Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2009. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The class of Arachnida does not consist of spiders alone but also contains ten other orders - harvestmen, ticks and mites, wind spiders, tailless whip spiders, whip spiders, scorpions, palpigrades, pseudoscorpions, schizomids and ricinuleids - nearly all of which have eight... More about Arachnids
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 about Britain's spiders: a field guide
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 about A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2018. colour photographs and illustrations, maps. An illustrated guide to aid identification, provide protection measures and guidance on treatment. Though many are harmless and even beneficial, invertebrates are some of the world’s most feared and dangerous creatures. Guide to Venomous and Medically Important Invertebrates describes the health..... More about Guide to venomous and medically important invertebrates
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations. Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and poorly understood groups. This beautifully illustrated volume is the first comprehensive guide to all 68 families of spiders in... More about Common spiders of North America
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 dangerous spiders. More about Spiderwatch: a guide to Australian spiders
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 about Deadly beautiful: vanishing killers of the animal kingdom
Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. In this new tarantula book the three authors discuss their journeys to Africa, South America and Asia to observe tarantulas in their natural habitats. The knowledge gained from these explorations is implemented in their keeping and breeding concept by considering habitat... More about Tarantulas: breeding, experience and wildlife
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 about Spiders: the ultimate predators
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 about National Geographic guide to the insects and spiders of North America
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 about Filmer's spiders: an identification guide to southern Africa
New York: Oxford University Press, (1996. second edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white 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... More about Biology of spiders
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 about Spiders of New Zealand and their worldwide kin
Sofia: Pensoft, 2003. Small quarto, laminated boards, 166 colour plates. Spiders of Australia: an introduction to their classification, biology and distribution describes and illustrates over 150 species of Australian spiders. A detailed summary of spider morphology, biology and classification is also included. All families are described in detail and the... More about Spiders of Australia: an introduction to their classification, biology and distribution
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, line drawings. Spiders are often underestimated as suitable behavioural models because of the general belief that due to their small brains their behaviour is innate and mostly invariable. Challenging this assumption, this fascinating book shows that rather... More about Spider behaviour: flexibility and versatility
Archerfield: Steve Parish Publishing, 2008. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs, distribution maps. Covers the identification, behaviour and habitats of common Australian spiders. More about Spiders: a wild Australia guide
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 about Venom: the secrets of nature's deadliest weapon
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs. An introduction to spiders. By observing and studying spiders in the world around her, and learning from experts and biologists, the author came to love these misunderstood members of the animal kingdom. As well as being... More about Spiders: learning to love them
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. 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 first is... More about Tarantulas in the vivarium: lifestyle, husbandry and breeding
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1928. Octavo, mao in pocket. Publisher's printed wrappers, library stamps. More about A list of the insects of New York: with a list of the spiders and certain other allied groups
London: Reaktion Books, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. The spider has a rich symbolic presence in the human imagination. Seen as representing death, due to its poisoned fangs and pitiless, predatory nature, the spider can also represent both creativity and creation... More about Spider
London: E. Cox and Son, 1821. Octavo, 22 handcoloured engraved plates (including one reptile plate of a viper). Nineteenth century calf with gilt crest on front board, library stamps in title and text, signed release by Redmond Barry on the titlepage, a handsome copy. More about Appendix to the general system of toxicology; or, a treatise on mineral, vegetable, and animal...
Manchester: Siri Scientific Press, 2011. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, other illustrations. Provides general and up to date background information on the overall importance and diversity of fossil spiders, including an indication of those groups for which the taxonomy is spurious and in need of reassessment. Discusses the... More about Fossil spiders: the evolutionary history of a mega-diverse order
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 about Spider research in the 21st century
Manchester, Siri Scientific Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Provides close up macrophotographs and notes on the biology and uses of more than 500 non-marine plant and animals species of interest, including those most likely to be seen during a short visit to the country. More about Field guide to wildlife of the Gambia: an introduction to common flowers and animals