Brown, V.K. Grasshoppers. Naturalists Handbook 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1983 pp.65 with 4 colour plates and text figs. Large 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback.
£8.00 [ref: 59931]
Buchar, J. & Ruzicka, V. (with Merret. P. (Ed.)). Catalogue of Spiders of the Czech Republic.
1st. Ed. Pub. Peres Publishers. 2002 pp.349 with b/w. dist maps. 4to. Text in English and Czech. Eric Duffey’s address label. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. With publisher’s (A4) Key Card / Glossary loosely inserted. With a thank-you letter from one of the authors to Eric Duffey loosely inserted. A few notes by Eric Duffey, on small pieces of paper, loosely inserted. Out-of-print.
Provides a review on all 830 spider species hitherto known from the Czech Republic. Designed as a classical catalogue, the book lists data on distribution, habitats, altitudinal ranges, frequency etc for each species.
£175.00 [ref: 56653]
Buckler, W. (Stainton, H.T. (Ed.)). The Larvae of the British Butterflies and Moths. Vol. IV. (The First Portion of the Noctuae).
1st. Ed. Pub. Ray Society. 1891 pp.xii, 115, with 16 hand-coloured plates. 8vo. Owner’s bookplate to front paste down. Contents in fine condition. Original decorative cloth in vg. plus condition with minor wear to outer casing of spine, also very gently faded.
An artist and entomologist, Buckler trained at the Royal Academy and began a career as a portraitist and watercolourist. When the popularity of photography made portraiture unprofitable, he turned to natural history illustration.
£40.00 [ref: 31964]
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Burmeister, Dr. Hermann., (W.E. Shuckard, Trans.). A Manual of Entomology. With additions by the author, and original notes and plates by the translator.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Churton. 1836 pp.xii, 654 with hand-coloured frontis., plus 32 lithograph plates, (8 part hand-coloured, as published). 8vo. Hardback. Ffep removed. Minor tape residue to endpapers and half title, o/w. contents fine. Original marbled boards with paper backed spine, in vg. condition.
£90.00 [ref: 63878]
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Butler, A.G. Monograph of the Genus Callidryas. from Lepidoptera Exotica, parts III-XVIII, 1870-73.
Pub. E.W.Janson. 1873 pp.39 with 16 fine coloured plates. Scarce. Hardback
£160.00 [ref: 34897]
Cameron, P. A Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymenoptera. (Tenthredo, Sirex and Cynips, Linne).
1st Ed. Pub. The Ray Society. 1882-93 Four volume set with 55 colour and 29 b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardbacks. TEG. Neat ownership inscription dated 1949 to each volume. Contents fine. Original decorated blue cloth boards, neat repair to spines of Vols. I and II, in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition.
Complete set. Just 600 copies of volumes I to III were published and 500 copies of volume IV.
£295.00 [ref: 58910]
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Carpenter, G.H. The Biology of Insects.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1928 pp.xv, 473 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Signature. Contents nr. fine. Original blue cloth boards nr. fine.
A detailed, easily absorbed work.
£12.00 [ref: 60906]
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Carter, D. Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe.
Special Ed. Pub. British Museum (Natural History). 1982 pp.192 with colour photos., throughout. 4to. Small address label to half-title. Nr. fine softback. Still much sought after.
£8.00 [ref: 59084]
Carter, D. Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe.
Pub. Heinemann. 1982 pp.192 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. Hardback. Ex-lib. A vg. copy in vg. dw.
Still much sought after.
£10.00 [ref: 45137]