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INSECTS OF DOCK PLANTS
Written by David T. Salt; John B. Whittaker. Illustrated by Michael J. Roberts.
Stock no. 1322624
Published by The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Naturalists' Handbooks 26. Glazed pictorial boards. 56 pages. Colour illustrations plus b/w illustrations and diagrams. ISBN: 0855463104. Spine and corners bumped and worn.

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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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JAMAICA AND ITS BUTTERFLIES
Written by F. Martin Brown; Bernard Heineman. Illustrated by Marjorie Statham Favreau.
Stock no. 1823231
Published by E.W. Classey Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Beige cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 10 colour plates to rear plus colour frontispiece. ISBN: 0900848448. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby/scuffed.

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THE BUTTERFLIES OF VENEZUELA: PART 1
Written by Andrew F.E. Neild; et al. Illustrated by Bernard D'Abrera.
Stock no. 2135365
Published by Meridian Publications. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. Nymphalidae I (Limenitidinae, Apaturinae, Charaxinae) A Comprehensive guide to the identification of adult Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, and Pieridae. ISBN: 0952765705. Bumping and some scuffing to cover edges/corners. Pale page edge browning. Contents are still excellent!

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THE COLOUR IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (MACROLEPIDOPTERA)
Written by Jim Porter.
Stock no. 2135356
Published by Viking. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photographs. ISBN: 0670875090. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to title page. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper has some fading to spine, with grubby marks in places.

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GRASSHOPPERS & CRICKETS (NN 120)
Written by Ted Benton.
Stock no. 1821646
Published by Collins. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

No. 120 in New Naturalist Series. A comprehensive account of the appearance, variations, behaviour, habitat, life-cycles and distribution of all the native British species of bush-crickets, groundhoppers and grasshoppers. Green cloth gilt title to spine. Colour photos. DVD to rear featuring many aspects of the behaviour of nearly all British species, including song, conflict, courtship behaviour, sex-role reversal and egg-laying. Dark green endpapers with repeating NN logo. ISBN: 9780007277230. Minor creasing to dustwrapper at base of spine.

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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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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 2131940
Published by Penguin. Circa 1945. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial paperwraps. Staples have rusted - some brown rust marks to pages next to staples. Small stain to rear cover, which goes through a couple of pages at rear. A bit of page edge creasing. Contents are still very good.

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THE CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH BUTTERFLIES INCLUDING THE EGGS, CHRYSALIDS AND FOOD-PLANTS
Written by W.J. Stokoe.
Stock no. 1818329
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition.

Wayside and Woodland Series. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 248 pages including index. Boards a little grubby. Name & date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF INSECTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by E.F. Linssen. Illustrated by Gordon Riley.
Stock no. 2130454
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st thus 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers book no. 17. New edition. With over 150 colour illustrations and 96 line drawings and 30 photographs. In rare advertising wrapper. With a section on spiders. ISBN: 072321574X. Small bump along bottom edge of front cover and to spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with edge-creasing and a few chips and nicks.

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THE BUTTERFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA: A NATURAL HISTORY AND FIELD GUIDE
Written by James A. Scott.
Stock no. 1816664
Published by Stanford University Press. 1997. Very good condition.

A complete natural history, fully describing the biological and ecological world of butterflies in general. All North American butterfly species. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations & distribution maps, colour photos. xii and 583 pages including index. ISBN: 0804720134. Reprint. Laminate covering cardwraps is heavily creased horizontally. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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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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