Books for sale

I am seriously down-sizing my library.

I shall be taking a stand at this year’s Amateur Entomologists’ Society Annual Exhibition at Kempton Park, Saturday 27 September 2025, where I will be selling off a large number of titles at real knock-down prices.

But there are several things which are too bulky and perhaps a bit too specialist/ technical, so I have prepared the following list.

Many have my signature and bookplate inside the front covers. Other details are given in the descriptions.

Please email me on bugmanjones@hotmail.com and I will respond, on a first-come-first-served basis, with an invoice which will include the additional costs of postage and packing. Several large heavy items might be easier collected from south-east London and I am happy to try and accommodate this.

Ambrose, D.P. 1999. Assassin bugs. New Hampshire: Science Publishers. 228 pp. 240 x 155. 4 colour plates and several b/w photos and diagrams. Pictorial hardcover. Good condition. SOLD

Arnett, R.H. Jr. 1993. American insects. A handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico. Gainesville: Sandhill Crane Press. 850 pp. 280 x 215 mm. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations throughout. Soft card covers. Good condition. £35.

Balachowsky, A.  & Mesnil, L. 1935. Les insectes nuisibles aux plantes cultivees. Paris. Two volumes, bound as three: Vol 1 chapters 1 & 2 736pp, Vol 1 chapter 3 pp 737-1140, Vol 2 pp 1141-1924. 270 x 210 mm. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos and drawings, and 7 colour plates. Rebound in rexine using original cloth labels, good condition. 3 large volumes £55.

Chenu, Dr. 1860. Encyclopedie d’histoire naturelle. Coleopteres. 3 volumes, bound in two. 312 pp + 312 pp, 290 x 190 mm, bound together. 360 pp, 290 x 190 pp. Many line illustrations throughout and many full-page plates. Modern (1950s?) cloth binding, some spotting to paper, otherwise pretty good condition. Two large volumes SOLD

Cherepanov, A.I. 1990-1991. Cerambycidae of Northern Asia. Leiden: Brill. 642pp, 292pp, 354pp, 300pp, 308pp, 396pp. 240 x 155 mm. Very many line drawings and illustrations throughout. All very good condition, original cream hardbacks, all with dust wrappers. Spines of dust wrappers slightly sun-faded, otherwise very good condition. Six volumes £180.

Chvala, M., Lyneborg, L.  & Moucha, J. 1972. The horse flies of Europe. Copenhagen: Entomological Society of Copenhagen. 500 pp. 5 colour and 3 b/w plates. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. Cloth hardcover, slightly scuffed in one corner of front cover. Contents good condition. SOLD

Cole, F.R. 1969. The flies of western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. 692 pp. 290 x 220 mm. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. Cloth binding slightly pulled inside. Front fly leaf torn out. Otherwise good condition. Contains carbon copy of letter from Charles P. Alexander, thanking the author for the book. £12

Coleopterists Bulletin. Published by the Coleopterists Society (USA). 1990–2002. Volumes 44–56. Original card wrappers, 4 parts per volume. Approximately 500 pp per volume. 230 x 152 mm. Illustrated throughout with b/w figures. Also included matching Coleopterists Society Monograph 1, 2002, 96 pp. Good condition. The lot, 13 volumes, 52 + 1 = 53 parts. SOLD

Collin, J.E. 1961. British flies. Vol. VI. Empididae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  782 pp. 255 x 160 mm. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. Good condition. SOLD

Danforth, B.N., Minckley, R.L. & Neff, J.L. 2019. The solitary bees — biology, evolution, conservation. Printon: Princeton University Press. 472 pp. 260 x 185 mm. 16 colour plates, numerous line drawings and graphs. Hardback with dustjacket. Very good Condition. SOLD

Disney, R.H.L. 1994. Scuttle flies: the Phoridae. London: Chapman & Hall. 468 pp. 240 x 160 mm. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial hard covers. Good condition. SOLD

Downie, N.M. & Arnett, R.H. 1996. The beetles of Northeastern North America. Gainsville: Sandhill Crane Press. 1722 pp. 260 x 185 mm. Numerous b/w illustrations. Original hardbacks with dust jackets. Volume 1 very good condition. Volume two with some page wrinkling caused by water damage in the past, although no pages are torn or decayed, the paper is still clean and bright, and all text is clear. Two volumes. SOLD

Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation. 1964–2006. Volumes 76–118. A mixed set. Volumes 76–83 nicely bound, hardback in cloth and marbled paper, though spines all blank. Volumes 84–94 loose original parts in card wrappers. Volumes 95 and 96 nicely bound in cloth and marbled paper but spines blank. Volumes 97–118 loose original parts in card wrappers. All in pretty good condition. 43 volumes, the lot SOLD

Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine. A very mixed run. Not complete. 1867–1984 as follows:Volumes 4-6, 7-9, 13-15, bound three per volume. Half leather binding worn and crumbling.

Volumes 10-11. bound together. Half leather binding, rubbed.

Volumes 28–29, bound together modern cloth binding.

Volumes 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, single volumes in publisher’s cloth bindings, good

Volume 34, single volume, cloth binding, non-matching

Volumes 35-38, single volumes in publisher’s cloth bindings, good

Volumes 39-40. Bound together, half leather, worn, front cover detatched

Volumes 41, 42, 43, 45. Single volumes, half leather, rubbed

Volume 49, modern cloth binding

Volumes 82-87, loose, original parts in paper wrappers

Volumes 88-114, more or less matching modern cloth bindings, all good condition, bound two volumes together, except volume 100 on its own

Volumes 115-120, parts sewn together intended as three volumes, but not bound up with cloth covers

Cumulative indexes parts 1 and 2 (1983) bound together in modern cloth binding, good

The lot, 69 volumes. SOLD

Goulet, H. & Huber, J.T. 1993. Hymenoptera of the world. An identification guide to families. Ottowa: Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research. 668 pp. 280 x 215 mm. Many b/w line illustrations throughout. Soft card covers. Slight tear near bottom of front cover. Otherwise good condition. SOLD

Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M.S. 2005. Evolution of the insects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 756 pp. 300 x 235 mm. Illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photos, drawings etc. Original dust jacket. Very good condition. Another huge one as big as a paving stone. SOLD

Hatch, M.H. 1953-1971. The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 340pp, 384 pp, 503 pp, 268 pp, 662 pp. 255 x 175 mm. Numerous b/w plates. Volume 1 original soft card covers, good condition. Volumes 2 to 5 with cloth hard covers, not quite matching colours. Volumes 3 and 4 with some slight page wrinkling at top out corners, caused by minor water damage. Volume 5 good condition, inscribed by the author to Eric Classey 1972. 5 volumes SOLD

Holldobler, B & Wilson, E.O. 1990. The ants. Berlin: Springer. 732 pp. 310 x 260 mm. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos and illustrations. 24 colour plates. Title page missing, otherwise very good condition. This one’s as big as a paving stone. Heavy too. £50.

Howard, L.O. 1930. A history of applied entomology (somewhat anecdotal). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Volume 84 (whole volume). Washington: Smithsonian Institution. 564 pp. 51 b/w plates of portraits. 240 x 160 mm. Some discreet library stamps (including to bottom edge of book). Original hardback binding. Good condition. £25.

James, T.J. 2018. Beetles of Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire Natural History Society. 494 pp. 300 x 210 mm. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs, and maps. Original pictorial hard cover. Very good condition. SOLD

Kasparyan, D.R. 1989. Fauna of the USSR Hymenoptera. Volume 3, Number 1. Ichneumonidae (subfamily Tryphoninae) Tribe Tryphonini. Leiden: Brill. 414 pp. 240 x 160 mm. Hardback. Good condition. £25.

Klausnitzer, B. 1991, 1994. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Larven. Krefeld: Goeke & Evers. Two volumes L1 and L2. 274pp, 326pp. 240 x 164 mm. Very many line figures throughout. Original green cloth hardbacks. Both very good condition. Two volumes SOLD

Koch, K. 1989-1994. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Ökologie. Krefeld: Goeke & Evers. Five volumes E1 to E5, 440pp, 382pp, 390pp, 384pp, 300pp. 240 x 165 mm. Original green cloth hardbacks. All very good condition. Five volumes £80. 

Marshall, S.A. 2012. Flies: The natural history and diversity of Diptera. Firefly Books. 614 pp. 290 x 220 mm. Fully illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Dust jacket. Front cover bumped along edge, with small tear in dust jacket. Title page razored out. Otherwise good condition. A huge block of a book. SOLD

Medvedev, G.S. (editor) 1988. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Volume 3, Hymenoptera, Part 2. Leiden: Brill. 1342 pp. 240 x 165 mm. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. Hardback, with dust jacket. Good condition, but spine of dust jacket slightly sun faded. This volume covers Bethyloidea, Chalcidoidea, Proctotrupoidea and Ceraphronoidea. £35. 

Medvedev, G.S. (editor). 1995. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Volume 3, Hymenoptera, Part 4. New Delhi: Science Publishers Inc. 884 pp. 245 x 160 mm. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. Hardback. Cloth cover slightly worn. This volume covers Braconidae. £25.

Medvedev, G.S. (editor). 1995. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Volume 3, Hymenoptera, Part 5. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing. 508 pp. 245 x 160 mm. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. Cloth binding, slightly rubbed. Contents good condition. This volume covers some Braconidae and the Aphidiidae. SOLD

Nikol’skaya, M.N. 1963. The chalcid fauna of the USSR (Chalcidoidea). Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Keys to the fauna of the USSR. Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations. 594 pp. 245 x 170 mm. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. Hardback. Cloth binding. Good condition. SOLD

Plant, C.W. 2008. The moths of Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire Natural History Society. 542 pp. 305 x 215 mm. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs and maps. Pictorial Hardback. Very good condition, although top of spine very slightly sun faded. £12

Proceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society. A run from 1919/20 to 1967 when it became the British Entomological and Natural History Society, then continuing to 1987. Nearly complete, but lacking 1921/22, 1941/42, 1943/43 (part 1), 1965 (part 4). The lot £20. 

Roberts, M.J. 1993. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Compact Edition. Colchester: Harley Books. Two volumes. 204 (+16) pp, 256 pp. 290 x210 mm. Soft covers. Volume 1 is text, with many b/w illustrations and a few colour plates. Volume 2 is the colour plates. Very good condition. Two volumes together SOLD

Simmons, L.W. & Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. (editors) 2011. Ecology and evolution of dung beetles. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. 346 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations and charts. 255 x 180 mm. Original pictorial cloth hardcover. A few discreet pencil annotations in the margins, otherwise very good condition. SOLD

Stork, N.E. (editor) 1990. The role of ground beetles in ecological and environmental studies. Andover: Intercept. 424 pp. 240 x 160 mm. Numerous line drawings and charts. Original hardback. Good condition. SOLD

Transactions of the Society for British Entomology. 1934-1948. Volume 1 parts 1 and 2, Volume 2 parts 1 and 2, Volume 3, Volume 4 parts 1 and 2, Volume 5 part 1. 220 x 140 mm. Original paper wrappers. Good condition. Eight parts £25.

Zimmerman, E.C. 1991-1994. Australian weevils. Melbourne: CRIRO. Volumes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 out of an 8-volume series. 740 pp, 756 pp, 854 pp, 634 pp, 708 pp. Many b/w drawings and photos throughout, except volumes 5 and 6 which are the coloured plates volumes. 260 x 180 mm. Hardbacks. Very good condition. Five volumes £150.