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Post by nomad on Mar 9, 2016 10:47:34 GMT
Check the prices on Abebooks Peter. You will find some versions at 500 USD which is expensive, but highly worth it for the content of this exceptional book if you can afford it.
For second hand books, Abebooks is far better than Amazon. By the time I got home from work yesterday and saw this post, the cheapest copy at 500 US was sold.  . You did Pemberley Books a favour but unfortunately I did not see this in time. They have just confirmed it was sold yesterday. I am not going to pay those other ridiculous prices at the link for the other copies. |
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 9, 2016 11:11:37 GMT
Oh sad, I wanted to make you a favour. Next time I see one in those prices, I will PM you  Olivier |
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Post by Paul K on Mar 9, 2016 11:12:36 GMT
Check the prices on Abebooks Peter. You will find some versions at 500 USD which is expensive, but highly worth it for the content of this exceptional book if you can afford it.
For second hand books, Abebooks is far better than Amazon. By the time I got home from work yesterday and saw this post, the cheapest copy at 500 US was sold. . You did Pemberley Books a favour but unfortunately I did not see this in time. They have just confirmed it was sold yesterday. I am not going to pay those other ridiculous prices at the link for the other copies. Who ever bought this book post it immediately and resale this book for Peter  .   |
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Post by nomad on Mar 9, 2016 11:29:56 GMT
Good luck to whoever bought this book, hopefully will not see it back on Abe books at 1500-2000 dollars anytime soon. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2016 1:02:31 GMT
I bought my Parsons brand new for 200 Australian Dollars, in late 2000, at Fairhill Nursery,Yandina,Queensland...
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 10, 2016 8:32:07 GMT
Lucky you !
Since 2005, this book is very hard to find below 1000€.
From time to time, Pemberley or Topduck are selling some copies around 500/700€.
I was lucky enough to buy my copy around 2010 from an English entomologist around 300/400€.
As this book is fantastic, few collectors would be ready to sell it.
You have to wait for someone to die to see it reappear in entomological bookshops.
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Post by nomad on Mar 10, 2016 8:49:01 GMT
Yes, I have heard a fantastic book but I know one thing that would irritate me, Parsons calling Meek Alfred instead of Albert. You would have thought that he would have least have got the great Papuan collectors name right. After all he discovered so many of the butterflies in the book.
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 10, 2016 8:59:06 GMT
Well, I guess it is a "typo". Parsons is very knowledgeable.
It is a huge book and there are very few errors.
One Delias is wrongly identified too although he is a Delias specialist
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2016 12:13:16 GMT
Great drawer that Bazza lad.
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Post by joee30 on Mar 14, 2016 19:26:13 GMT
I have the book of butterflies of the Bulolo-Wau Valley. That book is awesome and makes me wish I could go to Papua-New Guinea to collect.
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Post by nomad on Mar 14, 2016 20:28:57 GMT
Well, I guess it is a "typo". Parsons is very knowledgeable. It is a huge book and there are very few errors. One Delias is wrongly identified too although he is a Delias specialist According to one author, Meek is Alfred throughout the book. A repeated typo. |
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Post by wollastoni on Aug 15, 2016 15:53:41 GMT
A very rare Mynes websteri live picture from West Papua.
Yalimo West Papua July 2016
Picture by Hiro Takenouchi |
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. You did Pemberley Books a favour but unfortunately I did not see this in time. They have just confirmed it was sold yesterday. I am not going to pay those other ridiculous prices at the link for the other copies.
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