FS: Insects - 25 titles
Suzanne and Truman Price
Abbott, Clare, and Stephen Henning. Southern African Butterflies.
Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa, 1984, 1st. Cloth, 7.8x10", 100 pp.
Text by Henning discusses the butterflies in detail, organized by
classification, with scientific names; bibliography, index. 24 full-page
color plates from paintings by Abbott each show 2 or more butterflies and
their pupae in habitat. 10127.1 Fine/Fine. $12
Common, I. F. B. Australian Moths. Brisbane: Jacaranda Pocket Guide
series, 1963. Paperwraps in stiff board, 4x5.3", 13.5 cm, 129 pp. 16
color and 331 b&w illustrations. 11891.1 Very Good: bookstore stamp at
title page bottom, 1 faint wrinkle front cover, else clean and straight,
unmarked, little used. $8
Curran, C. H. Insects of the Pacific World. Macmillan, 1946/1945,
2nd. Green cloth, 317 pp. A guidebook to insects of the Pacific Islands,
with 97 figures and 7 b&w plates. Arranged by order, with additional
chapters. "Pacific World Series." 7601.1 VG/Good jacket. $15
Duncan, Carl D. and Gayle Pickwell. The World of Insects. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1939, 1st ed, 2nd printing. Clothbound, 409 pp. - 4700.1
Good: lower third of green cloth water-bleached; contents VG. $10
Easterbrook, Michael. Hawk-Moths of the British Isles. Aylsbury,
Bucks: Shire Publications, 1985, 1st printing. Shire Natural History
Series #1. Paperwraps, 5x8.3", 24 pp. Very thorough for the size:
fine-print double column text, 35 photographs, about half in colour.
10713.1 VG: exterior lightly rubbed. $15
Easterbrook, Michael. Butterflies of the British Isles: The
Nymphalidae. Aylsbury, Bucks: Shire Publications, 1987, 1st printing.
Shire Natural History Series #19. Paperwraps, 5x8.3", 24 pp. Very
thorough for the size: fine-print double column text, 20 colour photos, 14
b&w photos or drawings. 11038.1 VG: exterior lightly rubbed. $12
Emmel, Thomas C.; Marc C. Minno, Boyce A. Drummond. Florissant
Butterflies: A Guide to the Fossil and Present-Day Species of Central
Colorado. Stanford: S. University Press, 1992. Sheehan, Tom and Marion.
Hardback, 8.2x11.3", [x], 116 pp, plates. . 12267.1 Fine/About Fine:
jacket flaps each have a flattened wrinkle, else as new. $15
Evans, Howard Ensign. Life on a Little-Known Planet. NY: Dutton,
1970/1966, 3rd. Clothbound,317 pp. A distinguished scientist's witty and
informative view of the habits of man and his insect neighbors. Index.
7754.1 NF/VG; gift inscription on title page. $5
Ewers, Hanns Heinz. The Ant People. New York: Dodd Mead, 1927/1927,
1st. Red cloth, [ix], 327 pp. A detailed narrative of ants and how they
live, with remarkable illustrations. 28 b&w illustrations on 16 plates.
, 9911.1 VG/VG; 1927 name on endpaper; dj has 1/8" chips at corners, one
1/2" closed tear; overall a very nice copy of a fairly scarce title in
jacket. $85
Haskell, P. T. Insect Sounds. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1961, 1st
printing. Cloth, viii, 189 pp. "The first book of its kind", providing
an outline of today's knowledge of insect sounds. Third in the Aspects of
Zoology series. 29 photos on 15 plates; 95 text figures. 9524.1 VG/VG;
scattered underlining, else very clean and unwrinkled. $35
Hickin, Norman. Longhorn Beetles of the British Isles. Aylsbury,
Bucks: Shire Publications, 1987, 1st printing. Shire Natural History
Series #22. Paperwraps, 5x8.3", 24 pp. Very thorough for the size:
fine-print double column text, 35 drawings or colour photographs.
10734.1 VG: exterior lightly rubbed. $8
Howard, Leland. The Insect Book. Doubleday, 1922/1901. 48 color
plates each showing many specimens, and 264 b&w text illustrations. Green
cloth, 7.3x10, 410 pp. A popular account of bees, wasps, ants
grasshppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of
butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and
biographies. 7044.1 Good+; corners bumped, spine gilt dulled. $27
Maeterlinck, Maurice. The Life of the White Ant. Dodd, Mead, 1927,
1st; 238 pp., biblio. Clothbound. Translated by Alfred Sutro. 5513.1
VG+, in lib. binding; some ex-lib marks. $15
McCormick, Jack. The Living Forest. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist & Harpers,
1959/1959; 127 pp, index. Comprehensive description of forests and how
they work, including weather, diseases, insects, ecology of, stump
analysis, with photos and b&w drawings by Michael Kalmenoff. 5545.1
VG/G. $12
Pellett, Frank C. Living From Bees. New York: Orange Judd Publishing,
1947 revised edition, 1943. Red cloth, 335 pp. Business or Sideline; the
Honey Harvest; Bee Pasture; About Beehives; Keeping Bees in Town; Diseases
and Enemies; and many other topics; Many b&w photos in text. 11793.1
VG: solid and unmarked; slight lean at spine. $12
Rennie, James. Insect Architecture. London,: Charles Knight, 1845; a
new edition, revised. Two volumes. 12mo, Green cloth, 2 volumes. "To
which are added, Miscellanies on the Ravages, the Preservation for
Purposes of Studies, and the Classification of Insects." Illustrated with
many woodcuts in text. 10390.1 VG; corners lightly bumped and/or
rubbed. $65
Sharp, David. Insects Part II. London: Macmillan, 1922/1898, 4th
printing. Green cloth, gold titles; 626 pp. Vol 6 of the Cambridge
Natural History. With notes, index, and 293 engraved illustrations.
6624.1 VG. $25
Skinner, G. J. Ants of the British Isles. Aylsbury, Bucks: Shire
Publications, 1987, 1st printing. Shire Natural History Series #21.
Paperwraps, 5x8.3", 24 pp. Very thorough for the size: fine-print double
column text, 24 drawings or colour photographs. 10733.1 VG: exterior
lightly rubbed. $8
Stratton-Porter, Gene. Moths of the Limberlost. Garden City: Doubleday
Page, 1912, 1st printing, 1st state as shown by page 333. Brown cloth
with moth stamped, 7.2x9.5", 370 pp. Many photographic and water color
plates, frontispiece with tissue. A very nice copy. ů 9859.1 VG+
condition, nearly fine, unmarked, contents perfect, slight rubs or bumps
(1/8") at corners. $225
Swain, Ralph B. The Insect Guide. Doubleday/American Garden Guild,
1948/1948. Clothbound, 8vo, 261 pp + plates. Orders and Major Families
of North American Insects. 145 color and 40 b&white paintings by Suzan
Swain in 56 plates in center section. 8075.1 VG/no dj. $10
Taylor, Geoffrey. Insect Life in Britain. London: Collins, 1946, 2nd,
c.1945. Hardbound; 48 pp., 8 color plates. Britain in Pictures Series.
Description, history, poetry, and full page color plates. 5923.1 F/F.
$5
Tuttle, Donald M. and Edward W. Baker Spider Mites of the Southwestern
United States and a revision of the family Tetranychidae. Tucson:
University of Arizona Press, 1968. Clothbound, viii, 143 pp, 125
figures. With many maps and small photos in text. 11879.1 Fine: as
new. $10
U.S.D.A. Yearbook of Agriculture for 1952: Insects. USGPO, 1953.
Clothbound. - 4787.1 VG. $8
Weed, Clarence M. Insect Ways. New York: Appleton, 1930, 1st. Yellow
cloth stamped with insect design; 325 pp. With @ illustrations in text,
index. 6595.1 Top of spine worn, owner's name ffep, else VG, some pages
uncut. $25
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frontispiece with tissue. A very nice copy. ť 9859.1 VG+ condition,
nearly fine, unmarked, contents perfect, slight rubs or bumps (1/8") at
corners. $225
Swain, Ralph B. The Insect Guide. Doubleday/American Garden Guild,
1948/1948. Clothbound, 8vo, 261 pp + plates. Orders and Major Families of
North American Insects. 145 color and 40 b&white paintings by Suzan Swain
in 56 plates in center section. 8075.1 VG/no dj. $10
Taylor, Geoffrey. Insect Life in Britain. London: Collins, 1946, 2nd,
c.1945. Hardbound; 48 pp., 8 color plates. Britain in Pictures Series.
Description, history, poetry, and full page color plates. 5923.1 F/F. $5
Tuttle, Donald M. and Edward W. Baker Spider Mites of the Southwestern
United States and a revision of the family Tetranychidae. Tucson:
University of Arizona Press, 1968. Clothbound, viii, 143 pp, 125 figures.
With many maps and small photos in text. 11879.1 Fine: as new. $10
U.S.D.A. Yearbook of Agriculture for 1952: Insects. USGPO, 1953.
Clothbound. 4787.1 VG. $8