Baron, S. The Desert Locust.
1st. Ed. Pub. Eyre Methuen. 1972 pp.xiv, 228 with b/w plates and figs. 8vo. Signature to title page. Nr. fine hardback in good dw.
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Beare, Sir T.H. A Catalogue of the Recorded Coleoptera of the British Isles.
New Ed. Pub. Jason & Sons 1930 pp.vii, 55. 8vo. Addenda and Errata. Some entries neatly cut-out, o/w. a thor. vg. softback.
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Bennettova, B. et al. Advances in Regulation of Insect Reproduction.
1st. Ed. Pub. Czech. Academy of Science. 1992 pp.329 with b/w. figs. & tables. 8vo. Fine softback.
A collection of papers, the results of studies in anatomy, morphology, physiology, genetics, biochemistry and other aspects of insect reproduction.
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Benton, T. The Bumblebees of Essex. The Nature of Essex Series No. 4.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lopinga Books. 2000 pp.vii, 179 with 68 colour photographic plates and numerous b/w. illus. and dist. maps. 8vo. Some dust marks to top edge of text block, o/w. a fine hardback. Loosely inserted, 2 leaflets printed by the Oxford Bee Company with advice on attracting blue and red mason bees.
The first book on the bumblebees of any British county, this important work identifies all the bumblebees of Essex and southern England and includes chapters on their natural history and ecology.
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Bolton, H. Insects from the Coal Measures of Commentry. Fossil Insects, No. 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum. 1925 pp.56 plus 3 pages of b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Lib. Spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Orignal printed boards with cloth spine nr. fine.
The coal measures of Commentry in the central plateau of France have yielded a very large number of fossilised insects.
£7.50 [ref: 36214]

Bownes, M. (Ed.). Ecdysone. From Metabolism to Regulation of Gene Expression.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pergamon Press. 1986 pp.v, 291 with b/w. figs. 4to. Owner’s stamp to ffep. and text block edges. Fine hardback. Photocopied note from the editor to the participants of the Ecdysone Workshop, loosely inserted.
Papers from the Seventh Ecdysone Workshop Edinburgh, UK, 31 March - 3 April 1985.
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Brookes, M.H. et al (Eds.). The Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth : A Synthesis.
1st. Ed. Pub. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. 1978 pp.xvii, 331 with col. photos., tables & figs. 4to. Signature to ffep. Thor vg. hardback.
A compendium of information gathered in the efforts to combat the Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth infestation in the Pacific North West of the U.S.
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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.
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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]

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.
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