Adkin, R. The Butterflies of Eastbourne. Transactions of the Eastbourne Natural History, Photographic and Literary Society Supplement. Vol. IX.
1st. Ed. Pub. Eastbourne Nat. Hist., Photographic and Literary Soc. 1928 pp.61 plus 15 b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Occasional light spotting to contents o/w. vg. plus softback.
The result of forty years of close study, a dissertation on the butterflies of the Eastbourne district.
£15.00 [ref: 60366]
Allan, P.B.M. Moths and Memories.
1st. Ed. Pub. Watkins & Doncaster. 1948 pp.316 with b/w. frontis. 8vo. Hardback. Contents fine. Original cloth boards nr. fine.
A straightforward account of a life spent in the pursuit of moths.
£45.00 [ref: 71538]
Allan, P.B.M. & Wilkinson, R.S. (Ed.). Leaves from a Moth-Hunter’s Notebook.
1st. Ed. Pub. E.W. Classey Ltd. 1980 pp.281 with portrait frontis. 8vo. Fine hardback.
Published posthumously, edited and with an introduction by Ronald S. Wilkinson. Philip Bertram Murray Allan (1884-1973) was the British lepidopterist, writer, and publisher who wrote many articles under the pseudonym Old Moth Hunter or O.M.H.
£49.50 [ref: 71541]
Antram, C.B. Butterflies of India.
1st. Ed. Pub. Thacker, Spink & Co. 1924 pp.xvi, 226 with b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Hardback. Cords a little streched internally. Several informed notes/amendments in pencil. Contents nr. fine. Original gilt decorated cloth boards in good condition. With two additional publisher’s images neatly inserted as errata.
The long-title continues ‘With illustrations of practically every species for easy identification’.
£45.00 [ref: 61424]
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Arnold, V.W. (et al). The Butterflies and Moths of Bedfordshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bedfordshire Natural History Society. 1997 pp.408 with colour photos., b/w. figs. and dist. maps. With 3-page A4 ‘Macro-moth additions’ and 9-page A4 ‘Additions to Microlepidoptera’ produced to update the work loosely inserted. 8vo. Fine hardback, showing some sunning to spine.
Includes historical accounts, foodplants, local flight periods, habitats and population changes.
£25.00 [ref: 51183]
Asher, J. (et al). The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 2001 pp.xx, 433 with colour photos., text figs. and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The most comprehensive survey of butterflies ever undertaken in Britain and Ireland.
£16.00 [ref: 63952]
Asher, J. (et al). The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford Univ. Press. 2001 pp.xx, 433 with colour photos., text figs. and dist. maps. 4to. Previous owner’s label to front paste down. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw.
The most comprehensive survey of butterflies ever undertaken in Britain and Ireland.
£15.00 [ref: 63735]
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Asher, J. (et al). The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. 2001 pp.xx, 433 with colour photos., text figs. and dist. maps. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Loosely inserted is a clear plastic sleeve containing various butterfly related items including Radorshire Wildlife Trust’s 33-page mapped account ‘Distribution of Butterflies in Radnorshire 1995-1997’ (the author / editor being Joyce Gray).
The most comprehensive survey of butterflies ever undertaken in Britain and Ireland.
£19.50 [ref: 67986]
Baker, B.R. The Butterflies and Moths of Berkshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hedera Press. 1994 pp.xxxi, 368. 8vo. Fine hardback.
Almost 1,700 species are detailed in this review.
£3.50 [ref: 27568]