A.E.S. Collecting Het-Bugs (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Amateur Entomologists’ Society Leaflet No.15.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.E.S. 1946 pp.12 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A nr. fine softback.
£8.00 [ref: 54257]

Aitken, Thomas, H.G. Recovery of Anopheline Eggs from Natural Habitats, an Aid to Rapid Work.
Rep.Ann. Ent. Soc. Vol. XLI, No.3. 1948 pp.327-329. Vg. in card covers.
£2.00 [ref: 30022]

Almquist, S. Swedish Araneae. Part 1 - families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded); Part 2 - families Dictynidae to Salticidae.
1st. Ed. Pub. Entomological Society of Lund. 2005-2006 Two volumes with b/w. illus. and dist. maps throughout. Small 4to. Eric Duffey’s label to title page of both volumes. Excellent condition, nr. fine softbacks.
Each family, subfamily, species-group and genus is diagnosed and a key with ample references to illustrations is given. For each species a description of male and female morphology and colours is given together with relevant measurements.
£110.00 [ref: 56638]

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Ash, E.C. British Spiders: Their Lives, Loves, and Tragedies.
1st. Ed. Pub. Robert Holden. [c.1920] pp.144 with detailed b/w. illus. 16mo. A thor. vg. hardback.
Nature Lovers Library, Volume 19.
£16.00 [ref: 56581]

Austen, E.E. Bombyliidae of Palestine.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.M.(N.H) 1937 pp.ix, 188 with coloured frontispiece and many other illus. A thoroughly vg. copy in blue cloth boards.
£20.00 [ref: 24968]

Baehr, B. & M. Welche Spinne ist das? [Which Spider is That.] Kleine Spinnenkunde fur jedermann. [Small Spider Science for Everyone.]
1st. Ed. Pub. Franckh-Kosmos. 1987 pp.127 with colour photos., throughout, plus line drawings. Small 8vo. German with Latin names. Eric Duffey’s copy. Neat dedication by one of the Authors to ffep. A fine softback.
A practical and authoratitive guide.
£5.00 [ref: 56671]

Baerg, W.J. The Tarantula.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub Fitzgerald. 1997 pp.[ix], 85 with b/w. photos. and line-drawings. 8vo. A fine hardback.
Reprint of one of the most collectable of all arachnological titles. Published only once, in 1958, the book became an instant classic and includes Baerg's lifetime study of an Aphonopelma emilia colony in Arkansas, as well as an account of his travels in Mexico and Central America.
£17.50 [ref: 54090]

Baron, S. The Desert Locust.
Pub. Charles Scribner’s 1972 pp.xiv, 228 with b/w. photographs and other text figs. A vg. copy in sl. chipped dustwrapper.
£3.00 [ref: 44610]

Barrientos, J.A. (Ed.). Actas X Congreso Internacional de Aracnologia, Jaca 1986. Vols. I & II. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Arachnology.
1st. Ed. Pub. Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia. 1986 Two volume set with b/w. photos., illus., figs., and tables. 8vo. Papers in English, Spanish, French and German. Eric Duffey’s address label to front cover and handwritten title to spine of Vol. 2. Covers gently sunned o/w. a nr. fine softback set.
£30.00 [ref: 56712]

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Barth, F.G. A Spider’s World. Senses and Behavior.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Springer. 2001 pp.xiv, 394 with 309 figures including 16 colour plates. Large 8vo. Eric Duffey’s address label. Fine hardback.
Over 400 million years, spiders have developed their sensory organs to a fascinating technical perfection and complexity. In his intriguing book, Professor Friedrich G. Barth puts this technical perfection into the context of "biology", in which the interaction between environment and sensory organs and the selectivity of the senses as a link between environment and behavior play a major role.
£125.00 [ref: 56592]