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A Complete History of the Butterflies and Moths of Sussex. Vol. 1-4

by Pratt, C.R.

Cat No. : 57901, Published : 2011-2015, Illustrations : col + b/w photos, distribution maps, charts

Hardback £320.00

Vol. 1: Introduction and the Micro-moths, including the Swifts and Clearwings; Vol. 2: The Pyralids and Plumes, the Butterflies and the Geometer Moths; Vol. 3: The Hawks to the Fan-foots; Vol. 4: (more)

Index Entomologicus: or, a Complete Illustrated Catalogue … of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain

by Wood, W.

Cat No. : 57116, Published : 1839, Illustrations : 54 hand-coloured plates

Hardback £395.00

First edition. Originally published in parts 1833-1838. Scarce. The hand-coloured plates include 1950 figures of butterflies and moths.

Horn-Schenkling 24425; Nissen ZBI 4458. (more)

Les Papillons: leur histoire, la manière de leur faire la chasse et de les conserver; Ouvrage amusant et instructif, Orné de Figures représentant un choix des plus beaux Papillons d'Europe. Dédiée à la Jeunesse

by [Balland, Eugène Amédée]

Cat No. : 57113, Published : 1823, Illustrations : hand-col engraved frontis, 6 hand-col engraved plates

Hardback £450.00

First edition. The original wrappers illustrate collecting equipment. The charming frontispiece shows three young people engaged in collecting and preparing butterfly specimens. The attractive (more)

The Life Histories of Asian Butterflies. Vol. I

by Igarashi, S.; Fukuda, H.

Cat No. : 33231, Published : 1997, Illustrations : 317 col plates, maps

Hardback £350.00

Text Japanese/English. Covers 302 species and 119 genera of 8 families. A superb book - the high quality colour plates illustrate early stages, foodplants and adults. (more)

Butterflies of Tanzania [with] Kielland's Butterflies of Tanzania - Supplement

by Kielland, J.; Congdon, C.; Collins, S.

Cat No. : 33218, Published : 1990, 1997, Illustrations : 68 col plates, 179 figs; 5 col plates, 1 col photo portrait of author, line drawings

Hardback £150.00

Butterflies of Tanzania by J. Kielland (Hill House, 1990), Supplement by C. Congdon & S. Collins (A.B.R.I.-Lambillionea, 1997). (more)

An Introduction to the Moths of South East Asia

by Barlow, H.S.

Cat No. : 33223, Published : 1982, Illustrations : col frontis, 50 col plates, 72 line drawings

Hardback £50.00

Colour plates of set specimens by Bernard d'Abrera. Line drawings of genitalia. (more)

A Monograph of the Birdwing Butterflies. Vol. 2: The Genera Trogonoptera, Ripponia & Troides

by Haugum, J.; Low, A.M.

Cat No. : 33232, Published : 1982-1985, Illustrations : 16 col plates, 437 text figs

Hardback £125.00

The Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the Ethiopian Region. Vol. I-III

by Oldroyd, H.

Cat No. : 57415, Published : 1952-1957, Illustrations : b/w plates, text figs, maps

Hardback £75.00

Vol. I. Haematopota and Hippocentrum; Vol. II. Tabanus and related genera; Vol. III. Chrysopinae, Scepsidinae and Pangoniinae (more)

British Flies. Vol. V: Stratiomyidae and succeeding Families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain

by Verrall, G.H.

Cat No. : 57432, Published : 1909, Illustrations : b/w frontis, 406 text figs

Hardback £160.00

First edition. Scarce. Includes 'Systematic List of the Palaearctic Diptera Brachycera'. (more)

British Flies VI: Empididae

by Collin, J.E.

Cat No. : 57489, Published : 1961, Illustrations : 1 b/w portrait frontis, 317 text figs

Paperback £75.00

Complete set of the paperback edition in 3 parts. (more)

British Flies. Vol. VIII: Platypezidae, Pipunculidae and Syrphidae of Great Britain

by Verrall, G.H.

Cat No. : 57428, Published : 1901, Illustrations : portrait frontis (J.W. Meigen), 458 text figs

Hardback £160.00

Illustrations by J.E. Collins. Includes 'Catalogue of the Platypezidae of the European District with References and Synonymy' (first published 1900). (more)

Flies of the Nearctic Region Vol. V, Pt 13, No 1-6: Bombyliidae

by Hall, J.C.; Evenhuis, N.L.

Cat No. : 57443, Published : 1980-1987, Illustrations : 499 text figs

Paperback £175.00

First six (of seven) published parts. (more)

Armored Scale Insects: Their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. World Crop Pests Vol. 4A-B

by Rosen, D. (Ed.)

Cat No. : 57537, Published : 1990, Illustrations : numerous b/w photos + line drawings

Hardback £360.00

An account of armored scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididas), a family of highly specialized insects, many of which are important agricultural pests. Being sedentary, colonial and rather cryptic, (more)

Soft Scale Insects: Their Biology, Natural Enemies, and Control World Crop Pests 7A-B

by Ben-Dov, Y.; Hodgson, C.J. (Eds)

Cat No. : 57535, Published : 1997, Illustrations : b/w photos + line drawings

Hardback £360.00

Provides comprehensive information on soft scale insects (Coccidae). The majority of species are pests of agricultural crops. Includes an account of the morphology, systematics, phylogeny, biology, (more)

Naturalists' Handbooks 1-10, 12-23, 26-27

by

Cat No. : 57401, Published : 1986-1999, Illustrations : col + b/w plates, text figs

Hardback £240.00

24 volumes from the Naturalists' Handbook series: 1: Insects on Nettles (2nd ed.); 2: Grasshoppers (2nd ed.); 3: Solitary Wasps (2nd ed.); 4: Insects on Thistles (2nd ed.); 5: Hoverflies; 6: (more)

Beetles Butterflies Moths and other Insects: A Brief Introduction to their Collection and Preservation

by Kappel, A.W.; Kirby, W.E.

Cat No. : 57124, Published : 1893, Illustrations : 12 col plates, text figs

Hardback £50.00

Fourth thousand. Chromolithographic plates.

Freeman 2055. (more)

Field Sketches

by Warren, Michael

Cat No. : 56861, Published : 1998, Illustrations : col illus throughout

Hardback £135.00

Leatherbound edition, limted to 50 signed and numbered copies (this copy, No. 24). Includes an original pencil and watercolour sketch (105x149mm) of a pair of terns, initialed by Michael (more)

The Birds of Staffordshire Pt I-IX

by Smith, T.

Cat No. : 57419, Published : 1930-1938

Hardback £120.00

Issued as Appendices 1-9 to the Transactions and Annual Report of the North Staffordshire Field Club, Vol. LXIV, 1930 to Vol. LXXII, 1938. Reprinted from Transactions of the North Staffs. Field (more)

The Birds of Breconshire

by Phillips, E. Cambridge

Cat No. : 55521, Published : 1882, Illustrations : engraved frontis

Hardback £95.00

Originally published as a series of five papers in The Zoologist (1881-1882), and here reprinted in book-form for private circulation. Scarce. (more)

The House Sparrow (New Naturalist Monograph 19)

by Summers-Smith, J.D.

Cat No. : 57383, Published : 1967, Illustrations : col frontis, 24 b/w plates, text figs

Hardback £75.00

Reprint (first published 1963). (more)

British Cage Birds

by Wallace, R.L.

Cat No. : 56891, Published : n.d. [1886], Illustrations : 32 plates (15 col), wood engravings to text

Hardback £110.00

Scarce. Illustrated with plates by A.F. Lydon, 15 fine colour-printed and finished by hand. Undated issue; Mullens & Swann give 1886, but McLean gives 1887, while the publisher's catalogue at the (more)

British Bird Life being popular sketches of every species of bird now regularly nesting in the British Isles

by Westell, W. Percival

Cat No. : 57357, Published : 1908, Illustrations : col frontis, text illus, b/w photos

Hardback £35.00

Popular edition (first published 1905). (more)

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Vol. 1-7

by Marchant, S.; Higgins, P.J.; Davies, S.J.J.F.; Peter, J.M.; Steele, W.K.; Cowling, S.J. (Eds)

Cat No. : 57386, Published : 1990-2006, Illustrations : 413 col plates, line drawings, distribution maps

Hardback £2,250.00

Vol. 1 Rarities to Ducks, Part A: Ratites to Petrels; Part B: Australian Pelican to Ducks; Vol. 2: Raptors to Lapwings; Vol. 3: Snipe to Pigeons; Vol. 4: Parrots to Dollarbird: Vol. 5: (more)

The Birds of Derbyshire

by Whitlock, F.B.

Cat No. : 55550, Published : 1893, Illustrations : 5 photographic plates, text fig, folding map

Hardback £220.00

Annotated, with numerous additions, by A.S. Hutchinson. First edition. Corrigenda slip tipped in at front. Frederick Whitlock (1850-1953), was an English ornithologist and oologist. He started work (more)

Letters from Alabama, (U.S.) chiefly relating to Natural History

by Gosse, P.H.

Cat No. : 57280, Published : 1859, Illustrations : wood engravings to text

Hardback £350.00

Text engravings, some by Whimper (or Whymper), or by Gosse (initialled P.H.G.). Gosse spent nearly eight months in Alabama, and his account of its natural history (especially entomology) is perhaps (more)

Ailsa Craig Its history and natural history

by Lawson, R.

Cat No. : 55462, Published : 1895, Illustrations : 11 b/w illus, folding map

Hardback £75.00

Second edition, enlarged. Scarce. A fascinating account of Ailsa Craig, an island in the outer Firth of Clyde. Chapters include a history of visitors to the island, ownership, history, topography, (more)

Report on the British Annelida

by Williams, T.

Cat No. : 57399, Published : 1852, Illustrations : 10 plain plates

Hardback £35.00

British Association for the Advancement of Science pp. 159-272. (more)

The Natural History of Tutbury. Together with the Fauna and Flora of the District surrounding Tutbury and Burton-on-Trent

by Mosley, Oswald; Brown, Edwin

Cat No. : 54454, Published : 1863, Illustrations : 6 col + 3 plain plates

Hardback £350.00

First edition. Scarce. Five plates depict landscapes, or rural scenes and are printed in colour by Hulmandel & Walton; remaining lithographic plates printed by W. West, one, hand-coloured, of a (more)

Contribuitions to the Flora and Fauna of Repton and Neighbourhood

by Garneys, William et al.

Cat No. : 54271, Published : 1881, Illustrations : engraved frontis, folding map

Hardback £60.00

Second revised and enlarged edition. Includes the following lists of flora and fauna of Repton, Derbyshire: 'Plants' (by H. Lewis), 'Mosses', 'Birds' (by A.O. Worthington), 'Land and Freshwater (more)

British Mammals. Vol. I-II [Large Paper Edition]

by Thorburn, Archibald

Cat No. : 57137, Published : 1920-1921, Illustrations : 50 mounted colour plates, pen and ink sketches to text

Hardback £950.00

Large paper edition, limited to 155 numbered copies (this set No. 85). Fine colour plates by Archibald Thorburn, mounted on grey card, all with tissue guards. (more)

Ladies' Botany: or a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany. Vol. I-II

by Lindley, John

Cat No. : 57338, Published : [1840], Illustrations : 50 hand-col plates

Hardback £200.00

Vol. I - 4th edition, Vol. II, 2nd edition. Fine hand-coloured plates, most with images of flowers and other structures of two plants. 16-page publisher's catalogue to rear of Vol. II. Both volumes (more)

An Arrangement of British Plants; according to the latest Improvements of the Linnean System; with an easy Introduction to the Study of Botany. Vol. I-IV

by Withering, William

Cat No. : 49651, Published : 1830, Illustrations : 35 engraved plates

Hardback £90.00

Seventh edition, in four volumes: 'Including the most recent discoveries, and numerous enlarged annotations illustrative of the vegetable economy.'

Stafleu & Cowan 18.081. (more)

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter. Vol. I-III

by Darwin, Charles; Darwin, Francis

Cat No. : 55274, Published : 1888, Illustrations : 3 portrait frontispieces, 2 plates, 2 illus

Hardback £270.00

Seventh thousand revised. The first published version of Darwin's autobiography, which went through five printings (of which this is the fifth) in little more than a year. Edited by Sir Francis (more)

Parrots of the World

by Forshaw, J.M.; Cooper, W.T. (Illus.)

Cat No. : 57629, Published : 1973, Illustrations : 158 full-page colour plates, 179 text figs, distribution maps

Hardback £175.00

First edition. Fine colour plates by William T. Cooper illustrate all 340 species and some subspecies (500 birds illustrated). Descriptions of all species / subspecies include taxonomic measurements, (more)

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