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
Birdscaping Australian gardens: using native plants to attract birds to your garden.
Melbourne: Penguin Group, 2015. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, line drawings. A beautifully illustrated how-to book for attracting a wide variety of birds and butterflies to your garden by providing shelter, nesting sites, fruit, seeds, nuts, and nectar. The detailed directory and unique planting calendars included show you how to..... 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 Karanasa butterflies, a study in evolution.
Pittsburgh: Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 1951. Octavo, plates, text illustrations. Publisher's printed wrappers, partly unopened. 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
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
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
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
Butterflies: ecology and evolution taking flight.
Chicago: University of Chicago, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, softcover. In Butterflies: ecology and evolution taking flight, the world's leading experts synthesize current knowledge of butterflies to show how the study of these fascinating creatures as model systems can lead to deeper understanding of ecological and evolutionary patterns and..... 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
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
Butterflies and moths in Britain and Europe.
London: Heinemann, 1982. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Encyclopedie D'Histoire Naturelle: Papillons.
Paris: Libraire de Fitmin-Didot, 1878. Quarto, uncoloured plates. Contemporary quarter morocco. More
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society, (1978. third edition), Octavo, colour plates, other illustrations, fine copy in contacted dustwrapper. More
Annotationes Rhopalocerologicae.
Berkhamsted: Author, 1968-1975. Octavo, wrappers, Described by the author as a tribute to Arthur Francis Hemming, author of Generic names of the butterflies and their type-species, and designed as an Addenda to that work. More
Butterflies of South America.
Ferny Creek: Hill House, 1984. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. The book is arranged by family, with principal genera and certain representative species figured, together with and indication of the number and distribution of related species. More
Butterflies of the Australian region.
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1971. first edition). Folio, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Lavishly illustrated and well produced, these are arguably the finest modern butterfly books ever published. More
Butterflies of the Australian region.
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1977. second edition). Small folio, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
A naturalist's guide to the butterflies and dragonflies of Sri Lanka.
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A compact and portable photographic guide to the 280 species of butterflies and dragonflies most likely to be encountered in Sri Lanka. It is also an excellent book for residents and visitors to learn about the commoner butterflies and dragonflies before..... More