Miscellania.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1972-1975. Octavo, softcover. A collection of miscellaneous articles, primarily on invertebrates. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1972-1975. Octavo, softcover. A collection of miscellaneous articles, primarily on invertebrates. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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
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
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
Melbourne: Georgian House, (1962. reprint). Octavo, twelve colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1973. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
London: Papadakis Publisher, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The migration of the Monarch butterfly and other wonders of the butterfly world. More
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
London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1971. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Pittsburgh: Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 1951. Octavo, plates, text illustrations. Publisher's printed wrappers, partly unopened. More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1923. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's boards. More
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
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
London: Chapman & Hall, 1991. Octavo, photographs, laminated boards. More
London: Ray Society, 1958. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
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
California: University of California Press, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Have you ever seen an antelope the size of a cat, or a frog bigger than a lapdog? What kinds of animals thrive in the Sahara? Earth is full of incredible creatures, all specially adapted..... More
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
Wallingford: Cabi publishing, 2001. Octavo, laminated boards, illustrations. Topics covered include Morphology, phylogeny and systematics. Body wall: form and function. Sensory organs and the nervous system. Radular structure and function. Structure and function of the digestive tract. Food and feeding behaviour. Haemolymph: blood cell morphology and function. Structure and functioning..... More
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
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
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Octavo, fine copy in laminated boards. A reference work providing an annotated bibliography of key works on insect groups. It provides descriptions of all groups, the most useful and up-to-date references for each and notes on their coverage and relevance. Also contains a chapter on..... More
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
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