Search Results: Entomology from Natural History Books

Washington: Smithsonian, 1944-1957. First edition. Clean, near fine copy.. Pp. xii, 1492. Early brown cloth (original wrappers from all six parts bound in at rear), lg 8vo. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, no. 185, Parts 1-6. This comprehensive work took the author more than 14 years to complete. Now ownership marks.

Various places, 1871-1959. First edition.. Very good to near fine condition.. Pp. 5000+, numerous line-drawings, photographs, maps and others. Each offprint is separately bound in quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, usually with the original printed wrappers bound in place, 8vo or 4to. The offprints date from the 1870s to the 1950s. Each offprint was indexed by Wallace with a typewritten white label attached to the lower left corner of the front board with the author, title, date and journal listed. The original index card collection for these offprints is not available here. Many of these offprints have the name stamp or signature of Herbert Wallace on the front wrapper or title page. Many offprints are inscribed to Wallace by the authors. Other offprints have the name stamp or signature of other notable researchers in the field. Postage will be extra.

Topeka: Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1943. First edition. Very good copy.. Pp. 440, 464 text-figures and photos, 4 full page color plates. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original color pictorial printed wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture 20, no. 945. From the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace with his signature on the front wrapper.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1889, Ninth Edition. Slight wear to the head and foot of the spine, otherwise a tight, clean, near fine copy.. Pp. xii, 715, 15 plates, 670 woodcuts. Publisher's dark green ribbed cloth with beveled edges, gilt-lettered on the spine with gilt beetle at the base and gilt butterfly on front cover, chocolate brown endpapers, lg 8vo. From the library of George H. Beatty, III with his signature on the title page and name stamp on the endpapers.

Hamilton, IL: Dadant and Sons, 1997. Third printing.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xxv, 1324; numerous black-and-white photos, halftones, line-drawings, and graphs. Publisher’s original wine-red cloth, decorated in gilt on the spine and front cover and boldly lettered in gilt, thick lg 8vo. This new edition follows the tradition of Langstroth on the Hive and Honeybee. From the research collection of Illinois State University naturalist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Occasional underlining to pages 17-217 by Lauren Brown.

Hartford: State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1916, first edition. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with its bookplate on the front endpaper, ink-stamp on the rear endpaper and stamps on the title pages, almost no signs of use; a tight, near fine copy.. Pp. 824, 15 text-figures, 10 plates. Early red pebble cloth, lg 8vo. Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Volume 5, Bulletin 22, Part 3.

Genève: Aubert-Schuchardt, 1892. First edition.. Light marginal browning and a few small tears to the outer margins of the first two pages; otherwise a very good copy.. Pp. 26 (2), 3 fine lithograph plates (colored in green). Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, lg 4to. Early very small name stamp of Frederick M. Gaige, later from the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1954, first edition.. A bright clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. iii, 124 with 17 text-figures. Publisher's printed brown wrappers, 8vo. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 122, Number 9. From the library of George H. Beatty III with his stamp to front and title page.

London: British Museum, 1929. First edition. Near fine copy.. Pp. 50, 51 text-figures, 2 full page maps. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original green printed wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. This is the complete work on grasshoppers. From the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace with his signature on the front wrapper.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. First edition.. A fine, as new, copy.. Pp. (11), 228; numerous color and black-and-white photos, numerous text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher’s original illustrated dark green cloth, the spine is lettered in silver, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. The authors interweave their personal adventures with the social life of ants, building, from their minute observations of childhood, a remarkable account of these abundant insects’ evolutionary achievement. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Urbana: Natural History Survey, 1927. First edition. Tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. (4), 137-309. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original cream-colored printed wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. State of Illinois, Department of Registration and Education, Division of the Natural History Survey, Bulletin of the Illinois, volume 16, article 4. From the private library of Herbert S. Wallace with his name-stamp on the front wrapper.

Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1939. First edition. Bump to bottom edge prior to the binding of the work, a tight and clean very good copy.. Pp. v, 220, numerous text-figures. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original brown printed wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 124 and Pacific Entomological Survey Publication No. 8. Scarce work on the insect fauna of the Marquesas islands. Contains 25 separate papers by noted authorities in the field. From the private library of Herbert S. Wallace with his name stamp and signature on the front wrapper.

Lancaster, PA: The New Era Printing Company, 1910-1924. First edition.. A tight and clean set in near fine condition.. Pp. 205; 259; 386; 400; 387; 460; 300; 427; 529; 520; 347. Early full black pebble cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine + original pale green printed wrappers (for Part IV), lg 8vo. This is a complete set of this monumental taxonomic work on the Coleoptera. Parts I and II are bound together in the first volume; thus all eleven parts of this set are presented in 10 volumes (Part IV is in the original wrappers as issued). It is very rare to find a complete set in uniform bindings. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on the front endpaper, museum ink stamp on the rear endpaper and white call number on the spine; no signs of use.

Madrid: Imprenta de Fortanet, 1884. First edition.. Yellow wrappers a little worn on edges, one outer corner of text with slight wear; a very good copy.. Pp. 5-73, 3 full page lithograph plates. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original yellow plain wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. Anales de la Soc. Espanola de Hist. nat., volume 13. Old signature of Malcolm Burr on front endpaper, later from the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace.

Albany, New York: C. Van Benthuysen, 1854. First edition.. There is scattered foxing to the endpapers, some light foxing and browning to the plate tissue guards, the hand-colored plates are bright and clean, and the cloth binding is clean and unused; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. viii, 272, 49 full page plates - 46 are hand-colored, 3 are plain. Original blind-stamped and gilt-decorated brown cloth, original yellow endpapers, lg 4to. This volume presents superb hand-colored plates of the butterflies, moths, and other insects of New York. The extensive text section covers descriptions of all of the illustrated insects. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Entomological Club, 1896-1898. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 46. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, 8vo. From: Psyche, Journal of Entomology, volume 7: 323-327, 382-384, 402-403, 407-411, 419-422, 443-445, volume 8: 6-8, 35-37, 50-51, 64-66, 257-260, 269-273, 293-296. This work contains the following parts: Tryxalinae, Parts I, II, IV, V, VI, VII; III; Oadipodinae, Parts I, II, III, IV; Acridiinae, Parts II, III, IV. This volume is inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Name stamps of Irving J. Cantrall on one part and Wm. Beutenmuller two parts as well as on the front endpaper. This work is from the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace. Unusual collection on the Acrididae (the predominate family of grasshoppers) compiled and bound by Herbert Wallace.

London (1956), 1962.. Some foxing at the beginning and end of the text, otherwise a very good copy in a new binding.. Pp. 322, 115 text-figures. New cloth, lg 8vo.

London: Methuen & Co. LTD., 1958. First edition with minor corrections.. A near fine copy.. Pp. xix, 322, 115 text-figures. Publisher’s green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. This volume is an introduction to parasitology divided into two parts, The Parasites and The Host and its Reactions. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown.

Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1936.. A near fine copy.. Pp. 103; 28 text-figures (line-drawings of wings). Original printed pale green wrappers, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume 70, no. 9. The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their escape habit of running rapidly across a surface rather than taking to the wing (from Wiki). No ownership marks.

Philadelphia: Academy of Sciences, 1959. First edition.. Near fine copy.. Pp. 163. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original light brown printed wrappers bound in place), 8vo. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 111. The Romaleidae are also called the lubber grasshoppers. This work is from the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace.