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
INVERTEBRATES - Spiders and related groups
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A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1983. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Australian spiders.
Melbourne: Periwinkle Press, 1965. first edition). Octavo, photographs, stiff card. More
A guide to Australian spiders: their collection and identification.
Melbourne: Nelson, 1969. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrappaer. 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
Spiders of Australia: an introduction to their classification, biology and distribution.
Sofia: Pensoft, 2003. Octavo, 166 colour plates, laminated boards. 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 numbers..... More
Mites injurious to economic plants.
Berkeley: 1975. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy dustwrapper. More
Fauna of New Zealand Number 7: Cryptostigmata (Arachnida: Acari) - a concise review.
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1985. Octavo, paperback, diagrams, maps. More
Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume three. Arachnida: Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi.
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985. Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
Spiders of Australia: a guide to their identification with brief notes on the natural history of common forms.
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, (1964. first edition), Duodecimo, text illustrations, softcover. Jacaranda Pocket Guide. An excellent series and worth collecting in fine condition. More
Australian spiders.
Sydney: Sirius Books, 1963. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Australian spiders: their lives and habitats.
Sydney: Halstead Press, 1952. second edition]. Octavo, photographs, lacks dustwrapper. More
Advances in spider taxonomy 1981-1987.
Manchester: Manchester UP, 1989. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. Based on more than 4,000 papers on spider classification published since 1981. It lists new and reclassified species from all over the world. More
Scorpion.
London: Reaktion Books, 2016. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. From the dawn of civilization scorpions have captured the human imagination. Yet the scorpion is often a misunderstood animal with a bad reputation that overshadows its many exceptional qualities. Older than dinosaurs, these small arthropods have survived for hundreds..... More
The spiders and allied orders of the British Isles, comprising descriptions of every family of British spiders, every species of Harvetman and False Scorpions. Also the more familiar of the British mites and Sea-spiders.
London: Frederick Warne, (1953. reprint). Duodecimo, colour plates, lacks dustwrapper. More
Spiders and other arachnids.
London: English Universities Press, 1964. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The Funnelweb.
Toowoomba: Darling Downs Institute Press, 1980. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
The silken web: a natural history of Australian spiders.
Sydney: Reed Books, 1994. Quarto, colour photographs, crinkled dustwrapper. A fascinating and well-illustrated view of the history and biology of spiders. More
On the margins: the fen raft spiders of Redgrave and Lopham Fen.
Peterborough: Langford Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. A wonderful tribute to one of Britain's least common spiders. Indispersed with Shelia Tilmouth's inspiring artworks, this book provides readers with a detailed account of this beautiful creature. More
The British Hydracarina.
London: Ray Society, (1925-1929). Octavo, 60 lithographic (18 coloured) plates. Publisher's cloth, a few flecks, hinges lightly split volumes two and three, otherwise a very good set. More
Spiders commonly found in Melbourne and surrounding regions.
Melbourne: Royal Society of Victoria, (1992. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, colour photographs, softcover. More
Spiders and scorpions commonly found in Victoria.
Melbourne: Royal Society of Victoria, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, signed by both author,s softcover. Common and scientific names are given together with a detailed contents list and index to make for quick identification of our spiders and scorpions. Includes notes on habitats, the biology and the venoms of..... More
An account of the South-American Cheliferinae in the collections of the British and Copenhagen Museums
London: The Zoological Society of London, 1908. Quarto, wrappers, plates numbered 29-31 and text figures. Wrappers chipped and detached, partly uncut, damage to lower edge affecting the titles of some plates. Transactions volume 18, part three. More
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