British Spiders. An introduction to the study of the Araneidae of Great Britain and Ireland. by Staveley, E.F - 1866

London: L. Reeve, 1871. xvi, 392+16 [publisher's catalogue], 16 hand-col plates, text figs. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gt dec. to front cover; wear to head/foot of spine, and along rear joint (which is partly split), inner hinges cracked and slack, with residue of tape repairs and some damage where this has been removed. Occasional light foxing, plates clean. Previous owner's bookplate and typed address label to endpaper. One page of adverts at rear loose and one plate working loose.. First edition. Plates dated 1870. Uniform with the author's earlier work on British Spiders (1866).Freeman 3544..

London: L. Reeve, [1871]. xvi, 392, 16 hand-col plates, text figs. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, spine faded, some light wear to spine ends and corners; some light foxing. Two small insect (cigarette?) cards pasted to endpaper, two more have been removed. Book-plate of Gilbert W. Seabright.. Undated reissue. First published 1871. Freeman 3544..

L Reeve,, [1871]. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine engraved plates coloured by hand, and 71 woodcut illustrations in the text; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, yellow endpapers, backstrip sunned (but all gilt wholly legible); a very good, bright, clean copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end, and the blind trade stamp of Sellick of Plymouth on front free endpaper. Freeman 3544.