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London: George G. Harrap, 1959. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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London: George G. Harrap, 1959. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Large octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. From 1810 to 1811, the English stonemason and amateur naturalist George Perry published a lavishly illustrated magazine on natural history. The Arcana or Museum of Nature ran to 22 monthly parts, with 84 extraordinary hand-coloured plates and over 300 text..... More
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2004. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. This guide will be of value to entomologists, both amateur and professional, as well as to students, nature conservation officers, game rangers, gardeners, farmers, tourists and anyone with an interest in natural history. An introductory chapter discusses the insect body, life..... More
Lusaka: Anglo American Corporation (Central Africa), 1977. Oblong format, colour plates, tapemarks, laminated boards. More
Colchester: Harley Books, 1993. Quarto, colour illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Deals with the biology and ecology of the fifty-seven species of Sphingidae that occur in the western Palaearctic - an area bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Sahara desert to the north and Siberia to..... More
Deviot: Author, 2013. Octavo, colour photographs and illustrations, softcover. This book is an introduction to glowworms from the order Diptera which includes flies. They are all in the genus Arachnocampa, which has one species in New Zealand and eight species in eastern Australia. More
Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1994. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. The study of amber fossils provides an accurate picture of life in a tropical rainforest between fifteen and forty five million years ago. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1993. Octavo, text illustrations, laminated boards. "... One of the most comprehensive and readable accounts of a survey scheme ever published." Antenna. More
Melbourne: Museum of Victoria, 1984-1992. Foolscap, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, five volumes. More
Chelmsford: Arlequin Press, (2001. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. Includes sections on anatomy, life cycle, behaviour, habitats, conservation and more. More
London: Blandford Press, 1990. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Blandford Press, 1988. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cape Town: Struik Winchester, (1994. second edition). Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper and slipcase. A superb publication on South African butterflies, extensively revised and updated with detailed information on all the known species and subspecies. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.. Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, number nine. More
London: Reaktion Books, 2016. Octavo, photographs, illustrations, softcover. Reaktion Animal Series. From the dawn of civilization scorpions have captured the human imagination. Yet the scorpion is often a misunderstood animal with a bad reputation that overshadows its many exceptional qualities. Older than dinosaurs, these small arthropods have survived for hundreds..... More
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1981. Octavo, colour photographs, limp plastic. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1955. Octavo, text illustrations. More
London: Frederick Warne, 1965. Octavo, colour plates, worn dustwrapper. The Wayside and Woodlands Series. More
Amsterdam: A. Asher & Co., [1965. facsimile). Large quarto, monochrome plates, text illustrations. Text in French. Originally published in Paris by Masson et Cie, Editeurs, 1904-1906. More
Sydney: Reader's Digest, (1990. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, lacks dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Octavo, text illustrations, wrappers. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Information Services, 1993. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, text illustrations. More
New York: Academic Press, 2003. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. A comprehensive work devoted to all aspects of insects, including their anatomy, physiology, evolution, behaviour, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management. Articles provide definitive facts about all insects from..... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. Octavo, colour photographs, graphs, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Frigid, dark, and energy-deprived, the deep sea was long considered hostile to life. However, new sampling technologies and intense international research efforts in recent decades have revealed a remarkably rich fauna and an astonishing..... More