Malaysian butterflies: an introduction.
Kuala Lumpur: Tropical Press, (1984. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Milkweed butterflies: their cladistics and biology. Being an account of the natural history of the Danainae, a subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Carcasson's African butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical region.
East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1995. Quarto, illustrations, laminated boards. This book deals with about 20% of the world butterfly fauna and is divided into three main sections - biology, biogeography and catalogue. It also includes a gazetteer and list of regional works as well as a bibliography. More
Selected butterflies of the world illustrated in colours.
Tokyo: Hokuryu-kan Publishing, (1964). Quarto, 132 colour plates with tissue guards, very good copy in dustwrapper and slipcase. In Japanese. More
Nomads of the wind: the migration of the Monarch butterfly and other wonders of the butterfly world.
London: Papadakis Publisher, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The migration of the Monarch butterfly and other wonders of the butterfly world. More
The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, tables. This illustrated atlas presents the findings of "Butterflies for the New Millennium", the most comprehensive survey of butterflies ever undertaken in Britain and Ireland. It provides an up-to-date assessment of our butterflies, the habitats they live in, and the threats..... More
Butterflies.
Stillwater: Voyager Press, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. A cultural and natural history of butterflies with stunning photographs. It highlights 40 of the most fascinating butterfly species from around the world. Includes an introduction to physical characteristics and behaviour butterfly-human relations, conservation, and the art of photographing butterflies... More
A selection of the butterflies of Sri Lanka.
Colombo: Lake House Investments Ltd., 1985. Oblong format, colour plates, softcover. More
Butterflies of the world.
London: Abrams, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A photographic book on butterflies and moths. It captures the metamorphosis from caterpillar to winged adults as well as the vast diversity of butterflies. More
The butterfly isles: a summer in search of our Emperors and Admirals.
London: Granta, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Butterflies animate our summers but the 59 butterfly species of the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland. A few survive for months..... More
The butterfly isles: a summer in search of our Emperors and Admirals.
London: Granta, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Butterflies animate our summers but the 59 butterfly species of the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland. A few survive for months..... More
Monarch: saving our most-loved butterfly.
Pittsburgh: St. Lynn's Press, 2017. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Every fall, spectacular orange and black clouds of monarch butterflies fill the skies as they migrate from across North America to Central Mexico. West Coast populations make a similar though much shorter trip to coastal California. The National Wildlife Federation..... More
British Pyralid and Plume moths.
London: Frederick Warne, (1954. second edition), Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in slightly worn unclipped dustwrapper. The Wayside and Woodland Series. More
The common butterflies of the plains of India.
Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society, 1909-1920. Octavo, 17 (mostly colour) printed plates. Binder's quarter cloth and marbled boards. A collection of 22 sequential papers intermittently published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. This collection is possibly not all published. More
A naturalist's guide to the butterflies of Great Britain and Northern Europe.
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This easy-to-use, fully comprehensive identification guide to the 158 butterflies found in Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Belgium, Netherlands and the Baltics is perfect for amateur naturalists. High-quality photographs are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include common and scientific name, wingspan, distribution..... More
A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1902. Quarto, five lithographed plates three chromolithographs. Modern binder's cloth. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, More
The Xerces Society gardening for butterflies: how you can attract and protect beautiful, beneficial insects.
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. Can gardening change the world? It certainly can when it comes to butterflies. Butterflies are in danger, but everyone who has a garden can do their part to make a difference. Gardening for Butterflies is an optimistic call to..... More
Genera et index methodicus Europaeorum Lepidopterorum.
Paris: Apud Roret, 1840. Octavo, quarter calf and pebbled boards, some wear, all edges coloured, bookplates and pencil annotations, the copy of E. W. Classey. More
The complete field guide to butterflies of Australia.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2016. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps. As biologically fascinating as they are beautiful, butterflies are a pleasure to watch and an important group of invertebrates to study. In the twelve years since the first edition, the volume of discoveries and changes in information..... More
A monograph of the British aberrations of the chalk-hill blue butterfly.
Bournemouth: Richmond Hill Printing Works, 1938. Quarto, 18 photographic plates. Publisher's cloth, uncut, tipped in errata. More
Jamaica and its butterflies.
London: E. W. Classey Limited, 1972. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Australian butterflies in colour.
Sydney: A H & A W Reed, 1969. Small octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The genus Euploea (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) in Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. A zoo-geographical study.
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1953. Quarto, nine photographic plates, softcover. More
Butterflies and moths.
Pymble: Harper Collins, 1992. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards. Collins Eyewitness Handbooks. More
Life histories of the South African Lycaenid butterflies.
Cape Town: Purnell & Sons, 1971. Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More