Blackwelder, R.E.

Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Parts I-VI, complete (bound in 1 thick volume)

Washington: Smithsonian, 1944-1957. First edition Pp. xii, 1492. Early brown cloth (original wrappers from all six parts bound in at rear), lg 8vo. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, no. 185, Parts 1-6. This comprehensive work took the author more than 14 years to complete. Now ownership marks. Clean, near fine copy..

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Book number: 3211

Catalogue: Entomology

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Bolivar, Ignacio

Monografia de los Pirgomorfinos, Part I.

Madrid: Imprenta de Fortanet, 1884. First edition. Pp. 5-73, 3 full page lithograph plates. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original yellow plain wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. Anales de la Soc. Espanola de Hist. nat., volume 13. Old signature of Malcolm Burr on front endpaper, later from the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace. Yellow wrappers a little worn on edges, one outer corner of text with slight wear; a very good copy..

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Book number: 3746

Catalogue: Entomology

Keywords: Entomology insects Pirgomorfinos

Brues, Charles T.

Philippine Phoridae from the Mount Apo Region in Mindanao.

Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1936. Pp. 103; 28 text-figures (line-drawings of wings). Original printed pale green wrappers, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume 70, no. 9. The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their escape habit of running rapidly across a surface rather than taking to the wing (from Wiki). No ownership marks. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 4842

Catalogue: Entomology

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Cameron, T.W.M.

PARASITES AND PARASITISM.

London (1956), 1962. Pp. 322, 115 text-figures. New cloth, lg 8vo. Some foxing at the beginning and end of the text, otherwise a very good copy in a new binding..

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Book number: 0624

Catalogue: Entomology

Keywords: parasites insects Natural Sciences Natural Science

Cameron, Thomas W. M.

Parasites and Parasitism

London: Methuen & Co. LTD., 1958. First edition with minor corrections. Pp. xix, 322, 115 text-figures. Publisher’s green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. This volume is an introduction to parasitology divided into two parts, The Parasites and The Host and its Reactions. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9188

Catalogue: Entomology

Casey, Thomas L.

Memoirs on the Coleoptera, Parts I - XI, complete, in 10 volumes

Lancaster, PA: The New Era Printing Company, 1910-1924. First edition. Pp. 205; 259; 386; 400; 387; 460; 300; 427; 529; 520; 347. Early full black pebble cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine + original pale green printed wrappers (for Part IV), lg 8vo. This is a complete set of this monumental taxonomic work on the Coleoptera. Parts I and II are bound together in the first volume; thus all eleven parts of this set are presented in 10 volumes (Part IV is in the original wrappers as issued). It is very rare to find a complete set in uniform bindings. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on the front endpaper, museum ink stamp on the rear endpaper and white call number on the spine; no signs of use. A tight and clean set in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7410

Catalogue: Entomology

Chopard, L.

Insects of Samoa and other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda. Part I. Orthoptera and Dermaptera, Fasc. 2: Orthoptera

London: British Museum, 1929. First edition Pp. 50, 51 text-figures, 2 full page maps. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original green printed wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. This is the complete work on grasshoppers. From the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace with his signature on the front wrapper. Near fine copy..

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Book number: 3497

Catalogue: Entomology

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs

Emmons, Ebenezer

Natural History of New York, Part V: Agriculture, Volume 5 - Description of the More Common and Injurious Species of Insects (with fine hand-colored plates)

Albany, New York: C. Van Benthuysen, 1854. First edition. Pp. viii, 272, 49 full page plates - 46 are hand-colored, 3 are plain. Original blind-stamped and gilt-decorated brown cloth, original yellow endpapers, lg 4to. This volume presents superb hand-colored plates of the butterflies, moths, and other insects of New York. The extensive text section covers descriptions of all of the illustrated insects. No ownership marks and no signs of use. There is scattered foxing to the endpapers, some light foxing and browning to the plate tissue guards, the hand-colored plates are bright and clean, and the cloth binding is clean and unused; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9680

Catalogue: Entomology

Frison, T. H.

A List of the Insect Types in the Collections of the Illinois State Natural History Survey and the University of Illinois

Urbana: Natural History Survey, 1927. First edition Pp. (4), 137-309. Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, (original cream-colored printed wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. State of Illinois, Department of Registration and Education, Division of the Natural History Survey, Bulletin of the Illinois, volume 16, article 4. From the private library of Herbert S. Wallace with his name-stamp on the front wrapper. Tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 3470

Catalogue: Entomology

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs

Garman, Philip

The Zygoptera, or Damsel-Flies, of Illinois.

Urbana: Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 1916. First edition. Pp. 179; 21 full page plates (line-drawings, half-tones, black-and-white photos). Original printed cream-colored wrappers, lg 8vo. Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Entomology in the Graduate School of the University of Illinois. No ownership marks. Light edge wear to the wrappers, outer wrappers lightly soiled and sunned on the outer edges and spine; overall a very good copy..

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Book number: 4853

Catalogue: Entomology

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs

Graham, Joe M. (editor)

The Hive and the Honey Bee

Hamilton, IL: Dadant and Sons, 1997. Third printing. Pp. xxv, 1324; numerous black-and-white photos, halftones, line-drawings, and graphs. Publisher’s original wine-red cloth, decorated in gilt on the spine and front cover and boldly lettered in gilt, thick lg 8vo. This new edition follows the tradition of Langstroth on the Hive and Honeybee. From the research collection of Illinois State University naturalist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Occasional underlining to pages 17-217 by Lauren Brown. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9062

Catalogue: Entomology

Hardy, D.E.

A Revision of Nearctic Dorilaidae (Pipunculidae)

Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1943. First edition Pp. 231, 17 full page plates. Original printed wrappers, 8vo. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, volume 29, part 1. The Pipunculidae are a family of flies (Diptera), commonly termed 'Big-Headed Flies.' A fine uncut and unopened copy..

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Book number: 2740

Catalogue: Entomology

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs

Hölldobler, Bert and Wilson, Edward O.

Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. First edition. Pp. (11), 228; numerous color and black-and-white photos, numerous text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher’s original illustrated dark green cloth, the spine is lettered in silver, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. The authors interweave their personal adventures with the social life of ants, building, from their minute observations of childhood, a remarkable account of these abundant insects’ evolutionary achievement. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine, as new, copy..

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Book number: 9702

Catalogue: Entomology

Koch, C.

Revision der Tenebrionidengattungen Thalpophila und Rhytinota

Munchen: Verlag J. Pfeiffer, 1943. First edition Pp. 134, 10 fine full page photo-plates of beetles. Publisher's printed brown patterned wrappers, lg 8vo. This monograph is included in the whole issue of Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft volume 33, part 3 offered here. No ownership marks. Near fine copy..

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Book number: 3217

Catalogue: Entomology

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs

Leng, Charles W. and Mutchler, Andrew J.

Supplement 1919 to 1924 (inclusive) to Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico

Mount Vernon, NY: John D. Sherman, Jr., 1927. First edition Pp. 146. Early blue cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, lg 8vo. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with white call number on spine and single museum ink stamp on page 100 but few signs of use. Very good copy..

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Book number: 3213

Catalogue: Entomology

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs