David Dunbar - Aurelian Books

Antiquarian and Rare Books and Prints about Butterflies, Moths and Natural History

 0208 455 9612

Category: 1900 - 1940

All books in good secondhand condition unless otherwise stated. July 2009.

1. INSECTS THEIR LIFE-HISTORIES AND HABITS


BASTIN H, INSECTS THEIR LIFE-HISTORIES AND HABITS, 1913, i-xi and 349 pages, coloured frontispiece and many photographic plates, pages untrimmed, blue cloth covers decorated with gilt scrolling and lettering with colour plate pasted on front cover, with handwritten letter from Harold Bastin to Arthur Fish of Cassell & Co Ltd regarding the publication of the book, a nice clean copy, T.C & E.C Jack
Stock No. 1242
£30

2. METHODS OF MOTH COLLECTING,


BELL J H , METHODS OF MOTH COLLECTING,, no date ?1935, third edition, 112 pages, Watkins & Doncaster
Stock No. 1149
£18

3. OUR BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS and how to know them


DAGLISH E F, OUR BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS and how to know them, 1913, 126pages, colour frontispiece, monotone plates, and line drawings, Thornton Butterworth.
Stock No. 2
£8

4. A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES


F W FROHAWK, A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1924, 2 vols, folio, with the Foreword, dated 1914, by Lord Rothschild who sponsored Frohawk for many years to undertake the production of the work, 4 plain and 60 colour plates, blue cloth binding, contents are good with clean plates, bindings a little worn with minor blemishes and loosening, without the dust jackets. Hutchison.
Stock No. 3
£350.00

5. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES


F W FROHAWK, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1934, 8vo, 384 pp, 34 colour plates and 160 text illustrations, green cloth binding, without dustjacket, Ward Lock & Co.
Stock No. 4
£85

6. BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, OTHER INSECTS AND CREATURES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE


FURNEAUX W, BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, OTHER INSECTS AND CREATURES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, 1927, 12 colour plates and text illustrations, 8vo, Westminster Press.
Stock No. 6
£12

7. POCKET-BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES MOTHS AND OTHER WINGED INSECTS


HALL C A, POCKET-BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES MOTHS AND OTHER WINGED INSECTS, 1931, 149 pages, 48 plates many colour showing over 300 species, A & C Black.
Stock No. 8
£6

8. BUTTERFLY AND MOTH COLLECTING


HODGE A E, BUTTERFLY AND MOTH COLLECTING, 1919, 128 pages, black and white plates and text illustrations, C A Pearson Ltd.
Stock No. 9
£8

9. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE


HULME F E,, BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, not dated c1920, quarto, 300 pages, 35 colour plates by the author each depicting several species, most of the British butterflies are featured as are many of the larger moths, a fine copy in red cloth binding, Hutchinson.
Stock No. 10
£38

10. MIGRATION AND DISPERSAL OF INSECTS BY FLIGHT


JOHNSON C G, MIGRATION AND DISPERSAL OF INSECTS BY FLIGHT, 1969, xxii-764 pages, illustrated, Methuen & Co Ltd.
Stock No. 11
£35

11. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS SHOWN TO THE CHILDREN


KELMAN J H, BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS SHOWN TO THE CHILDREN, nd c.1920, xvi-94 pages, 48 colour plates, d/w, very good copy, T C & E C Jack.
Stock No. 13
£10

12. BUTTEFLIES AND MOTHS


KELMAN J H, & WOOD T,, BUTTEFLIES AND MOTHS, (1950's), xvi-94pp, 48 colour plates, Nelson.
Stock No. 14
£7

13. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM


KIRBY W E, BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, c.1910, 8vo, lii-468 pages, 70 colour plates illustrating all the butterflies and common moths, green cloth, good, with dustjacket, early impressions of this work have the plates printed on one side only, Routledge.
Stock No. 15
£55

14. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS IN ROMANCE AND REALITY


KIRBY W F, BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS IN ROMANCE AND REALITY, 1926 reprint of 1913 edition, 8vo, 178 pages, advertisements bound in at back, 28 colour plates, cloth, very fresh copy, The Sheldon Press.
Stock No. 17
£35

15. HISTORY OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 1833-1933,


NEAVE S A, AND OTHERS, HISTORY OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 1833-1933,, 1933, xlvi-224 pages, 8 photographic plates, a useful account of the society's development and its personalities, London.
Stock No. 18
£35

16. TEXT BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS


NEWMAN L W & LEEDS H A, TEXT BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS, 1913, 220 pages, with detailed tables of English/scientific names, appearance times, habitats and foodplants, excellent condition, Gibbs and Bamford.
Stock No. 19
£20

17. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS AT HOME AND ABROAD


ROWLAND-BROWN H, BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1912, 271 pages, 21 colour plates mounted on grey backing pages with index keys, each plate shows several species of butterfly with larvae and pupae, blue cloth binding with colour plate on front cover. T Fisher Unwin.
Stock No. 21
£35

18. THE ENTOMOLOGICAL LOG-BOOK


SCORER A G, THE ENTOMOLOGICAL LOG-BOOK, 1913, 374 pp, dictionary of life histories and food plants of the British Lepidoptera, vi-374 pages each Geo Routledge & Sons.
Stock No. 22
£30

19. BUTTERFLIES and how to identify them


SEDGWICK S N, BUTTERFLIES and how to identify them, 1917, 2nd 63pp, folding colour plate, illustrated., 4x6", C H Kelly.
Stock No. 23
£6

20. MOTHS OF THE MONTHS and how to identify them


SEDGWICK S N, MOTHS OF THE MONTHS and how to identify them, 1919, 60pp, colour folding plate, illustrated, Epworth.
Stock No. 24
£5

21. BRITISH BUTTERFLIES


STEWART A M, BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1922, viii-88 pages, 8 colour and 8 monotone plates, pictures of all the British butterflies, A & C Black.
Stock No. 25
£8

22. BRITISH BUTTERFLIES


STEWART A M, BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1934, 88 pages, colour pictures of all the British butterflies, other illust., d/w, A & C Black.
Stock No. 26
£10

23. MIGRATION OF BUTTERFLIES


WILIAMS C B, MIGRATION OF BUTTERFLIES, 1930, 374 pages, hardback, Oliver & Boyd.
Stock No. 27
£35.

24. DAYS WITH A BUTTERFLY NET


BELL J H, DAYS WITH A BUTTERFLY NET, No date ?1931, 130 pages, poor binding, complete, Watkins & Doncaster.
Stock No. 1102
£20

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