Auction No 415, Tag: Insects

2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)

M.G. Morris "Orthocerous Weevils", Royal Entomological Society, 1990, and five others by same publisher; Wood "Common British Insects",1883;

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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M.G. Morris Orthocerous Weevils, Royal Entomological Society, 1990, and five others by same publisher; Wood Common British Insects, 1883; Cooter & Cribb A Coleopterist's Handbook, 1975; Hofmann The Young Beetle-Collector's Handbook, 1908, colour plates; and related titles. Mainly VG/VF, two with ownership signatures, J.C. Wood's Common British Beetles in fair condition only. (15)    

Frederick Warne ‘Wayside and Woodland Series’, a collection including Longfield "Dragonflies" 1949, in d/jkt; Hammond "Flies", 1951;

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £145
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Frederick Warne ‘Wayside and Woodland Series', a collection including Longfield Dragonflies 1949, in d/jkt; Hammond Flies, 1951; Savory The Spider's Web, 1952, in d/jkt; Linssen Beetles, 1959, 2 vols, in d/jkts; Southwood & Leston Land & Water Bugs, 1959, in d/jkt; all VG/Fine, no inscriptions; and seventeen others (nine in d/jkts) of which three with inked ownership signatures; mostly VG/VF but Ford's Practical Entomology is ex-library. (23)