  RARE.

 

Insectivorous Plants

Title - Insectivorous Plants
Author - Charles Darwin
Price - $Aus 120                                               
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - Reprint 2002 numbered limited edition, only 1000 copies worldwide printed
Pages - 462 pages, 30 b/w drawings
Comment - Very nice reprint.  This is your chance to buy this famous work at a realistic price.

 

Insectivorous Plants

Title - Insectivorous Plants 
Author - Charles Darwin
Price - $Aus 1000 - 2nd thousand, 1875 
           $Aus 1000 - 3rd thousand, 1875
             Aus 1000 - 4th thousand, 1876            
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 2nd thousand, 1875 
           3rd thousand, 1875
           4th thousand, 1876
Pages - 462 pages, 30 black and white drawings
Comment - Rare - only 1000 printed of each print. Recommended for advanced carnivorous plant book collectors only.

 

Insectivorous Plants - Selected Works of Charles Darwin

Title - Insectivorous Plants - Selected Works of Charles Darwin
 Author - Charles Darwin
Price - $Aus 1,000                             
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1888
Pages - 376 pages, black and white drawings
Comment - A reprint of the second thousand - number 179

 

Insectivorous Plants

Title - Insectivorous Plants
Author - Charles Darwin
Price - $Aus 1,000                             
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1896
Pages - Leather bound, 462 pages, 30 black and white drawings
Comment - Recommended for advanced carnivorous plant book collectors only.

 

Insectivorous Plants, Their Species and How To Grow

Title - Insectivorous Plants, Their Species and How To Grow
Author - Insectivorous Plants Society of Japan
Price -  $Aus 1500                                              
 Text - Japanese
Cover - Soft cover, plastic covered
Print - 1996
Pages - 170 pages, 317 color photos
Comment - This very rare book is one of the jewels in any book collector’s library.

 

Les Plantes Carnivores

Title - Les Plantes Carnivores
 Author - Gerard Blondeau
Price - $Aus 100                                              
Text - French
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 2001
Pages - 159 pages, lots of color photos
Comment - A modern, up to date book on general carnivorous plants.

 

Les Plantes Carnivores

Title - Les Plantes Carnivores
 Author - Michel Baffray, Francoise Brice and Philippe Danton
Price - $Aus 1,000                                               
Text - French
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1992
Pages - 164 pages
Comment - A very high quality book.  The photos alone are worth the price of this rare collector's book.

 

Les Plantes Carnivores

Title - Les Plantes Carnivores
Author - Les Guides Mon Jardin & Ma Maison
Price - $Aus 50                                                
Text - French
Cover - Soft cover magazine style booklet
Print - 2005
Pages - 64 pages with plenty of color photos
Comment - A good general book for beginners to intermediate growers. 

Les Plantes Carnivores

Title - Les Plantes Carnivores
 Author - Yves-Andre
Price - $Aus 75                                               
Text - French
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2005
Pages - 119 pages with plenty of color photos
Comment - An excellent book for advanced carnivorous plant collectors.

 

Masozrave rostliny (Carnivorous Plants)

Title - Masozrave rostliny (Carnivorous Plants)
 Author - David Svarc
Price - $Aus 100                                               
Text - Czech
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 2003
Pages - 180 pages, lots of color photos and black and white sketches.
Comment - An excellent new up to date book on carnivorous plants.

 

Masozrave rostliny (Carnivorous Plants)

Title - Masozrave rostliny (Carnivorous Plants)
 Author - Miloslav Studnicka
Price - $Aus 200       
 Text - Czech
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1984
Pages - 150 pages, 70 color photos, black and white drawings, maps
Comment - A very good book written in Czech.

 

Masozrave Rostliny (Carnivorous plants)

Title - Masozrave Rostliny (Carnivorous plants)
Author - Zdenek Jezek
Price -  $Aus 25                       
 Text - Czech
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1997
Pages - 64 pages of black and white text and drawings, 8 pages of color photos
Comment - A good little book iwritten in Czech.

 

Nature et Culture Des Plantes Carnivores

Title - Nature et Culture Des Plantes Carnivores
Author - Michel Baffray, Francoise Brice and Jean-Paul Tournier
Price -  $Aus 400                                              
 Text - French
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1989 
Pages - 178 pages, 97 color photos and many black and white drawings
Comment - A high quality book on carnivorous plants written in French.  Definitely one to add to the carnivorous plant book collection.

 

Nature's Predators - Carnivorous Plants

Title - Nature's Predators - Carnivorous Plants
Author - Kim T. Griswell
Price -  $Aus 75                              
 Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 2003 
Pages - 48 pages, 21 color photos
Comment - Recommended for carnivorous book collectors only, as the information is very basic.

 

Pitcher Plants Of The Americas - Hard cover

Pitcher Plants Of The Americas - Soft cover

NEW BOOK - AVAILABLE NOW
 Title - Pitcher Plants Of The Americas
Author - Stewart McPherson
Price - Hard cover $Aus 100
           Soft cover $Aus 80                     
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover or Soft cover
Print - 2006
Pages - 320 pages, many colorful photos, maps and line drawings
Comment - An informative overview covering the natural history, conservation and horticulture of the 5 genera of pitcher plants that occur in North, Middle and South Africa.
Carnivorous plant growers and book readers need to add this one to your library.