THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FLIES by OLDROYD, HAROLD - 1964

W. W. Norton & Company, 1966. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1965. From jacket: "Flies are the most formidable of man's insect enemies..." Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out; jacket covered with mylar. 324 pages with black and white photographs and illustrations. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First American. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1964. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1964. No Edition Remarks. 324 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates.Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Strong tanning to spine and edges.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1966. The book has the library name stamped on the top, bottom and right side edges. The library card sleeve is pasted on the front inside cover. The cover has some surface wear and the library numbers stickered and taped on the lower area of the spine. . First Printing. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

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Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1964. No Edition Remarks. 324 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing.

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New. Flies that have any direct effect on Man are only a small proportion of the eighty to one hundred thousand species which constitute the Order Diptera. "To discuss adequately a group so rich and varied it is necessary to particularize, mentioning the names of species, genera, families or larger groups," writes Professor Oldroyd. Yet, he has tried to present more of a picture of flies in evolution than a discussion of classification and arrangement. Part One is a general description of flies and their life histories: eggs, larvae, pupae, and adult flies. Part Two surveys the flies in sixteen groups, in what appears to be an ascending order of evolution, as seen from the viewpoint of natural history. "When I point out similarities of habit I do not necessarily wish to maintain that the flies concerned are closely related," he writes. "On the contrary, it cannot be overemphasized that flies have made the same evolutionary experiments again and again, and… Read More

W. W. Norton & Company, 1966. Paperback. New. 372 pages. 7.90x4.90x1.20 inches.