A natural history of spiders, and other curious insects.
London: John Tilly, 1736. Quarto, 53 uncoloured copper engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled calf, expertly rebacked, all edges coloured, a very good copy. More
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Australian arachnology.
Sydney: The Australian Entomological Society, 1988. Octavo, photographs, softcover. The Australian Entomological Society, Miscellanous Publication, number five. More
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The Archipelago of the Recherche[ volume one only].
Sydney: Australian Geographical Society, 1954. Octavo, photographs, maps, publisher's printed wrappers. Australian Geographical Society Reports, number one. Volume one, 1954 (comprises parts 1a, 1b, 5, 6, 7). Part 1a. Bechervaise, J M., General history. Part 1b. Fairbridge, R. W. and V. Serventy, Physiography. Part 5. Glauert, L., Reptiles and frogs..... More
Britain's spiders: a field guide.
Princeton NJ: 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..... More
A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland.
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
Guide to venomous and medically important invertebrates.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2018. Octavo, photographs, maps, softcover. WAS $60. 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..... More
A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1983. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
The world of spiders.
London: Collins, (1971. second edition). Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 38. More
Spiderwatch: a guide to Australian spiders.
Sydney: 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..... More
Deadly beautiful: vanishing killers of the animal kingdom.
London: 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
A guide to Australian spiders: their collection and identification.
Melbourne: Nelson, 1969. Octavo, colour photographs, owner's signature, softcover. More
A guide to Australian spiders: their collection and identification.
Melbourne: Nelson, 1969. Octavo, colour photographs,contacted dustwrappaer. More
Spiders: the ultimate predators.
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
Australian spiders Araneae - collection, preservation and identification.
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1986. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, signature, softcover. More
Spiders of Tasmania.
Sydney: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, 2019. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This book illustrates many of the spiders found in Tasmania, including the common, the unusual, the new and those that are yet to be formally described and named. More
National Geographic guide to the insects and spiders of North America.
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
Filmer's spiders: an identification guide to southern Africa.
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
Reed concise guide: spiders of Australia.
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2024. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. For each of the 150+ main species accounts there is at least one photograph for identification and a brief written account listing key ID features, range and habitat, food and behaviour. The book covers all of the most common and..... More
A guide to the spiders of Australia.
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2014. Octavo, paperback, limp plastic, colour photographs, text illustrations. The first comprehensive guide to cover all 79 spider families that occur in Australia. This book contains nearly 400 colour photographs of spiders and their webs, many of which have never been published before. The detailed introduction..... More
Spider, insect and man
Sydney: Commonwealth Serum Laboratories. paperback. "Inscribed for Andrew Isles with compliments J. Ros Garnet 5-7-96" More
Know your Australian spiders and ticks.
Sydney:. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Acarology: proceedings of the 10th International Congress.
Collingwood: CSIRO, 1998. Quarto, photographs, graphs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Papers in honour of Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1788).
Perth: Records of the Western Australian Museum, 2008. Quarto, photographs, softcover. Records of the Western Australian Museum, volume 24, part four. More
Some common Tasmanian spiders.
Sydney: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1967. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Australian wildlife on your doorstep.
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, (2023. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This unique book, with its hundreds of images of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects and spiders, encourages readers to open their eyes to the wonders of nature and to the astounding diversity of wildlife that is never far away..... More