Johnson, K. & Coates, S. Nabokov’s Blues. The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius.
1st. Ed. Pub. Zoland Books. 1999 ppxii, 372 with b/w. illustrations. 8vo. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Out of print.
Part biography and part detective story, Nabokov's Blues explores the rich and varied place butterflies hold in Nabokov's fiction, as well as far-reaching questions of biogeography and evolution, and the worldwide crisis of ecology and biodiversity.
£9.50 [ref: 64852]
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Jones, P.E. (Ed.). Provisional Atlas of the Arachnida of the British Isles. European Invertebrate Survey. Part 1, Pseudoscorpiones.
Pub. Biological Records Centre. 1980 pp.36 (unpaginated) with b/w. dist. maps. Nr. fine ringbound softback.
£8.00 [ref: 48786]
Jones, R. House Guests. House Pests. A Natural History of Animals in the Home.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2015 pp.288 with b/w. illustrations. 8vo. New softback. RRP £14.99.
Today we live surrounded by the trappings of a civilised life. But we are not alone – we suffer a constant stream of unwanted visitors. Our houses, our food, our belongings, our very existence are under constant attack from a host of invaders eager to take advantage of our shelter, our food stores and our tasty soft furnishings. Written in Richard Jones's engaging style, this book poses questions such as where these invaders came from, can we live with them, can we get rid of them, and should we?
£7.50 [ref: 64738]
Joy, Norman H. A Practical Handbook of British Beetles. [with] New British Beetles. Species not in Joy’s practical handbook.
1st. Ed. Pub. Witherby & BENHS. 1932-1995 Three volume set. Large 8vo. Hardbacks. Scattered, light foxing to Volumes 1 & 2, neat ownership blind-stamps and signature, o/w. contents fine. TEG. Both in original boards in vg. condition. Volume 3 with bookplate, contents fine, boards nr. fine. Scarce set.
The preferred edition, complete with the ‘update’ volume co-authored by Peter Hodge and Richard Jones.
£250.00 [ref: 46006]
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Joy, Norman H. A Practical Handbook of British Beetles.
1st. Ed. Pub. Witherby. 1932 Two volume set with b/w. illustrations. Royal 8vo. Hardbacks. TEG. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block and occasionally internally, o/w. contents fine. Original black cloth boards in vg. condition.
The preferred edition.
£95.00 [ref: 66164]
Kemp, R. Dragonflies. Information Leaflet No. 3.
1st. Ed. Pub. Worcestershire Nature Conservation Trust Ltd. 1981 pp.34 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
A detailed overview of the natural history and biology of dragonflies, the dragonflies of Worcestershire and keys for their identification.
£1.25 [ref: 51139]
Kennedy, J.S.Ed. Insect Polymorphism. Sym. Roy. Ent. Soc. No.1.
1st. Pub. Roy. Ent. Soc. 1961 pp.115 with graphs and tables. Good with some wear to spine.
£15.00 [ref: 28963]
Killington, F.J. A Monograph of the British Neuroptera.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Ray Society. 1936 Two volumes with text figs. throughout and plates at rear of text. Some scattered, lightly coloured foxing to plates otherwise contents very clean and bright. Original boards with spines gently and evenly faded. TEG. Overall a vg. set.
£100.00 [ref: 45832]
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Kim, K.C. and Merritt, R.W. (Eds.). Black Flies. Ecology, Population Management, and Annotated World List.
1st. Ed. Pub. Penn. State Univ. 1987 pp.xv, 528 with figures and tables throughout. Small 4to. Signature. Thor. vg. hardback in thor. vg. dw.
Black flies are among the most severe pests affecting humans and animals worldwide. This book integrates, for the first time, the wide range of multidisciplinary research findings on black flies.
£38.00 [ref: 28547]
Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. Pollen Beetles. Coleoptera: Kateretidae and Nitidulidae: Meligethinae.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Entomological Society. 1996 pp.157 with b/w. photos. and line drawings. 8vo. Fine softback with minor marks to covers.
The family Kateretidae and the subfamily Meligethinae of the Nitidulidae are here dealt with in detail. A check-list of the British Kateretidae and Nitidulidae as a whole is given, including any synonyms that have appeared in the world literature, together with a table of name changes compared with the major British beetle works. Explanatory notes are given to the keys and published records are given for each species based on the major entomological literature sources.
£15.00 [ref: 66142]