A W Kappel (28 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Macrolepidoptera of Europe including Britain. Macrolepidoptera encompass the butterflies and larger moths, exquisite creatures with fascinating life cycles. The majority of those inhabiting Central Europe have been described and over 90% of British species are accounted for. Each entry is descriptive and accessible, offering details of wingspan, size, caterpillars, food plants, stages of life, and more, arming readers with the knowledge required to identify native and non-native species. The author provides a detailed history of the study of these insects, with insights into their behavior and ecology. Additionally, techniques for collecting, preserving, and breeding are discussed, offering practical advice for those seeking to observe and learn more about these beautiful creatures. This book is an indispensable guide for anyone with an interest in these insects, whether a seasoned lepidopterist or a curious naturalist. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date but probably early 1900s, wear to covers an spine, mainly edges and corners, corners bumped and worn, boards showing, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, a small rip at top of spine join with back cover 1cm, surface of covers a little grubby and faded, decoration on cover and spine faded and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but yellowing, all plates present and in good condition, award plaque to a previous owner on front paste down. H Deuchert and S Slocombe (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1893, 'Fourth Thousand'. Small Quarto. 182pp plus publisher's list. Illustrated with 12 colour plates. Original cloth, printed titles. Some rubbing and markings, mainly to extremities. Former owner's neat signature and date to head of f.f.e.p. Small tear to fore-edge of f.f.e.p. Otherwise contents in good clean order. Overall a 'Good+' copy.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Brown bds with black titles and illus to spine and front. Some patchy soiling to bds. Sunning to spine and board edges. Small bump/rubbing to spine ends and corners. ffep missing. B/W illus and 12 Colour plates. Bindings tight. A little light patchy soiling, otherwise interior Very Good. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket - as issued. 8.75 x 7"; 182pp + list of Cassell publications; brown cloth with black insects and text; 12 coloured plates, plate 1 slightly chipped and creased; both end papers repaired with sellotape, contents not affected; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Conceptual Modeling | 39th International Conference, ER 2020, Vienna, Austria, November 3-6, 2020, Proceedings | Gillian Dobbie (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Lecture Notes in Computer Science | xvii | Englisch | 2020 | Springer | EAN 9783030625214 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. "A brief introduction to their Collection and Preservation." With 12 Colour Plates, each with illustrations of several insects. Colours bright, protected by Tissue guards. 182 Pages + Publisher's adverts. Ochre cloth cover with illustrations of 4 insects on front. Spine has 2 insects. Some wear to cover, around edges and closed tears to edges of spine with a little fraying at top & bottom. damp mark on front has faded the colour and some of the black on the butterfly (see picture.) Pages and plates in very good condition. Gift inscription dated 1896 on front free endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Control and Estimation of Distributed Parameter Systems | International Conference in Vorau, Austria, July 14-20, 1996 | W. Desch (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | International Series of Numerical Mathematics | x | Englisch | 2012 | Birkhäuser | EAN 9783034898003 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in brown cloth, with black and white lettering and beetle/moth line drawing decoration to front board, this hardcover First Edition is close VG. (X)/182pp with Index of Latin/English names, 12 coloured plates with tissue guards and 16 chapters including capture/collecting and preparation for the cabinet. Top/tail of spine slightly worn, odd marks to boards, slight foxing to tissue guards, slight yellowing of some page edges, inscript dated 1892 on FFEP. Minor faults but close VG.…

Cassell And Company Limited. London. 1893. Fourth Thousand. Hardback. No DW. Brown cloth with black illustrations to front board and gilt vignette of Solihull Grammar School's crest to rear board. Twelve colour plates with tissue guards. Prize bookplate to front pastedown with prize inscription to front free endpaper. Boards are a little worn at extremities, endpapers are browned and there is an occasional grubby mark to o/w clean and sound contents.…

[Lepidopterology] FINE COLOUR PLATES. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.xvi; 273 [1]. Complete with 30 fine chromolithographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in white and gilt to spine and upper. All edges red. Gentle even toning to endpapers and margins, with a hint of light spotting to preliminaries, otherwise internally clean. Heavy wear to cloth. Spine very heavily worn and toned; titles largely obscured. A fair copy for reading or rebinding. …

Undated, but c. 1890s. Tall 4to., (29.5cm x 21.5cm) in full olive green decorative cloth gilt, a.e.g., [xvi] + 273pp, indexed, illustrated with 30 coloured plates plus 8 black and white text figures. A clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. One gather loose at pp7-pp10, neat tape repairs to front and rear inner hinges, also to short closed tears at foot of two pages in the loose gather. Very light foxing to endpapers, boards have a few small handling marks, two scratches to rear and wear to all edges, dampstained area to lower outer corners that also slightly affects the gilt of the shelf edge, gilt to spine faded. A Good copy overall. (Shelf 5) PLEASE NOTE: Heavy BOOK ( 1.9kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Folio. xvi, 273pp. With thirty full page coloured plates by H. Deuchert and S. Slocombe, plus text figures. In publisher's maroon watered silk cloth with black and gilt titling & decoration. Slight rubbing to extremities, gilt faded, but generally a very good copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. xvi, 273 pp. Shiny maroon cloth with floral black stamped decoration and gilt lettering, with the same floral designs and black lettering on spine. Taxonomy of butterflies and moths with 30 chromolithographic plates. Spine discoloured and a bit worn at ends, much marking to rear board. Small tear to rear joint, and former owner's name dated 1918 on ffep.; slight yellowing throughout, but otherwise internally clean. 4to. Deuchert, H; Slocombe, S. (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. xvi, 273, 30 col plates, text figs. . HB. 4to (295x210mm), orig. dec. cloth, lightly rubbed to extremities. Neat gift inscription to endpaper. Vg. A late Victorian popular work on the Lepidoptera of Britain and Europe, notable for its exceptional chromolithographic illustrations after drawings by H. Deuchert and S. Slocombe and attractive production quality. The collaboration between the entomologists W. E. Kirby and A. W. Kappel sought to produce, "a work with good illustrations and of reasonable price."The plates, text, and binding were all executed by Ernst Nister, the renowned Nuremberg publisher known for his fine colour printing. Each species is described with brief notes on range, habits, and distinguishing features. A charming and decorative example of late 19th-century natural history publishing, combining scientific information with the excellence of continental chromolithography.…

Condition: Very Good. xvi, 273, 30 col plates, text figs. 295x210mm. HB. 4to, full prize calf (gt crest of Malvern college to front board), rebacked retaining orig. backstrip, spine with raised bands and gt tooling to compartments, leather title piece, dec. gt border to both boards, marbled endpapers and edges. A few minor blemishes to boards. Light foxing to endpapers/fly leaves. Plates clean. Malvern College presentation label, Gale Enomology Prize, July 1900. A late Victorian popular work on the Lepidoptera of Britain and Europe, notable for its exceptional chromolithographic illustrations after drawings by H. Deuchert and S. Slocombe and attractive production quality. The collaboration between the entomologists W. E. Kirby and A. W. Kappel sought to produce, "a work with good illustrations and of reasonable price."The plates, text, and binding were all executed by Ernst Nister, the renowned Nuremberg publisher known for his fine colour printing. Each species is described with brief notes on range, habits, and distinguishing features. A charming and decorative example of late 19th-century natural history publishing, combining scientific information with the excellence of continental chromolithography.…

4to,xvi, 273pp, with 30 fine colour litho plates by H. Deuchert and S. Slocombe, 8 b/w figures to text, t.e.g., orig. gilt decorated cloth with minimal wear to extremities. A VG++ clean bright copy. (Nissen, ZBI, 2153).

Condition: Very Good. xvi, 273, 30 col plates, text figs. RF2. HB. 4to, finely bound in cont. qtr morocco by R. Rivière & Son (according to a pencil note to endpaper), gt, aeg, marbled endpapers. A little rubbed. Specially bound, interleaved, copy with some contemporary ink annotations to blank leaves. Light foxing to endpaper. Plates clean and bright. A handsome copy. A late Victorian popular work on the Lepidoptera of Britain and Europe, notable for its exceptional chromolithographic illustrations after drawings by H. Deuchert and S. Slocombe and attractive production quality. The collaboration between the entomologists W. E. Kirby and A. W. Kappel sought to produce, "a work with good illustrations and of reasonable price."The plates, text, and binding were all executed by Ernst Nister, the renowned Nuremberg publisher known for his fine colour printing. Each species is described with brief notes on range, habits, and distinguishing features. A charming and decorative example of late 19th-century natural history publishing, combining scientific information with the excellence of continental chromolithography.…

1st edition. 4to (11¼ x 8¼ ins). Rebound by Bayntun-Riviere in gilt lettered half calf on matching red cloth sides, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (near Fine). Pp. xvi + 269, illus with 30 coloured plates (previous owner's neat 1918 gift inscription on front prelim).

London, n.d. 273 pp. 30 chromo-lithogr. plts. Rebound in cloth.

Hardbound. Condition: Fine. With thirty coloured plates by H.Deuchert & S.Slocombe. Large 4to. First edition. London (Ernest Nister) (1895) Red cloth, elaborately decorated with a design in gold, white and black, a.e.g.A most attractive copy, with very fine chromolithographic plates.

vii, 39, 6 p., 8 figures, 30 fine chromolithographed plates, original red, black, white and gilt pictorial cloth. All edges gilt. One of the nicer illustrated macrolepidopterological works with fine illustrations of butterflies and caterpillars by Deuchert and Slocombe. Outer ends spine a bit rubbed. Library stamps, otherwise a good copy of this beautiful book.…

xvi, 273 p., 30 fine chromolithographed plates, and 8 text figures, original blue, black, white and gilt pictorial cloth. All edges gilt. One of the nicer illustrated macrolepidopterological works with fine illustrations of butterflies and caterpillars by Deuchert and Slocombe. Outer edges spine and corners a bit rubbed, otherwise a very good clean copy. Horn-Schenkling II(2) p. 449; Nissen ZBI, 2153.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Control and Estimation of Distributed Parameter Systems | International Conference in Vorau, Austria, July 14-20, 1996 | W. Desch (u. a.) | Buch | x | Englisch | 1998 | Birkhäuser Basel | EAN 9783764358358 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…