Ederic slater (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Near mint book in fresh clean turquoise cloth covers with white titles to spine. Internally mint without inscriptions or dedications. The dust jacket is fine and not price clipped; one tiny closed nick at the spine top. A lovely copy. Ederic Slater [Photographs] (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. English Snails by Eleanor Stodart is a short English?language nature non?fiction book first published in 1971 that explores the basic biology and natural history of snails in an accessible way for general readers, combining clear descriptive text with illustrative photographs and focusing on their physical characteristics, habitats, behavior, and perhaps roles in different environments; written during a period when popular natural history books were gaining ground, it reflects the mid?20th?century trend of bringing scientific observation of everyday animals to a wider audience rather than presenting novel research, and its concise format and photographic content suggest it was aimed at both educational and curious adult readers interested in wildlife and mollusks.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Quarto. Original publisher's cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. vi, 535 pp., illustrated throughout with colour and halftone photographs of more than 1,000 named species. First edition. Winner of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Whitley Award, 1991. Australia's moth fauna is one of the largest yet least-known in the world. Of the approximately 10,000 named Australian species the great majority remained, until this book's publication, accessible only through scattered technical papers and the accumulated private knowledge of a handful of specialists. Ian Common spent the better part of a career at the CSIRO Division of Entomology working to change this, presiding over the Australian National Insect Collection as it grew from 60,000 specimens to several million, and synthesising the results of decades of research into this single comprehensive volume. More than 1,000 species are figured in colour and halftone photographs, with authoritative accounts of structure, life history, biology, larval food plants, economic significance, evolution, and geographical distribution. No comparable work exists, and the first edition has not been superseded. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Some shelf fading to the dust jacket spine, otherwise bright, clear, and fine. Volume likewise fine, with two small and discreet spots to the fore-edge. Catalogue Number: HH000425.…

This is the first comprehensive, reliable, well-illustrated book covering the enormous diversity of Australian moths, summarising our knowledge of them by the acknowledged experts in the field. More than 1,000 of the 10,000 named Australian species are represented in colour or half-tone photographs. Also included is an up-to-date nomenclature, larval food pland, and the fascinating behaviour of these often colourful insects. Additional features are a section on collecting and studying moths, a glossary, an index, a table of the larval food plants and an extensive list of references. Leiden, New York, Kobenhavn, K?ln. E. J. Brill. 535 pp. + 32 color plates [showing mounted moths (plates 1--22) and living specimens & caterpillars (plates 23-32)], 129 figs incl. b/w photos & line drawings of genitalia, hardback gr. 8 [18.3 x 25.5 cm] [with dust jacket]. …