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Collectable and Antiquarian Books on Entomology and other Natural History Subjects
Offered here are are selection of recently acquired rare and collectable books, many suitable as Christmas gifts.
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by Curtis, John
Cat No. : 47878, Published : 1824-1829, Illustrations : 290 hand-coloured engraved plates
Hardback £2,700.00
First six volumes only, with plates 1-289, 205* (the complete work consists of 16 volumes and 770 plates). The fine hand coloured engravings each include an insect along with a plant with which it is (more)
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by Sharpe, E.M.B.
Cat No. : 47690, Published : [1898-1902], Illustrations : 44 hand-col plates
Hardback £850.00
Fine illustrated monograph on this group of Pierid butterflies. Originally planned in 24 parts, only 11 were published. The title page and index were issued in 1914. Fine hand-coloured plates are (more)
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by Frohawk, F.W.
Cat No. : 47868, Published : [1946], Illustrations : 48 col plates
Hardback £110.00
Dated 1938, but this is the later reprint (remaining stock of the first printing was destroyed during the second world war). (more)
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by Denny, Henry
Cat No. : 47508, Published : 1825, Illustrations : 14 hand-col plates
Hardback £350.00
First edition. Scarce. Engraved, hand-coloured plates by the author. With dedication page (to William Kirby), and a list of subscribers. This monograph treats the species of the beetle subfamilies (more)
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by Ali, S.
Cat No. : 47199, Published : 1953, Illustrations : 16 col + 6 b/w plates, endpaper maps
Hardback £100.00
This book is based on surveys carried out by the author in 1931-2 and 1947. More than 360 are described, and 101 species illustrated in colour. (more)
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by Badham, Charles David
Cat No. : 47636, Published : 1847, Illustrations : hand-col frontis, 17 hand-col plates, 3 plain plates
Hardback £325.00
First edition. Charles David Badham (1805-1857) was an English naturalist, who wrote several books on insects, fish, and fungi. The present book is said to have introduced many varieties of mushrooms (more)
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by [Bennett, E.T.] (Ed.)
Cat No. : 45567, Published : 1831, Illustrations : numerous woodcut illustrations
Hardback £300.00
Originally published in parts in 1830 by Thomas Tegg & N. Hailes (Vol. I) and John Sharpe (Vol. II), unsold stock of the completed work were bought by Charles Tilt and reissued with new titles in (more)
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by Berry, R.J.; Simms, E.; Webb, N.; Tubbs, C.R.; Page, C.N.; Maitland, P.S.; Campbell, R.N.; Boyd, J.M.; Boyd, I.L.; Davis, B.; Walker, N.; Ball, D.; Chapman, P.; Walters, M.; Majerus, M.E.N.; Marren, P
Cat No. : 46353, Published : 1985-1996, Illustrations : col+b/w illus
Hardback £3,600.00
A set of the New Naturalist 'Golden 14' - All first editions, published in short print runs - the rarest titles in the series. 70: The Natural History of Orkney (1985) by R.J. Berry, and (more)
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by Bewick, Thomas
Cat No. : 47495, Published : 1816, Illustrations : text engravings
Hardback £320.00
Illustrated with wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick: Sold by him, and Longman and Co., London. Vol. I: Land Birds - 6th edition; Vol. II: Water Birds - 4th (more)
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by Cameron, E.
Cat No. : 46521, Published : 1980, Illustrations : 24 col plates
Hardback £225.00
Scarce. The book was issued as a limited edition of 250 signed copies - this is an out-of-series, unnumbered and unsigned copy, sent for review. 24 fine colour plates by the botanical artist (more)
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by Clancy, S.; Top-Jensen, M.; Fibiger, M.
Cat No. : 45834, Published : 2012, Illustrations : 60 col plates, 1200 photos
Paperback £50.00
This field guide contains all 874 species of macromoth occurring naturally in Britain and Ireland. They are listed in a new systematic order and classified using the most recent nomenclature adopted (more)
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by Cooke, M.C.
Cat No. : 47645, Published : 1889, Illustrations : 12 col plates, text figs
Hardback £85.00
Containing all the British ferns. With the foreign species suitable for a fernery. A late-Victorian guide to the study and cultivation of ferns. Scarce. Chromolithographic plates. Publisher's ads (more)
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by Cooper, W.T.; Forshaw, J.M.
Cat No. : 44831, Published : 1979, Illustrations : 60 col plates, b/w illus, maps
£275.00
Reprint. This book was first published in 1977. Fine colour plates by the Australian ornithological artist, William T. Cooper, depict all known species of birds of paradise and bower birds in their (more)
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by Crowson, R.A.
Cat No. : 47760, Published : 1981, Illustrations : b/w photos, 319 text figs, tables (1 folding)
Hardback £350.00
Scarce classic work. (more)
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by Delacour, J.
Cat No. : 47143, Published : 1974, Illustrations : 66 col plates, distribution maps
£120.00
Reprinted 1974 (first published 1954-64). Illustrations by Peter Scott. (more)
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by Elick, D.; Booth, R.
Cat No. : 47685, Published : 1992, Illustrations : 64 col plates (some double-page) + 2 signed col plates
Hardback £250.00
Edition limited to 210 numbered copies. This copy # 92/210. Includes two specially comissioned plates signed by the artist, Raymond Booth. (more)
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by Freude, H.; Harde, K.W.; Lohse, G.A.; Lucht, W.H.
Cat No. : 47871, Published : 1964-2009, Illustrations : text figs
Hardback £650.00
Text German. Systematik 1-13 + Katalogue. Vol. 13 reprint (2009) by Spektrum. Lacking the final two supplementary volumes (14 & 15) of the Systematik series. (more)
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by Field, J.E.
Cat No. : 47189, Published : 1913, Illustrations : b/w frontis, 3 b/w plates
Hardback £50.00
First edition. ‘The first purpose of this work includes a scientific enquiry into the meaning and value of the wide-spread story of the men who pent, or hedged in, the Cuckoo, which appears in the (more)
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by Flintoft, [Joseph]
Cat No. : 46126, Published : [c. 1858]
Hardback £650.00
37 leaves of dried, mounted specimens of ferns and allied plants (clubmosses, horsetail, etc.) found in the Lake District, each with manuscript caption giving Latin name, English name and locality. (more)
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by Geikie, A.
Cat No. : 47522, Published : 1893, Illustrations : folding frontis, 471 text figs
Hardback £75.00
Third edition, revised and enlarged. (more)
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by Gilpin, W.; Lauder, T.D. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 47646, Published : 1834, Illustrations : 20 plain lithographic plates (including map of the New Forest)
Hardback £150.00
A new edition published after the author's death, with additional material and illustrations. This book was first published in 1791 and partly relates to the scenery of the New Forest, Hampshire. (more)
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by Hooker, W.J.
Cat No. : 47194, Published : 1849, Illustrations : tinted lithographic frontis, 1 plain lithographic plate, 43 (7 double-page) folding plates, 1 map
Hardback £1,500.00
Including Spicilegia Gorgonea, by P.B. Webb Esq., and Flora Nigritiana, by Dr. J.D. Hooker, R.N., F.R.S., and George Bentham Esq., with a sketch of the life of Dr. Vogel. First edition. The German (more)
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by Hutchinson, J.; Dalziel, J.M.; Alston, A.H.G.
Cat No. : 47193, Published : 1954-1972, Illustrations : 1 b/w frontis, 2 folding maps, 462 text figs
Hardback £195.00
Second edition. Vols. I-III (in 5 parts), with the Supplement, 'The Ferns and Fern allies of West Tropical Africa' (1959). (more)
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by Jardine, William
Cat No. : 47156, Published : 1838-1843, Illustrations : 4 portrait frontispieces, 4 engraved titles vignettes (2 hand-col), 129 hand-col plates, text engravings
Hardback £260.00
Parts I, III, & IV, first editions. Part II, a later undated re-issue by H.G. Bohn. Complete with all plates as called for. Pt 1: Birds of Prey (1838); Pt II: Incessores (n.d.); Pt III: Rasores and (more)
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by Jardine, William
Cat No. : 47325, Published : 1834, Illustrations : engraved portrait frontis, engraved title, 36 hand-col plates, text woodcuts
Hardback £180.00
This volume contains a memoir of Cuvier with an accompanying engraved portrait. (more)
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by Jardine, William
Cat No. : 47512, Published : 1833-1834, Illustrations : 2 engraved portrait frontis, 2 hand-coloured title vignettes, 64 hand-col plates
Hardback £400.00
Vol. I, title-page dated 1834 (first published 1833), Vol. II, first edition, 1833. Include memoirs of Linnaeus and Pennant with accompanying engraved portraits. Anker 223. (more)
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by Jeffreys, J.G.
Cat No. : 47511, Published : 1862-1869, Illustrations : 5 col frontis-pieces, 102 hand-col + 40 plain plates
Hardback £750.00
First edition, scarce with the 102 plates in Vol. V hand coloured, these more usually being found uncoloured. The 40 plain plates (8 in each volume) are never coloured. Plates by G.B. Sowerby. (more)
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by Kent, W. Saville
Cat No. : 45576, Published : 1880-1882, Illustrations : col frontis, 52 plates
Hardback £300.00
'Including a description of all known Flagellate, Ciliate, and Tentaculiferous Protozoa, Britsih and Foreign, and an Account of the Organization and Affinities of the Sponges.' Vol. I-II: Text; Vol. (more)
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by Lees, E.
Cat No. : 45864, Published : [1868], Illustrations : col frontis
Hardback £75.00
With a succinct account of their geology, physical geography, climate &c.; the precise stations of the rarer plants, and the most interesting localities. Third edition, enlarged and (more)
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by Manwood, John
Cat No. : 45804, Published : 1717
Hardback £350.00
Fourth edition, corrected and enlarged. Manwood had a first version of his book printed for private circulation, in or about 1592, as A Brefe Collection of the Lawes of the Forest; an enlarged (more)
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by Martyn, Thomas
Cat No. : 47491, Published : 1799, Illustrations : 38 hand-col plates
Hardback £325.00
… and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany [addressed to a Lady by the celebrated Jean Jacques Rousseau]. Third edition. Plates drawn and engraved by Fred. P. Nodder. In this (more)
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by McDonald, D.
Cat No. : 47631, Published : n.d. [c. 1900], Illustrations : 16 col plates
Hardback £60.00
With an introduction by W. Robinson. Attractive chromolithographic plates 'prepared by a first-class firm of horticultural printers' [Vincent Brooks, Day & Son] - Author's Preface. (more)
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by Nelson, B.; Thompson, R.
Cat No. : 45722, Published : 2004, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £45.00
Species accounts and images of all the Irish fauna. Chapters on biology, recording, field techniques and photography. Fine colour photos of adults, nymphs and habitats. (more)
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by Newman, E.
Cat No. : 45860, Published : n.d. [c. 1880s], Illustrations : numerous woodcut illustrations in text
Hardback £125.00
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by Peterson, R.; Mountfort, G.; Hollom, P.A.D.
Cat No. : 47287, Published : 1983, Illustrations : 77 col plates, line drawings, 362 maps
Hardback £65.00
4th edition, first printing. Introduction by Julian Huxley. This printing suffered from defective colour reproduction (of 7 plates) due to a technical error, and the publisher produced a booklet (more)
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by Pickford, Grace Evelyn
Cat No. : 45850, Published : 1937, Illustrations : 583 text figs, tables (1 folding)
Hardback £295.00
Rare. Part I of this monograph was originally presented as a PhD dissertation at Yale University. The author spent three years in South Africa making extensive collections. A further six years went (more)
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by Plues, Margaret
Cat No. : 47637, Published : [1866], Illustrations : 16 hand-col plates, text illus
Hardback £55.00
Undated re-issue. Plates by W. Fitch. (more)
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by Plues, Margaret
Cat No. : 47588, Published : [1867], Illustrations : 16 hand-col plates, text illus
Hardback £45.00
Undated re-issue. Plates by W. Fitch. Freeman, 3048. (more)
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by Poynting, F.
Cat No. : 46190, Published : 1895-1896, Illustrations : 54 col plates
Hardback £550.00
First edition. Published in four parts. The completion of the work was prevented by the death of the author. The published section deals with the Limicolae (plovers and sandpipers). The work is (more)
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by Reeve, Lovell
Cat No. : 47635, Published : 1860, Illustrations : 62 hand-coloured lithographic plates
Hardback £700.00
Includes illustrations by G.B. Sowerby (Plates numbered A-I, K-Q, 1-31, XXXII-XXXVII, 38, XXXIX-XLVI). (more)
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by Rhind, W.
Cat No. : 47494, Published : 1868, Illustrations : engraved portrait frontis (of Linnaeus), additional hand-col engraved title-page, 45 steel engraved plates (22 hand-col), numerous wood text engravings
Hardback £285.00
Revised edition, with supplement. Colour plates by W. Fitch. Nissen BBI, 1628. (more)
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by Sowerby, George Brettingham (II)
Cat No. : 47640, Published : 1852, Illustrations : hand-col frontis, 28 hand-col plates, 98 text figs, 2 folding tables
Hardback £350.00
4th edition. Attractive hand-coloured engraved plates by George B. Sowerby Jun. Nissen ZBI, 3910. (more)
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by Walpole-Bond, J.
Cat No. : 47514, Published : 1938, Illustrations : 53 col plates
Hardback £165.00
Complete in 3 volumes. Coloured plates by Philip Rickman. (more)
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by Wood, J.G.
Cat No. : 47258, Published : 1894, Illustrations : 12 col plates, woodcut figs + vignettes to text
Hardback £65.00
13th edition. Colour plates by [G.B.] Sowerby (numbered A-F, H, J-N, as called for). (more)
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