Benhs (48 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket issued. 1st Edition. Book - very good. Hardback. Includes 4 colour photo plates & 12 plates of line drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket issued. 1st Edition. Book - very good. Hardback. British Entomological & Natural History Society. No illustrations. 'The life histories and foods of upwards of 1370 species of our smaller moths with indices of the foods and of the insects with cross references.'.…

Condition: Very Good. 55, text figs. . PB. Vg. Enlarged and revised supplement to British Hoverflies: an illustrated identification guide (1983), including the information given in the short appendix of 1986. [9781899935024].

Condition: Very Good. 55, text figs. . PB. Vg. Enlarged and revised supplement to British Hoverflies: an illustrated identification guide (1983), including the information given in the short appendix of 1986. [9781899935024].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. pp.253, xv with 12 pages of colour illus. plus further b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback. This edition ran to 500 copies and includes the Supplement. The colour plates by Steven Falk are widely acknowledged to be some of the finest painted for any group of British insects.…

Condition: Very Good. 271, . . PB. Wrappers, lightly scuffed. Vg. First edition. This is not an identification guide, but contains summaries of life histories, with observations of behaviour and hints for finding each species in its various life stages. [9780950289113].

Condition: Good. 304, . . PB. An unused copy but slightly bumped in transit. 2nd revised and updated edition. The first edition was published in 2013 by the Royal Entomological Society. This second edition has been fully revised and updated by the same editors. It incorporates nomenclatural changes and additions and corrections to the British List bringing it up to date.An essential reference guide for anyone studying the British moth and butterfly fauna. [9781899935109].…

Condition: Good. 271, . . PB. Wrappers, lightly scuffed. Spotting to edges. Good. From the library of British lepidopterist, Barry Goater (1930-2022), with his name to title page. First edition. This is not an identification guide, but contains summaries of life histories, with observations on behaviour and hints for finding each species in its various life stages. [9780950289113].…

Condition: Very good. 253, 1 col photo, 12 col + 1 b/w plate, text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Vg. 1st edition. [9780950289137]. Steven J. Falk (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 288, . . PB. Card covers, sealed with self-adhesive protective film. From the library of British coleopterist, Robert Angus, with his small address label and pencil notes to title page. Good. 2nd edition (reprint of 1988 original). This is not an identification guide, but contains summaries of life histories, with observations of behaviour and hints for finding each species in its various life stages. [9780950289168].…

Condition: Good. 253, 12 col + 1 b/w plate, text figs. . HB. Ex-lib. with one withdrawn stamp. Good. Reprint of first edition, including first supplement. [9780950289199].

Condition: Very good. 253, 12 col + 1 b/w plate, text figs. . HB. Vg. 1st edition. [9780950289137]. Steven J. Falk (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. 253, xv, 12 col + 1 b/w plate, text drawings. . HB. Vg copy. Reprint of 1983 edition with supplementary appendix bound at rear. [9780950289137]. Steven J. Falk (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 253, xv, 12 col + 1 b/w plate, text drawings. . PB. Vg. Laminated covers. Book-plate of the entomologist Michael Chalmers-Hunt (1920-2004). 1st edition. [9780950289144].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket issued. Reprint. Book - very good. Hardback. Reprint including supplement.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket issued. 1st Edition. Book - very good. Hardback. Including 2nd supplement (pbk, pp55).

Condition: Very Good. 271, . . HB. 8vo, bound in buckram, original wrapper bound at rear. Vg. Interesting provenance, with the bookplates of E.C. Pelham-Clinton, and two prominent Hertfordshire naturalists, T.W. Gladwin and Trevor James. 1st edition.This is not an identification guide, but includes information on the life stages intended to enable the field worker to find and recognise a species from its field characteristics, and to indicate its requirements if he wishes to rear it. [9780950289113].…

Condition: Very Good. 253, 55, 7, 12 colour plates, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. First edition, reprint, including the 1996 Second Supplement and an Update to the British List. [9781899935031].

Condition: Fine. 528, 18 col plates, numerous line drawings. . HB. Fine in d/w. First edition. Covers the larger Brachycera; families: Acroceridae, Asilidae, Anthericidae, Bombyliidae, Rhagionidae, Scenopinidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Xylomyidae, Xylophagidae. Illustrated keys to the adults of all 162 species, and to the larvae and pupae of several families. Accounts of ecology and natural history for each species. [9781899935048]. David Wilson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book - fine, dust jacket - fine. Weight exceeds standard 1.0 kg rate - extra postage may be required for some overseas destinations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book - fine, dust jacket - near fine. Weight exceeds standard 1.0 kg rate - extra postage may be required for some overseas destinations. David Wilson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket issued. 1st Edition. Book - very good. Hardback. 12 colour plates. Text reprinted from Proc & Trans of the South London E&NHS.

Condition: Very good. xvi, 175, . . PB. Cover neatly laminated. Vg. . [9781899935000].

Condition: Very Good. 271, . . HB. 8vo, orig. buckram. Interleaved copy. From the library of the British Lepidopterist Bernard Skinner with his address label. Vg. 1st edition. This is not an identification guide, but includes information on the life stages intended to enable the field worker to find and recognise a species from its field characteristics, and to indicate its requirements if he wishes to rear it. [9780950289113].…

Condition: Fine. 528, 18 col plates, numerous line drawings. . HB. Fine in d/w (spine slightly faded). Covers the larger Brachycera; families: Acroceridae, Asilidae, Anthericidae, Bombyliidae, Rhagionidae, Scenopinidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Xylomyidae, Xylophagidae. Illustrated keys to the adults of all 162 species, and to the larvae and pupae of several families. Accounts of ecology and natural history for each species. [9781899935048]. David Wilson (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 271, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt. Vg. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. This is not an identification guide, but contains summaries of life histories, with observations of behaviour and hints for finding each species in its various life stages. [9780950289151].

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. pp.xvi, 175. 8vo. Upper corner gently bumped o/w. a fine softback. Title page inscribed by Peter Hodge. Includes species not included in Norman Joy's Practical Handbook of British Beetles (1922), which include new arrivals to the shores. For each family, Joy's book is assessed, a short description and comparison with other species is provided, followed by a list of journal and book references where the identification was made and confirmed.…

Condition: Very Good. 496, 32 col plates, numerous line drawings. 246x181mm. HB. New copies with minor bump to corners. Covers the 350 species of British craneflies with descriptions, distribution, ecology and habitat information. Includes illustrated keys to enable accurate identification. The plates show markings and venation of the wings of 180 species, and also live examples of some distinctive and common craneflies. Male genitalia are illustrated for all species of Tipulidae and for most genera of other families, with specific variation covered in the keys. [9781899935093].…

Condition: NEW. 304, . . PB. NEW. . 2nd revised and updated edition. The first edition was published in 2013 by the Royal Entomological Society. This second edition has been fully revised and updated by the same editors. It incorporates nomenclatural changes and additions and corrections to the British List bringing it up to date.An essential reference guide for anyone studying the British moth and butterfly fauna. [9781899935109].…

Condition: New. 278, 46 col plates. . HB. NEW. . The last identification guide to British species by Bryan Beirne, 'British Pyralid and Plume Moths', was published in 1952. Since then additional species have been discovered in Britain and much new information about their life histories has been discovered. This book includes plates illustrating all British species, detailed genitalia drawings for both sexes and colour photographs of a range of live adults, larvae and pupae, as well as feeding signs for some species. Key to the adults; check list with current nomenclature. [9781899935062].…