A Practical Handbook of British Beetles by Norman (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 2 vols. Black cloth with gilt titles. Reprint of 1932 edition. Vol.1: 650pp. Vol.2: 198pp. b/w illus. Slight shelf wear to dust jackets and both a little tanned to spines and top edges. Slight spotting to page edges of both volumes but o/w contents are clean and bright. HEAVY VOLS. - OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Books bound in dark grey cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Faded white inked library number on the spine foot of each book. Some blotch discoloration to boards but remaining robust and square. Hinges and text blocks tight, Research Laboratory stamp to front end papers and title pages of each book. Pages smooth, clean, clear of spotting. Volume II is the Illustrations volume. May incur additional postage charges overseas.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 376. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1932 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume v.2 Language: English Pages: 376 Volume v.2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. An occasional beetle in the plates in volume II has been coloured in by hand. The books are in good clean condition and the jackets have some nicks and chips to the edges and a small loss at the bottom opening corner of volume II. Size: Octavo . 2-volume set (complete). Category: Natural History & Resources;

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. London: H F and G Witherby, 1932. Very detailed books on British beetles, two volumes first editions, 622 pages of text in the first volume in overall clean condition just a few occasional foxing spots slightly heavier to last few rear pages, some notes and a drawing in pencil on last couple of blank pages. Second volume has169 full page illustrations, a map and index making 194 pages in total.a few illustrations have been very neatly coloured in with coloured pencils, some very light occasional foxing. Previous owners name neatly written on front endpaper of each volume dated 1932. First volume has a split to front endpaper at inner hinge, the webbing of the binding is sound but has made the binding a little loose. NO dustwrappers, outer boards are lightly marked and rubbed on edges, top edges of pages are gold which is a little dulled. Loosley inserted is an envelope containing photgraphs of beetles and a letter from Watkins and Doncaster Naturalists of London replying to a previous letter asking what the beetles were. HEAVY BOOKS 3 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.Though not perfect still a pleasing pair of collectable books SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 10 x 7 Inches. Hardcover.

Three volume set. Large 8vo. Hardbacks. Scattered, light foxing to Volumes 1 & 2, neat ownership blind-stamps and signature, o/w. contents fine. TEG. Both in original boards in vg. condition. Volume 3 with bookplate, contents fine, boards nr. fine. Scarce set. The preferred edition, complete with the 'update' volume co-authored by Peter Hodge and Richard Jones.

Three volumes. Med. 8vo. & 8vo. Hardbacks. TEG. Owner's bookplate to Vol. 1, signature to Vol. 2 and the 3rd volume. Some spotting to fore-edges of text block and occ. to contents of Vol. 1 and 2 of Joy's work, o/w. contents fine. Light sunning to dws., with a little loss to top edge of Vol. 2 dw. o/w. nr. fine. New British Beetles in nr. fine condition, with article to rfep.

Two volume set with illustrations. Royal 8vo. Hardbacks. Minor foxing at ends and to fore-edges of text block, o/w. contents fine. Original black cloth boards with Trinity College Cambridge decorative gilt embossed stamp to front boards, all in thor. vg. condition. With dustwrappers, with a little loss at spine ends and corners, o/w. in vg. condition. Trinity College Prize set with bookplates to front-pastedowns. The preferred edition. Very uncommon to find this set with dustwrappers.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A richly illustrated two volume set detailing the beetles of the United Kingdom, in a dust wrapper. 'A Practical Handbook of British Beetles' remains an important work on British coleoptera, and has remained the standard work used to identify British beetles into this century, with the British Entomological and Natural History Society having produced a companion volume containing the beetles not included in Joy's work. Norman H. Joy (1874-1953) was a British coleopterist best known for this work, although he also wrote 'How to Know British Birds' and 'British Beetles, their Homes and Habits'.Complete in two volumes, with uncommon dust wrappers.This is a first edition.Profusely illustrated with diagrams throughout. In a full cloth binding. Dust wrapper has a slightly sunned spine, with a fair amount of loss to the paper, in particular with a chunk of the head of the spine of Volume II missing. Very Good Indeed. book.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 680. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1932 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume v.1 Language: English Pages: 680 Volume v.1.

Three volume set. Med. 8vo. & 8vo. Some scattered foxing to fore-edges of text blocks of vol. 1 and 2 of Joy's work, o/w. contents fine. With dustwrappers, showing a little darkening along edges and spine, o/w. fine. New British Beetles in fine condition. Finding all three volumes together is not common.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1932 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 376 Language: English Volume v.2 Pages: 376 Volume v.2.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1932 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 680 Language: English Volume v.1 Pages: 680 Volume v.1.