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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket. Index. Profusely illustrated. Green boards with gold lettering/design to spine are near fine with minor pushing/bumping to corners, minor fading to spine, the odd small mark and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Inside boards/end-papers tanned with the odd small mark/minor foxing. Top of pages slightly dusty with the odd small mark/minor foxing. Pages little tanned. Small bookseller's sticker inside front board. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and bottoms. Occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Green Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No dj. First Edition. Excellent condition tight clean hardback free of wear or insc. Collins New Naturalist 1960 1st ed. 1st ptg. minoe even sunfade to spine which has bright gilt titling on green buckrum, no dust wrapper. Size: 8vo.

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).

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 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. Size: 8vo. Book.

Collins, London. 2008. The New Naturalist Library. Number 41. Limpback reprint. First paperback edition. Illustrated. Covers a little shelf worn and lower. A nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1960 1st edition, light foxing on top edges else VG plus copy in very good unprice-clipped dust jacket with neat repair to base of spine.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good. Dust wrapper - very good, but spine a little tanned & some spotting to rear.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 260pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers & flaps).

First edition, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii +260pp, illus, VG (some tanning to eps, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light browning to spine, heavy tanning & foxing to inside & to rear, light bruising & 1cm closed tear to upper spine extre).

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (light marks on boards and bottom corner of upper board a little bumped - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xix + 266, illus with coloured and b&w plates, maps and text figures (remnant of previous owner's inscription covered with paper sticker on title page).

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Account of Britain's dragonflies, their physiology & behaviour. Number 41 of the splendid New Naturalist series, jacket art by Clifford & Rosemary Ellis. First edition. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling. Light wear, minor bubble to edge of front cover, hint of waterstains to edges of covers; price-clipped jacket lightly rubbed with some tanning to the spine, waterstains to flap hinges; pages unaffected; page 251/2 has a short tear & creases - a binding error. Text clean; xii, 260 pages; index, glossary, bibliography, appendixes, figures, maps, colour & b/w plates. Size: Octavo.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Board corners heavily bumped, else in very good condition. The dust jacket not price clipped, with nicked and bumped corners, light wrinkles to the spine and lightly toned at the rear cover edges. Overall a very good copy. First printing. Illustrated. New Naturalist Library Number 41.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. London, Collins, 1960. Octavo, 260 pages with 200 maps and diagrams plus 32 pages of plates (24 in colour). Cloth lightly stained; edges and endpapers a little foxed; a very good copy with the foxed dustwrapper a little chipped and torn (with a few tape repairs at the rear). Number 41 in the New Naturalist Library.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. 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] Size: 8vo. Book.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy octavo xii + 260pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., references, index, New Naturalist Library 41. Neat owners stamp on front paste-down o/w a very nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket.

OLwd. mit OUmschl., Etat : sehr gut erhalten. London, Collins, 1960. 8°. XII, 260 S. mit 53 Farbtafeln, 16 Fotografien in schwarzweiß, 200 Karten und Diagramme. OLwd. mit OUmschl., sehr gut erhalten. Sprache: eng.

Etat : Very Good. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xii,260, green cloth, gilt, b/w and colour plates and figures; partial toning to endpapers, lightly toned and foxed to edges of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities with some foxing to rear.

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 spotting. Dust jacket very good and unclipped. Minor edge wear. Curved closed tear to lower edge of spine which has been carefully repaired with support to inner surface. Spine a little discoloured and some more widespread light discolouration and light spotting elsewhere to jacket. Book.

First edition dust wrapper only 8¾'' x 6¼'', no book. First edition dust wrapper with the last book listed being Number 40 'Bumblebees' not price clipped 42s. Slight tanning down the spine and to the edges of the rear cover, tiny tear to the folded line of the rear flap. Supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. NEW NATURALIST (Series).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. 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 near 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, fine dust soiling to fore-edges only, no toning to endpapers. A near fine to fine copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Colour, black and white plates & text illustrations throughout. (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First edition 1960. Colour, black and white plates and text illustrations throughout. The book has one ex library stamp removed from the verso of the title but this is the only ex library mark throughout the book. Endpapers lightly browned and with one area of roughness to the endpaper inside the front cover. Contents generally very good. The dustwrapper has no ex library marking at all and is generally clean and bright. The rear panel is very slightly darkened, else very good. Generally a very good plus copy. Not price clipped. 260 p. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. First Edition. No signatures. Some adhesive tape stains to endpapers. Moderate spots of foxing to page edges. Moderate foxing to dust wrapper. No tears to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xii, 260 pages + plates. Green cloth boards. "They are beautiful and fascinating creatures and can be observed in the field much as a bird-watcher observes birds." - from dust wrapper blurb. A volume in the celebrated New Naturalist Library. "[. . .] we have now come to look forward to new volumes in this series - well written, beautifully produced, and awakening interest in some fresh feature of Britain's countryside" - quoted from a Guardian review of the series. ; Series title: New Naturalist No. 41; 8vo.

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. Unclipped. A little discolouration to spine and again but less so to rear. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. 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 near 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 toning to endpapers. A near fine to fine copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. 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 his generation" (Grimaldi and Engel 2005 p. 143) Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. 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 inscriptions or marks A bright and exceptionally clean unread copy . [Referenced by "Collecting the New Naturalists" - NN41A] Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Very slightly spotted to the edges with very minor foxing to the front endpaper. Neat ink name. A near fine, tight, clean copy in very near fine dustwrapper which is slightly sunned to the spine with a very small amount of rubbing and slight marking to the rear panel. A very nice copy indeed. This is one of a number of these titles that we currently have in stock, all in excellent condition. Please view our other listings.

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. A very attractive copy of this scarce title. Near mint apart from a slight yellowing of the endpapers and minor foxing to rear of dustwrapper. 0.0. Octavo.

First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bottle green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xii]; 260pp. Very bright and handsome, very slight wear to extremities; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout; in an attractive Cliff and Rosemary Ellis dustjacket with some extremely light wear and a touch of toning to the spine and white rear panel. A near fine copy. Number 39 in the highly collectable Collins New Naturalist series, an extended library of natural history books by a number of notable authors, uniformly bound, and rather renowned amongst enthusiasts for their beautiful design and rather luxurious presentation.