Category: Recent Acquisitions

1. MONOGRAPH OF THE BRITISH CICADAE OR TETTIGIDAE
BUCKTON G B, MONOGRAPH OF THE BRITISH CICADAE OR TETTIGIDAE, Volumes I & II complete, octavo, 1890 & 1891, 212 and lxxxiii-136 pages, in all 76 coloured and 8 plain plates all drawn by the author each with many figures of the adult insects and anatomical sections, bound in maroon half calf and cloth covers, in excellent condition, MacMillan & Co.
Stock No. 351
£185

2. BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY; BEING ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GENERA OF INSECTS FOUND IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND (SUNDRY ORDERS)
CURTIS J, BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY; BEING ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GENERA OF INSECTS FOUND IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND (SUNDRY ORDERS), Title page dated 1862, octavo, 79 finely hand-coloured engraved plates of adult insects each depicted with a plant of flower or grass and anatomical detail, every plate accompanied with descriptive text 158pp, 4 pages of contemporary neatly handwritten indexes, bound in half calf a little worn but firm, the orders indexed read “Aphaniptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Neuroptera, Omaloptera, Strepsiptera,Thysanoptera”, the plates are variously numbered as for the full work of sixteen volumes of Curtis’s British Entomology, Lovell, Reeve & Co
Stock No. 749
£295

3. THE BUTTERFLIES OF CORNWALL AND THE SCILLY ISLES
PENHALLURICK R D, THE BUTTERFLIES OF CORNWALL AND THE SCILLY ISLES, 1996, 180 pages in hardback with dustjacket, line drawings of butterflies by the author and distribution maps, a comprehensive account of the county’s butterflies going back some 200 years, (although published some 10 years ago it has not been widely marketed and so new copies are available at the original published price), published Dyllansow Pengwella.
Stock No. 751
£14.75

4. THE ART AND EMBROIDERY OF JANE HALL, REFLECTIONS OF NATURE
HALL, JANE, THE ART AND EMBROIDERY OF JANE HALL, REFLECTIONS OF NATURE, 2007, 128 pages in A4 size hardback with dustjacket, beautifully produced and illustrated fully throughout in colour, “In a unique combination of art. photography and prose, Jane Hall magically intertwines her exquisite work as a textile artist with the world that has inspired it. She presents her breathtakingly beautiful embroideries through numerous photographs and descriptions, conveying the very essence of her work; ‘to achieve works which are not simply observations, but translations of wonder as well as nature’”. Search Press. New.
Stock No. 752
£19.99

5. BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTH AMAZONIA
GARWOOD KIM, LARMAN RICHARD, WILL & GILL CARTER, BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTH AMAZONIA, 2007 just out, a photographic checklist of common butterflies, A5 size, 272 pages with some 2000 colour photos of butterflies and a few day-flying moths mostly with under and upper wing shots each identifies with American and scientific names and locations where seen, an indispensable guide for the beginner in the south American tropics, spiral bound with stiff laminated covers. RiCale Publishing. New.
Stock No. 777
£55