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MARSHALL, V. AND M. REEVES A.O. |
| Catalogue
of the Oribatida (Acari) of Continental United States
and Canada. |
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1987:
8vo, 418 pp., 7 plates. Original printed wrappers. _=
A few library stamps, contents clean. . Ottawa, Entomological
Society of Canada, . BOOK-CODE: 44657.
11,400iΏ).
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| POCOCK,
R. I. |
| Mimicry
in spiders. |
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1909:
8vo, 16 pp., 1 plate. Contemporary blind boards. . London,
The Linnean Society, . BOOK-CODE: 44658.
7,000iΏ).
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| Written
by the author of the arachnid part of Biologia Centrali-Americana.
The plate gives peculiar examples of mimicry. Offprint
from the society's Journal, vol. 30. Bookplate on front
paste-down. A bit foxed. Scarce. |
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| POMERANTZEV,
B. |
| Arachnida.
Volume IV no. 2: Ixodid Ticks (Ixodidae). |
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1959:
8vo, 199 pp., 637 figs. Cloth. . Washington, DC, . BOOK-CODE:
44659.
5,200iΏ).
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| Translated
from the Russian by A. Elbl. Originally published as vol.
4 of the New Series of the Zoological Institute of the
Academy of Sciences USSR (1950). With library stamp on
front paste-down, otherwise good. |
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| ROSSO
DE FERRADAS, B. E. |
| [Acari,
Hydrachnellae, from Argentina] |
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1981/1984:
2 papers, 8vo, 14, 18 pp., many ill. Original printed
wrappers. _. Buenos Aires, Museo Argentino de Ciencias
Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", . BOOK-CODE: 44660.
4,100iΏΝΪΧπ²Ί³’FΏΜΪΧ).
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| two
papers, titled "Tres especies de Arrenurus (Megaluracarus)
(Acari: Hydrachnellae: Arrenuridae) nuevos para la Argentina"
AND "Hidracaridos de Copina (Departamento Punilla, Cordoba)
Argentina) Acari, Hydrachnellae. I" |
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| SAVORY,
T. |
| Arachnida.
2nd edition |
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1977:
38vo, 39 pp., 1 frontispiece, 107 figs. Publisher's cloth
with gilt title on spine. London, Academic Press . BOOK-CODE:
44663.
6,300iΏ).
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| With
library stamp on front paste-down, otherwise very good.
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| SAVORY,
T. H. |
| Spiders,
Men, and Scorpions. Being the history of arachnology.
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1961:
8vo, 191 pp., several plates including many portraits.
Publisher's blue cloth with gilt title on spine. . London,
University of London Press, . BOOK-CODE: 44662.
6,300iΏ).
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| This
truly is the history of arachnology and as such an important
reference work. With library stamp on front paste-down,
call-number on spine, and insignificant blindstamp on
title leavf, but otherwise a good clean copy. |
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| SAVORY,
T. H. |
| The
Spider's Web. |
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1952:
Small 8vo. 154 pp., 8 coloured plates, 19 b/w plates,
35 text figs. Original pictorial cloth with original flyleaves
with photographic vignettes showing webs. . London, Frederick
Warne & Co., . BOOK-CODE: 44661.
13,400iΏ).
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| Perhaps
the only popular work on spider's webs. The colour plates
show different species of spiders, typical for different
types of webs. With library stamp on front paste-down,
otherwise good. |
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| SEDGWICK,
A. AND F. G. SINCLAIR AND D. SHARP |
| The
Cambridge Natural History edited by S. F. Harmer and A.
E. Shipley. Volume V. Peripatus, Myriapods, Insects Part
I; Volume VI. Insects Part II (complete for the insects).
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1901:
Two parts in two. 8vo, xii, 626, xi, 584 pp. (total: 1233
pp.), numerous figs. Original matching green cloth with
gilt titles on spine, gilt lining on front boards, top
edges gilt. . London, MacMillan, . BOOK-CODE: 44655.
8,200iΏ).
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part by Sharp, on insects, is by far the largest section.
Library stamps on preliminary papers and tp, remnants
of labels on spine feet, otherwise clean, also the binding
clean without shelf-wear. |
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| SILVESTRI,
F. |
| Myriapoda.
Fauna Chilensis. [Abhandlungen zur Kenntniss der Zoologie
Chiles nach den Sammlungen von Dr. L. Plate.] |
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1905:
8vo, 57 pp., 4 double-sized lithographed plate. New wrappers.
. Jena, Gustav Fischer, . BOOK-CODE: 44656.
11,400iΏ).
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| Rare
paper on the Chilean myriapod fauna, with severaol new
taxa. Published in the Zoologische Jahrb_cher Supplement
Band 6, drittes Heft. A good clean copy. |
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| SIMON,
E. |
| Mission
Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882 - 1883. Vol. 6: zoologie:
Arachnides. |
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1887:
4to. 42 pp., 2 beautifully hand-coloured engravings by
Jobin. Original printed wrappers. . Paris, Gauthiers-Villars
. BOOK-CODE: 44664.
8,200iΏ).
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| Rare
and, even more rare, in mint condition. Contains the descriptions
and illustrations of new species. We have more from this
important expedition. |
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| THORELL,
T. |
| Descriptive
Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon the collection
made by Eugene Oates and preserved in the British Museum.
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1895:
8vo, XXXV, 406 pp., followed by a list of current books
of 20 pp. Original brown embossed cloth with gilt title
on spine. . London . BOOK-CODE: 44665.
12,400iΏ).
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Great classic on Burmese spiders. Library stamp on front
paste-down, paper a bit browned in the final pages. Rare.
Cat. BM(NH) p. 2102. |
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| THORP,
R. AND W. WOODSON_BLACK WIDOW. |
| America's
Most Poisonous Spider. |
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1945:
X, 222 pp., 16 plates. Cloth. . Kingsport, . BOOK-CODE:
44666.
5,200iΏ).
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| Good
study of one of the most dreaded arachnids that due to
international transport is gaining footholds in other
parts of the world, including western Europe. |
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| VAN
HASSELT, A. W. M. |
| Araneae.
In: Bijdragen tot de kennis der fauna van Midden-Sumatra.
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1887:
8vo, 56 pp., 5 fine plates (3 chromolith.). Contemporary
(original?) blind wrappers. . Leiden, E. J. Brill, . BOOK-CODE:
44667.
11,400iΏ).
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| With
the descriptions (in Latin and Dutch) of new and little
known spiders. Also a new subgenus. With excellent illustrations.
Vague stamp on front wrapper, otherwise a good clean copy
of this scarce work. |
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| ZAKHVATKIN,
A. |
| Fauna
of USSR Arachnoidea vol. 6 no. 1 Tyroglyphoidea (Acari).
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1959:
8vo, 573 pp., 705 figs. Cloth. . Washington DC, . BOOK-CODE:
44668.
5,200iΏ).
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| Translation
of the Russian original from 1941, where it appeared as
Vol. 28 of the Fauna SSSR, of which we hold a rare complete
set. With library stamp |
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