| A BIOLOGY OF THE BRITISH HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA |
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pp. viii, 682. 5 Colour and 2 b/w plates and other illustrations. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering, and a gilt vignette of a bug to the front board, Binding good with a little general wear and rubbing, a little water staining to the lower edge of the front board and rear board a l... £140.00
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| A FIELD GUIDE IN COLOUR TO BEETLES |
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Edited and with additional introductory material by P. M. Hammond. Originally published in Germany and now translated into English; pp. 333. Over 1,080 illustrations in full colour. Dust jacket very good and bright with slight wear only, price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable sleeeve. ... £90.00
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| A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BEETLES (COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES) |
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pp. vol. I: xxiii, 622; vol. II: [ii], 194 (of which 169 b/w plates of beetles and 1 map printed to the recto only). Original navy blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing to extremities and joints, neat gilt stamped shelf no. to the base of the spin... £275.00
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| A TEXT-BOOK OF AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY BEING A GUIDE TO METHODS OF INSECT LIFE AND MEANS OF PREVENTION OF INSECT RAVAGE |
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pp. xvi, 288 + publisher's adverts, b/w wood engravings throughout the text. Original green pebbled cloth binding with gilt and black lettering, very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good tight copy.... £15.00
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| AMERICAN SOCIAL INSECTS A BOOK ABOUT BEES, ANTS, WASPS, AND TERMITES |
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pp. xiv, 267, colour and b/w illustrations. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good tight copy.... £9.00
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| ANT ANTICS |
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115 pp, green dj very good, price clipped, slight rubbing to head/tail, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve, a reprint of the first edition printed earlier the same year, b/w illus throughout, clr frontis, a very good copy.... £23.00
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| ANTS, BEES AND WASPS. A RECORD OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS OF THE SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA |
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This copy is signed by a relative of the author - signed Nanncy Lubbock, 1909 to the half-title (Lord Avebury was Sir John Lubbock) pp. xvii, 436 7 plates (one folding), 5 in colour plus 31 figures in text. Cloth. 17th edition revised; second impression. Original red cloth binding with gilt letteri... £15.00
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| ARCHIV DER INSECTENGESCHICHTE |
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The very rare original German edition which was published in 8 parts. It has one more plate (51) than the more common French edition which was published in 1794. [1781-86] 8 parts (heft) bound in 1 volume each with its own title page, though the general title page is missing. 51exquisite engraved p... £1,500.00
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| BRITISH MOSQUITOS AND HOW TO ELIMINATE THEM |
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127 pp, illus eps, frontis, black titling to front board and spine, 28 b/w plates including identification guide, some foxing to page edges, o/w a very good copy.... £23.00
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| BRITISH SOCIAL WASPS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THEIR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE, AND GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY. |
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"With illustrations of the different species and their nests"; pp. xi, 270, + 32 adverts, 14 plates with captioned guards, some coloured, original black end papers. Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with little general wear and some rubbing to extremities and joints, spine ... £30.00
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