THE BRITISH

1891 (2nd ed.) xi, 236 p., 11 plates. Original embossed brown cloth (spine missing). Bookplate on front paste-down, library stamp on title page. Top of spine taped and with a few worm-holes. Working copy onlyThis double titled publication is an "update" after the original series of hymenopterological catalogues of the British Museum collection which were published more than 20 years earlier. This part is the only one published and deals with bees only. 211 species are described and figured. List of British Museum publications bound in the rear.

1909-1941 vii, 88, xxix, 88, xxii, 116, xiii, 69, 66 p., 32, 48, 68, 29, 21 plates, frontispiece, publisher's cloth. Last part with spine discoloured and with some wear. Library stamps, else a good set of the original edition.Originally six parts were published. This set lacks the Tortricidae (1922). The first two parts are by Pierce alone, the second and third part (of our set) is by Pierce and Metcalfe, and the last part is by Pierce and Beirne. Some of the original parts (there was a reprint edition in the sixties/seventies) are quite scarce now.

Dalton O.M.: Catalogue of the ivory carvings of the Christian era with examples of Mohammedan art and carvings in bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquites and Ethnography of the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1909. lii, 193 with numerous textual illustrations plus 125pp of monochrome illustrations. Cloth. 29x25cms. Catalogue covering ivory and bone carvings from the Roman; Early Christian; Byzantine; early Mediaeval and Romanesque; Gothic; Renaissance and later periods, plus Oriental carvings.

Thomas Heneage

Londres, United Kingdom

1848-1858 Text and 17 plates, 12mo, later blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Three books on hymenopterous insects in the British Museum combined. Library stamp on the front pastedown, two leaves with tears, otherwise good.

Folk-Tales of the British Isles. In English /Folk-Tales of the British Isles. Folk Tales of the British Isles. Compilation and Commentary by J. Riordan, Foreword by N. G. Yelina. Hud. Yulikov A. M. In English. M. Raduga. 1987. 368 p. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKUalb5c0c0cce6f8669c6