Benson, C.W. Type Specimens of Bird Skins. in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Ornithologists’ Club. 1999 pp.xiv., 221 with colour frontis., two further colour plates of illus. and b/w. figs. Large 8vo. Fine softback with hint of sunning to spine. Out-of-print.
£27.50 [ref: 65389]

Benson, M. Wiltshire Beekeepers Association Yearbook 2013.
1st. Ed. Pub. BBKA. 2013 pp.[36]. 8vo. Name to front cover, names and other details to rear o/w. a fine softback.
£3.00 [ref: 73124]

Bensusan, S.L. The Children’s Story of the Bee.
1st. Ed. Pub. Mills & Boon. 1909 pp.248 with b/w. illus., plus 32-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Charming inscription, dated Christmas 1909, to ffep. Light spotting to fore-edge of text block o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards nr. fine.
A natural history of bees written for children.
£20.00 [ref: 71324]

Bent, A. Cleveland. Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey. Parts 1 and 2.
Rep. Pub. Dover. 1961 Two part set with b/w. photographs of birds, nests, nestlings and eggs. 8vo. Softbacks. Thor. vg. set.
A super work which focusses on the California Condor, Vultures, Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Caracaras, Owls and the American Osprey.
£40.00 [ref: 60409]

Bent, A.C. Life Histories of North American Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers and their Allies. Order Passeriformes (Families Sittidae, Certhiidae, Chamaeidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae).
1st. Ed. Pub. Smithsonian Inst. 1948 pp.xi, 473 with 89 b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Sections uncut o/w. contents fine in vg. to fine original soft covers.
The photographs illustrate nest, eggs and nestlings.
£10.00 [ref: 70057]

Bent, A.C. Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and their Allies. Order Passeriformes (Families Turdidae and Silviidae).
1st. Ed. Pub. Smithsonian Inst. 1949 pp.viii, 453 with 51 b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Sections uncut o/w. contents fine in vg. original soft covers.
The photographs illustrate nest, eggs and nestlings.
£9.00 [ref: 70056]

Bent, A.C. Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and their Allies. Order Passeriformes (Families Prunellidae, Motacillidae, Bombycillidae, Ptilogonatidae, Laniidae, Sturnidae, and Vireonidae).
1st. Ed. Pub. Smithsonian Inst. 1950 pp.vii, 411 with 48 b/w. photos. 8vo. Softback. Sections uncut o/w. contents fine in vg. to fine original soft covers.
The photographs illustrate nest, eggs and nestlings.
£10.00 [ref: 70055]

Bent, E.R. Swarm Control Survey.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gale & Polden. 1946 pp.87 with colour illus. frontis. and fold-out chart at rear. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. plus dw.
A survey of swarm control methods categorised into frustration methods, removal of contributary causes methods and then de-queening.
£14.00 [ref: 71164]

Bentham, G. Handbook of The Britsh Flora. A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns indigenous to, or naturalised in The British Isles. For the use of Beginners and Amateurs.
7th. Ed. Pub. L. Reeve. 1947 pp.lxi, 606. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature to ffep. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
£5.00 [ref: 67660]

Bentham, G. & Mueller, F. Flora Australiensis : A Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory.
1st. Ed. Pub. Lovell Reeve. 1863-1878 Seven volume set. 8vo. Hardbacks. Ex-Oxford University Lib. Some spotting to title pages and indices; small, neat, library stamps to fore-edges of text blocks o/w. contents fine. Bound in more recent green buckram just very gently sunned in places o/w. in fine condition. A pleasing set of the uncommon first edition.
George Bentham's seven volume Flora Australiensis (1863–1879) was the first continental Flora, and for over a century was the only flora treating the whole of Australia. The work was produced with the “assistance” of Ferdinand Mueller, later von Mueller, the Government Botanist of Victoria from 1853, who loaned his collection, group by group, to Kew, enabling Bentham to compare the specimens with those in British and European herbaria.
£495.00 [ref: 37050]