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(Mushrooms) Ramsbottom, John. Poisonous Fungi

$65

Illus. with 16 color plates of mushrooms by Rose Ellenby. Pictorial boards. First Edition. London: King Penguin, 1945.

A beautifully illustrated guide to the poisonous mushrooms of Britain, with extensive descriptions of each species by Ramsbottom, and notes on how to distinguish them from their edible cousins in the forest. Chipping along spine; owner's name (dated 1949) to front free endpaper, else very good - colorful and bright.