A natural history of spiders, and other curious insects.
London: John Tilly, 1736. Quarto, 53 uncoloured copper engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled calf, expertly rebacked, all edges coloured, a very good copy. More
London: John Tilly, 1736. Quarto, 53 uncoloured copper engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled calf, expertly rebacked, all edges coloured, a very good copy. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A photographic guide to all 37 of the British families, with a focus on spiders that can be identified in the field. Containing over 300 stunning photographs, it is designed to be accessible to a wide audience, including those new..... More
London: Ray Society, 1861-1864. Folio, 29 handcoloured lithographed plates. Publisher's quarter cloth and papered boards with title labels, corners a little bumped but a very good copy. John Blackwall (1790-1881) was a pioneering arachnologist, correspondent of Charles Darwin, and one of the first naturalists to be interested in spiders of..... More
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1983. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Frenchs Forest: Reed New Holland, (2008. reprint). Octavo, paperback, 200 colour photographs, colour drawings. An easy-to-use and practical field manual. More than 100 of the most frequently encountered Australian spiders are shown, with information on toxicity, habitat and prey capture. Gives advice on first aid for treating bites from Australia's..... More
Wollombi: Exisle Publishing, 2011. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This entertaining book deals with an endlessly fascinating subject in a new, unique way. Humans have always had an ambivalent relationship with deadly animals. For most people they arouse fears and even phobias, yet perhaps the real risks are not..... More
London: A & C Black, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Stephen Dalton's detailed photographs chronicle the diversity of the spider world. Chapters are divided along broad ecological themes, with each focusing on different species, their habitats, hunting techniques, ecology and behaviour. Also featured are chapters on spider anatomy, and a...... More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. An accessible visual guide to the top 150 insects, spiders, and other crawling creatures combines readable text, representative photographs, and explanatory illustrations to highlight key features of body shape, life cycle, and behavior. Organized by scientific taxonomy, the book offers..... More
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This is a new edition of Martin Filmer's long-standing guide to southern African spiders. The book has been fully updated by Norman Larsen and now covers all 69 spider families found in the region. Spiders are grouped according to web type..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, (1996. second edition). Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. Talks about various aspects of spider biology. This work emphasises ecology and systematics., This work is an updated translation by the author of the second German-language edition from Thieme Verlag, published under licence agreement with that publisher under..... More
Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2005. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs and other illustrations. Covers the anatomy, physiology, behaviour and ecology of both native New Zealand and introduced spiders. For ease of use, the chapters group spiders in different ways, such as habitat, size, and web type. There are also chapters..... More
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2024. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. For each of the 150+ main species accounts there is at least one photograph for identification and a brief written account listing key ID features, range and habitat, food and behaviour. The book covers all of the most common and..... More
London: New Holland Publishers, 2014. Octavo, paperback, limp plastic, colour photographs, line drawings. The first comprehensive guide to cover all 79 spider families that occur in Australia. This book contains nearly 400 colour photographs of spiders and their webs, many of which have never been published before. The detailed introduction..... More
Perth: Records of the Western Australian Museum, 2008. Quarto, photographs, softcover. Records of the Western Australian Museum, volume 24, part four. More
New Holland Publishers, (2023. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This unique book, with its hundreds of images of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects and spiders, encourages readers to open their eyes to the wonders of nature and to the astounding diversity of wildlife that is never far away. If..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, graphs. When we enter the world of venom, we enter the realm of one of the most diverse, versatile, sophisticated and deadly biological adaptations ever to have evolved on Earth. Since it first appeared in ancient jellyfish and sea anemones..... More
Berkeley: 1975. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy dustwrapper. More
London: Frederick Warne, 1952. Octavo, colour plates, signature, publisher's cloth. More
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. WAS $60. This popular handbook for the captive husbandry and breeding of tarantulas, originally published in the German language, is now available in English. The taxonomy has been updated by the author. The text is in two sections. The..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1928. Octavo, mao in pocket. Publisher's printed wrappers, library stamps. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985. Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2023. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Clearing up spider myths and misconceptions, James O’Hanlon introduces readers to the beauty of their lives, including remarkable hunting techniques, the fascinating engineering of spider silk and the spiders that live in extremes — from underwater to the slopes of Mount Everest..... More
Manchester: Siri Scientific Press, 2013. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Over the last few decades innovations such as the internet, increased computing capabilities, molecular techniques and new imaging technologies have altered the way we do research in the 21st century. The result is a great increase in multi-disciplinary research and..... More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2003. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. WAS $56. A comprehensive overview of all species occurring in this beautiful Central American country. It is both a reference book and a field guide which brings together everything currently known about the tarantulas of the region. Chapters cover..... More
Sofia: Pensoft, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Zoo Keys 123. The assassin spiders of the family Archaeidae are an ancient and iconic lineage of basal araneomorph spiders, characterised by a specialised araneophagic ecology and unique, ‘pelican-like' cephalic morphology. Found throughout the rainforests, wet sclerophyll forests and mesic..... More