British Pyralid and Plume Moths: containing a Descriptive History of all the British Species of Moths of the Families Pyralidae, Pterophoridae and Orneodidae (The Wayside and Woodland series)
by Beirne, Bryan P
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good++ /No Jacket
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.. Ex-library with associated labels and stamps to prelims. Original blue clothwith gilt titles and gilt moth motif to upper board. 208pp., 405 figs., 216 in colour. Slight shelf wear to boards; extremities a little worn. Illustrated endpapers and blue speckled decorative edges to text block. Pages lightly tanned, o/w contents clean. A few hinges cracked but binding still sound. . Good++. Hardcover. 1954.
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- Seller
- Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 112698
- Title
- British Pyralid and Plume Moths: containing a Descriptive History of all the British Species of Moths of the Families Pyralidae, Pterophoridae and Orneodidae (The Wayside and Woodland series)
- Author
- Beirne, Bryan P
- Illustrator
- Jacobs, S.N.A.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 208
- Size
- 172mm x 125mm.
- Keywords
- entomology moths natural history handbook reference unit five
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys
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