The Butterflies of the Eastern United States, for the use of classes in zoology and private students
by FRENCH, G. H.;
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- Hardcover
- first
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1886, First edition. . original cloth, gilt butterfly vignette and gilt lettering on spine, very lightly rubbed at edges, a few pages with pencil annotations, signature of Mary Reeve-Spear Ross on endpaper, a fine and clean copy. . 8vo [19 x 14 cm]; 402, [vi, ads] pp, 93 illus, map, glossary, index. . The first butterfly manual of the United States. British Museum Natural History Catalogue page 617. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J10417
- Title
- The Butterflies of the Eastern United States, for the use of classes in zoology and private students
- Author
- FRENCH, G. H.;
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth, gilt butterfly vignette and gilt lettering on spine, very lightly rubbed at edges, a few pages with pencil annot
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1886, First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [19 x 14 cm]; 402, [vi, ads]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature - Entomology;
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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