Hillside Books, Canterbury was a publisher specialising in books on
entomology
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
and small equipment associated with this science.
Origin
It was established in 1989, directed by Lydie Leforestier.
Initially it was in
Canterbury
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...
,
England
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but then moved within the region to
Lindfield, West Sussex
Lindfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The parish lies to the north-east of Haywards Heath, and stands on the upper reaches of the River Ouse. The name 'Lindfield' means 'open land with lim ...
.
Activities
The company vetted and stocked about 25,000 titles - stated to include the larger share of entomological literature of the world. Hillside works for the specialist included:
* ''
The Beetles of the World
''The Beetles of the World'' is a series of books devoted to Coleopterology. Sciences Nat published the 24 first volumes; the following volumes and the supplements were published by Hillside Books, Canterbury.
The first book authored by Jacques ...
'' volumes 25 to 30 and supplements;
* the continuation of the work of Jean-Claude Weiss: ''The
Parnassiinae of the world parts 3 and 4''
* ''The Monograph of the genus
Morpho part 3'', by Patrick Blandin.
Internet site of Dr. Patrick Blandin
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They were the only distributors of the entomological journals Besoiro
''Besoiro'' is a French entomological scientific journal. It is published by Patrick Arnaud and was established in 1995. The name means beetle in Portuguese. The taxa described are included in the Zoological Record.
Following the cessation of publ ...
and Coléoptères
''Coléoptères'' is a French-language scientific journal of entomology, focusing on Coleoptera only.
History
Following the cessation of publication of the ''Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat'' in 1995, the journals ''Coléoptères'' and ''B ...
.
Equipment included continental entomological insect pins and mounting cards (widely used by entomologists in other parts of Europe but not in U.K.).
Closing
In June 2011 termination of activity saw Erich Bauer, Goecke & Evers Germany instead continue publishing the books of Jean-Claude Weiss, and to sell its remaining stock of the literature.
References
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Publishing companies established in 1989