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New Books for the Autumn - September 2024
Welcome to our September Newsletter featuring new and forthcoming books for the Autumn.
Now in stock
* Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland 3rd edition
* Click-Beetles of Great Britain and Ireland
* RES Insects: Discover the Science and Secrets Behind the World of Insects
Just published - stock expected shortly
* Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region: Papilionidae 5
* Beetles of Europe - Scarabs, Cockchafers, Rove beetles. Vol. 2: Polyphaga
Now expected in November:
Beetles of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 2: Staphylinidae by Andrew Duff.
The Pemberley Books team are busy preparing for the Amateur Entomologist’s Society Annual Exhibition (at Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5AQ) this Saturday 28th September. We look forward to meeting many of our customers at our stand during the day.
Ian & Julie Johnson and the team at Pemberley Books
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by Ball, S.; Morris, R.
Cat No. : 51408, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 660 col photos, 53 tables 162 maps
Paperback £17.95
£25.00 (Save £7.05)
3rd fully revised and updated edition. A new, improved and updated edition of the bestselling photographic guide Britain's Hoverflies is a beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to the (more)
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by Leraut, G.; Chatenet, G. du
Cat No. : 60928, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : 26 col plates, distribution maps
Hardback £74.00
Text English. This volume covers a portion of the suborder Polyphaga and acts as an identification guide to more than 600 species of European beetles, the majority illustrated in colour. Families (more)
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by Mendel, H.
Cat No. : 58351, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos, distribution maps
Paperback £40.00
Beetles of the closely related families Eucnemidae, Throscidae and Elateridae comprise a group referred to as ‘click-beetles’ throughout this volume. The ‘click’ name arises from their ability to (more)
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by Blackman, S.; Sienkowska, L. (Eds)
Cat No. : 59262, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £19.95
£25.00 (Save £5.05)
Discover the fascinating stories behind 300 species of insects and explore their world. Did you know that insects are essential to life on Earth? Without them we simply couldn't exist - they (more)
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by Racheli, T.; Bozano, G.C.
Cat No. : 60934, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col illus, maps
Paperback £32.00
This is the second and final part of genus Papilio. (more)
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by Chung, A.Y.C.; Bosuang, S.; Chan, C.L.; Peng, T.T.
Cat No. : 60137, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £49.50
Cat No. : 60136, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £55.00
Butterflies have long been admired for their beauty and ecological importance. Borneo, known for its rich biodiversity, is home to over 960 butterfly species, with 81 species unique to the (more)
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by Monastyrskii, A.
Cat No. : 58272, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 34 col plates
Paperback £39.50
The fifth volume in this series on the butterflies of Vietnam covers the family Pieridae. The introduction includes information about the systematics of Pierid butterflies (Whites), morphological (more)
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by Maeckle, M.
Cat No. : 59651, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 20 b/w illus
Hardback £25.95
Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico. Their incredible journey - nearly 3,000 miles long - takes them through Oklahoma, Texas, and other US states, where butterfly (more)
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by Wagner, R.; Ivkovic, M.; Plant, A.
Cat No. : 59363, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : 7 col illus, 49 b/w illus
Paperback £79.99
Text English. This book is an up-to-date synopsis of aquatic dance flies (Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae), insects that have been studied for more than 200 years in Europe. Its publication comes (more)
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by Wynhoff, I.; Swaay, C. van; Vantieghem, P.
Cat No. : 57458, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £32.99
Text Dutch, with multilingual species names in Dutch, English, French and German. 8th completely revised edition. A lot has happened to butterflies in Northwestern Europe in the past ten years. (more)
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by Martin, A.; Linington, S.; Foreman, B.
Cat No. : 59647, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 170+ col photos, col distribution maps
Paperback £20.00
This book updates Dragonflies of Sussex (2005), providing up-to-date information on all species. There have been many changes in the distribution, and some new species arriving since then, and (more)
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by Dalton, C.
Cat No. : 60969, Published : 2024, Illustrations : b/w illus
Hardback £15.99
£18.99 (Save £3.00)
The magical true story of a woman and an injured hare who taught her how to live again. When lockdown led busy professional Chloe to leave the city and return to the countryside of her childhood, she (more)
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by van Duivendijk, N.; Guyt, M.
Cat No. : 59354, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 5500 col photos
Hardback £65.00
£90.00 (Save £25.00)
A groundbreaking two-volume illustrated reference book covering all of Europe's birds. Would you like to be able to identify any bird species in Europe, in all plumages, in every season? This work is (more)
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by Russell, D.G.D.
Cat No. : 56951, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 100+ col photos
Hardback £12.99
Presents charming and wonderfully diverse portraits of bird eggs and nests, each specially selected from specimens held by the Natural History Museum, London. The Museum holds one of the largest and (more)
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by Lowen, J.; Audevard, A.
Cat No. : 59265, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 300 col photos
Paperback £13.99
£16.99 (Save £3.00)
2nd edition. The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of France. France is known for its remarkable scenery, from the Camargue region and the dramatic peaks of the Alps - home to (more)
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by Alderton, D.
Cat No. : 60251, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : c. 600 col photos, 400 range maps
Hardback £40.00
This book is a compelling insight into the 400 living speciesof parrots, covering each with a detailed individual entry. It also discusses the biology and lifestyles of the very social parrots in (more)
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by Carnall, M.
Cat No. : 59654, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : 68 col illus
Hardback £25.00
In 1811, architect, stone mason and shell obsessive George Perry published a lavishly illustrated volume Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells, featuring 348 beautifully illustrated (more)
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by Fortey, R.
Cat No. : 59665, Published : 2024
Hardback £18.99
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The secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildest imaginations, fungi don't obey rules. They pop up unbidden and often dressed in curious reds (more)
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by Seifert, K.
Cat No. : 60268, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : b/w illus
Paperback £11.99
Cat No. : 50038, Published : 2022, Illustrations : b/w illus
Hardback £18.99
This book traces the intricate connections between fungi and all life on Earth to show how these remarkable microbes enrich our lives: from releasing the carbon in plants for the benefit of all (more)
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by Kibby, G.; Docker, S.
Cat No. : 60506, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 42 col illus
Paperback £4.00
The Distinctive grassland fungi guide covers 40 species of spindles, corals, earthtongues, waxcaps, puffballs and more in Britain and Ireland. Specially-drawn colour illustrations highlight the (more)
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by Dorling Kindersley (DK)
Cat No. : 59261, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £35.00
Comprehensive, accessible, and lavishly illustrated, this is an essential and timely guide to the world's key plant and fungus species. Written by specialist experts, Plants and Fungi is a (more)
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by Brewer-Carias, C.
Cat No. : 60932, Published : 2024, Illustrations : 460+ col photos + b/w illus
Hardback £69.99
Over the last sixty years, legendary explorer Charles Brewer-Carías has led more than 200 expeditions to the Lost Worlds (Venezuela’s Tepuy mountains), during which he has been accompanied by more (more)
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by Acton, J.
Cat No. : 60116, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col illus
Hardback £17.99
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What connects Robin Hood, the history of ink, fungi, Shakespeare and sorcery? In Oaklore, Jules Acton, an ambassador for The Woodland Trust, explores the incredibly diverse history of the (more)
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by Seddon, M.; Shreeve, D.
Cat No. : 59269, Published : 2024, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £24.00
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A celebration of the British elm and positive hope for its future. Since the 1970s nearly all elms in the British Isles have proven to be susceptible to outbreaks of Dutch elm disease, with millions (more)
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by Rylands, A.B.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Lynch, J.W.; Jerusalinsky, L.; Strier, K.B.; Cortés-Ortiz, L.; Link, A.; de la Torre, S.; de Melo, F.R.; Canale, G.R.; Boubli, J.P.; Cornejo, F.M.; Sechrest, W.
Cat No. : 60819, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : col illus, col distribution maps
Paperback £26.99
This is the ultimate field guide for identifying and learning about the 217 primate species and subspecies found in South America, Central America, and Mexico. This guide also covers introduced (more)
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by Duff, A.G.
Cat No. : 27107, Published : NOV 2024, Illustrations : 60 col plates (360 photos), b/w photos, b/w line drawings
Hardback £119.00
This volume covers the very large family Staphylomata or rove beetles. An extended Preface provides information on finding rove beetles, collecting equipment, identification tips, rove beetle (more)
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by Rákosy, L.
Cat No. : 56288, Published : OCT 2024, Illustrations : 500 col illus
Paperback £29.95
Through its geographical position, varied topography, particular climate and complex cultural history, Romania has managed to sustain enormously rich biodiversity. Traditional practices, which have (more)
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by Zahradník, P.; Háva, J.
Cat No. : 60632, Published : NOV 2024
Hardback £112.00
The World Catalogue of the Bostrichidae (Coleoptera, Bostrichiformia) contains the list of subfamilies, tribes, genera, subgenera, species and subspecies, including synonyms. This book contains also (more)
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by Lam, E.
Cat No. : 59734, Published : NOV 2024, Illustrations : 1850+ col illus
Paperback £22.50
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A comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to every dragonfly species found in North America. Dragonflies are large and beautiful insects, diverse in color and pattern. This premier field guide (more)
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by Lewis-Stempel, J.
Cat No. : 59668, Published : OCT 2024, Illustrations : b/w line illus, b/w map
Hardback £22.00
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Our countryside is iconic: a series of distinctive habitats that unite to create a landscape that is unique for the rich diversity of our flora and fauna. In England, his most magisterial book (more)
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by Kearney, H.
Cat No. : 60113, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : col photos, text figs
Hardback £22.00
Expert beekeeper and swarm-catcher Hilary Kearney offers a unique window into the social lives and biology of these remarkable creatures, accompanied by the photos of world-renowned bee photographer (more)
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by Whelan, P.
Cat No. : 60608, Published : SEP 2024, Illustrations : 6000 col photos, b/w photos, col + b/w illus, col distribution maps
Paperback £75.00
2 volumes. A comprehensive guide to lichens and lichenology. Vol. I: Biology & Ecology, Crustose & Cladonia descriptions. Vol. II: Foliose, Fruticose, Filamentous, Squamulose & (more)
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by Kühn, R.; Pedersen, H.Æ.; Cribb, P.
Cat No. : 58502, Published : OCT 2024, Illustrations : 2000 col plates, 300 maps
Paperback £32.00
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Second edition. An updated, comprehensive guide to the orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean region. Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 2nd edition is a (more)
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