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
Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature [the insect plate volume only].
Paris: {'an V. de la Republique Francaise, 1797. Quarto, 266 uncoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half morocco and blue papered boards, all edges uncut, a fine copy. Volume eighteen. More
The anatomy of the migratory locust.
London: The Athlone Press, 1953. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Nature's flyers: birds, insects and the biomechanics of flight.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations. David E. Alexander's fascination with the many animals and plants that have harnessed the air is evident in Nature's Flyers: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight, a detailed account of our current scientific understanding of the..... 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
American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1985. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Selected writings of T.C. Schneirla.
San Francisco: W H Freeman and Company, 1972. Quarto, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The dragonflies of Europe.
Colchester: Harley Books, 1988. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The systematic section gives keys to the genera and species, with clear descriptions, and details of biology, flight periods, and distribution of all species found in Europe, with distribution maps showing national boundaries. Descriptions are augmented..... More
Insects in perspective.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1978. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, gfine copy in dustwrapper. 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
The Tettigoniidae: biology, systematics and evolution.
Bathurst: Crawford House, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. Includes chapters by various authors on topics such as the evolution of acoustic communication; anti-predator defences; and karyotypes and meiosis. More
Reproductive behaviour of insects: individuals and populations.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1991. Octavo, photographs, laminated boards. More
British water beetles: volume three.
London: Ray Society, 1958. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
Keys to the orders of insects.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1920. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, wrappers. More
Britain's hoverflies: an introduction to the hoverflies of Britain and Ireland.
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to all the genera of hoverflies found in Britain, focusing on the species most likely to be identified. Accessible and designed to appeal to a wide audience, the book contains more than 500 remarkable..... More
The amazing world of insects.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1963. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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
Royal Entomological Society book of British insects.
London: John Wiley and Sons, 2011. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. This book is the only modern systematic account of all 558 families of British insects, covering not just the large and familiar groups that are included in popular books, but even the smallest and least known. It is beautifully..... More
Royal Entomological Society book of British insects.
London: John Wiley and Sons, 2011. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. This book is the only modern systematic account of all 558 families of British insects, covering not just the large and familiar groups that are included in popular books, but even the smallest and least known..... More
The desert locust.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1972. Octavo, photographs, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. More