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SPIDER IN THE SKY
Written by Anne Rose.
Illustrated by Gail Owens.
Stock no. 1328976
Published by Harper & Row.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Based upon the story 'How the Sun Came' from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. Relates how Grandmother Spider brought fire and light to the animals in the long ago. Matt blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0060250739. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Small brown spot affecting inner margins of last few pages. Some light damp staining to inner margins of endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and foxed, tear to top corner of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- SPIDERS
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY
BRITISH SPIDERS (3 VOLUMES)
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge.
Stock no. 1829152
Published by The Ray Society London.
1st thus
1951.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black cloth with gilt titles. With many illustrations to the different volumes. Nos. 135, 137 and 149, respectively of series issued to members of The Ray Society. 1951, 1953 and 1974 respectively (all are first editions in this format). Some mottling to covers. Text block lightly browned and foxing to endpapers of volumes I & II, foxing to text block of volume III, else clean. Dustwrappers of volumes I & II are browned, especially to spine, and marked, worn to spines. Dustwrapper of volume III is lightly browned to spine and lightly scuffed. Overall, a decent set.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- SPIDERS
SPIDERS OF BRITAIN & NORTHERN EUROPE (COLLINS FIELD GUIDE)
Written by Michael J. Roberts.
Illustrated by Michael J. Roberts.
Stock no. 1829123
Published by Harpercollins Publishers.
1st
1995.
Very good condition.
Comprehensive, easy to use. Designed to identify these animals in the field, with a lens or simple field microscope, using a new method for restraining live spiders. 450 species comprehensively illustrated, with 288 colour paintings and over 1300 b/w drawings. White glazed boards. 383 pages including index. ISBN: 0002199815. Spine lightly faded and slightly creased through use. Text block just a little grubby. Previous owner's addresss label stuck to front endpaper with clear tape. A few marks to contents but generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- SPIDERS
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- EUROPE
BRITISH SPIDERS VOLUME III
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge; P. Merrett.
Stock no. 1828938
Published by The Ray Society London.
1st
1974.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black cloth boards, gitl title to spine and vignette to front board. 75 b/w text figures and 612 distribution maps. 314 pages including index. ISBN: 0903874024. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Small rubber ink-stamp to front pastedown else contents clean. White dustwrapper is just a little grubby.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- SPIDERS
BRITISH SPIDERS
Written by G.H. Locket; A.F. Millidge.
Stock no. 1828936
Published by British Museum; The Ray Society London.
1st thus
1975.
Very good condition.
Two volumes reprinted in one. Originally published in 1951 & 1953. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, 'Ray Society' in gilt to front. B/w illustrations. 310 + 449 pages including index. A few marks to boards, spine is lightly faded. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- SPIDERS
THE SPIDERS AND ALLIED ORDERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES)
Written by Theodore H. Savory.
Illustrated by Florence M. Brummitt.
Stock no. 1828887
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1953.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. Wayside and Woodland Series. Descriptions of every family of British spiders, every species of harvestman and false scorpion, also the more familiar of the British mites and sea-spiders. Brown imitation leather with gilt and black titles. Pictorial endpapers. 63 figures in colour. 130 illustrations and 88 diagrams. 223 pages including index. Reprint. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few small chips, top of spine missing, rear panel grubby.
BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF SPIDERS
Written by Carmen Viera; Marcelo O. Gonzaga.
Stock no. 1323036
Published by Springer.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Contribuitions from the Neotropical Region. Life Sciences series. Green glazed boards. ISBN: 9783319657165. Still in original shrinkwrap (torn with hole to rear and also opened at fore-edge. Spine and corners bumped.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- SPIDERS
- TEXT BOOK (UNIVERSITY)
THE LONDON NATURALIST No. 67 FOR THE YEAR 1987
Written by K.H. Hyatt.
Stock no. 1806074
Published by London Natural History Society.
1st
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Journal of the London Natural History Society. Blue cardwraps. Contents include: Group feeding by suburban birds; Hedgerows surviving in Willesden; Grasslands on Barn Hill and Horsenden Hill, Middlesex; Survey of a group of ponds in Epping Forest; Ecological effects of a major insecticide pollution of an Essex river; A preliminary list of Essex Spiders; Bat records for the London area during 1987; plus much more. Crease to title page. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- LONDON
- CONSERVATION
- SPIDERS
- BATS
SPIDER IN THE SKY
Written by Anne Rose.
Illustrated by Gail Owens.
Stock no. 1805487
Published by Harper & Row.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Based upon the story 'How the Sun Came' from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. Relates how Grandmother Spider brought fire and light to the animals in the long ago. Matt blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0060250739. Corners lightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is a little grubby and worn at corners.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- SPIDERS
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY