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BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF DERBYSHIRE PART 2
Written by F. Harrison; M.J. Sterling.
Stock no. 1827489
Published by Derbyshire Entomological Society. 1st 1986. Almost very good condition.

The Larger Moths of Derbyshire. White pictorial cardwraps. A survey. No illustrations. ISBN: 0951114115. Some foxing/browning to covers. Hinge towards front of contents is pulled but still fast. Contents clean.

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BRITISH PYRALID MOTHS
Written by Barry Goater. Illustrated by Geoffrey Senior; Robert Dyke.
Stock no. 1827485
Published by Harley Books. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Guide to their Identification. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis plus 8 colour plates. 175 pages including index. ISBN: 0946589089. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. One or two small marks to contents else a nice, clean copy. White pictorial dustwrapper is a bit grubby.

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GRASSHOPPERS & CRICKETS (NN 120)
Written by Ted Benton.
Stock no. 1827268
Published by Collins. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good 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 foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. DVD present to rear (unknown if it is in working order or not...). Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine, rear panel is very slightly scuffed.

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BUMBLEBEES (NN 98)
Written by Ted Benton.
Stock no. 1827243
Published by Collins. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series 98. Examining all aspects of the natural history of bumblebees, from their life cycle to foraging behaviour, their psychology and conservation. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0007174500. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block else a lovely clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean and bright, a little fading to spine, minor grubby marks to rear panel.

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MOTHS (NN 90)
Written by Michael E.N. Majerus.
Stock no. 1827218
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 90. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0002201410. Foxing to outer page edges else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AS LIBELULAS DE PORTUGAL THE DRAGONFLIES OF PORTUGAL
Written by Ernestino Maravalhas; Albano Soares.
Stock no. 1326423
Published by Booky Publisher. Circa 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Text in Portugese and English. More than 600 photos and maps of the 67 species that are known in Portugal. Cardwraps. 335 pages. ISBN: 9789899861404. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.

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THE DRAGONFLIES OF EUROPE
Written by R.R. Askew.
Stock no. 1326419
Published by Harley Books. 2004. Very good condition.

Revised edition. Green cardwraps. 308 pages. ISBN: 0946589755. Covers slightly edge rubbed and light crease to lower corner of front cover. Contents fine.

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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Richard South.
Stock no. 1326418
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1943. Almost very good condition.

Wayside and Woodland Series. Small format. Blue cloth, gilt decoration, colour and b/w plates. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint at title-page has cracked. Spine browned. Spine and corners bumped.

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THE CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH MOTHS FIRST SERIES
Written by W.J. Stokoe; G.H.T. Stovin. Illustrated by J.C. Dollman.
Stock no. 1326415
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w plates. First series only. 408 pages. New edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. New endpapers. Spine slightly bumped else covers bright. Wrapper price-clipped, edge-chipped with slight loss and faded spine.

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VISITING MR. ANT
Written by Nicolas Bebbington. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1326272
Published by Blandford Press Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A story for children. Delightful & instructive look at the life of the ant. Green cloth with black title and vignette to front. 69 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is grubby, worn and torn with loss and tape repairs on verso.

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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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INSECTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Written by Clarke H. Scholtz; Erik Holm.
Stock no. 1824816
Published by Protea Book House. 2nd 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. A balance between scientific accuracy and utility so that the information is easily accessible and comprehensible to professional and amateur enotomologists alike. The scientist will find enough general information to lead to more detailed works whilsts the amateur entomologist will find sufficient explanation in the text, beautiful illustrations and glossary. Large format. Brown pictorial cloth boards, white titles. B/w illustrations. 502 pages including index. ISBN: 9781869192433. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Top corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear panel.

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