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1	Fabre's book of insects more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre, Stawell (Translator) add to wishlist Beautiful, simply written observations about the beetle, cicada, praying mantis, glow-worm, wasp, grub, cricket, locust and other creatures, describing how they hunt, build nests, feed families, and more. see all copies from $5.07! new only from $6.63! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Insect World of Fabre more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre, Gerald Malcolm Durrell (Foreword by), Edwin Way Teale (Commentaries by) add to wishlist Jean Henri Fabre, nineteenth-century French entomologist and author of the massive Souvenirs Entomoligies, has inspired perhaps more modern writer/naturalists than any other chronicler of the natural world. Edwin Way Teale's selection of the most compelling of Fabre's writing makes The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre the essential edition of the ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $24.00! \| SVS
3	The Story Book of Science more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III THE BUILDING OF THE CITY TTIHEY are noble workers," began Uncle Paul, M. "Many a time, when the morning sun begins to warm up, I have taken pleasure in ... see all copies from $11.87! new only from $11.87! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Hunting Wasps more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II THE GREAT CERCERIS my memory full of the prowess of the Buprestis-huntress, I watched for an opportunity to observe in my turn the labours of the Cerceres; ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $12.31! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Life of the Spider more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist 1913. With a Preface by Maurice Maeterlinck. From the Preface: J.H. Fabre, as some few people know, is the author of half a score of well-filled volumes in which, under the title of Souvenirs Entomologiques, he has set down the results of fifty years of observations, study and experiment on the insects that seem to us the best-known and the most ... see all copies from $7.58! new only from $8.17! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Passionate Observer more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre, Linda Davis, Chronicle Books LLC add to wishlist This book is a collection of Jean-Henri Fabr e''s musings on nature. Fabre''s words present a vivid picture of all he saw and experienced in the beautiful countryside in France, and his passionate observances shine in these exc erpts. ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.63! \| first editions
7	The Mason-Bees more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist Jean-Henri Fabre (1823 - 1915) was a French entomologist and author. He was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. Fabre is probably best known for his findings in entomology for which he is considered to be the father of modern entomology. Fabre was an excellent teacher and his writing about the insects he loved in a biographical ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $9.93! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Animal life in field and garden more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre, Florence Constable Bicknell (Translator) add to wishlist 1921. J.H. Fabre, as some few people know, is the author of half a score of well-filled volumes in which he has set down the results of fifty years of observations, study and experiment. Under Fabre's magic touch the commonplace phenomena of daily life take on new meaning, and the beauty of science lies unlocked to the observer. Fabre uses the ... see all copies from $24.81! new only from $24.81! \| SVS
9	The Sacred Beetle and Others more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. see all copies from $14.00! new only from $27.59! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Life and Love of the Insect more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist CONTENTS: The Sacred BeetleThe Spanish CoprisThe OnthophagiA Barren PromiseA Dung-Beetle of the PampasThe Geotrupes: The Public HealthMinotaurus TyphousThe Two-Banded ScoliaThe Ringed CalicurgusThe Old WeevilsLeaf-RollersThe HalictiThe Languedocian Scorpion see all copies from $17.00! new only from $21.59! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Life of the Scorpion, the more books like this by J. Henry Fabre add to wishlist see all copies from $35.00! new only from $35.94! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The insect world of J. Henri Fabre. more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre, Edwin Way Teale add to wishlist Edwin Way Teale selects the most compelling writings of Fabre--whom Darwin called "the incomparable observer". see all copies from $3.50! new only from $13.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Wonder Book of Chemistry (Yesterday's Classics) more books like this by Jean Henri Fabre add to wishlist Starting with a mixture of iron filings and sulphur, Uncle Paul awakens in his young nephews an eagerness to learn more about the properties of the elements. Through a series of carefully-devised experiments and conversations about the experiments, he leads the boys to an understanding of some of the basic principles of chemistry. Excellent as a ... see all copies from $20.64! new only from $20.64! \| first editions
14 view cover	Bramble-Bees and Others more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist Does the insect know beforehand the sex of the egg which it is about to lay? When examining the stock of food in the cells just now, we began to suspect that it does, for each little heap of provisions is carefully proportioned to the needs at one time of a male and at another of a female. What we have to do is to turn this suspicion into a ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $9.14! \| first editions \| SVS
15	The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre more books like this by Edwin W Teale (Editor), Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16 view cover	The Works of J. H. Fabre: The Sacred Beetle and Others by Jean-Henri Fabre, Alexander Teixeira De Mattos (Translator) add to wishlist This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $21.73! new only from $21.73! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Life of the Fly more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist TRANSLATORS NOTE THE present volume contains all the essays on Flies, or Diptera, from the Souveniers etztomologiqrres, to which I have added, in order to make the dimensions uniform with those of the other volumes of the series, the purely autobiographical essays comprised in the Sorrvetrirs. These essays, though they have no bearing upon the ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $14.60! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The life of the grasshopper more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $19.19! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Wonders of Instinct more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist With the double support of its back and belly, with alternate puffings and shrinkings, the animal easily advances or retreats along its gallery, a sort of mould which the contents fill without a gap. But if the locomotory pads grip only on one side progress becomes impossible. When placed on the smooth wood of my table, the animal wriggles slowly; ... see all copies from $11.85! new only from $11.85! \| SVS
20 view cover	Life of the Caterpillar more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE MOTH WHEN March comes, the caterpillars reared in domesticity never cease processioning. Many leave the greenhouse, which ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $14.17! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	More hunting wasps more books like this by J H Fabre add to wishlist The victim, a Beetle, is covered at all points with a suit of armour which the sting is unable to penetrate. The joints alone will allow the poisoned lancet to pass. Those of the legs do not in any way comply with the conditions imposed: the result of stinging them would be merely a partial disorder which far from subduing the insect, would render ... see all copies from $11.67! new only from $11.67! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Wonders of Instinct: The Chapters in the Psychology of Insects more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist see all copies from $21.59! new only from $21.59! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Life of the Spider more books like this by Henri Fabre J Henri Fabre add to wishlist Jean Henri Fabre was a French entomologist. He was an exceptional teacher and his ability to write about insects in a biographical form made his books very readable. This volume describes several different varieties of spiders in great detail. see all copies from $10.00! first editions
24 view cover	Insect adventures more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre, Alexander Teixeira De Mattos (Translator) add to wishlist 1917. Retold for young people by Louise Seymour Hasbrouck with illustrations by Elias Goldberg. J.H. Fabre, as some few people know, is the author of half a score of well-filled volumes in which, under the title of Souvenirs Entomologiques, he has set down the results of fifty years of observations, study and experiment on the insects that seem to ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $20.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Life of the Fly more books like this by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos (Translator), Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! new only from $21.59! \| SVS

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