Collins, Graham A. Butterflies of Surrey.
1st. Ed. Pub. Surrey Wildlife Trust. 1995 pp.87 with 16 colour photographic plates and b/w. dist. maps. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Publisher’s Errata slip loosely inserted.
£12.00 [ref: 48723]
Collins, W.B. Empires in Anarchy.
1st. Ed. Pub. Macgibbon & Kee. 1967 pp.138 with b/w. illustrations. Some spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback. in good to vg. dw.
A well-researched and authoritative study of ant and termite behaviour.
£4.00 [ref: 48845]
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Colvin, M. & Reavey, D. A Directory for Entomologists. Pamphlet No. 14.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. The Amateur Entomologists’ Society. 1993 pp.62. 8vo. Softback. Minor spotting to front cover o/w. fine.
A very useful work for entomologists providing information on Local and National Societies, Special Interest Groups, Local Recording Schemes, Courses, Research Grants, Entomological Reference Libraries, Periodicals, Trade Fairs, Traders and more.
£5.00 [ref: 63796]
Colyer, C.N. & Hammond, C.O. Flies of the British Isles. Wayside and Woodland Series.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Warne. 1968 pp.384 with 48 colour and b/w. plates 8vo. Fine hardback in thor. vg., lightly shelf-rubbed dw. This is the larger format, revised second edition.
£60.00 [ref: 60694]
Comstock, J.H. The Spider Book. A manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whip-scorpions, harvestmen, and other members of the class arachnida, found in America, North of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits.
Pub. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1920 pp.xv, 721 with b/w. photographs, colour plates, text figs. and illus. TEG. A vg. hardback.
£17.50 [ref: 46383]
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Comstock, W.P. Butterflies of the American Tropics. The Genus Anaea, Lepidoptera Nymphalidae. A Study of the Species Heretofore Included in the Genera Anaea, Coenophlebia, Hypna Polygrapha, Protogonius, Siderone and Zaretis.
1st. Ed. Pub. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 1961 pp.xiii, 209 with 30 pages of colour illus. and text figs. 4to. Hardback. Pleasing inscription to ffep. Light spotting to top edge of text block o/w. a fine copy in green cloth boards with gilt lettering.
£18.00 [ref: 17474]
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Cooter, J. & Barclay, M.V.L. (Eds.). A Coleopterist’s Handbook.
4th. Ed. Pub. AES. 2006 pp.xv, 439 with colour photos. and b/w. line drawings. 8vo. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block, lower corners gently bumped, o/w. a fine hardback. Out-of-print in hardback. Latest edition.
A completely rewritten edition of the classic handbook, this work includes several new chapters and 32 pages of colour plates. In addition, the text has been fully revised and expanded and the nomenclature has been brought in line with current use.
£50.00 [ref: 63779]
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Cooter, J. & Cribb, P.W. (Ed.). A Coleopterist’s Handbook.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Amateur Entomologists’ Society. 1991 pp.142 with b/w. figs and illus. 8vo. Previous owner’s label to front paste down. Fine hardback. With author’s typed and signed letter to the owner, loosely inserted.
Considers field equipment, how, when and where to find beetles, identification, preserving, rearing and more.
£19.50 [ref: 63615]
Cooter, J. et al. A Coleopterist’s Handbook.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Amateur Entomologists’ Society. 1991 pp.vii, 294 with b/w. figs and illus. 8vo. Hardback. Some spotting to top-edge of text block, corner a little bumped o/w. fine. Publisher’s leaflet, loosely inserted.
Considers field equipment, how, when and where to find beetles, identification, preserving, rearing and more.
£15.00 [ref: 66668]
Corbet, A.S. and Pendlebury, H.M. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
2nd. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Oliver and Boyd. 1956 pp.xi, 537 with 55 b/w. and colour plates of photos. at rear of text and text figs. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
No butterfly known to occur in Malaya has been omitted from consideration. A great many are illustrated for the first time, and keys are given for the identification of all the species.
£37.50 [ref: 47246]