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Category: F W Frohawk

This category contains publications authored by, or referring to, the legendary naturalist Frederick William Frohawk.

1. A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES


F W FROHAWK, A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1924, 2 vols, folio, with foreword by Lord Rothschild who sponsored Frohawk for many years to produce this work, 4 plain and 60 colour plates, published by Hutchinson & Co, blue cloth binding with both original dustjackets slightly browned with small tears and ragged edges (not great but the best I've seen for a good many years). Contents and covers in very good condition. This is the first book to describe and illustrate all the life stages of British butterfly species. Now the ‘classic' twentieth century work with probably the finest and most comprehensive paintings to have been executed.
Stock No. 1495
£400.

2. A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES


F W FROHAWK, A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, Another copy, 1924, 2 vols, folio, with foreword by Lord Rothschild who sponsored Frohawk for many years to produce this work, 4 plain and 60 colour plates, published by Hutchinson & Co. A good clean copy including the plates but front cover of volume 2 has been bent leaving a vertical but flatcrease across the middle. This is the first book to describe and illustrate all the life stages of British butterfly species. Now the ‘classic' twentieth century work with probably the finest and most comprehensive paintings to have been executed. The price reflects the damage to the second volume but still represents extremely good value.
Stock No. 1469
£250

3. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES


F W FROHAWK, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1934, 8vo, 34 colour plates and 160 text illustrations, green cloth binding, published by Ward, Lock & Co. A condensed but updated version of Frohawk's main work but which stands as an accomplished work in its own right. In addition to all the typical British species of butterfly many interesting and unusual varieties are shown.
Stock No. 1470
£85

4. VARIETIES OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES,


F W FROHAWK, VARIETIES OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, , 1938 (reprint), 199 pages including 48 colour plates mostly showing several rare and unusual variations including examples of gynandromorphs, albinism, melanism and other aberrations, a good copy with very slight soiling to the covers, Ward Lock Co. FWF's final work. The plates of the first edition were lost during the second World War and reprinted along with same text in 1948 shortly after Frohawk died in 1946.
Stock No. 1472
£120

5. F W FROHAWK - HIS LIFE AND WORK


DR JUNE CHATFIELD, F W FROHAWK - HIS LIFE AND WORK, 1987, 184 pages, a finely illustrated book including many reproductions of his paintings and drawings of birds, animals, butterflies and moths, a fascinating insight into the life of a truly exceptional artist and illustrator whose study and paintings of butterflies and their life-cycles are to this day unsurpassed, published by Crowood Press.
Stock No. 1471
£25

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