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Collins, 1960. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (light wear at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 260, illus with b&w photos maps and text figures (no inscriptions).

London: Collins, 1960. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. [xiv], 260, black and white illustrations, 200 maps and diagrams with key to larvae by A. E. Gardner. Original printed card covers very good with slight wear only, corner tips a little bruised, spine very good without creases. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing, very small mark to the first page. A very good to fine copy. This reprint of the 1960 first edition was intended to be "affordable" and so the original colour photographs were reproduced in black and white, but it proved so popular that it sold out within a month - though the print run was just 1500 copies. Scarce..

London: Collins, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 260, with 53 colour plates by S. Beaufoy, 16 photographs in black and white, 200 maps and diagrams with key to larvae by A. E. Gardner. Original dust jacket very good, not price-clipped, ex. library with tape residue to the base of the spine, clean and bright, now protected in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Green Buckram binding clean and bright, unfaded. Contents clean and tight, with tape residue lines and remains of lib. tickets, clean stamp to the title page, stamps to the imprint page, no fading, no inscriptions or other marks. A very good library copy [Referenced by "Collecting the New Naturalists" - NN41A].

London: Collins, 1960. First edition, 1960. Hardback. xii, 260pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Dragonflies are an ideal group of insects for study. They are beautiful and fascinating creatures and, in spite of many environmental threats, many are still relatively straightforward to find. Moreover, the dragonfly's life is dramatically divided by sudden stages. Its immature stage is quite unlike the adult. Dragonfly larvae are almost all aquatic while the adults are all terrestrial. The adult stage often lasts less than a twentieth of the creature's whole life. This book is a useful history of British dragonflies and provides a thorough account of the native species. 54 colour photographs, 16 black & white photographs and over 200 maps and diagrams. Jacket design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. Book in very good condition. Slight soiling to upper edge of text block. Band of light toning to free endpapers. Internally clean and bright with just an occasional and very faint touch of… Read More

London: Collins, 1960. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 260, with 53 colour plates by S. Beaufoy, 16 photographs in black and white, 200 maps and diagrams with key to larvae by A. E. Gardner. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, no fading, clean and bright, now protected in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Green Buckram binding clean and bright, unfaded. Contents clean and tight, no toninfg to endpapers, previous owner's neat stamp signature only , F. M. Carpenter, no inscriptions or other marks An exeptionally bright copy . [Referenced by "Collecting the New Naturalists" - NN41A] [Provenance - Frank Morton Carpenter (September 6, 1902 - January 18, 1994) was an American entomologist and paleontologist. He received his PhD from Harvard University, and was curator of fossil insects at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology for 60 years. Entomologists David Grimaldi and Michael S. Engel consider him "the most influential paleoentomologist of… Read More

London: Collins, 1960. First edition, 1960. Hardback. xii, 260pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Dragonflies are an ideal group of insects for study. They are beautiful and fascinating creatures and, in spite of many environmental threats, many are still relatively straightforward to find. Moreover, the dragonfly's life is dramatically divided by sudden stages. Its immature stage is quite unlike the adult. Dragonfly larvae are almost all aquatic while the adults are all terrestrial. The adult stage often lasts less than a twentieth of the creature's whole life. This book is a useful history of British dragonflies and provides a thorough account of the native species. 54 colour photographs, 16 black & white photographs and over 200 maps and diagrams. Jacket design by Clifford and Rosemary ellis. Book in near fine condition. Faint band of toning to free endpapers. A couple of small and faint spots of foxing to pastedowns. Internally very clean and bright. Dust jacket near fine.… Read More