HISTORY OF INSECTS
Written by Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn; Donald L.J. Quicke.
Stock no. 1826682
Published by Springer ScienceBusiness Media. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of insect palaeontology, the methods for studying fossils, the taphonomic processes leading to their formation, the diagnostic features of all insect orders, both extant and extinct, the major fossils of each order, and the implications that can be drawn from the palaeoentomological record about past ecology and climates. Large format. Green cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9789048158300. Reprint. A physical copy of a print on demand book, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. Light rubbing to corners. A few top corners of contents lightly creased. Contents clean.

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A BOOK OF INSECTS
Written by Richard James. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323793
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1944. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No.5 Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Paperwraps. Covers grubby and foxed. Inside covers also foxed. Slight pulling at staples.

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BRITISH PYRALID AND PLUME MOTHS
Written by Bryan P. Beirne. Illustrated by S.N.A. Jacobs.
Stock no. 1824127
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Wayside and Woodland series. 216 colour specimens, 16 plates. 207 pages. Boards clean and bright. Scattered foxing, mainly to prelims and endpapers. Text block browned. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, scuffed, closed tear to top rear edge of spine.

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FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Charles N. Colyer; Cyril O. Hammond.
Stock no. 1824126
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wayside and Woodland Series. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles and fly vignette to front. Pink pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 383 pages including index. A few small marks to boards. Gilt is still bright. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots to contents and a few grubby marks e.g. page 15 (see photo). Contents generally very nice. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, lightly faded to spine, lightly scuffed, front flap has had tape on it at some point which has stained the flap vertically with some loss of surface paper.

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INSECT LIFE
Written by Arthur Smith. Illustrated by Arthur Smith.
Stock no. 1323331
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 66. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. There is a library label (unused) stuck to the inside front cover. Otherwise a nice, clean copy.

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BUTTERFLIES OF THE NEOTROPICAL REGION PART 1
Written by Bernard D'Abrera.
Stock no. 2139832
Published by Lansdowne. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Very large format. Papilionidae & Pieridae. Packed with colour photos. ISBN: 0701810335. Front cover a little bowed. Some marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with some nicks and chips; large tear along rear edge of spine; repaired with tape.

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MOTHS (NN 90)
Written by Michael E.N. Majerus.
Stock no. 1823471
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

New Naturalist No. 90. A comprehensive account of the diverse natural history of these fascinating insects. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0002201429. Covers very lightly scuffed, lower front corner laminate peeling (minor).

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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 1321264
Published by Penguin. Circa 1947. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial boards. Slight wear to corners. Contents clean.

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A CHECK LIST OF BRITISH INSECTS
Written by Georeg Sidney Kloet; Walter Douglas Hincks.
Stock no. 1821268
Published by T. Buncle & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Red suede limp boards, gilt title to spine. All edges gilt. Printed on thin tissue paper. lix and 483 pages including subscribers list to rear. Spine slightly faded, boards a little grubby. Minor nibble to lower corner of text block. Book plate to front pastedown. Front hinge starting to pull but binding tight.

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SYNOPSES OF THE BRITISH FAUNA No. 6 - LUMBRICIDAE (ANNELIDA)
Written by L. Cernosvitov; A.C. Evans.
Stock no. 2127993
Published by Linnean Society of London. 1947. Very good condition.

Card wraps. With a Key to the Common Species (of earthworms). B/w illustrations. Browning to cover edges.

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BUTTERFLIES OF SURREY
Written by Graham A. Collins.
Stock no. 1815914
Published by Surrey Wildlife Trust. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A detailed study of all Surrey's butterflies. Identification guide and information about each species and its distribution. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 87 pages including index. ISBN: 095260650X.

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FLEAS FLUKES AND CUCKOOS (NMN 7)
Written by Miriam Rothschild; Theresa Clay.
Stock no. 2116263
Published by Collins. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist monograph. B/w photos and drawings. A study of bird parasites. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine is faded. Couple of small inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby in places, with some edge-creasing; small piece of loss to top of spine.

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