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Zustand: Good. Oxford 1955 first edition. Printed for Private Circulation . Illustrated. not paginated consecutively . 100s of pages (Book is about one inch thick. ) Hardcover. sm4to. Good, exlibrary with spine numbers and bookplate (stamped "withdrawn") . Binding secure; text VG.

Zustand: Good. 26 vols in 30, plates (some col), text figs. 8vo/4to. HB. Orig. quarter cloth, spines faded, some wear. Ex-lib.: some vols with bookplates/stamps. Good, complete set. Reports of The Hope Department, Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Complete set of all published volumes, including Appendices to Vols 8 + 10. The Reports contain '.reprints of the various memoirs which have been written in connexion with [the Hope Department, Oxford University Museum]'. The majority relate to research on entomology, '.insect form, function, and classification.', and also general aspects of zoological science '.for which insects afford some of the best illustrations - such wide subjects for instance as evolution, natural selection, variation, and the numerous problems included in the phrase relation to environment'.