Practical Handbook British Beetles Vol by Joy N H (7 results)

Condition: Very Good. xxvii, 622; (iv), 1-170 (plates), 171-194 (index), 169 plates of line drawings, 1 map. . HB. 2 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed to extremities, teg. Presentation book-plate - to A.R. Palmer from his 'Fellow Employees on the Staff of the Country Gentlemen's Association . 1940' - to endpapers. Vg. Loosely inserted is a typed letter, signed by T.S Robertson, on the occurrence of Platyrhinus resinosus in Northamptonshire, together with an offprint (Proc. Trans. Br. Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc. 14, 1981) by him on a Northamptonshire locality for the Chequered Skipper Butterfly. First edition. Vol. I: Text; Vol. II: Plates.

Condition: Very good. xxvii, 622; (iv), 194, 169 plates of line drawings, map. roy. 8vo. HB. 2 vols, roy. 8vo., half morocco, raised bands to spine, gilt, minor wear to corners. Some marginal finger soiling. Good set. From the library of British coleopterist, Robert Angus, with his name pencilled to endpaper, and his marginal pencil markings and annotations throughout the Text vol. A pencil note in Angus's hand to endpaper states that this set is 'Ex Revered Thomas Basil Kitchen Library.' Rev. T.B. Kitchen (1905-1987) was a British coleopterist, president of the Yorkshire Naturalist Union (1953), and Honorary Canon of the Cathedral Church, Gibraltar. First edition. Vol. I: Text; Vol. II: Plates.

Condition: Very good. xxvii, 622; [iv], 194, 170 pages of line drawings. . HB. 2 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt., top edge gilt. Very good, clean set; minor bumps to corners of boards. Signature of A.J. Cain (1921-1999), dated 1946, to endpapers; Cain was an evolutionary biologist and ecologist and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989. This copy also once belonged to R.B. Freeman (1915-1986), zoologist, bibliographer of natural history and book collector, and contains his printed postcard, with a few pencil notes on prices. 1st edition. Vol. I: Text; Vol. II: Plates.

Condition: Very Good. xxvii, 622; [iv], 1-170 (plates), 171-194 (index); xvi, 175, 169 plates of line drawings, 1 map. . HB/PB. 3 vols, roy. 8vo, Handbook: orig. cloth, teg; some foxing to edges of text block. Ownership stamp and signature of British entomologist, Peter Randle Barratt (1926-1996); Supplement: paperback. Loosely inserted are four small chromolithographic plates of Carabid beetles. Vg. First edition. Vol. I: Text; Vol. II: Plates. Includes the 1995 Supplement, New British Beetles by Hodge & Jones.

Condition: Very Good. xxvii, 622; [iv], 1-170 (plates), 171-194 (index), 169 plates of line drawings, 1 map. . HB. 2 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, teg. Vg in d/w's (d/w spines slightly darkened; slightly frayed at head of spines with 1 cm chip to top of spine of vol. 2; in removable protective sleeves); some spotting to fore edges. From the library of Paul Sokoloff with his book-plate to endpapers. 1st edition. Vol. I: Text; Vol. II: Plates.

Condition: Very Good. xxvii, 622; [iv], 1-170 (plates), 171-194 (index); xvi, 175, 169 plates of line drawings, 1 map. . HB/PB. 3 vols, roy. 8vo, Handbook: roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, teg, minor rubbing. In lightly soiled, worn/torn d/w's (spine of Vol. I reinforced; in clear, removable protective sleeves); Supplement: paperback. Vg set. Vol. I: Text; Vol. II: Plates. 1st edition. Includes the 1995 Supplement, 'New British Beetles' by Hodge & Jones, which includes species not in Joy's original Handbook.

Condition: Very Good. xxvii, 622; (iv), 1-170 (plates), 171-194 (index), 169 plates of line drawings, 1 map. . HB. 2 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, teg. Some foxing to fore-edges and prelims. Vg set in orig. d/w's (tear to upper corner of rear panel with minor loss). Rare in well-preserved dust jackets. First edition. Vol. I: Text; Vol. II: Plates.