Brendell, M.J.D. Coleoptera Family Tenebrionidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. V. Part 10.
1st. Ed. Pub. RES. 1975 pp.22 with b/w. line drawings. 8vo. Fine softback.
£8.00 [ref: 61561]
British Entomological and Natural History Society. An Identification Guide to the British Pugs. Lepidoptera: Geometridae.
1st. Ed. Pub. Brit. Ent. & Nat. Hist. Soc. 1981 pp.42 with 4 colour photographic plates and 16 b/w. plates. 8vo. Fine hardback.
This guide provides colour photographs of most forms and sub species known from the UK, as well as drawings of abdominal plates and genitalia.
£18.00 [ref: 65519]
Brooks, Steve. Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. BWP. 1997 pp.160 with colour photos. and illus. 8vo. A nr. fine softback.
£9.50 [ref: 65596]
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]
Carter, D.J. & Hargreaves, B. A Field Guide to Caterpillars of Butterflies & Moths in Britain and Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1986 pp.296 with 35 colour plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hdbk. Out-of-print. Scarce.
£45.00 [ref: 49752]
Carter, D.J. & Hargreaves, B. A Field Guide to Caterpillars of Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1986 pp.296 with 35 colour plates. 8vo. Spotting to fore-edges of text block and a gently sunned spine o/w. a fine hardback. Title page signed by the author and illustrator. Out-of-print. Scarce.
The only comprehensive field guide on caterpillars. Over 500 species are described and illustrated, with 300 miniatures of the corresponding butterflies and moths. 165 characteristic food plants are also illustrated.
£30.00 [ref: 68745]
Clarke, R.O.S. Coleoptera Family Heteroceridae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. V. Part 2 (c).
1st. Ed. Pub. RES. 1973 pp.17 with b/w. line drawings. 8vo. Fine softback.
£3.95 [ref: 61566]
Cooter, J. & Barclay, M.V.L. (Ed.). A Coleopterist’s Handbook.
4th. Ed. Pub. Amateur Entomologists’ Society. 2006 pp.439 with 119 col. plates plus b/w. figs & illus. 8vo. Upper fore-corners very gently bumped o/w. a fine hardback. Title page signed by J. Cooter. Loosely inserted are some very charming and funny rhyming verses written by “G. de C” about members of the Raven Society to be said at the Annual Hot Pot Supper of the Raven Entomological Society on November 22nd. 1952. Latest edition.
Considers field equipment, how, when and where to find beetles, identification, preserving, rearing and more.
£35.00 [ref: 71641]
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]