A Biology of Dragonflies.
London: Witherby, 1962. Colored frontispiece and many pother black & white illustrations. 8vo, tan cloth. London: Witherby, (1962). First Edition. Very good (+). More
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The Aurelian, Or Natural History of English Insects; Namely, Moths and Butterflies. Together with the Plants on Which They Feed
Topsfield: Salem House, 1986. Illustrated in color and b/w throughout. 104 pages. Slim 4to, orange cloth with color illustration mounted on front cover. Topsfield: Salem House, (1986). Reprint of the 1766 edition. A very good(+) copy with a touch of spotting to front cloth. More
Half Hours in the Tiny World: Wonders of Insect Life
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. More than 80 illustrations. xi + 311 pages, pages toned. Small 12mo, decorative red cloth, spine and edges darkened and covers dust soiled. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, n.d. A very good copy. More
The Riverside Natural History.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. 12 volumes. 3/4 red leather over marbled boards, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. Profusely illustrated by more than 2200 woodcuts in the text, 168 full page engravings, and 12 color plates, along with articles by many contributors on Lower Invertebrates; Crustacea and Insects; Fishes and Reptiles; Birds; Mammals; Man. Volume 1 has a small chip on the top of the spine; otherwise a fine set. More
Phrase Book
New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum, 2000. Beautifully illustrated with one color etching printed at Harlan & Weaver, 3 relief prints done at the Grenfell Press, and 6 offset lithographs, 1 double-page, by Stamperia Valdonega Verona. New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum, (2000). Limited first edition. Very small area of damage on rear endpapers, otherwise a fine copy, but lacking the original wooden box. The 18th publication of Whitney's Artists and Writers series. Number 54 of..... More
Microcosmos: The Invisible World of Insects
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1997. Illustrated with color photographs. 159 pages, square 4to, yellow cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (1996). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. A companion volume to the award-winning full-length feature film Microcosms. More
Insect Musicians & Cricket Champions
San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, Inc., 1996. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 72 pages, slim square 8vo, pictorial boards, dust wrapper. San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, Inc., (1996). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Golden Throng; A Book About Bees
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1940. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 208 pages. 4to, brown cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1940. First edition. Wrapper chipped and loose with some tears at folds; a near fine copy in a good-only wrapper. More
La Hormiguita Viajera (The Adventures of Hormiguita)
Forest Hills: Las Americas, 1943. Translated into English by Gilda Massa. Illustrated with b/w cartoons by Chilean artist Federico Ribas. 49 pages with text in Spanish and English on facing pages. Slim 8vo, brown pictorial wrappers. Forest Hills NY: Las Americas Publishing, (1943). First edition thus. Some light foxing on 1st and last several pages, still a very good copy of this scarce book -- the Ulysses of the insect world. More
Song of the Queen Bee.
Acuin Society, 1969. Broadside poem, 13 x 20 inches, in red & black calligraphic print. Alcuin Society, 1969. Issued as a keepsake, reprinting a poem which originally appeared in the New Yorker. More
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