Ladybirds, New Naturalist, collins (26 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good Plus. 8vo. 367 pp. light uniform browning, very good in original card covers, light shelfwear, extremities lightly worn, crease to centre of spine, and book cracks opens to this point at centre of book (p 193), not sprung, binding sound, faint creases along edges of rear cover, good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A fine paperback copy; pp. 367. "With colour photographs and diagrams in black and white". Original covers fine, unfaded. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine to fine copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A near fine paperback copy; pp. 367. "With colour photographs and diagrams in black and white". Original covers fine, unfaded, no creases to the spine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy. Size: 8vo.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Pp 367 + 16 pp plates from colour photos and with drawings and charts in the text. Fine and unread, in the original colour photo-illustrated soft card covers.

FIRST EDITION, VERY FINE COPY IN NEAR DUSTWRAP (THE LADYBIRDS ON THE SPINE HAVE FADED TO NEAR WHITE). SCARCE. NUMBER 81 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy of the first and only hardback edition; pp. 367, 150 b/w photographs and drawings, 16 colour plates. Dust jacket near fine, some fading to the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine copy. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN81A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). book.

Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 367 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket with cover design by Robert Gillmor. Jacket spine very lightly sunned. A Fine copy in Near Fine jacket. Number 81 in the New Naturalist series and one of the "Golden 13" most sought-after titles. Scarce, particularly in this condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. A fine, tight, clean copy in fine dustwrapper which has only the tiniest amount of fading to the spine. A very nice copy indeed. This is one of a number of these titles that we currently have in stock, all in excellent condition. Please view our other listings.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. New Naturalist No. 81. 16 colour plates and over 150 b/w photos and drawings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 369 pages including index. Dustwrapper spine faded. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy of the first and only hardback edition; pp. 367, 150 b/w photographs and drawings, 16 colour plates. Dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unread. A fine copy. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN81A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. London, Harper Collins Publishers, 1994. Octavo, 367 pages with over 150 illustrations plus 16 pages of colour plates. Cloth; very faint mark to leading edge; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Number 81 in the New Naturalist Library.

8vo. A fine hdbk. in fine dw. Not price-clipped.

First edition, 1994. The book has the bookplate of Eric Hosking to the front pastedown (bird photographer and photographic editor of the New Naturalist library 1943 - 91). The bookplate was posthumously imposed by David Hosking, son and professional collaborator of Eric Hosking. Hardback. 367pp. Unclipped dust jacket in a protective sleeve. despite their popularity very little information had been published about ladybirds prior to this book by Michael Majerus which redressed the balance. The book discusses the structure of ladybirds, their life histories, food, enemies, habitats, distributions, colours and patterns, genetics and evolution. He sheds light on the phenomenon of cannibalism in ladybirds and the then recent discovery of a 'feminist' bacterium that kills eggs destined to produce males but not those destined to produce females. Finally, there is a discussion on the use and potential use of ladybirds a biological control agents, how they are under threat from humans and what we can do to conserve them. A definitive work on the natural history of these delightful beetles. Jacket design by Robert Gillmor. Book in fine condition. Dust jacket near fine and unclipped. Minor creasing to lower edge of rear and a tiny closed tear at foot of spine. Just a little colour fade to spine, as usual, mainly affecting the red of the ladybirds. Book.

First edition, 1994. Hardback. 367pp. Unclipped dust jacket in a protective sleeve. despite their popularity very little information had been published about ladybirds prior to this book by Michael Majerus which redressed the balance. The book discusses the structure of ladybirds, their life histories, food, enemies, habitats, distributions, colours and patterns, genetics and evolution. He sheds light on the phenomenon of cannibalism in ladybirds and the then recent discovery of a 'feminist' bacterium that kills eggs destined to produce males but not those destined to produce females. Finally, there is a discussion on the use and potential use of ladybirds a biological control agents, how they are under threat from humans and what we can do to conserve them. A definitive work on the natural history of these delightful beetles. Jacket design by Robert Gillmor. Book in fine condition. Three small and slight marks to rear free end paper and one small mark to front pastedown, otherwise would be as new. The book has an unread feel and is exceptionally clean and bright with no hint of spotting. Dust jacket fine and unclipped with a very bright appearance. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. An exceptional copy of the first and only hardback edition; pp. 367, 150 b/w photographs and drawings, 16 colour plates. Dust jacket fine, unfaded, ladybirds to the spine are as bright as the front panel, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unread. A fine copy. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN81A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. An exceptional copy of the first and only hardback edition; pp. 367, 150 b/w photographs and drawings, 16 colour plates. Dust jacket fine, unfaded, ladybirds to the spine are as bright as the front panel, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unread. A fine copy. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN81A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. An exceptional copy of the first and only hardback edition; pp. 367, 150 b/w photographs and drawings, 16 colour plates. Dust jacket fine, unfaded, ladybirds to the spine are as bright as the front panel, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, unread. A fine copy that has a jcket as bright as you could ever find. [Collecting the New Naturalists NN81A] Size: 8vo (16 x 22cm). book.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. A beautiful copy. Most copies of this work have a degree of fading on the spine of the dw. - not the case with this copy. A fine hardback in fine dw. Not price clipped.