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Antiquarian and Rare Books and Prints about Butterflies, Moths and Natural History

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Category: Monographs & Variation

This category contains books on monographs & variation

1. A MONOGRAPH OF THE BRITISH ABERRATIONS OF THE CHALK-HILL BLUE BUTTERFLY


P M BRIGHT & H A LEEDS,, A MONOGRAPH OF THE BRITISH ABERRATIONS OF THE CHALK-HILL BLUE BUTTERFLY, 1938, (first edition), i-ix 144 pages including errata and a supplement relating to the Small Copper butterfly, plate keys, 4 colour and 14 monotone plates each with 20 or more figures, publisher's special blue morocco leather binding, usual minor foxing on a few of the early pages and at the end, otherwise an excellent firm copy, pages are fine quality paper but untrimmed which was fashionable at the time of publication, Richmond Hill Printing Works, Bournemouth.
Stock No. 1467
£250

2. THE MEADOW BROWN BUTTERFLIES, a study in genetics, morphology and evolution


GEORGE THOMSON, THE MEADOW BROWN BUTTERFLIES, a study in genetics, morphology and evolution, 2011, 344 pages, numerous monochrome plates, diagrams, and other illustrations, a scientific work dealing with the species in Britain and across Europe, soft covers, new, published by the author.
Stock No. 1357
£35.

3. VARIATION IN BRITISH BUTTERFLIES


A S HARMER, VARIATION IN BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, illustrated by A D A Russwurm, 1999, 84 colour plates with over 400 life-size specimens featuring nearly every aspect of variation with data, many text drawings, diagrams and also colour photos, 294 pages, The underlying hereditary principles behind many aberrations are explained in chapters on genetics and many illustrated for the first time. Signed by the author Harmer, illustrator Russwurm and foreword writer T G Howarh. This book is a natural sequence to A D A Russwurm's Aberrations of British Butterflies and will be of great interest to entomologists and naturalists alike. Paphia Publications. New.
Stock No. 395
£75.

4. ABERRATIONS OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES


A D A RUSSWURM,, ABERRATIONS OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1978, 151pp, 48 colour plates, extreme examples of albinism, dimorphism, gynandromorphism, teratologica, homoeosis and other aberrations, this book is the natural successor to F W Frohawk's earlier work, Varieties, dustjacket, E W Classey Ltd.
Stock No. 397
£65.

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