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Chrysalis
by Kim Todd
Before Darwin, before Audubon, there was Merian. An artist turned naturalist known for her botanical illustrations, she was born just sixteen years after Galileo proclaimed that the earth orbited the sun. But at the age of fifty she sailed from Europe to the New World on a solo scientific expedition to study insect metamorphosis—an unheard-of journey for any naturalist at that time, much less a woman. When she returned she produced a book that secured her reputation, only to have it savaged in...
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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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The Complete Field Guide To Stick and Leaf Insects Of Australia
by Paul D and Jack W Hasenpusch Brock
Insects & Spiders Books & Ephemera
Swarm Prevention. A Procedure for Absolute Control of Swarming
by Werner, Herman E
Wilmington: Werner. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1979. Concise edition of the 1973 edition. Yellow card cover. 310mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). 21pp. .
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£18.60
Fabre's Book of Insects
by Fabre, Jean Henri; Detmold, E J [illus]
New York: Tudor Publishing Co. G : in good condition with dust jacket and in illustrated box. Wear to papered illustration on box front. Covers damp stained. Endpapers lightly foxed. 1936. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. 270mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). 271pp + plates. Numerous tipped-in plates with captioned tissue-guards. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .
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£64.00
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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£7.96
Honey Farming
by R.O.B. Manley
Pub. Northern Bee Books, 1998, 3rd. imp.
Very Good condition. No insc.
Very Good condition. No insc.
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£4.50
Suffolk Dragonflies.
by Howard Mendel
Ipswich: Suffolk Naturalists' Society, 1992. Very Good/Pictorial Boards. 215 x 150mm, 159 pages. Colour photos, distribution maps. Book Condition: Very good, clean pictorial boards, bright, no fade, tight binding. Comments: An excellent guide to the various species and distribution of dragonflies across Suffolk.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Pictorial Boards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£15.00
SOUTH AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES
by MURRAY, DESMOND P
Book cover has been re-coloured; free eps are rather tatty & will be replaced on request; all pages lightly tanned. 195pp of descriptions incl index, followed by 4 plates with line dwgs, 12 plates col illustrations of 144 species ( XXII genera ); incl figures of many of the larvae. Heavy book please expect some extra postage...
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£19.26
Animal Biography, or, Popular Zoology; Illustrated by Authentic Anecdotes ... Animal Creation. Volume IV. Insects and Worms
by Bingley, William
London: C & J Rivington; Jeffery & Son; Longman; &c. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. 1824. 6th Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover on marbled boards. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 324pp. 5 b/w plates. .
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£24.00
Insecta. The Zoological Record Volume 96 Section 13 1959
by Staff of the Zoological Society of London
London: The Zoological Society. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1961. First Edition. Blue card cover. 240mm x 180mm (9" x 7"). 384pp. .
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£12.60
Arachnida. The Zoological Record Volume 105 Section 12 1968
by Browning, Ernest
London: The Zoological Society. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1970. First Edition. Grey card cover. 240mm x 180mm (9" x 7"). 88pp. .
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£15.60
The Insect Zoo
by The National Museum of Natural History
Washington D.C: Elephant Press Publications. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 1971. First Edition. Illustrated laminated card cover. 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). 32pp. .
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£12.60
Pest Control in Buildings. The Rentokil Library
by Cornwell, P B
London: Associated Business Programmes Ltd. G : in y good condition with rubbed and edge-torn dust jacket. 1979. Second (revised) Edition Revised and Corrected. Black hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 214pp. Colour plates. The Rentokil Library. .
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£20.00
The Natural History of Blackflies
by Crosskey, Roger W
Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. VG : in very good condition with lightly rubbed dust jacket. Faint sunning to spine. Some light marking to the page edge block, not impinging within. 1990. First Edition. Black hardback board cover. 250mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). ix, 711pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .
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£320.00
Essays In Natural History And Philosophy. Containing a Series of Discoveries, by the Assistance of Microscopes
by Hill, John
London: Printed for J. Whitson and B. White.., 1752. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A work mostly devoted to entomology (insects being the most common subject of these essays), with a few botanical pieces. Two examples: Essay X, "On a Species of Fly produced on the Flower of a Plant" and Essay XII: "On the Production and Fructification of a Singular Species of Moss." According to Hill's biographer, George Rousseau, "The Essays do not contain original ideas when compared to the major thinkers of...
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£726.84
A Pictorial Guide to British Ephemeroptera
by MacAdam, Craig; Bennett, Cyril
London: FSC Publications. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 2016. First Edition. Illustrated laminated card cover. 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). iv, 128pp. .
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£18.60
Introduction to WinBugs for Ecologists
by Kéry, Marc
Burlington: Academic Press / Elsevier. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 2010. First Edition. Illustrated laminated card cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xviii, 302pp. .
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£28.00
The Border Bees
by Weightman, Colin
Consett: Ramsden Williams. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket and protective cover. 1961. First Edition. Red/gilt hardback cloth cover. 150mm x 220mm (6" x 9"). 96pp. .
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£40.00
Arachnida. The Zoological Record Volume 106 Section 12 1969
by Browning, Ernest
London: The Zoological Society. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1971. First Edition. Grey card cover. 240mm x 180mm (9" x 7"). 106pp. .
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£15.60
Gall Midges of Root and Vegetable Crops. Gall Midges of Economic Importance. Volume I
by Barnes, H F
London: Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd. VG : in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Cover faded. 1946. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 145mm (9" x 6"). 104pp + plates. 8 plates (3 in colour). .
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£15.60
I-Spy Butterflies and Moths. 1955
by Big Chief I-Spy
London: News Chronicle Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. [1955]. Reprint. Yellow illustrated card cover. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). 48pp. Some filling in. .
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£6.60
Signalers and Receivers: Mechanisms and Evolution of Arthropod Communication
by Michael D. Greenfield
Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Signalers and Receivers: Mechanisms and Evolution of Arthropod Communication.
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£93.24
I-Spy Butterflies and Moths
by Big Chief I-Spy
London: Dickens Press Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Staples rusted. 1964. Reprint. Yellow illustrated card cover. 130mm x 100mm (5" x 4"). 48pp. Part filled in. .
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£6.60
Insect Pests of Australian Forests. Ecology and Management
by Elliott, H.J.; Ohmart, C.P. & Wylie, F.R
Melbourne: Inkata Press. 1998. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Colour photographs & Black & white drawings. 214 pages. A comprehensive, well illustrated account of the main forest insect pests. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£26.52
Lice. British Museum (Natural History) Economic Series No. 2A
by British Museum (Natural History)
London: The British Museum press. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Sm. monogram to upper corner of front cover. 1954. Third Edition. Yellow card covers. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 27pp. B/w illustrations within the text. .
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£6.60
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
Ants
by BRIAN, M.V
London: Collins, (1977).. First edition. 8vo. 223, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket with the original integral protector still in place, not price clipped. 2 colour and 16 black and white plates. Very good. New Naturalist series no. 59.
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£35.00
