Norman H. Joy — A Practical Handbook of British Beetles

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated two volume set detailing the beetles of the United Kingdom, in a dust wrapper. 'A Practical Handbook of British Beetles' remains an important work on British coleoptera, and has remained the standard work used to identify British beetles into this century, with the British Entomological and Natural History Society having produced a companion volume containing the beetles not included in Joy's work. Norman H. Joy (1874-1953) was a British coleopterist best known for this work, although he also wrote 'How to Know British Birds' and 'British Beetles, their Homes and Habits&apos.Complete in two volumes, with uncommon dust wrappers.This is a first edition.Profusely illustrated with diagrams throughout. In a full cloth binding. Dust wrapper has a slightly sunned spine, with a fair amount of loss to the paper, in particular with a chunk of the head of the spine of Volume II missing. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .