INSECTS - General Reference
Insects: builders and craftsmen.
London: Burke Publishing, 1959. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Insects: hunters and trappers.
London: Burke Publishing, 1957. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Catalogues of the New Zealand Diptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera; with descriptions of the species.
New Zealand: Government Printer, 1881. Octavo, stamps, publisher's printed wrappers, two small stamps. More
The practical entomologist.
London: Aurum Press, 1992. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
A general textbook of entomology: including the anatomy, physiology, development and classification of insects.
London: Methuen, (1925. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's worn cloth, rebacked with new endpapers. One of the classics of entomological literature, the first edition is rarely seen and usually, like this copy, in mediocre condition. More
Outlines of entomology.
London: Methuen, (1949. fourth edition). Octavo, text illustrations, owner's stamp, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Outlines of entomology.
London: (1942. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations. More
Outlines of entomology.
London: (1944. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
The life of North American insects.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth, shabby, blank endpaper detached. A later edition without the coloured plates. More
Sur la morphologie de l'insecte.
Limoges: Imprimerie-Librarie ducourtieux et gout, 1909. Octavo, text illustrations. Contemporary half calf, all edges coloured. More
The Humicolous fauna of South Africa: Pselaphidae and Catopidae (coleoptera).
Pretoria: Transvaal Museum, 1964. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
Fascinating insects: some aspects of insect life.
Sofia: Pensoft, 2005. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations, corners lightly bumped. This book highlights the very successful and much diversified group of organisms, the insects, and deals with some interesting aspects of insect life, which are often ignored in entomology textbooks. There are chapters on ants making "slaves"..... More
Insects and spiders.
London: Frederick Warne, 1952. Octavo, colour plates, signature, publisher's cloth. More
Insects: foes and friends.
London: S. W. Partridge, 1898. Duodecimo, 32 chromolithographic plates, very good copy in publisher's cloth. More
British butterflies, moths and beetles.
London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co, 1887. Small octavo, text illustrations, signature, publisher's cloth. More
An introduction to entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects: with plates.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815-1816-1826. Octavo, four volumes, two steel engraved frontispiece portraits, 30 engraved plates ( five handcoloured). Nineteenth century polished half calf, a mixed set (volume two second edition, the others are first editions), a very good set. More
An introduction to entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects: with plates.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816-1826. second edition), Octavo, two steel engraved frontispiece portraits, 30 engraved plates (five handcoloured). Modern half polished calf and marbled boards,with labels, all edges coloured, a very good set. More
A check list of British insects.
Stockport: Authors, 1945. Octavo, signature, publisher's cloth. More
Living insects of the world.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1959. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Insects and the rain forests of south east Asia (Wallacea).
London: Royal Entomological Society of London, 1990. Quarto, text illustrations, graphs, softcover. More
Principles of insect parastisim analyzed from new perspectives.
Washington: United States Department of Agriculture, 1992. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
A treatise on insects injurious to gardeners, foresters, and farmers.
London: William Smith, 1842. Small octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, a very good copy. More
Introduction a l'entomologie comprenant les principes généraux de l'anatomie et de la physiologie des insectes, des détails sur leurs moeurs et un résumé des principaux systèmes de classification proposés jusqu'a ce jour ces animaux.
Paris: Librarie Encyclopedique De Roret, (1834. first edition). Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More