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We are pleased to present some recent acquistions on a range of natural history topics

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	Notes on the Transformations of some South African Lepidoptera [Pts 1 + 2] by Fawcett, J.M. Cat No. : 43698, Published : 1901-1903, Illustrations : 7 col plates Paperback £100.00 Trans. Zool. Soc. 1901, Vol. XV-Pt 6: 291-3191 + 1903 Vol. XVII-Pt 2: 165-190. Fine chromolithographs by the author, printed by West, Newman. James Farish Malcolm Fawcett born c.1856, studied at the (more)

	A History of British Butterflies by Morris, F.O. Cat No. : 43039, Published : 1868, Illustrations : 71 hand-col plates, 2 plain plates Hardback £245.00 Early reissue (first published 1853). The present book was the standard butterfly book of the second half of the 19th-centruy, and today is considered a lepidopterological classic. Text and plates (more)

	Butterflies of the Australian Region by d'Abrera, B. Cat No. : 43700, Published : 1971, Illustrations : colour photos throughout Hardback £125.00 1st edition of the first volume of this monumental series of illustrated works covering the world butterfly fauna. (more)

	Papillons Portfolio of four colour plates (pochoirs) of decorative butterfly designs. by Séguy, Émile Alain Cat No. : 44034, Published : [1925], Illustrations : 4 col plates £750.00 The Papillons portfolio consisted of twenty prints which included four plates of decorative compositions. Presented here are the four decorative prints only, with some images heightened in (more)

	Catalogue des Coléoptères du Département du Nord by Norguet, A. de Cat No. : 43333, Published : 1863 Hardback £100.00 Text French. Extracted from Mem. Soc. Imp. Sc. Agr. Lille. (more)

	The Colorado Potato Beetle illustrated and described by Wilson, A. Cat No. : 17278, Published : [1877], Illustrations : 2 col plates Hardback £65.00 Undated, the British Library gives date of publication as 1877. This is the same year that the beetle was first recorded from the United Kingdom. Scarce pamphlet. (more)

	Notes sur les Coleopteres de l'Anjou by Perraudiere, R. de la Cat No. : 43344, Published : 1911 Hardback £50.00 Tet French. (more)

	Revision of Click Beetles of Genus Melanotus in America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Elateridae) by Quate, L.W.; Thompson, S.E. Cat No. : 43343, Published : 1967, Illustrations : 1 plate, 12 figs Hardback £25.00 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 121. (more)

	New Zealand Beetles and their Larvae: An Elementary Introduction to the Study of our Native Coleoptera by Hudson, G.V. Cat No. : 41269, Published : 1934, Illustrations : 17 col plates Hardback £75.00

	British Flies. Vol. V: Stratiomyidae and succeeding Families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain by Verrall, G.H. Cat No. : 43507, Published : 1909, Illustrations : b/w frontis, 406 text figs Hardback £145.00 Scarce original edition. Includes 'Systematic List of the Palaearctic Diptera Brachycera'. (more)

	A Preliminary List of Durham Diptera, with Analytical Tables by Wingate, W.J. Cat No. : 43381, Published : 1906, Illustrations : 7 plates Hardback £75.00 Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Northumberland, Durham & Newcastle-upon-Tyne (New Series). Vol. II. (more)

	Etudes sur les Mouches Parasites. Tome 1-2 by Seguy, E. Cat No. : 43737, Published : 1928-1941, Illustrations : 6 plates, 741 text figs Hardback £195.00 Complete in two volumes: Tome 1: Conopides, Oestrides et Calliphorines de l'Europe occidentale; Tome 2: Calliphorides. Calliphorines (suite), Sarcophagines et Rhinophorines de l'Europe occidentale et (more)

	Dragonflies (New Naturalist 41) by Corbet, P.S.; Longfield, C.; Moore, N.W. Cat No. : 43502, Published : 1960, Illustrations : 24 col + 8 b/w plates Hardback £175.00 First edition. (more)

	The Hemiptera-Homoptera (Cicadina and Psyllina) of the British Islands by Edwards, J. Cat No. : 43970, Published : 1896, Illustrations : 2 plain + 28 hand-col plates Hardback £185.00 Scarce large paper, illustrated edition. (more)

	Instructions to Young Naturalists II Insects by Newman, L.H. Cat No. : 43328, Published : 1958, Illustrations : b/w plates Hardback £25.00 The Brompton Library. (more)

	The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands by Saunders, E. Cat No. : 43462, Published : 1896, Illustrations : 51 hand-col + 3 plain plates Hardback £450.00 Rare large paper edition, with hand coloured plates. (more)

	Heteropteres Aquatiques Faune de France 61 by Poisson, R. Cat No. : 43640, Published : 1957, Illustrations : 185 text figs Hardback £85.00 Scarce. (more)

	The Type Material of I. C. Fabricius by Zimsen, E. Cat No. : 43606, Published : 1964, Illustrations : portrait frontis, 1 b/w photo Hardback £45.00 Contains a list of all the Fabrician types. Included are also the Lund types of beetle family Brenthidae, and also the Weber types. (more)

	Index Molluscorum Litora Scandinaviae Occidentalia Habitantium. Faunae Prodromum by Loven, S. Cat No. : 16664, Published : 1846, Illustrations : text fig Hardback £75.00 Text Latin. Includes 345 species, some described for the first time. Offprint from Ofversigt af K. Vet. Akad. Forh. (more)

	British and Irish Salmonidae by Day, Francis Cat No. : 41789, Published : 1887, Illustrations : 12 plates (9 col), text figs Hardback £200.00 First edition. With fine chromolthograpic illustrations drawn by the author and coloured from nature by Miss Florence Woolward. Freeman 945. (more)

	Identification of Snakes of the Gold Coast by Leeson, F. Cat No. : 43434, Published : 1950, Illustrations : 33 plates (9 col), 65 text figs (13 col) Hardback £55.00 Scarce. (more)

	Wanderings of a Naturalist by Gordon, S. Cat No. : 43149, Published : 1921, Illustrations : 78 b/w photos Hardback £45.00 First edition. Some chapters first published in the Scotsman, the Times, Country Life and Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Deals chiefly with the highlands of (more)

	The Origin of Species by means of natural selection by Darwin, Charles Cat No. : 42095, Published : 1906, Illustrations : portrait frontis, 1 double-page plate Hardback £25.00 Editorial note by JWM[atthews]. Freeman, 500. (more)

	Life of a Scotch Naturalist, Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society by Smiles, Samuel Cat No. : 42177, Published : 1897, Illustrations : portrait frontis, b/w plates, text illus, maps Hardback £50.00 Popular edition. 'After a life of hard work, Thomas Edward [1814-1886] remained comparatively unknown, except to the natives of Banff. […] He had discovered, by much labour and perseverance, many (more)

	The Surface-History of the Earth by Joly, J. Cat No. : 43834, Published : 1925, Illustrations : frontis, 8 b/w plates, 4 full page figs, 11 text figs, folding col map at rear Hardback £35.00 First edition. (more)

	Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' round the World under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N. by Darwin, Charles Cat No. : 42116, Published : 1891, Illustrations : portrait frontis, 15 b/w plates, text figs Hardback £125.00 Tenth edition (from the corrected and enlarged edition of 1845). With a biographical introduction by G.T. Bettany (editor of The Minerva Library of Famous Books series). Freeman 66. (more)

	Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa by Gunn, M.; Codd, L.E. Cat No. : 42353, Published : 1981, Illustrations : col frontis, b/w illus Hardback £125.00 An illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora. Biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in southern Africa from the days of the East India (more)

	An Analysis of the British Ferns and Their Allies by Francis, G.W. Cat No. : 43340, Published : 1850, Illustrations : engraved title, 9 plain plates, text figs Hardback £55.00 4th edition. Includes an Appendix on Cultivation of Ferns. 8-page publisher's catalogue bound at rear dated July, 1849. Freeman 1259. (more)

	Die Vögel Süd-Georgiens, nach der Ausbeute der deutschen Polarstation in 1882 und 1883 / Die von Dr. G.A. Fischer auf der im Auftrage der geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg unternommen Reise in das Massai-Land gesammelten Säugethiere by Pagenstecher, A. Cat No. : 23213, Published : 1885, Illustrations : 2 chromolitho. plates by J.F. Richter Hardback £75.00 Offprint from Jahrbuch der wissenschaftlichen Anstalten zu Hamburg II. Beilage zum Jahresberichte über das Nauthistorische Museum zu Hamburg für 1884 (more)

	The Birds of South Africa by Layard, E.L.; Sharpe, R. Bowdler Cat No. : 42513, Published : 1875-1884, Illustrations : 12 hand-col plates Hardback £850.00 New [second] edition, revised and augmented by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Greatly enlarged from the unillustrated first edition of 1867. Sharpe rewrote much of the original text, and identified several new (more)

	Mr. Gould's Tropical Birds by Mannering, E. (Ed.) Cat No. : 43479, Published : 1964, Illustrations : 24 col plates Paperback £75.00 Reprint (1st published 1955). With 24 colour plated selected from John Gould's Folios together with descriptions of the birds taken from his original text. (more)

	Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks by Del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (Eds) Cat No. : 43549, Published : 2006, Illustrations : 64 col plates, 382 col photos, 568 col distribution maps Hardback £75.00 This first volume of the series covers the following families: ostrich; rheas; cassowaries; emu; kiwis; tinamous; penguins; divers; grebes; albatrosses; petrels & shearwaters; storm- and (more)

	Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks by Del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (Eds) Cat No. : 43547, Published : 1996, Illustrations : 60 col plates, 384 col photos, 577 colour distribution maps Hardback £75.00 Vol. 9 of this landmark series covers 30 families (including cranes, bustards, rails, gulls, terns and waders), and is one of the larger ones of the whole series. (more)

	Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds by Del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (Eds) Cat No. : 43556, Published : 1999, Illustrations : 76 col plates, 406 photos, 758 maps Hardback £75.00 Volume 5 covers families Tytonidae (Barn-owls), Strigidae (Typical Owls), Steatornithidae (Oilbird), Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjars), Podargidae (Frogmouths), Nyctibiidae (Potoos), Caprimulgidae (more)

	Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes by Del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A. (Eds) Cat No. : 43558, Published : 2005, Illustrations : 81 col plates, 427 photos, 737 maps Hardback £75.00 Volume 10 covers the following families: Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae), Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae), Leafbirds (Chloropseidae), Fairy-bluebirds (Irenidae), Ioras (Aegithinidae), Silky-flycatchers (more)

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