Books About Spiders

This does not claim to be a complete list, but I hope it will be useful. Most of these books were in print in 2003, but some were, and others will be eventually, out of print, but this does not mean they are unavailable.

Spiders of Australia: An Introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution by Trevor J. Hawkeswood
A Brief Guide to Spiders (Aranei) of the Forest and Forest-steppe Zones of the USSR, by N.S. Azheganova
African Spiders, An Identification Manual, by A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman and R. Jocqué
A Guide to the Common Singapore Spiders, by J.K.H. Koh
Arachnida: Araneae: Theraphosidae: Systematik 1, by Robert Samm
Aranei of Tajikistan, by E.M. Andreeva
A Spider's World: Senses and Behaviour, by Friedrich G. Barth
Australian Arachnology, by A.D. Austin and N.W. Heather (Eds)
Baboon and Trapdoor Spiders of Southern Africa: An Identification Manual, by Ansie S Dippenaar-Schoeman
Catalogue of Spiders of the Czech Republic, by J. Buchar, V. Ruzicka and P. Merrett (Eds)
Catalogue of the Jumping Spiders of Northern Asia (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae), by D.V. Logunov and Y.M. Marusik
Catalogue of the Linyphiid Spiders of Northern Asia (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae), by K.Y. Eskov
Catalogue of the Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Territories of the Former Soviet Union. Addendum 1., by K.G. Mikhailov
Catalogue of the Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Territories of the Former Soviet Union. Addendum 2., by K.G. Mikhailov
Catalogue of the Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Territories of the Former Soviet Union. Addendum 3. by K.G. Mikhailov
Catalogue of the Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals, by K.G. Mikhailov
Catalogue of Spiders of the Midflow Region of Volga River, by Y.P. Krasnobaev and V.A. Matveev
Ecology of Venomous Spiders in Uzbekistan, by N.E. Ergashev
European Arachnology 2000 (Proceedings of the 19th European Colloquium of Arachnology), by Soren Toft and Nikolaj Scharff (Eds)
Fauna and Ecology of Arachnids, by A.S. Utochkin (Ed.)
Fauna and Ecology of Spiders and Harvest-spiders: An Arachnological Miscellany by K.G. Mikhailov (Ed.)
Fauna and Ecology of Spiders in the USSR, by V.I. Ovtsharenko (Ed.)
Fauna of British India. Arachnida, by B. Tikader (A Two Volume set)
Fauna Palaestina: Arachnidae 2 - Araneae: Thomisidae, by G. Levy
Fauna Palaestina: Arachnidae 3 - Araneae: Theridiidae, by Gershom Levy
Forest Spiders of South East Asia, With a Revision of the Sac and Ground Spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanteriidae), by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold
Green Guide to Spiders of Australia, by Terence Lindsey
Icelandic Spiders, by Ingi Agnarsson
Identification Book of the Spiders of the USSR, European Part, by V.P. Tystshenko
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Spiders in Japan, by Yasunosuke Chikuni
Proceedings of the 15th European Colloquium of Arachnology, by Vlastimil Ruzicka (Ed.)
Provisional Atlas of British Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae), by P. Harvey, D. Nellist and M. Telfer (This is a 2 Volume Set)
Riceland Spiders of South and Southeast Asia, by A.T. Barrion and J.A. Litsinger
Recluse Spiders and the Hobo Spider in North America, by Robert G. Breene
Spiders, by Michael Chinery
Spiders and Scorpions of Southern Africa by Tracey Hawthorne
Spiders in the Cotton Fields in China, by J. Zhao
Spiders of Australia: Interactive Identification to Subfamilies, R. Raven, B. Baehr and M. Harvey
Spiders of China in Colour, by Feng Zhong Qi
Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographical Review, by T.S. Mkheidze
Spiders of Israel: Systematics, Ecology, and Behavior, by D. Grauer (Ed.)
Spiders of Leicestershire and Rutland: Millennium Atlas, by J. Daws and J. Crocker
Spiders of New Zealand, by R.R. Forster et al (A 6-Volume Set)
Spiders of New Zealand and their Wonderful Kin, by Ray Forster and Lyn Forster
Spiders of the Don Region, by S.A. Spassky
Spiders of the Family Linyphiidae from the Uzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Araneae), by N. Scharff
Spiders of the "Kivach" Nature Reserve. (Annotated Checklist), by A.Y. Tsellarius
Spiders of Tuva, South Siberia, by Y.M. Marusik et al
Spiders in Ecological Webs, by D.H. Wise
Spiders, their Behaviour, Ways of Life, and Importance to Man, by A.V. Ivanov
Spiders: Webs, Behavior and Evolution, by W. Shear (Ed.)
Spiderwatch in Southern Africa, by Astri Leroy and John Leroy
Southern African Spiders: An Identification Guide, by M. Filmer
Tarantulas, by John G. Browning
Tarantulas A Complete Introduction, by Al David
Tarantulas in the Vivarium: Habits, Husbandry, and Breeding, by Peter Klaas
Tarantulas of Texas: Their Medical Importance, and World-Wide Bibliography to the Theraphosidae (Araneae), by R.G. Breene, D.A. Dean, J.C. Cokendolpher and B.H. Reger The Common Spiders of the United States, by James H. Emerton
The County Distribution of Irish Spiders, by P.J. van Helsdingen
The Spider Fauna of the South of Eastern Siberia, by M.V. Izmailova
The Spider Genus Xysticus in the USSR Fauna (an Identification Book), by A.S. Utochkin
The Spiders of China, by S. Daxiang, Z. Mingsheng and C. Jun
The Spiders of Korea, by Joon Namkung
The World of the Spider, by Adrienne Mason

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