Butterflies Worth Knowing - Little Nature Library
by Weed, Clarence M
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
USA: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Book. Illus. by Shimotori, S.; Denton, Sherman F.; Walker, Mary E.; Beecroft, W.I.. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 286 pages. 8vo. Includes forty-eight plates, thirty-two of which are in color. Reprint of the 1917 first edition. "Discusses the more abundant and widely distributed butterflies of eastern North American from the point of view of their life histories and their relations to their surroundings. I have attempted to indicate the more important opportunities awaiting investigation." - Preface. Average wear to book which bears moisture marks on lower corner of about half the pages. Unmarked. Binding intact. Nice colour illustration on forest green front board. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A delightful, informative and attractive vintage butterfly reference..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 466H3809
- Title
- Butterflies Worth Knowing - Little Nature Library
- Author
- Weed, Clarence M
- Illustrator
- Shimotori, S.; Denton, Sherman F.; Walker, Mary E.; Beecroft, W.I.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Butterflies, Little Nature Library,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Biology;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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