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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    
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 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 text with Latin names.  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      
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 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 - 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  
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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  
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 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 750 Hard cover 1990
             $Aus 700 Hard cover 1990 water damaged dust cover                
            $Aus 600 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 times. 

 

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. 

 

Fleischfressende Pflanzen

Title - Fleischfressende Pflanzen (Carnivorous Plants)
Author - Thomas Carow
Price -  $Aus 25   
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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.

 

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.

 

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 
          Soft cover $Aus 800             
 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   
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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, now a collectors item.


 

Masozrave Rostliny (Carnivorous plants)

Title - Masozrave Rostliny (Carnivorous plants)
Author - Zdenek Jezek
Price -  $Aus 25  
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 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 written 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      
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 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

A GREAT BOOK ON ALL OF AMERICA'S PITCHER PLANTS - WELL WORTH THE MONEY FOR THE INFORMATION AND PHOTOS.
 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.

Plantes Carnivores

Title - Plantes Carnivores
 Author - Jean-Jacques Labat
Price - $Aus 75                                               
Text - French
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2002
Pages - 95 pages, lots of color photos
Comment - A good little general book on carnivorous plants

 

Plants Carnivores - Le monde fabuluex des

Title - Plants Carnivores - Le monde fabuluex des
Author - L'ami des Jardins et de la maison
Price -  $Aus 40                                              
Text - French
Cover - Soft cover magazine
Print - 2002
Pages - 83 pages, most with color photos.
Comment - "The fabulous world of carnivorous plants".   A Carnivorous
plant magazine in a series of horticulture magazines.


 

Pitcher Plants - Slippery Pits of No Escape

Title - Pitcher Plants - Slippery Pits of No Escape
Author - Victor Gentle
Price - $Aus 75                                
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1996
Pages - 24 pages, 9 full page photos
Comment - Covers Nepenthes, Sarracenias, Heliamphoras, Darlingtonias, Cephalotus and Brocchinias.  Good for children or teaching.  Demonstrates how the pitchers work.  One in a set of six in the Bloodthirsty Plants series.

 

Plantes Carnivores

Title - Plantes Carnivores
 Author - Jean-Paul Pesty
Price - $Aus 50                                               
Text - French
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2005
Pages - 63 pages, 68 color photos
Comment - An excellent general book with good advice on propagating.

 

Plantes Carnivores

Title - Plants Carnivores
Author - Marcel Lecoufle
Price -  $Aus 500                                
Text - French
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1989
Pages - 144 pages, 152 color photos, 22 black and white drawings, 4 maps
Comment - A good book written in French, but superseded by more recent Carnivorous Plant books.

 

Plants Insectivore

Title - Plants Insectivore.  Charles Darwin Tetralogy.     Movimento Nelle Piante 1884.   Piante Rampicanti 1878.   Le piante Insettivore 1878.     Le Orchidee 1883
Author - Charles Darwin
Price -  $Aus 2,500                           
Text - Italian
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1883, 1884, 1878 all in one book
Pages - Leather bound, 1047 pages, numerous b/w drawings, charts, tables
Comment - Very rare. Recommended for advanced carnivorous plant book collectors only.


 

Plants That Eat Animals

Title - Plants That Eat Animals
Author - J. H. Prince
Price -  $Aus 100                                             
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1979
Pages - 92 pages, many black and white photos and drawings
Comment - Lots of good information, but superseded by more recent books.  Recommended as a collectors book only.

 

Plants That Eat Animals

Title - Plants That Eat Animals
Author - Linna Bentley
Price -  $Aus 75                                             
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - reprint 1975
Pages - 32 pages
Comment - Originally printed in 1967.  Explains how and where carnivorous plants grow and how the trap mechanism in each works.  Recommended as a collectors book only.

Plants That Eat Insects

Title - Plants That Eat Insects
Author - Anabel Dean
Price -  $Aus 75                                             
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1977
Pages - 32 pages, black and white
Comment - Old fashioned and outdated.  Recommended as a collectors book only.

 

The Carnivorous Plants

Title - The Carnivorous Plants
Author - Francis Ernest Lloyd
Price - $Aus 200  
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1976  
Pages - 352 pages, 11 plates, 38 black and white photos
Comment - A reprint of the classic 1942 book.  A worthy addition to any carnivorous plant book collection.

 

The Carnivorous Plants

Title - The Carnivorous Plants
Author - Francis Ernest Lloyd
Price - $Aus 750  Published by the Ronald Press Company, New York, U.S.A.
 Price - $Aus 800 Published by the Chronica Botanica Company, Waltham, Mass, U.S.A.                                    
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1942 
Pages - 352 pages, 11 plates, 38 black and white photos
Comment - A classic, rare book and a prize for any carnivorous plant book collector. 

 

The Savage Garden

If you are looking for your first Carnivorous Plant book - then look no further than this one - a definite must have - GREAT INFORMATION.
Title - The Savage Garden
 Author - Peter D’Amato
Price - $Aus 65 overseas
            $Aus 55 posted within Australia                                             
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1998
Pages - 314 pages, most with color photos
Comment - This is simply the best current general carnivorous plant book, and should be in every carnivorous plant collectors library.

The World of Carnivorous Plants

Title - The World of Carnivorous Plants
Author - James and Patricia Ann Pietropaolo
Price - $Aus 200                                            
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1974
Pages - 128 pages, 61 black and white photos
Comment - A hand book on the different species.  Recommended for carnivorous plant book collectors only.

 

CEPHALOTUS FOLLICULARIS

Cephalotus follicularis - In the 19th century, legends, myths, and facts

Title - Cephalotus follicularis - In the 19th century, legends, myths and facts
 Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price - $Aus 60 overseas
            $Aus 50 posted within Australia                            
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover - spiral bound
Print - 2009
Pages - 54 pages, 60 color photos, 3 maps, 7 black and white photos, 5 line drawings, 1 rare, seldom seen, Ferdinand L Bauer line drawing never previously publishied.
Comment - A new classic, five years of intense research culminates in this brilliant ground-breaking book.  It brings to light much historical Cephalotus material never seen before.  It details how Cantharifera paludosa was the first name given to Cephalotus.
Love, death, intrigue, privation, and treachery, were all elements in this intriguing story.
It is the story of the discovery of Cephalotus and the mystery of its controversial naming.  It details the intense botanical rivalry between France and England.
The book is a must have for Cephalotus enthusiasts, advanced carnivorous plant hobbyists and historians, and deserves pride of place in your library.

 


DIONAEA MUSCIPULA

Aphrodite’s Mousetrap

Title - Aphrodite’s Mousetrap  (Venus Fly Trap)
Author - Dr. E. Charles Nelson and Daniel L. McKinley
Price - $Aus 250   
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Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1990
Pages - 145 pages
Comment - No growing tips but an interesting journey through the history of Venus fly traps. This book is extremely scarce and a must for book collectors.

 

DROSERA

Nuytsia 15 (3): 355-494

Title - Nuytsia 15 (3): 355-494  A taxonomic revision of Drosera section Stolonifera (Droseraceae) from south-west Western Australia. 
Author - Includes a section by Allen Lowrie.
Price - $Aus 50                                  
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2005
Pages - 530 pages
Comment - Ten species are recognized in the Drosera section Stolonifera including 3 new combinations.  Each taxon is described in detail was well as illustrated.  SEM micrographs of the seeds of each species, field and cultivation studies and historical investigations are also presented.

Droseras of the World - Occasional Paper No. 1

Title - Droseras of the World - Occasional Paper No. 1, Ten of the World's Droseras
 Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price - $Aus 55 overseas  
            $Aus 45 posted within Australia                                  
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover, spiral bound
Print - 2006
Pages - 52 pages, including color photos and maps
Comment - A comprehensive accumulation of 10 Droseras taken from all of Colin H. Clayton's books.  Features Drosera whittakeri and its varieties D. anglica, D. arcturi, D. neocaledonica, D. x obovata, D. pygmaea, D. stricticaulis and D. praefolia.
 

 

FUNGI - CARNIVOROUS

Carnivorous Mushrooms - Lassoing Their Prey?

Title - Carnivorous Mushrooms - Lassoing Their Prey?
 Author - Victor Gentle
Price - $Aus 75                               
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1996
Pages - 24 pages, 9 full page photos
Comment - Describes how some fungi specialise in trapping and eating eelworms and other microscopic animals.  Good for children or teaching.  One book in a set of six in the Bloodthirsty Plants series.

 

NEPENTHES

A Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsula Malaysia

Title - A Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia
Author - Charles Clarke
Price - $Aus 40  
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2002
Pages - 32 pages
 Comment - Excellent brief guide, lots of photos, well worth the money. A must for Nepenthes enthusiasts.

 

A Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Sabah

Title - A Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Sabah
Author - Charles Clarke
Price - $Aus 40   
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2001
Pages - 40 pages
Comment - Excellent brief guide, lots of photos, well worth the money. A must for Nepenthes enthusiasts.

 

An Account of Nepenthes in New Guinea

Title - An Account of Nepenthes in New Guinea
Author - The University of Papua New Guinea
Price - $AUS 500                                           
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1991
Pages - 41 pages, b/w photos
Comment - The only book written about New Guinea Nepenthes. Book is extremely scarce and is only for advanced enthusiasts of  Nepenthes.

 

Borneo: Its Mountain and Lowlands with their Pitcher Plants

Title - Borneo: Its Mountain and Lowlands with their Pitcher Plants - Trekking From 1992-2002
Author - Hugo Steiner
Price -  $Aus 100                                              
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 2002 
Pages -  134 pages, full of color photos, black and white drawings and 1 map
Comment - All nepenthes species of Sabah and Sarawak are featured.  The author and his wife spent one month each year for 12 years in Borneo studying nepenthes in their natural, frequently remote, habitat.


 

Blumea - Revision of Nepenthes


Title - Blumea - Revision of Nepenthes
Author - M. Jebb and M. Cheek
Price -  $Aus 500  
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1997 
Pages - 105 pages, black and white photos
Comment - Covers 85 taxa. This book is extremely scarce and is only for advanced enthusiasts of  Nepenthes.

 

Flora Malesiana - Nepenthaceae

Title - Flora Malesiana - Nepenthaceae
Author - M. Cheek and M. Jebb
Price - $Aus 100  
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2001
Pages - 164 pages, 1 color photo, 19 drawings
Comment - This book contains the most up to date overview of this family. A must for advanced enthusiasts of  Nepenthes.

 

Flowering Plants of the Seychelles

Title - Flowering Plants of the Seychelles
Author - S.A. Robertson
Price - $Aus 80                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1989
Pages - 327 pages
Comment - An annotated check list, of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms, with line drawings.  Includes Nepenthes pervillei and where they grow.

 

Nepenthes of Borneo

 

 Title - Nepenthes of  Borneo
Author - Charles Clarke
Price - $Aus 140 - Limited edition in slip case, autographed
            $Aus 100 - Regular edition BUY 5 BOOKS - GET ONE FREE - Regular edition only                                       
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1997
Pages - 207 pages, 110 color photos & 12 black and white photos
Comment - The photos alone are worth the price. A must for all Nepenthes students and growers. A great investment.

 

Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu

Title - Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu
Author - Shigeo Kurata
Price - $Aus 250  
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1976
Pages - 80 pages, 31 color photos & 18 black and white photos, 6 drawings
Comment - Old now, but still an excellent reference to Nepenthes on this mountain.

 

Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsula Malaysia

Title - Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsula Malaysia
Author - Charles Clarke
Price - $Aus 250                                     
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 2001
Pages - 325 pages, 148 color photos, 3 maps, 6 drawings
Comment - A truly fantastic book. A must for all Nepenthes lovers. A great investment.

 

Pitcher-Plants of Borneo

Title - Pitcher Plants of Borneo
Author - Anthea Phillipps and Anthony Lamb
Price - $Aus 100 
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Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1996 
Pages - 171 pages, 1 black and white photo & 18 color photos, 38 color drawings, 2 maps
Comment - A must for all Nepenthes students and growers. A great investment.

 

Pitcher Plants of Sarawak

Title - Pitcher Plants of Sarawak
Author - Charles Clarke and Ch'ien Lee
Price - $Aus 40    
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2004
Pages - 80 pages, 68 color photos
Comment - An excellent guide to the Nepenthes of Sarawak and their habitat.  Excellent photos.

 

The Grief Vanishing - Nepenthes

Title - The Grief Vanishing - Nepenthes
Author - Parco - Jungle book
Price - $AUS 250                       
Text - Japanese
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1992
Pages - 66 pages, 72 color photos
Comment - Superceded  by more modern books, now only a collectors book.

 

 

PINGUICULA

Title - Butterworts - Greasy Cups of Death
 Author - Victor Gentle
Price - $Aus 75                                               
Text - English text
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1996
Pages - 24 pages of text, 9 full page color photos
Comment - Good for children or teaching, demonstrates how Pinguiculas work.   One in a set of 6 in the Bloodthirsty Plants series.

 

Welcome to the Wonderful World the Mexican Pinguicula

Title - Welcome to the Wonderful World the Mexican Pinguicula
Author - Norito Inaho
Price - $Aus 50                                               
Text - Available in Japanese or English text (Please specify)
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1998
Pages - 9 pages of text, plus 10 pages of color photos
Comment - This book is extremely useful to Pinguicula enthusiasts, and well worth the money. 

 

 

SARRACENIA

Illustrations of North American Pitcher Plants

Title - Illustrations of North American Pitcher Plants
Author - Mary Vaux Walcott
Price - $Aus 150                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - Reproduction of the 1935 book 
Pages - 34 pages, high grade color copy, 15 color prints, 10 b/w maps
Comment - Historical document, useful to researchers, historians etc.

 

Sarracenia

Title - Sarracenia
Author - John and Jean Ainsworth - autographed
Price -    $Aus 30 overseas
              $Aus 25 posted within Aus
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1996
Pages - 56 pages, 5 black and white drawings,  9 color drawings, 29 photos, 1 map
Comment - Descriptions and cultural instructions for all species of Sarracenia. An interesting, easy to read, recommended book.

 

UTRICULARIA

Bladderworts of India

Title - Bladderworts of India
Author - M.K. Janarthanam and A.N. Henry 
Price - $Aus 100                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1992
Pages - 144 pages, numerous line drawings, 2 pages color photos
Comment - A comprehensive descriptive taxonomic monograph on Indian Utricularias with 35 species.

 

Bladderworts - Trapdoors to Oblivion

Title - Bladderworts - Trapdoors to Oblivion
 Author - Victor Gentle 
Price - $Aus 75                                      
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1996
Pages - 24 pages, 9 full page photos
Comment - Good for children or teaching, demonstrates how the bladders work.  One book in a set of 6 in the Bloodthirsty Plant series.

The Genus Utricularia

Title - The Genus Utricularia
Author - Peter Taylor
Price - $Aus 150   
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1994 - 2nd print
Pages - 724 pages, 220 line drawings
Comment - It should be in the library of all serious carnivorous plant students and enthusiasts. If you can find a first print they are a real collectors item.

 

Utricularia Forever

Title - Utricularia Forever
Author - Hiroshi Wakabayashi
Price - $Aus 150 hard cover with photo quality paper    
           $Aus 100 soft cover with mat paper                                             
Text - Japanese and plant names in English
Cover - Hard cover or Soft cover
Print - 2001
Pages - 106 pages, many color and black and white photos
Comment - A photograph album of approximately 200 named Utricularias, mostly of the flowers.  A must for identifying Utricularias.

 

 

AUSTRALIAN CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants in New South Wales, Australia - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species

Title - Carnivorous Plants in New South Wales, Australia. A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species
Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price - $Aus 65 overseas  
            $Aus 55 posted within Australia                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover, spiral bound
Print - 2003
Pages - 75 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment - Describes and tells where to find the carnivorous plants of New South Wales in detail.

 

Carnivorous Plants in South Australia, Australia. A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species

Title - Carnivorous Plants in South Australia, Australia. A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species
Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price - $Aus 60 overseas  
            $Aus 50 posted within Australia                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover, spiral bound
Print - 2005
Pages - 66 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment - Describes and tells where to find the carnivorous plants of South Australia in detail.

 

Carnivorous Plants in Tasmania, Australia - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species

Title - Carnivorous Plants in Tasmania, Australia. A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species
Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price - $Aus 60 overseas  
            $Aus 50 posted within Australia                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover, spiral bound
Print - 2003
Pages - 57 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment - Describes and tells where to find  the carnivorous plants of  Tasmania in detail.

 

Carnivorous Plants in Victoria, Australia. A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species - 2005 update

Title - Carnivorous Plants in Victoria, Australia. A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species - 2005 Revised Edition
Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price -  $Aus 65 overseas  
            $Aus 55 posted within Australia                                              
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover, spiral bound
Print - 2005
Pages - 87 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment - Describes and tells where to find  the carnivorous plants of  Victoria in detail.

 

Carnivorous Plants of Australia - Volume 1

Title - Carnivorous Plants of Australia - Volume 1
Author - Allen Lowrie
Price -  $Aus 1,000 soft cover   
            $Aus 1,100 soft cover - 1 autographed copy
            $Aus 1,200 soft cover - 1 autographed copy in excellent condition      
            $Aus 800 soft cover - grey tape around cover edges   
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover available
Print - 1987
Pages - 202 pages, 133 color photos, 51 maps
Comment - An excellent book, and one of the most sort after books by collectors. The Jewel in the crown.

 

Carnivorous Plants of Australia - Volume 2

Title - Carnivorous Plants of Australia - Volume 2
Author - Allen Lowrie
Price - $Aus 750 hard cover  
            $Aus 600 soft cover 
            $Aus 800 soft cover - 1 autographed copy   
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Text - English
Cover - Hard cover or Soft cover available
Print - 1989
Pages - 202 pages, 172 color photos, 45 drawings, 46 maps
Comment - The second book in the series, and just as scarce as the first, and must be the next gem for book collectors to acquire. 

 

Carnivorous Plants of Australia - Volume 3

Title - Carnivorous Plants of Australia - Volume 3
Author - Allen Lowrie
Price - $Aus 90 overseas  
            $Aus 70 posted within Australia                                               
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1998 
Pages - 288 pages of text, color photos and maps
Comment - A superb book.

 

Flora of Australia - Volume 8

Title - Flora of Australia - Volume 8
Author -  Bureau of Flora and Fauna, Canberra
Price - $Aus 120 Hard cover
            $Aus 100 Soft cover                                               
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover or Soft cover available
Print - 1982
Pages - 420 pages of text, black and white sketches and maps, 4 color photos
Comment - A must for Australian Drosera enthusiasts as it contains detailed descriptions of all Australian Droseras and their families known in 1982.  Also describes Australia's only Nepenthes.

 

Flora of the South West - Bunbury - Augusta - Denmark Vol. 1 & 2

Title - Flora of the South West - Bunbury - Augusta - Denmark Vol. 1 & 2
Author - Judy Wheeler, Neville Marchant and Margaret Lewington
Price - $Aus 225              
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 2002
Pages - Vol. 1 - 470 pages, Vol. 2 - 502 pages
Comment - Illustrated identification keys using easily observed characteristics such as flower color and shape, simply written descriptions, notes on distribution and ecology, small sketches illustrating the differences between the species. Volume 1 focuses on monocotyledons, while Volume 2 presents dicotyledons. It is a storehouse of information for anyone interested in Western Australia’s floral heritage - all carnivorous plants of the region are featured and it is a bible for the area.

 

Plants of Prey

Title - Plants of Prey
Author - Rica Erickson
Price - $Aus 600 - 1968 first print
            $Aus 500 - 1980 reprint
            $Aus 480 - 1982 reprint
            $Aus 450 - 1982 reprint, dust cover damaged    
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Text - English
Cover - Hard cover with dust jacket
Print - 1968, 1980, 1982
Pages - 94 pages
Comment - Covers all known Australian carnivorous plants at the time of print. A collectors book or useful to researchers.

 

Sub-Carnivorous Plants in Australia

Title - Sub-Carnivorous Plants in Australia.
Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price -  $Aus 45 overseas  
            $Aus 35 posted within Australia                                              
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover, spiral bound
Print - 2005
Pages - 33 pages of text, color photos
Comment - Describes in detail the Sub-Carnivorous Plants of Australia and how to prove whether the plants are carnivorous or not.

 

 

AMERICAN CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants in Hawaii U.S.A. - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species

Title - Carnivorous Plants in Hawaii U.S.A. - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species
Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price - $Aus 45 overseas  
            $Aus 35 posted within Australia                                    
 Text - English
Cover - Soft cover - spiral bound
Print - 2005 revised edition
Pages - 27 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment - Describes and tells where to find the carnivorous plants of Hawaii in detail.

 

Carnivorous Plants in California U.S.A. A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species

Title - Carnivorous Plants in California U.S.A.  A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species
Author - Colin H. Clayton, in conjunction with J.Hawkeye Rondeau Ph.D and special guest contributor Barry A.Rice Ph.D
Price - $Aus 65 overseas
            $Aus 55 posted within Australia                                  
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover - spiral bound
Print - 2003
Pages - 58 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment - Describes and tells where to find the carnivorous plants of California in detail.

 

Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada

Title - Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada
Author - Donald E. Schnell
Price - $Aus 75                      
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Text - English
Cover - Hard cover with dust jacket
Print - 1976
Pages - 125 pages of text, maps and color photos
Comment - An excellent book, but superceded by volume 2. Now only a collectors book.

 

Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada

Title - Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada - Second Edition
Author - Donald E. Schnell
Price -  $Aus 100       
Text- English
Cover - Hard cover with dust jacket
Print - 2002
Pages - 468 pages of text, maps and color photos
Comment - The most up to date and complete book on the carnivorous plants of the United States. Particularly strong on carnivorous plants of the east coast.

 

INDIA

Bladderworts of India

Title - Bladderworts of India
 Author - M.K. Janarthanam and A.N. Henry 
Price - $Aus 100                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1992
 Pages - 144 pages, numerous line drawings, 2 pages color photos
Comment - A comprehensive descriptive taxonomic monograph on Indian Utricularias with 35 species.

 

Insectivorous Plants of Khasi and Jaintia Hills Meghalaya, India

Title - Insectivorous Plants of Khasi and Jaintia Hills Meghalaya, India
Author - J. Joseph and K.M. Joseph
Price -  $Aus 50                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1986
Pages - 40 pages, black and white drawings
Comment - Deals with 13 species under the genera Utricularia, Drosera and Nepenthes from the state of Meghalaya


 

MAURITIUS CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants of Mauritius and Seychelles - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous and Exotic Species

Title - Carnivorous Plants of Mauritius and Seychelles - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous and Exotic Species.
 Author - Colin H. Clayton
 Price - $Aus 50 overseas
           $Aus 40 posted within Australia                                  
 Text - English
 Cover - Soft cover - spiral bound
 Print - 2005
 Pages - 39 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
 Comment -Describes and tells in detail where to find the Carnivorous Plants of Mauritius and Seychelles.  Particular reference to Nepenthes pervillei.


NEW CALEDONIA CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants of New Caledonia and The Isle Of Pines - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species.

Title - Carnivorous Plants of New Caledonia and The Isle Of Pines - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species
 Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price - $Aus 55 overseas
            $Aus 45 posted within Australia                                     
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover - spiral bound
Print - 2005 revised edition
Pages - 42 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment -Describes and tells where to find the carnivorous plants of New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines in detail.

 

 

NEW ZEALAND CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants in New Zealand - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species

Title - Carnivorous Plants in New Zealand - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous Species
Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price - $Aus 60 overseas
            $Aus 50 posted within Australia                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover - spiral bound
Print - 2003
Pages - 58 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment - Describes and tells where to find the carnivorous plants of New Zealand in detail.                                

               


PAPUA NEW GUINEA CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

Handbook of the Flora of Papua New Guinea

Title - Handbook of the Flora Of Papua New Guinea, Volume 111
 Author - Barry J. Conn
Price - $Aus 75  
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 Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
 Print - 1995
 Pages - 292 pages, black and white line drawings
 Comment - Features all New Guineas Droseras and describes them.  It is the only book that features Drosera rotundifolia ssp. rotundifolia.

 

SEYCHELLES CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

Seychelles Carnivorous Plants - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous and Exotic Species

Title - Seychelles Carnivorous Plants - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous and Exotic Species
 Author - Colin H. Clayton
 Price - $Aus 45 overseas
           $Aus 35 posted within Australia                                  
 Text - English
 Cover - Soft cover - spiral bound
 Print - 2005
 Pages - 30 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
 Comment -Describes and tells in detail, where to find the carnivorous plants of Seychelles.  Particular reference to Nepenthes pervillei.

 

Flowering Plants of the Seychelles

Title - Flowering Plants of the Seychelles
Author - S.A. Robertson
Price - $Aus 80                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1989
Pages - 327 pages
Comment - An annotated check list, of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms, with line drawings.  Includes Nepenthes pervillei and where they grow.

 

SINGAPORE CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

A Guide To The Carnivorous Plants of Singapore

 

Title - A Guide To The Carnivorous Plants of Singapore
Author - Singapore Science Centre
Price - $AUS 25                                          
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1997
Pages - 176 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment - Excellent little book.

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Flora Of Southern Africa - Volume 13

Title - Flora of Southern Africa - Volume 13
Author - Edited by L.E. Codd, B. De Winter, D.J.B. Killick and H.B. Rycroft
Price -  $Aus 50                                             
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1970
Pages - 221 pages, black and white line drawings
Comment - Deals with the territories of The Republic of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and South West Africa.  Describes aldrovanda vesiculosa and all known Droseras of the areas in 1970.

 

First Field Guide to Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants of Southern Africa

Title - First Field Guide to Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants of Southern Africa
Author - John Manning
Price -  $Aus 45                                             
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2003
Pages - 57 pages, 52 color photos, paperback pocketbook
Comment - The only book on carnivorous plants of South Africa, but not a complete listing.  13 pages featuring carnivorous plants including distribution maps.

 

SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka's Carnivorous Plants - A Field Guide and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous and Exotic Species

Title - Sri Lanka's Carnivorous Plants - A Field and Cultural Notes to the Indigenous and Exotic Species
Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price -  $Aus 65 overseas
            $Aus 55 in Australia                                            
Text - English
Cover - Paperback, spiral bound
Print - 2006
Pages - 70 pages of text, color photos, maps and drawings
Comment - Describes and tells, in detail, where to find the Carnivorous Plants of Sri Lanka.  The only current published information on Nepenthes distillatoria.  Features Sri Lanka's endemic Utricularia moniliformis

 


TECHNICAL

Carnivorous Plants - Naming, Collecting and Preserving Herbarium Specimens

Title - Carnivorous Plants – Collecting, Naming, and Preserving of Herbarium Specimens
Author - Colin H. Clayton
Price - $Aus 50 overseas
            $Aus 40 posted within Australia                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover spiral bound
Print - 2003
Pages - 43 pages of drawings, photos, sketches etc.
Comment - Describes how to name, collect and preserve carnivorous plants as herbarium specimens, with a long section on how to pronounce carnivorous plant names. The only book like it. A must for serious carnivorous plant collectors

 

Carnivorous Plants Total Listing

Title - Carnivorous Plants Total Listing
Author - Gordon Ohlenrott
Price - $Aus 25 overseas
            $Aus 20 posted within Australia                                        
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover, spiral bound
Print - 2005
 Pages - 103 pages
Comment - Complete list and correct spelling of all known carnivorous plants. Best book to buy to check all spelling, and catalogue your collection by marking against it what you have. Cheap at this price.

Title - Carnivorous Plants Total Listing
Author - Gordon Ohlenrott
Price - SPECIAL - 2001 EDITION $Aus 5 WITH ANY OTHER ORDER                                            
 Print - 2001
 

 

CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist

Title - CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist
Author - Bertrand von Arx, Jan Schlauer and Madeleine Groves
Price - $Aus 50                                       
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2001
 Pages - 93 pages
Comment - For the genera Dionaea, Nepenthes, and Sarracenia.  The list is to provide a quick reference for checking accepted names, synonymy, distribution, listing in the CITES appendices for all three genera.

 

Procedings from the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference

Title - Procedings from the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference, Tokyo, Japan,
Author - Edited by Katsuhiko Kondo
Price - $Aus 100  
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - June 21 - June 23,  2002
Pages - 219 pages
Comment - Contains the summary of each speaker’s presentation or lecture. Numerous maps, pictures, drawings, and lots of technical information.

 

Trigger Plants

Title - Trigger Plants
Author - Douglas W. Darnowski
Price - $Aus 50                                                
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2002
Pages - 92 pages of text drawings, painting sketches, and color photos of trigger plants[ stylidium species]
Comment - 9 pages at the end of the book explore whether trigger plants are carnivorous or not.

 

Tuberous, Cormous and Bulbous Plants

Title - Tuberous, Cormous and Bulbous Plants
Author - John Pate and Kingsley Dixon
Price - $Aus 500    
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1982 
Pages - 250 pages of highly technical data on these plants in Western Australia
Comment - Much of this data relates to carnivorous plants including many pages of graphs, drawings, and photos. This book is only for advanced enthusiasts of carnivorous plants.

 

 

TISSUE CULTURE

Glossary of Plant Tissue Culture

Title - Glossary of Plant Tissue Culture
Author - Danielle J. Donnelly and William E. Vidaver
Price - $Aus 150                                               
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1988
Pages - 141 pages
Comment - Dictionary containing the meaning of 1500 terms and words dealing with plant tissue culture.  A must for any advanced students of tissue culture.

 

Plant Tissue Culture - general principle and commercial applications

Title - Plant Tissue Culture - general principle and commercial applications
Author - R. Drew, M. Smith and J. Moisander from the Department of Primary Industries
Price - $Aus 30                                                
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1994
Pages - 31 pages
Comment - Excellent well written booklet. Avery good starting point for any one interested in tissue culture.

 


CHILDREN

An Activity Book for Carnivorous Plants

Game inside activity book

Title - An Activity Book for Carnivorous Plants
Author - Michael Szesze
Price - $Aus 100                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover with ring binder
Print - 1997
Pages - 225 pages, 28 drawings, 14 color photos
Comment - Lab experiments, games, flip books, teaching aides. You name it, its all here. A must for educators.

 

Carnivorous Plants

Title - Carnivorous Plants
Author - Nancy J. Nielson
Price - $Aus 75                                               
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print -
Pages - 63 pages 26 color photos
Comment - A children’s book.  Only for book collectors.  Ex library copy with library labels still on.

 

Dangerous Plants

Title - Dangerous Plants
Author - Sarah Woolard 
Price - $Aus 50     
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 Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2000
Pages - 48 pages, high quality color photos and drawings
Comment - A more comprehensive version of “Plants Bite Back”

 

Elizabite, Adventures of a Carnivorous Plant

Title - Elizabite, Adventures of a Carnivorous Plant
Author - H. A. Rey 
Price - $Aus 75 Hard cover 
            $Aus 65 Soft cover          
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover or Soft cover available
Print - 1990 reprint, first published 1942
Pages - 40 pages, cartoon like colored drawings
Comment - A pleasant and amusing story, soft cover in good condition, hard cover ex-library book with face page damaged, 2 blank front pages removed, but does not distract from book.

 

Eye View. Meat eating Plants

Title - Eye View. Meat eating Plants
Author - Ticktock Entertainment
Price - $Aus 75                             
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2002
Pages - 30 pages of color photos
Comment - Beautifully  illustrated  children’s book

 

Fly Traps! Plants that bite back

Title - Fly Traps! Plants that bite back
Author - Martin Jenkins
Price - $Aus 100 hard cover
          $Aus 80 soft cover   
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 Text - English
Cover - Hard cover and soft cover available
Print - 1996
Pages - 28 pages of color drawings
Comment - A blend of comic illustration and simple text.

 

Hungry Plants

Title - Hungry Plants
Author - Mary Batten
Price - $Aus 50                                                   
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2000
Pages - 48 pages, many colored drawings
Comment - A Step Into Reading book Step 4 recommended for Grades 2-3.
 

Killer Plants

Title - Killer Plants
Author - Kerrie Shanahan
Price - $Aus 20    
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 2005
Pages - 24 pages, 26 color photos, including some taken at Triffid Park
Comment - A basic children's book that explains how some plants trap and kill insects.

 

Killer Plants and How to Grow Them

Title - Killer Plants and How to Grow Them
Author - Cheers and Silk
Price - $Aus 100      
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1996
Pages - 32 pages of color drawings
Comment - Beautifully illustrated.  Scarce. A classic in times to come.

 

Killer Plants - The Venus Fly Trap, Strangler Fig, and Other Predatory Plants

Title - Killer Plants - The Venus Fly Trap, Strangler Fig, and Other Predatory Plants
Author - Mycol Doyle
Price - $Aus 75
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1993
Pages - 32 pages, 21 color photos, diagrams
Comment - A good educational book aimed at older children to teenagers.  It demonstrates how carnivorous and parasitic plants work.

 

 

Plants Bite Back

Title - Plants Bite Back
Author - Richard Platt (Children’s Eyewitness Reader)
Price - $Aus 50 
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1999
Pages - 48 pages of color drawings
Comment - Variety of carnivorous, stinging and poisonous plants.  Book collectors only.      

 

Plants Eat Insects - How and Why?

Title - Plants Eat Insects - How and Why?
Author - Elaine Pascoe
Price - $Aus 65                                   
 Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 2002
Pages - 24 pages, 20 color photos
Comment - A basic look at how and why carnivorous plants eat insects.  Book collectors only.

 

Plants Of Prey

Title - Plants Of Prey
Author - Densey Clyne
Price - $Aus 25 
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 Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1992
Pages - 32 pages, 31 color photos
Comment - A beginners book - Autographed by Densey Clyne

 

Sucked In

Title - Sucked In
Author - Errol Broome
Price - $AUS 50
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Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1993
Pages - 32 pages of color photos and drawings
Comment - Carnivorous plant book collectors only.

 

 

FICTION

The Day of the Triffids

Title - The Day of the Triffids
Author - John Wyndham
Price - $Aus 30                                               
Text - English
Cover - Soft cover
Print - 1951
Pages - 272
Comment - Fiction story about the invasion of the earth by carnivorous plants. 

 

The Lost World

Title - The Lost World
Author - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Price - $AUS 50                                               
Text - English
Cover - Hard cover
Print - 1955
Pages - 225
Comment - A fiction adventure story written by the same author as Sherlock Holmes, originally written in 1912 about the tepuis in South America (the area where Heliamphora grow).

 

 

STAMPS

Carnivorous Plants

Title - Carnivorous Plants
Author -
Price - $Aus 50        
Text - English
Cover -
Print -
Pages - 20 x $US 0.34 stamps
Comment - Includes 4 different carnivorous plants.

                                                                  

Long Leaf Pine Forest

Title - Long Leaf Pine Forest
Author -
Price - $Aus 50         
 Text - English
Cover -
Print -
Pages - 10 x $US 0.34 stamps
Comment - Includes carnivorous plants amongst pine forest.         

 

  C.D. ROM     

Insectivorous Plants

Title - Insectivorous Plants
Author - Charles Darwin
Price - $AUS 75                    
Text - English
Cover - CD Rom
Print - 2003
Pages -
Comment - Darwin's work on the carnivorous plants, from 1875, is a remarkable account, not only of the plants themselves, but also of Darwin's exhaustive series of experiments into their physiology, stimuli and reactions. Colin Clayton of Triffid Park finds this CD-Rom facsimile with fully searchable text and hyperlinks one of the easiest research tools that he has used, and highly recommends it.             

 

JIG SAW PUZZLES

Killer Plants - Venus Fly Trap Jigsaw Puzzle

Title - Killer Plants - Venus Fly Trap Jigsaw Puzzle
 Author - Discovery Channel
Price - $Aus 30
 Text -
Cover - Hard cover box
Print -
Pages -
Comment - 250 pieces, ages 8 and up

 

Killer Plants - Alice Sundew Jigsaw Puzzle

Title - Killer Plants - Alice Sundew Jigsaw Puzzle
 Author - Discovery Channel
Price - $Aus 30
 Text -
Cover - Hard cover box
Print -
Pages -
Comment - 250 pieces, ages 8 and up

 

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