Del Toro, Miguel Alvarez

Aranas de Chiapas

Chiapas, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, 1992. First edition. Pp. xxv, 297; 147 color photo-plates, 5 full page black-and-white line drawings. Publisher's original pale green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. A very detailed analysis of the spiders of the Chiapas region of Mexico. The text is completely in Spanish. No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7218

Catalogue: Spiders

Forster, R. R. and L. M. Forster

New Zealand Spiders: An Introduction

Auckland, New Zealand: Collins, 1973. Pp. 254; 132 color photographs, 164 fine line-drawings and black-and-white photographs. Publisher's original dark brown cloth, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. The spider fauna of the island has many unique forms. This work begins with a description of the morphology, behavior and lifeways of spiders in general. After this the discussions turns to the various spider species that inhabit New Zealand. There are superb halftone drawings and fine color photographs of many species. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a few marginal tears repaired..

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Hatch, M.H.

A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Injurious Arachnids and Insects of Washington.

Seattle: University of Washington, 1938. First edition. Pp. 62. Original gray printed wrappers, lg 8vo. University of Washington Publications in Biology, volume 1, no. 4. Two corners with slight bumps, a very good copy..

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Book number: 3340

Catalogue: Spiders

Keywords: Entomology insects spiders arachnoid Washington United States North America

Kaston, Benjamin J.

Spiders of Connecticut.

Hartford, CT: State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1948. First edition. Pp. 871, (5, ads); 144 full page plates (fine line drawings, black-and-white photos and other diagrams). Original gray wrappers, lg 8vo. State of Connecticut Public Document no. 47 and State Geological and Natural History Survey, Bulletin no. 70. This is a first edition of this major work on the spiders of Connecticut. No ownership marks. Light wear to edges of outer wrappers with one small marginal tear repaired; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5786

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(Petrunkevitch, Alexander)

In Honor of Alexander Petrunkevitch: Articles Contributed by Associates, Friends and Former Students on the Occasion of his Retirement from the Professorship of Zoology at Yale University

New Haven: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1945. First edition Pp. 882, numerous text-figures and photos. Original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume 36. Contains 44 contributions, mostly on spiders, authored by the colleagues and former students of Alexander Petrunkevitch. Pages uncut and unopened, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3381

Catalogue: Spiders

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs

Petrunkevitch, Alexander

A Synonymic Index-Catalogue of Spiders of North, Central and South America: With All Adjacent Islands Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Tierra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1911. First edition Pp. 809. Original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History, volume 29. Includes the index to generic names. Title/author neatly printed in black ink on the spine. Pages uncut and unopened, slight wear to wrappers along front joint of outer wrappers, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3540

Catalogue: Spiders

Keywords: Entomology spiders arachnoid Greenland Bermuda West Indies Tierra del Fuego Galapagos North America Central America South America

Savory, Theodore

Arachnida

London: Academic Press, 1970. Second printing. Pp. viii, (1), 291; 109 text-figures (line drawings and maps). Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine in black cloth box, two color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. There are over 100,000 named species in the class Arachnisa -- these include spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, mites, and solifuges. This volume covers all higher category groups in class. No ownership marks visible but someone has blacked what appears to be a small printed name on the front endpaper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition in a slightly rubbed but very good dust jacket..

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Strand, Embrik

Die Arktischen Araneae, Opiliones und Chernetes

Jena: Fauna Arctica, 1906, First edition Pp. 47. Later plain blue wraps, lg folio. From the series Fauna Arctica volume 4. Based on an 1898 German expedition to the Arctic and Subarctic, this monograph documents spider species above 50 degrees latitude in Canada, northern Europe and northern Asia. Bound in with this work is 'Die Arktischen Medusen (ausschliesslich der Polypomedusen)' by Otto Maas (46 pages). Rare. Fine copy with no previous ownership marks..

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Book number: 2247

Catalogue: Spiders

Keywords: Entomology spiders harvestmen wolf spiders Arachnids Arachnida arctic North Pole Canada northern Europe northern Asia

Turbang, Pierre

Guide des Mygales Elevees en Terrarium: Anatomie, alimentation, manipulation, reproduction.

Lausanne, Switzerland: Delachaux et Niestle, 1993. First edition. Pp. 152, (4); 270 fine color photographs of tarantulas. Color pictorial boards (hardcover), lg 4to. Presents a guide to raising tarantulas in terrariums with superb color photographs. No ownership marks. Text in French. Small bump to one outer corner; a bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 4184

Catalogue: Spiders

Keywords: Entomology spiders tarantulas terrariums Turbang ISBN 2603011243