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Book Description (Hardcover, 1958). (1958) 1976 revised edition reprint. Ppxvi,304. Colour & b/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations, maps, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. Ex library, usual faults. Good working copy in price-cipped dust-wrapper. This is a reprint of the 1971 revised edition.W.S. Bristowe "has done more than any other person to put spiders on the naturalist's map - by exploring the world in which they live." This is an extremely readable examination of the biology and ecology of spiders, drawn from a lifetime's observation and field work. Chapters include: Spiders in literature and superstition; The discovery of British spiders; Structure and classification; The ancestry of spiders; The influence of numbers; The life of a spider; The Atypidae or purse-web spiders; The Cribellate or lace-web spiders; The Dysderoidae or six-eyed spiders; The Scytodoidea or spitting and daddy-long-legs spiders; The Clubionoidea (Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae and Anyphaenidae); The crab spiders; The jumping spiders; The Oxyopidae or lynx spiders (Lycosidae and Pisauridae); The Agelenidae; The theriidae and Nesticidae or comb-footed spiders; The Mimetidae or pirate spiders; The orb-web builders (Argiopidae and Tetragnathidae); The Linyphiidae or money spiders; On collecting spiders. An appendix gives spiders recorded from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. A superb book which even the non-arachnophile will find rewarding. Well worth anyone's time and attention. . Seller Inventory # 27977
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Revised Edition. New Naturalist series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 14 plates of photographs of which 4 are in colour. 22 half-tone plates and 116 text figures. Light mottling to boards. Foxing to text block. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is faded to spine (normal for early editions of NN), minor damp stain to lower edge of rear panel, rear panel lightly browned, foxing to verso (not visible to front). Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!. Seller Inventory # 1827241
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Smith, Arthur (illustrator). The New Naturalist. 1976 reprint. Dj price-clipped, corners rubbed. 14 plates of photographs, 4 in colour, 10 in b&w. Drawings by Arthur Smith, 22 half tone plates and 116 text figures. Book in excellent condition. Seller Inventory # 000785
Book Description Condition: good. First Edition. 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD. Seller Inventory # PSG0002195585
Book Description Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.37. Seller Inventory # 0002195585-2-3