Insects & Spiders
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The Abc and Xyz Of Bee Culture
by A I Root
A cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee: bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. Facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee-keepers, and afterward verified in our apiary. (Subtitle of the 1910 edition.)
A Field Guide To Insects
by Borror- Donald J / White- Richard E
Find what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guides—their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,300 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from another - include size lines to show the actual length of...
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Insects & Spiders Books & Ephemera
Moths
by FORD, E.B
London: Collins, 1972 The book is bright and firm , the dj (clipped) is bright but with slight wear to the edges and abrasions to the verso (from the removal of a defective protector)
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£10.00
Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration
by Hölldobler, Bert and Edward O. Wilson
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed by Wilson with his drawing of an ant. Uncommon signed. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; Insects; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0674485254. ISBN/EAN: 9780674485259. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon...
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£546.28
The Hemiptera-Homoptera (Cicadina and Psyllina) of the British Isles
by Edwards, J
L. Reeve and Co., 1896. 25.5 x 17.0 cm. Pp. xii, 271, 30 plates. Original cloth, gilt lettering, gilt decoration on upper board. Some slight darkening of paper, small museum stamp on rear free end paper otherwise a clean copy.. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
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£70.00
Chasing Monarchs: Migrating with the Butterflies of Passage
by Robert Michael Pyle
Paperback / softback. New. Pyle's classic account of discovery along the migration trail of monarch butterflies is part natural history, part road trip adventure
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£35.77
Papilion. Exotic
by [ButterflyMoth Engraving] Bock, I.C
Germany, 1780. Lovely 18th century copperplate engraving with period handcolor of butterfly/moth. Approx. 8x10 1/2". Most likely from Johan Cristoph Esper's "Die Schmetterlinge in Abbil-dungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen", published between 1777 and 1801. Very good condition. Title of this print "Papilion. Exotic. Tab. XXIX, illustrating the Achatiades and Protenor species.
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£141.63
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Vol 104, Parts 3 & 4 1980
by Tyler, M. [Edited by]
Adelaide: Royal Society of South Australia. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Card covers. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings. Spine a little faded. 42 pages. Natural history and Geological papers presented to the Society. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£6.34
Butterflies of Britain and Europe
by Goodden, Robert & Rosemary
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2003* Publisher: Selectabook Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated wipe-clean soft card covers showing a number of butterflies. No bumps or rubs, shelf wear or reading creases to spine. No damage to hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE*...
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£7.95
Talking With Animals
by Uhlenbroek, Charlotte
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 2002. Small Quarto Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Numbers neatly inked to front free endpaper. vii, 256 pages. A journey of discovery to investigate how and why animals communicate. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Hardback.
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£7.93
Papil. Exotic
by [ButterflyMoth Engraving] Leitner, Joh
Germany, 1780. Lovely 18th century copperplate engraving with period handcolor of butterfly/moth. Approx. 8x10 1/2". Most likely from Johan Cristoph Esper's "Die Schmetterlinge in Abbil-dungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen", published between 1777 and 1801. Title of this print "Papil. Exotic. Tab II" illustrating the Paris and Helenus species.
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£141.63
Beekeeping : The Gentle Craft
by Adams, John F
Avon, c.1973,, 1973. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£8.96
Plant-Feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia : Heteroptera - Part II
by Gordon F. Gross
South Australia: Government Printer, 1976. Continued from Part I (1975), pages 251 to 501 with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£26.43
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
by Sterling, Dorothy
Garden City Doubleday & Co. 1960. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Juvenile nonfiction. Illustrated by Winifred Lubell. First edition..
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£21.04
A Field Guide To The Butterflies Of Africa
by Williams, J.G
Collins, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn. There are creases and closed tears along the edges, and a chip at the top of the spine. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are a little edge worn. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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£8.90
Nature Series, Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects
by Sir John Lubbock
Macmillan & Co., 1874. Fair. 12mo. 180 x 125mm, 108 pages. Detailed line drawings. Book condition: Fair, gilt decorated brown boards have a couple of 'ink' spots on rear cover, ex-lib. (Aldenham School Library) with book bequeathed sticker inside board, name on endpaper, odd numbers on endpapers, mainly firm binding, rubbing to corners and spine with some minor loss. (Not as bad as it sounds!!). Comments: An early study into the origins of the metamorphosis process in insects, the influences and the...
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£20.00
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volume 41, Part 1 : Revision of the Australian Flat Bugs of the Subfamily Mezirinae (Insecta : Hemiptera: Aradidae)
by G.B. Monteith
Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Museum, 1997. 169 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£23.79
FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS
by Jean Henry Fabre; Mrs. Rudolph Stawell;
New York: Tudor Publishing Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. ; Green cloth cover with gilt stamped decor has modest wear to corners and spine caps and light soiling but bright and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Complete with 12 tissue protected tipped-in color plates. .
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£80.93
The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 7, (Part 1) Hesperiidae - Nymphalidae.
by A Maitland Emmet, John Heath(Eds.)
Harley Books, 1989. Very good/Very good. 4to. 260 x 210mm, 370 pages. Colour plates, line drawings, maps. Book condition: Very good, clean green boards, tight binding, no inscriptions, small 'bump' to lower rear corner. Jacket condition: Very good, clean, bright, not faded, not creased, not clipped, light lower corner 'bump', will be protected in removable clear sleeving upon sale. Comments: The 'Bible' for Lepidopterists; a classic high-quality volume from the Harley Books...
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£45.00
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Butterflies
by Dr John Feltwell
Grange Books, 1998. Very good/Very good. Large 4to. 290 x 225mm, 288 pages. Excellent colour photos. Book condition: Very good, clean pictorial boards, tight binding, no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Very good, clean, bright, not faded, not creased, not price-clipped, protected in removable clear sleeving. Comments: A large-format, beautifully illustrated guide to over 1000 species of butterfly worldwide. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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£10.00
Records of the South Australian Museum Volume II No 2
by Edited by the Museum Director [Edgar R. Waite]
Adelaide: of South Australia. 1922. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Original contents bound in facsimile covers. Illustrated with Black & White Plates and Drawings. 171 pages. Includes articles on: 1. two Ziphioid Whales, not previously recorded in South Australia; 2. Description of a New Australian Fish of the Genus Congiopus; 3. Studies in Australian Sharks No. 4; 4. Record of a European Mollusc not previously reported from Australia; 5. Undescribed Crane-Flies in the South Australian...
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£7.93
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) Vol. 64 Part 2 1940
by Womersley, Herbert [Hon Editor]
Adelaide: Royal Society of South Australia. 1940. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings. 395 pages. A range of anthropological, natural history and geological papers. Includes ' Notes on the Sign Language of the Jaralde Tribe of the Lower River Murray, South Australia' by R.M. Berndt and Aboriginal Stone Structures by C P Mountford. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£13.22
Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
by Paul Waring, Martin Townsend
British Wildlife Publishing, 2003. British Wildlife Publishing. 2003 1st edition paperback. Very Good. 215 x 135mm, 432 pages. Excellent colour plates by Richard Lewington, colour photos. Book Condition: Very good, clean, bright, not faded, not creased, tight binding, no inscriptions - a nice clean copy! Comments: A superb comprehensive identification guide for moths, with excellent colour illustrations by Richard Lewington, considered to be something of a 'bible' by moth enthusiasts, and...
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£30.00
Introducing the Insect (Wayside & Woodland S.)
by Urquhart, Fred A
HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Revised.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1965* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, gilt titles & decoration to spine & face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: Illustrated dust wrapper showing various insects, red and dark green titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but with price of £1.80 net scribbled out. Considerable shelf wear to...
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£6.95
The Archaeology Of Beekeeping
by Eva Crane
Tight binding, clean pages, no writing. Light wear to dust jacket (now protected in a clear, mylar sleeve). A very handsome, well-preserved copy.
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£263.02
