Brown, F.M. and Heineman, B. Jamaica and Its Butterflies.
1st. Ed. Pub. Classey. 1972 pp.xv, 478 with 10 colour plates plus frontis. and maps to end-papers. 4to. Hardback. Curwen Press Library bookplate to front pastedown. Some splash marks to top-edge of text block, contents fine, in vg. dw.
£10.00 [ref: 43869]

Brown, V.K. Grasshoppers. Naturalists’ Handbooks 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1983 pp.65 with b/w. figs. and four col. plates. 8vo. Fine hardback.
A compact and informative guide for enthusiasts and professionals alike.
£9.00 [ref: 63547]

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]

Browning, E. (et al). The Zoological Record. Arachnida. Vols. 102 - 108 - Section 12 (1965 to 1971).
Pub. The Zoological Soc. of London. 1967-1975 Seven volumes. 4to. Softbacks. Very occ. pencil marks, mainly to margins o/w. contents fine in thor. vg. to nr. fine card covers.
The Zoological Record, founded in 1864 is published annually in 20 sections. The first is a Comprehensive Zoology, followed by 18 sections which record a year’s literature relating to a Phylum or Class of the Animal Kingdom. This section records all literature published for Arachnida for the years 1967 to 1971.
£50.00 [ref: 69975]

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.
£75.00 [ref: 56653]

Buckhurst, A.S. (et al). British Hymenoptera.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1923 pp.48 with b/w. photos. & figs. 4to. Hardback. Early owner’s charming signature to paste downs and contents page. A little spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Printed boards with cloth spine thor. vg.
Considers Hymenoptera, Tenthredinoidea, Cynipoidea, Serphoidea, Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea, Sphecoidea, Apoidea, Formicoidea and insects that resemble Hymenoptera.
£28.00 [ref: 71173]

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. Hardback. Bookplate to front pastedown. 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.
1st. Ed. Pub. E.W.Janson. 1873 pp.39 with 16 fine chromolithographs. Small 4to. Hardback. TEG. Short closed tear to title-page. Some spotting to last plate o/w. contents fine. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering in thor. vg. condition.
Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844-1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. Butler states that this attractive genus is the 'most difficult group of Butterflies’.
£100.00 [ref: 34897]

Buxton, P.A. The Natural History of Tsetse Flies. An Account of the Biology of the Genus Glossina (Diptera).
1st. Ed. Pub. H.K. Lewis. 1955 pp.xviii, 816 with text figs. & tables plus 47 b/w. plates with multiple photos. on each to rear. Large 8vo. Stamp and inscription to ffep. Small closed tear to margin of first plate’s text leaf, minor marks to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Original cloth with gilt lettering in thor. vg. condition.
Buxton’s classic study of the Tsetse fly.
£40.00 [ref: 67283]