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The Butterflies of Costa Rica. Vol. 1: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae

by DeVries, P.J.

Cat No. : 64610, Published : 1987, Illustrations : 50 col plates, 35 col + b/w figs

Hardback £65.00

Moths of Southern Africa

by Pinhey, E.C.G.

Cat No. : 64329, Published : 1975, Illustrations : mounted col frontis, 62 col plates, 19 text figs

Hardback £125.00

First edition. Scarce. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. (more)

Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa

by Pinhey, E.

Cat No. : 64707, Published : 1962, Illustrations : 17 plates (10 col), 3 text figs

Hardback £75.00

First edition. (more)

Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles

by Skinner, B.

Cat No. : 64714, Published : 2009, Illustrations : 51 col plates, 57 text figs

Hardback £69.99

Third revised edition of this standard guide to the larger British Moths. Includes two new plates of additional species and a group of colour plates comparing critical species to aid identification. (more)

Saturniidae of the World (Pfauenspinner der Welt): Their Life Stages from the Eggs to the Adults

by Lampe, R.E.

Cat No. : 64711, Published : 2010, Illustrations : 336 col plates (2949 photos), 9 col + 2 b/w text figs

Hardback £50.00

Text English. There are about 1,400 species of Saturniidae worldwide. The author has studied over 300 of these species for 30 years and presents here his photographs of the life stages from the egg, (more)

The Genus Perisama

by Attal, S.; Crosson du Cormier, A.

Cat No. : 64349, Published : 1996, Illustrations : 12 col plates, 65 text figs, 11 pages of maps

Hardback £25.00

Chalcidoidea of the World

by Heraty, J.; Woolley, J. (Eds)

Cat No. : 64609, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col & b/w illus, graphs

Hardback £165.00

The superfamily Chalcidoidea (the jewel wasps) are part of the insect order Hymenoptera. The superfamily comprises more than 27,000 known species, with an estimated total diversity of more than (more)

Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

by Boucek, Z.

Cat No. : 64551, Published : 1988, Illustrations : 1328 text figs

Hardback £250.00

A biosystematic revision of 14 chalcidoid families, acting as an important identification guide for this group of parasitic wasps in the Australasian region. (more)

The Ants

by Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E.O.

Cat No. : 64611, Published : 1990, Illustrations : 1000 figs, 24 in colour

Hardback £115.00

A comprehensive and classic work on ant biology by two leading world experts. (more)

A Classification of the Bees of Australian and South Pacific Regions

by Michener, C.D.

Cat No. : 64696, Published : 1965, Illustrations : 15 b/w plates, 789 text figs

Paperback £85.00

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Vol. 130. Scarce. (more)

The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica

by Hanson, P.E.; Gauld, I.D.

Cat No. : 64552, Published : 1995, Illustrations : text figs

Hardback £150.00

Original printing. (more)

Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

by Gibson, G.A.; Huber, J.T.; Woolley, J.B. (Eds)

Cat No. : 64548, Published : 1997, Illustrations : over 1800 line drawings and scanning electron micrographs

Paperback £95.00

Illustrated keys to the 19 families and 706 described genera of Chalcidoidea known to occur in the Nearctic region. (more)

Dragonfly Genera of the New World: An Illustrated Key to the Anisoptera

by Garrison, R.W.; von Ellenrieder, N.; Louton, J.A.

Cat No. : 64613, Published : 2006, Illustrations : 24 col illus, 31 halftones, 1,595 line drawings

Hardback £55.00

Comprehensive guide to the taxonomy and ecology of dragonflies in the Americas. Illustrated keys to genera of New World dragonflies, with descriptive text for each genus

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Coleopteres carabiques. Pt 1-2 [and] Supplément (Faune de France 39, 40, 51)

by Jeannel, R.

Cat No. : 61548, Published : 1941-1949, Illustrations : 368 text figs; 20 b/w plates

Hardback £150.00

Text French. Scarce original editions. (more)

Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR 5: Diptera and Siphonaptera. Pt 1 + 2

by Bei-Bienko, G.Ya. (Ed.)

Cat No. : 64581, Published : 1989, Illustrations : 964 text figs

Hardback £320.00

English translation from the Russian. Pt 1: Trichoceridae to Phoridae; Pt 2: Platypezidae to Tachinidae, plus Siphonaptera. Scarce. (more)

The Mayflies of Europe (Ephemeroptera)

by Bauernfeind, E.; Soldan, T.

Cat No. : 64458, Published : 2012, Illustrations : numerous col + b/w illus

Hardback £135.00

Up-to-date reference work enabling identification of Ephemeroptera, including last instar larvae (nymphs), subimago, male and female adults. Keys to genera. Species accounts: synonymy, characters for (more)

The Greenland Entomofauna: An Identification Manual of Insects Spiders and Their Allies (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 44)

by Böcher, J.; Kristensen, N.P.; Vilhelmsen, L.B. (Eds)

Cat No. : 64547, Published : 2015, Illustrations : col + b/w photos, line drawings

Hardback £75.00

An international team of 64 taxonomic specialists provide for the first time a richly illustrated guide to the identification of the c. 1200 species of Insects, Arachnids and Myriapods known to (more)

Gnaphosid Genera of the World. Vol. 1-2

by Murphy, J.

Cat No. : 64529, Published : 2007, Illustrations : line drawings, maps

Hardback £65.00

Two volumes: Text + Plates. With more than 2000 described species in over 100 genera, Gnaphosidae is the seventh most diverse spider family, out of 108. Gnaphosids are distributed over all parts of (more)

Spiders of Japan in Colour

by Yaginuma, T.

Cat No. : 64527, Published : 1971, Illustrations : 56 col plates, 52 b/w photos, text figs

Hardback £85.00

Text Japanese. Revised and enlarged edition, reprint. (more)

Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol. 1-2

by Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds)

Cat No. : 64336, Published : 2002, Illustrations : b/w text figs

Hardback £550.00

Research whilst compiling this book has uncovered a fauna about twice the size as that previously published in the literature and consequently Systema Porifera revises and stabilizes the (more)

Autobiography of a Bird Lover

by Chapman, F.M.

Cat No. : 56540, Published : 1933, Illustrations : frontis, 4 col plates, b/w plates

Hardback £45.00

First edition, first printing. Illustrated with photographs by the author, drawings and four colour plates by the American ornithologist, and illustrator Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927). Frank (more)

The Wild-Fowl and Sea-Fowl of Great Britain

by [Jordan, Denham] 'A Son of the Marshes'; Owen, J.A. (Ed.)

Cat No. : 56507, Published : 1895, Illustrations : 12 b/w plates

Hardback £75.00

Illustrated with plates by the British landscape and coastal painter Bryan Hook (1856-1925). Denham Jordan (1836-1920), a Victorian naturalist and writer, is chiefly remembered for his contributions (more)

Birds of the Bible: Chats with the Children about Bible Birds

by Bowker, James

Cat No. : 55699, Published : n.d. [1884], Illustrations : col frontis, wood engravings to text (some full-page)

Hardback £50.00

Undated (Britlish Library gives date of publication 1884; Bodlean Library copy, accession stamp dated 12th Feb 1885). Each page with border printed in red. Attractive chromolithographic frontispiece (more)

L'art francais dans le Livre d'Oiseaux Eléments d'une iconographie ornithologique française

by Ronsil, R.

Cat No. : 60476, Published : 1957, Illustrations : 4 col plates, 16 b/w plates

Hardback £65.00

Text French. 1,200 copies were printed of which 200 were issued as a limited deluxe edition of 200 numbered copies (this copy is No. 11). A substantial and scholarly survey of the history of French (more)

Birds by Land & Sea: The record of a year's work with field-glass and camera

by Boraston, John Maclair

Cat No. : 55702, Published : 1905, Illustrations : frontis, 51 b/w photographic plates

Hardback £50.00

First edition. Illustrated by photographs taken direct from nature by the author. A detailed study of birds observed around the village of Stretford, four miles south-west of Manchester, from (more)

A History of Fowling: Being an account of the many curious devices by which wild birds are or have been captured in different parts of the world

by MacPherson, H.A.

Cat No. : 57195, Published : 1897, Illustrations : b/w frontis, 4 b/w plates, b/w illus

Hardback £135.00

First edition. A detailed work by British ornithologist Reverend Hugh Alexander Macpherson (1858-1901). The introduction explores the literature of fowling, including birdlime, snares, traps, and (more)

The Wild Flowers of North Cyprus | Kuzey Kibris Yaban Cicekleri

by Yapicioglu, Ibrahim

Cat No. : 64471, Published : 2000, Illustrations : col photos throughout, col map

Hardback £65.00

Text bilingual: Turkish and English. A photographic guide to approx. 245 species of wild flowers found in North Cyprus, with a chart of their flowering times. Many species are illustrated with a (more)

Flora of Tierra del Fuego

by Moore, D.M.

Cat No. : 64580, Published : 1983, Illustrations : col photos, 283 line drawings, maps

Hardback £55.00

The Medicinal Flora of Britain and Northwestern Europe: A Field Guide including plants commonly cultivated in the region

by Barker, J.

Cat No. : 64212, Published : 2001, Illustrations : 130 line drawings

Paperback £85.00

The definitive guide to the medicinal plants of Northwestern Europe, now out of print and hard to find. Combines accurate and precise botany with the depth of knowledge of a renowned practitioner. (more)

Natural History & Sport in Moray collected from the Journals and Letters of the late Charles St. John

by St. John, C.

Cat No. : 64367, Published : 1863, Illustrations : frontispiece, title vignette, text illus

Hardback £55.00

First edition. Published posthumously based on the author's journals and letters with illustrations reproduced from his sketchbooks. A classic work on Scottish hunting, fishing and shooting. Provides (more)

Country Rambles, and Manchester Walks and Wild Flowers: being rural wanderings in Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, & Yorkshire

by Grindon, L.H.

Cat No. : 55373, Published : 1882, Illustrations : frontis, 5 engraved plates, dec. drop capitals, head and tail pieces

Hardback £55.00

Second edition. In part a reprint of Manchester Walks and Wild-Flowers (1858), in part, brief exerpts from the author's accounts of trips made by the Field Naturalists' Society, as given in (more)

Geology: Chemical, Physical and Stratigraphical. Vol. I-II

by Prestwich, Joseph

Cat No. : 64645, Published : 1886-1888, Illustrations : 1 col, folding, linen-backed map, 4 other maps (1 col, 2 partially col), 16 plain plates, 3 folding geological sections, 474 text figs

Hardback £120.00

Vol. I: Chemical and Physical; Vol. II: Stratigraphcial and Physical. First edition. Complete with all maps and plates, including a coloured folding linen-backed map by William Topley and J.G. (more)

Trilobites (Fossils Illustrated Vol. 2)

by Whittington, H.B.

Cat No. : 64600, Published : 1992, Illustrations : 120 b/w plates, 14 text figs

Hardback £95.00

A combination of magnificent photographs and authoritative and well written text. The great succession of kinds of trilobites evolved in a world of changing geography and climate. How trilobites were (more)

Birds of Stone: Chinese Avian Fossils from the Age of Dinosaurs

by Chiappe, Luis M.; Meng, Qingjin

Cat No. : 64624, Published : 2016, Illustrations : 184 col + 5 b/w illus, 11 line drawings

Hardback £55.00

When fossils of birds from China's Jehol region first appeared in scientific circles, the world took notice. These Mesozoic masterpieces are between 120 and 131 million years old and reveal (more)

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R: Arthropoda 4 Vol. 3-4: Superclass Hexapoda

by Carpenter, F.M.

Cat No. : 62548, Published : 1992, Illustrations : 265 text figs

Hardback £125.00

These 2 volumes cover the Insecta. Series editor Roger L. Kaesler. Professor Frank M. Carpenter (1902-1994) was based at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. He was a leading expert (more)

Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs

by Buffetaut, E.; Mazin, J.-M. (Eds)

Cat No. : 64596, Published : 2003, Illustrations : text figs

Hardback £35.00

Pterosaurs were a peculiar group of Mesozoic vertebrates, which acquired the ability to fly in an original way, using a membrane attached to a single finger of the hand. Ever since the first (more)

Richard Spruce (1817-1893): Botanist and Explorer

by Seaward, M.R.D.; Fitzgerald, S.M.D. (Eds)

Cat No. : 64601, Published : 1996, Illustrations : b/w photos

Paperback £40.00

This book explores Richard Spruce's outstanding contribution to Amazonian botany. He explored South America for 15 years, from Para in Brazil to the Andes of Ecuador and Peru, discovered thousands of (more)

The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species

by Darwin, Charles; Costa, James T. (Ed.)

Cat No. : 64622, Published : 2009, Illustrations : 1 text fig

Hardback £240.00

First edition. Scarce. This is the highly sought-after 2009 hardcover first printing. A cornerstone for any serious Darwin or History of Science collection. Charles Darwin's On the Origin of (more)

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