Search Results: Lepidoptera from Loe Books

Farrington: E. W. Classey Ltd, 1978. Book. Illus. by A. D. A. Russwurm. Fine. Hardcover. 4to [26 x 19 cm]. 151 pages, 40 coloured plates, Illustrated by the author. Original dust jacket fine, price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

London: The British Museum, 1968. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to. Autographed by the author to the front cover "With Compliments G. E. T." 8 colour plates. Original printed card covers, very good, with minimal wear, contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy. (Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Entomology).

Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio (32 x 25 cm). The English edition. 2 volumes (text & plates). Pp. (text) viii, 1139, [1]; (plates) pp. vi, [4], + 202 very fine chomolithographed plates [the title states there are 203 plates, but the plates are numbered from 1 to 194, but the following 'B', 'C' and 'D' plates are also present: 100B, 101B, 102B & 102C, 110B, 120B & 120D, and 113B making a total of 202 plates, so possibly 110C is missing. Note that plate 190 is bound at p. 1056 in the text volume]. Bound in contemporary or slightly later red buckram with gilt lettering to the spine, good and strong, a little worn and marked with some rubbing to edges, gilt dulled to the spine. Contents clean and tight, plates all very good, plates 146,147, 156, 157 & 165-169 with slight staining to the top margin, but not affecting the printed part. A very good copy. [Bibliographic note: the text volume includes two title pages… Read More

Colchester, Essex: Harley Books, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 4to. 432 pages. " A history of British Butterflies cannot be separated from that of their collectors, since our knowledge of them is the result of four hundred years of collection and study..." A fine book about the great and lesser known lepidopterists. A fine copy, contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions..

Colchester, Essex: Harley Books, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 4to. 432 pages. " A history of British Butterflies cannot be separated from that of their collectors, since our knowledge of them is the result of four hundred years of collection and study..." A fine book about the great and lesser known lepidopterists. A fine copy, contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions..

Queensland: Frith & Frith Books, 1991. Book. Fine. Paperback. Second Printing. 4to. Photography by Clifford & Dawn Frith. 70 pages, 129 photographs of 118 species of Australian tropical butterflies. Covers very good with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy. An excellent photographic guide..

London Book. Illus. by Rotheram, E. M.. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 112, colour photographic plates throughout with distribution maps. Dust jacket good with some general wear, a couple of tears, now protected in an archival sleeve. Original laminated board binding very good with minimall wear. Contents clean and tight, inscription. A very good copy..

Queensland: Frith & Frith Books, 1991. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 4to. Photography by Clifford & Dawn Frith. 70 pages, 129 photographs of 118 species of Australian tropical butterflies. Covers very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing, crease to lower corner. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A good-very good copy. An excellent photographic guide..

Paris: Cabinet Entomologique E. Le Moult, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio (32 x 25 cm). The French edition (text in French) with the publisher's label pasted to the title page. 2 volumes (complete text & plates) Pp. [12], 663 + typescript on thick paper titled "Index to genera" bound in at the rear. The plate volume includes 104 chromolithographed plates numbered 1-100 but with additional plates 55B, 55C, 56B & 56C. The standard of printing of the plates is outstanding many heightened with metalic inks. Bound in later plain faux-leather blue cloth, without titling. Very good with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight. A very good set of volume X covering the Bombyces and the hawkmoths. [Bibliographic note: the general title page is dated 1908, the title page for Vol. X is undated but the first part of the text is dated 1911and the last part of the text is dated 1930. The German and English editions of vol. X were completed in 1933 with around 900… Read More

London: George Routledge,, 1843. Book. Very Good. Hardback. 16mo (9 x 15cm). Pp. 222; 48 hand-coloured plates. Contemporary binding of half black calf over marbled boards, red title label to spine. Very good, light rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, plates clean. A very good copy..

London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pages; numerous colour illustrations. Original dust jacket fine with a little general wear, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a fine jacket..

London: Princeton University Press, 2013. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 224 pages, numerous colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Original softcover binding, fine, now with removable protective sleeve. Contents clean and tight, unmarked. A fine tight copy. .

Sheffield: Birdguides, 2008. Book. Very Good. New Edition. This DVD-ROM reference guide provides comprehensive multimedia coverage of all 61 butterfly species that regularly occur in Britain and Ireland (including the recently split Réal's Wood White). This new edition contains over 200 video clips presented using the latest high-quality digital video technology and filmed by professional natural history cameraman Derek Budd. 100 beautiful still photographs have been added, all maps updated with the latest distribution data and the text species accounts revised. You can easily compare any species side by side, with simultaneous video and wonderful illustrations by Richard Lewington. There are also evocative spoken commentaries for every species by naturalist Richard Williamson. Plus, it's now possible to add your own content such as notes, photos or even video all automatically integrated with the published assets for each species..

London: Lovell Reeve & Co. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo. No date circa 1900? pp. 292, 16 b/w plates. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering, very good, slightlty marked and rubbed. Contents clean, no inscriptions, no foxing. A very good copy. Bibliographical note: this work was issued in a number of formats over a long period, by a number of publishers; in this particular copy the plates are uncoloured..

London: Collins, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fisrt Edition. Small 4to. Pp. 47, [1]; 8 Colour plates + black & white illustrations. Dust jacket very good with some rubbing and wear, mostly to edges, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Contents clean and tight, previous owner's initials to front end paper. A very good first edition copy..

A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1926. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. 87pp. In The Peeps at Nature Series, Blue decorated boards, col & b/w illust. A useful little guide, that remained a standard work for many years..

London: Chapman & Dodd, Ltd. Book. Illus. by Meyer, Doris. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. xv 106 pp, c. 1930, spine slightly faded, blind stamped decor to frnt brd and spine, blue blind stamped titling to frnt brd and spine, clr frontis, some slight foxing, b/w drawings throughout, contents tight, a very good copy..

London: Collins, 1985. Book. Illus. by Ovenden, Hargreaves, Allington, Wilkinson. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 315 pages with numerous colour plates throughout. Laminated hardcovers fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions or markings, appears unread, a fine copy..

United Kingdom: Pisces Publications, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to. pp. xii, 196 , colour illustrations & distribution maps throughout. Original dust jacket fine. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, signed to the title page by the author, no inscriptions. A fine bright signed copy, virtually as new..

London: Collins, 1983. Book. Illus. by Brian Hargreaves. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 256. With numerous colour illustrations. Laminated softcover near fine. Contents clean and tight, A near fine first edition copy..